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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

What I like most about it is how well it rolls off the tongue.

Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The original version I heard didn't include "anticipating its arrival". It would punish all but those who worked to build it. Not a major difference but it does shift the terms a little.

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Pi is quickly getting priced out of relevance.

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Jesus they'll have a stupid hissy about anything

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

People don't like Tillamook because it's halal? Wait, Tillamook is halal? I think it's vegetarian too but I might be confusing it with another.

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If I wanted what a macbook does for the iphone, I would buy a macbook and an iphone.

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Oh yeah well we'll just inject so much chaos into our own elections that their chaos will disappear into our chaos!

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I got sick of losing track of every red rabid squirrel against the green Rimworld grass, so I made a thing to keep that from happening: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/... Purple is now the color of anger.

steamcommunity.com

Steam Workshop::Colorblind Threat Markers

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Sidney Morgenbesser was a philosopher. Your last statement is the point: he had a binary choice and made a selection, but then he was given MORE choices, which changed his selection after the fact, but then it went to one of the other initial options, and NOT one of the new ones.

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I believe the point is (oversimplified as) that his selection was influenced as a result of additional choices provided which didn't include his eventual decision. They were essentially independent yet they caused him to change his mind?

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

No, I don't think discounted games and accessories IS okay.

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I need to know which part of "this thing sucks now" feels weird when paired with the expectation that it'll destroy humanity? Every instance of a thing I can think of that has been a net negative for the human race has ALWAYS been "powerful and confident but shitty in reality".

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

THE LENNON CLAYMORE DELERIUM

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'm 10 years old and entering Hauksness for about the 30th time. That was an Axe Knight, but you've captured the feel perfectly. Looks good. Immediately recognizable.

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I sleep in a big bed with my wife.

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

You can ebay an x86 SBC for like $50. If you need GPIO, you can buy an ESP32 for $5. It makes me sad to say, but there's no use case for a Pi anymore.

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Is this my fever dream or someone else's I'm trapped in?

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 30/08/2026

all of our problems are basically just dril tweets now

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Even worse, it's the Opinion section of the NY Post. You can get better writing on the men's room stalls of dive bars.

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Calling fake. In the real world, US businesses that feel this way don't do this. Instead they bake 20% into the overall price and tell you that gratuity is included (and that you can tip more obviously but the obligation is not present).

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

What about the hypothetical people who could be born at any given time but people just aren't fucking? Those people have a right to exist too, right?

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

What about the people who would be born under conservation but weren't because the existing people chose depletion? Their lives would be worth living AND their quality of life would be high, which seems better than "oh we'll guess how much we can take without destroying humanity (no we won't)".

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Nobody looks like themselves anymore

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It's I guess kind of a secret, but there are uses for cookies other than tracking.

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Not pictured: Heat (1995)

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Sat down with the wife and worked out our grocery costs. We spent about $100/week on groceries for two people. I see people reporting things like $400/week grocery purchases. Is that for a larger families with kids? What are you buying? I'd be lying if I said we haven't cut back but damn.

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

This attitude may further encourage the "okay but it's GPLv3 so you can't actually use it for anything unless you pay me for a proprietary license" situation. How would you apply it to embedded/firmware?

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I think you shouldn't trust musicians who don't like the Black Keys...

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Mine's at the mercy of my brother. Probably left in direct sunlight, knowing him.

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Literally turning into some kinda hackneyed Star Wars villians.

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Not mine, but curious to see the feedback among the bluesky crowd, particularly regarding AI sentiment. Don't harass the author, please.

A long disclaimer about LLM using. Assertions include 30% code written by an LLM which was after tested/audited/fixed by the project author. He goes on to assert that he does not condone AI art, music, etc.

I have deliberately chosen not to provide the verbatim text because I do not want the project flamed nor the author harassed.

FWIW I also don't think anyone should have to write hundreds of lines of directx boilerplate.

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

My Ford Fusion can check the gas and tire levels right now and it's a 2014. If you want me to ever buy one again remove all the AI bullshit and make it get 50 MPG and I'll think about it.

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

And what caused the memory price hikes Dare? WHAT CAUSED THE FUCKING PRICE HIKES?

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

When I drove to Illinois from Oregon q1 this year, I saw one Trump between here and Missouri, like 5 in Missouri, and then 8 in (Central) Illinois. I make that drive annually. It was the lowest count out of the last 3 years at least.

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Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

To Musk's credit, it was a great idea from the point of view of a rent seeking billionaire that owns an AI company and has never actually made anything of value himself. Pay-per-compilation, results not guaranteed, and the inevitable TOS that lets him steal/use the best ideas? That's the dream!

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