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Rippers
@ripley123.bsky.social
Lead software engineer, veteran game developer, boulderer, music maker, to the left of politics, remoaner.
In the UK.
This is an unusual case of inverse nominative determinism - you’d expect a Nick Fox to be aligned with the interest of foxes.
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I don’t think I’ve ever seen the word ‘birthright’ used in a sentence to justify something kind or rational.
December 8, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I like the rise of dropdowns in recent years that, after I’ve entered my post code, present me with a list of possible addresses, saving me from having to type it in - that’s not lazy programming.
December 7, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I just mean lt that is where the concept of order came from I think - functions of functions
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I thought it came from differential equations.
So the 0th order derivative is a non differentiatable function, 1st order derivative is rate of change of the function, 2rd order is rate of change of the rate of change and so on, eg. position, velocity, acceleration, jerk, snap, crackle, pop etc.
November 26, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This made me shout at the radio.
He also made the invalid statement that renewable electricity is expensive because it’s price is pegged to the fossil fuel price, but if we eliminated fossil fuels then somehow electricity would be even more expensive…
November 14, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Accelerate the enshitification!
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
As a parent of a type 1 diabetic I’m so grateful for the NHS.
I hope it still exists by the time they are an adult.
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM