tatterdemalion
@tatterdemalion@programming.dev
Professional software engineer, musician, gamer, amateur historian, stoic, democratic socialist
- Comment on Our Commitment to Windows Quality 2 weeks ago:
This list of bullshit features does zilch to address users complaints about software quality. They are truly clueless.
- Comment on I am an American. I used to be proud of my country. Now it feels like a turd circling the drain. Is there anything going on behind the scene that America is actually doing good in? 2 weeks ago:
Yes absolutely. Also not a historian, but AIUI that’s probably the largest factor in the overall boom for the US economy at the time.
I didn’t mean to claim that the US was ever a peaceful nation. The best I could say is that the US sat out from the world wars until they had both (1) a way to sell war to the public and (2) a clear financial interest. Post-WWII, every US war has been a bullshit war.
I also don’t mean to sound positive about capitalism. My only real point was that for a brief period, (white) workers actually had an OK social contract with the ruling class. It didn’t last long at all in the grand scheme, and was probably a fluke, not real evidence that capitalism works.
- Comment on I am an American. I used to be proud of my country. Now it feels like a turd circling the drain. Is there anything going on behind the scene that America is actually doing good in? 2 weeks ago:
That’s not entirely true. We had a brief period after WWII until the 70s when the middle class actually existed, the rich were taxed at 91%, and unions had leverage. This has eroded quickly since the dawn of neoliberalism.
- Comment on fuck it, just paste your clipboard in the comments 3 weeks ago:
IIFE
- Comment on Why conservative men repeatedly crash Grindr 3 weeks ago:
I can’t tell if the meme is saying they are ugly on the outside or on the inside (for ogling Trump).
- Comment on 18-26 year olds, How do you plan to dodge the draft? 3 weeks ago:
War powers resolution is a defensive exception to the rule:
The constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a declaration of war, (2) specific statutory authorization, or (3) a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its armed forces.
- Comment on 18-26 year olds, How do you plan to dodge the draft? 3 weeks ago:
Right just like Trump can’t declare war.
- Comment on 18-26 year olds, How do you plan to dodge the draft? 3 weeks ago:
I don’t think Trump could end his presidency faster than by invoking a draft.
- Comment on Classics 5 weeks ago:
Your momma’s so fat, she got shot with a blow dart when the hippos escaped from the zoo.
- Comment on Rage for the machine? 1 month ago:
This is not a shitpost, this a absolute gold.
- Comment on Discord will restrict your account next month unless you scan ID or face 1 month ago:
I think they meant you could wipe with dd and then they are recyclable.
- Comment on Forget your astral sign, which Muppet do you want to be? 1 month ago:
MEEOOOWW. MEEEEOOOOOWW.
…mm mm. Nope nope nope.
- Comment on Japan cancels cherry blossom festival over complaints of tourists littering and ‘defecating’ in yards 1 month ago:
They do but I don’t know if there is a significant conversion from tourism to immigration. I think most tourists are taking advantage of the weak yen, not trying to live there long term.
- Comment on Japan cancels cherry blossom festival over complaints of tourists littering and ‘defecating’ in yards 1 month ago:
I don’t doubt some of this stuff happened, but I also wouldn’t be surprised if some of it is nationalist fear mongering. Just like the whole “tourists are kicking the deer” rumor where no evidence ever surfaced. Some nationalist Japanese really like to stoke the anti-foreigner flames.
But Japan truly does have an over-tourism problem so this could absolutely be justified.
- Comment on ICE Supreme Commander spotted in Minneapolis 2 months ago:
Or at least a snow ball.
- Comment on Are you people all bots? 2 months ago:
ChatGPT really can’t, even when asked specifically to align them.
- Comment on My tender eyes and ears 2 months ago:
All I know is YouTube has more advanced ad delivery methods than DNS blocklists can filter, so you need client-level blocking. This only works if you use browser plugins or 3rd party client apps. YouTube’s first party app will always have ads.
Please correct me if I’m wrong, this is just my understanding.
- Comment on Anyone in tech confirm? 3 months ago:
It’s sad that self-hosting is apparently the path to having a solution that “just works”. You’d think that paying for a product would be more effective, but alas…
- Comment on Skyrim on Switch 2 ships with severe input lag and a huge 53GB file size despite being capped at 30FPS 3 months ago:
The new DK looked really fun to me, is it not?
- Comment on How do you sleep at night? Please respond with a number 3 months ago:
Depends on if I had sex or not. I’m not putting them back on after, but I also don’t really see the need to take them off just to go to sleep.
- Comment on Cloudflare is down [Dec 5] 3 months ago:
Have a link?
- Comment on When you ask a question online and a person answer you instead of telling you to Fuck yourself or Google it 4 months ago:
Go fuck yourself
- Comment on What did I forget? 4 months ago:
I’m not autistic but I like most of these things.
- Comment on how do respec 4 months ago:
Because finance in real life is not fun.
- Comment on Psychedelic Truth 4 months ago:
You have no idea what you’re talking about. Stop spreading dangerous information.
- Comment on Learning to drive 4 months ago:
My driving instructor said the airbag could rip the skin off your arms lol
- Comment on Arby's steak bites 5 months ago:
That does not look like steak.
- Comment on I would give my life savings for something that eradicates them from my apartment 😌 5 months ago:
Happy to have spiders in my home until I find one in the shower with me. They don’t understand how dangerous the shower is for them; I’ve lost too many good spiders to drowning.
- Comment on Covers the bases 6 months ago:
Jack Black really doesn’t fit the description.
- Comment on PUT THE TRAINS IN THE BAG 6 months ago:
Trains are a common special interest of people with autism.