Peter Berger
@peterb.bsky.social
effort + coffee = software. See also @peterb@mathstodon.xyz
Counterpoint: Bond should die at the end of every James Bond movie, and then magically reappear alive at the start of the next one with absolutely no explanation.
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Counterpoint: Bond should die at the end of every James Bond movie, and then magically reappear alive at the start of the next one with absolutely no explanation.
I love the word "motonormativity"
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I love the word "motonormativity"
I'm old enough to remember people griping about Wind Waker's (superb) cell-shaded style as "too childish."
November 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I'm old enough to remember people griping about Wind Waker's (superb) cell-shaded style as "too childish."
You seem nice. Calling people you've never spoken a word to "subhuman" is a totally normal thing to do.
Although if I could make one small criticism, your reply read much better in the original German.
Although if I could make one small criticism, your reply read much better in the original German.
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
You seem nice. Calling people you've never spoken a word to "subhuman" is a totally normal thing to do.
Although if I could make one small criticism, your reply read much better in the original German.
Although if I could make one small criticism, your reply read much better in the original German.
The Japanese version of this has people cooing "Oh, your Japanese is so skilled!" when you manage to stutter through "Where is the toilet?" with only 5 mistakes. You know you've reached the next level of fluency when they stop saying that.
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The Japanese version of this has people cooing "Oh, your Japanese is so skilled!" when you manage to stutter through "Where is the toilet?" with only 5 mistakes. You know you've reached the next level of fluency when they stop saying that.
Every. Single. Day.
(Plot twist: it turns out everyone is a bad programmer.)
(Plot twist: it turns out everyone is a bad programmer.)
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Every. Single. Day.
(Plot twist: it turns out everyone is a bad programmer.)
(Plot twist: it turns out everyone is a bad programmer.)
That second chart is interesting. Accepting your point about income inequality - I think everyone would agree with that aspect - doesn't that second chart show that *everyone's* wages have improved (in inflation-adjusted terms) since the 1980s?
("In the aggregate", not literally "every person")
("In the aggregate", not literally "every person")
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
That second chart is interesting. Accepting your point about income inequality - I think everyone would agree with that aspect - doesn't that second chart show that *everyone's* wages have improved (in inflation-adjusted terms) since the 1980s?
("In the aggregate", not literally "every person")
("In the aggregate", not literally "every person")
OK, I'll bite. Specifically what is objectively worse, and by what measure?
I'll spot you "Donald Fucking Trump is President" as a free square on the bingo card, but you're on your own for whatever else you might mean.
I'll spot you "Donald Fucking Trump is President" as a free square on the bingo card, but you're on your own for whatever else you might mean.
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
OK, I'll bite. Specifically what is objectively worse, and by what measure?
I'll spot you "Donald Fucking Trump is President" as a free square on the bingo card, but you're on your own for whatever else you might mean.
I'll spot you "Donald Fucking Trump is President" as a free square on the bingo card, but you're on your own for whatever else you might mean.
have you tried Rules the Waves? I sort of fear it.
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
have you tried Rules the Waves? I sort of fear it.
It seems nuts to me that the Order of Battle: WWII people never finished their iPad port.
Does Unity of Command have an iPad port?
Does Unity of Command have an iPad port?
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
It seems nuts to me that the Order of Battle: WWII people never finished their iPad port.
Does Unity of Command have an iPad port?
Does Unity of Command have an iPad port?
About once every 3 years I reinstall Advanced Tactics Gold / Advanced Tactics WW II and play through the tutorial before remembering that I hate it.
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
About once every 3 years I reinstall Advanced Tactics Gold / Advanced Tactics WW II and play through the tutorial before remembering that I hate it.
Also: Battle Academy?
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Also: Battle Academy?
Sorry, I meant Panzer Corps.
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Sorry, I meant Panzer Corps.
Is there still a port of Panzer Command?
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Is there still a port of Panzer Command?
Find me the tweet where Stancil said "everyone is doing fine, no one is struggling" and I'll eat crow. But you won't, because you're 12.
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Find me the tweet where Stancil said "everyone is doing fine, no one is struggling" and I'll eat crow. But you won't, because you're 12.
Nobody said that everyone is doing fine. But you know that. You just want to be mad. Because you're 12.
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Nobody said that everyone is doing fine. But you know that. You just want to be mad. Because you're 12.
Happy 12th birthday, little buddy.
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Happy 12th birthday, little buddy.
My Adventures With Superman.
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
My Adventures With Superman.