[-] brianary@startrek.website 1 points 3 hours ago

I don't believe I am talking about two different numbers when I'm talking about the same voting bloc for both.

The "we" I used was probably misplaced, since I think you are making a distinction between your position and "leftists", who are the people I've seen on Lemmy advocating for destroying the system.

I'm not sure I follow your point about political engagement, I don't think I mentioned anything about that. I was commenting on the size of the group of third-party and non- voters. If that group wasn't big enough to change the outcome, I just don't see how they could be relevant at all.

I think we must be in agreement, though, since you suggest that Democrats need to better engage with the working class. Maybe we need a dedicated labor party, though without a more parliamentary system, the parties can't really be single-issue in the US.

[-] brianary@startrek.website 1 points 5 hours ago

I don't understand the "we were to small to matter" argument I've been seeing. If that's true, why on Earth would you expect to matter enough to move the Democratic platform, or to shape society after leftists "burn it all down" (whatever that means)?

[-] brianary@startrek.website 2 points 6 days ago

Dan Dare by Art of Noise

[-] brianary@startrek.website 52 points 4 weeks ago

I had that computer, and it was much more than a calculator, unless you mean a modern programmable one. This one could be programmed in BASIC. It also had a receipt-sized printer you could get.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=NQheo52J3BM

[-] brianary@startrek.website 191 points 1 month ago

…while you can.

[-] brianary@startrek.website 110 points 2 months ago

Saw this on Mastodon:

I guess it needs to be said again, but politico is owned by a fascist German billionaire who has repeatedly said his goal is to get trump elected, and help the far right transnational movement. He literally is on record telling people in the newsroom at politico to pray for Trump

[-] brianary@startrek.website 40 points 2 months ago

When did brute force switch from being an antipattern to the preferred pattern?

[-] brianary@startrek.website 51 points 2 months ago

All of their code and specs should be required to be put into escrow in case they go out of business.

[-] brianary@startrek.website 52 points 2 months ago

"Just Kidding" Rowling

[-] brianary@startrek.website 42 points 8 months ago

He took a series of very shallow breaths, and then said as quickly and as quietly as he could, 'Door, if you can hear me, say so very, very quietly.'

Very, very quietly, the door murmured, 'I can hear you.'

'Good. Now, in a moment, I'm going to ask you to open. When you open do not want you to say that you enjoyed it, OK?'

'ΟΚ.'

'And I don't want you to say to me that I have made a simple door very happy, or that it is your pleasure to open for me and your satisfaction to close again with the knowledge of a job well done, OK?'

'ΟΚ.'

'And do not want you to ask me to have a nice day, understand?"

'I understand.'

'OK,' said Zaphod, tensing himself, 'open now.'

The door slid open quietly. Zaphod slipped quietly through. The door closed quietly behind him.

'Is that the way you like it, Mr Beeblebrox?' said the door out loud.

Life, the Universe, and Everything

[-] brianary@startrek.website 71 points 9 months ago

Allman is the way.

[-] brianary@startrek.website 88 points 9 months ago

It was also the time when she watched a man die to save her life.

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