jmoiron plays the blues
@jmoiron.bsky.social I travel to France ~yearly, but I try to avoid summers because they've simply not adapted to the new normal. I was there in summer in 24/25, both times during "unprecedented" heat domes.
My friends there are starting to admit that things have changed and they need aircon.
@jmoiron.bsky.social Quem monstra esse caminho longe?
Que grande resultado para Cabo Verde. Os Espanhois agora entendem a "sodade."
@jmoiron.bsky.social A guy on TV just said (about Knicks fans egging Wembanyama):
> You know the saying, "Don't let one bad apple spoil the whole thing"
That's not the saying! That's the opposite of the saying! That's the thing the police say after getting caught killing innocent people!
@jmoiron.bsky.social RCV goes a long way towards solving this "Dorian Salazar-O'Malley is just not popular enough, we need Jilliam Drilnt if we want to beat Holden Bloodfeast in the general" death spiral we're on.
Give people a structure where they can vote for what they want instead of against what...
@jmoiron.bsky.social replied: Genuine extension of "New Yorker" identity to immigrants and transplants is one of the best things about New York (and I'd argue it's unique in kind) but I guess someone like JLo who doesn't actually live here wouldn't understand.
@jmoiron.bsky.social Trump also ruined the US Open final in Queens last year. He was booed loudly by the crowd (though not unanimously, it must be said), but the footage they showed in the US filtered it out.
Expect similar filtering Monday.
@jmoiron.bsky.social João Fonseca might not win this but man he is dynamite. Two amazing matches against Djokovic and Ruud, and now doing something truly impossible, making a tennis match against Jakub Mensik exciting.
@jmoiron.bsky.social replied: Common genre of comment where the commenter is not happy that the thumbnail does not fully summarize the content of a 30 minute video.
@jmoiron.bsky.social replied: I'm not generally an enlightened middle type, but it's so frustrating that there are amazing things being made and there are very real problems with it all and the popular narrative from each position is just flooded with bullshit.
@jmoiron.bsky.social Going to take something incredible to outdo that Fonseca v. Djokovic match this year.
@jmoiron.bsky.social replied: I indulged in some "Milo" kitkat recently but sadly they didn't taste malty at all and were a disappointment. At least shrinkflation meant I didn't end up with too many.
@jmoiron.bsky.social replied: I think _why's poignant guide to Ruby sounds about the tone you're looking for.
I think programming can be playful, but I spend a lot of time completely outside that context now and I forgot how much most people hate math.
@jmoiron.bsky.social A short history most people don't need but I felt like writing. Incredibly biased by my own experience. Probably inaccurate.
Alternate summary: "I miss tech twitter" in all caps repeated 300 times. But, you know, I felt like processing it.
jmoiron.net/blog/big-tec...
@jmoiron.bsky.social If you like watching unprecedented sporting excellence now is a good time to pick up tennis.
Jannik Sinner has just won his 6th masters tournament in a row, the first male player ever to do so. He's not lost a completed match at 1000 level in an entire year (he's retired twice ...
@jmoiron.bsky.social replied: Haha sorry back in ancient history I was a tape jockey at a Solaris shop and this brought up some shit.
Lintel was so much better than Sparc/Solaris by 2002, I was just perplexed.. why are we buying these 1ghz ultrasparc 3 sunfires when you can get a 2ghz Northwood and run Linux...
@jmoiron.bsky.social replied: The terminal is black on white and the userland ergonomics are 30 years out of date?
@jmoiron.bsky.social replied: X is not open terrain for ideological exchange.
It sells influence for money. It consistently tweaks its platform to reinforce its owners' prejudices. It's riddled with influence campaigns and naked nazi propaganda.
@jmoiron.bsky.social This is getting dogpiled but the diagnosis itself and the follow up thread aren't that crazy.
I don't really agree, though. I just don't think airdropping bksy's liberal population back onto X actually moves the needle much, other than legitimizing its "public square" aspiration...