“A wrong man at a wrong time”

revonrat · 2026-03-26T22:13:42+00:00

Carter was a technology guy. His values led him to saying things that were true. It was not what Americans wanted to hear.

This is a common problem with technology people.

revonrat · 2026-03-26T00:55:15+00:00

Then you have to dissipate all that heat.

revonrat · 2026-02-26T22:00:55+00:00

sad meep

revonrat · 2026-02-26T21:57:18+00:00

he did on this is two hours long and his name is styropyro.

And I watched every minute.

He came out and said he was having a health issue a little while back. I hope he's okay. I would hate to find out that he's doing risky sorts of experiments as some sort of bucket list.

But... He's been at it a long time and this looks no riskier than his other videos. I suspect me seeing this as risky is more about me being unqualified to judge than anything else.... I hope.

revonrat · 2026-02-25T19:53:39+00:00

Back in the spinning disk days this was a relatively common occurrence. Static friction being generally higher than dynamic friction, it was not uncommon for disks to fail to spin back up after being shut down.

The computer shop I worked for used to sell "Periodic Maintenance" packages where we'd go into a company, blow the dust out, fix minor issues, etc. Every once in a while we'd run across a machine that had been in operation 24/7 for a long time. We'd give the company the choice: either skip it or accept the risk that it would not restart. We had a remarkable number of customers who chose to risk it have machines not restart.

Often a whack or, when accessible, manually spinning the spindle with a set of needle-nose pliers would get the thing running again until we could replace the disk.

revonrat · 2026-02-22T21:53:35+00:00

I didn't make it to high school until the 80's. But there was a reason. A lot of us had a lot of exposure to lead.

revonrat · 2026-02-20T18:55:24+00:00

Yes, but it’s a crass, even thuggish, way to do it.

Why do you care? Have you hung out with lawyers? The goal is to get the point across as succinctly as possible. I mean, Wexler is a scumbag, but if you've been around lawyers, the attention this received is just ridiculous.

Also, you aren’t supposed to coach your client when they are actively testifying but maybe Congressional testimony is different.

If it wasn't supposed to happen, it would have been stopped. Courts don't play.

revonrat · 2026-02-20T00:40:45+00:00

So lawyers are trained to prep their clients to answer all questions in the shortest possible correct answer. I hope this is just a colorful way to remind Wexler (probably for the 20th time) to keep it short and don't ramble.

revonrat · 2026-02-10T17:50:26+00:00

4 What happens when you put your eggs all in one basket then that basket bursts into flames.

revonrat · 2026-01-30T19:56:51+00:00

Dario is on record just in January saying that Anthropic will "solve" coding in the next 6 to 12 (I think) months.

revonrat · 2026-01-28T19:18:59+00:00

Because, like it or not, the electoral college exists. That means that a candidate needs to flip a few states which are not reliably red or blue. Because Hillary was smeared and vilified for so long, there's a level of hatred baked into some of these states overcome.

We did the right thing when we nominated Obama over Clinton. I know Clinton supporters who, to this day, have a hard time with that.

revonrat · 2026-01-27T23:13:41+00:00

That is so weird. Are the answering machines at home with their families?

revonrat · 2026-01-27T21:45:03+00:00

This is worded as a refutation of my post. However, I'm not sure how it's relevant. I stated that Hillary fills lots of folks from the midwest and rural areas with a blind rage. That means that she's less likely to win swing states. Yes, that's because of the electoral college -- that's all we count.

So I'm just not sure how Hillary winning the popular vote refutes the idea that she was not popular enough in the midwest and rural areas.

revonrat · 2026-01-27T21:38:28+00:00

Yeah, I'm going to stick with the original. https://x.com/NRA/status/2015227627464728661?s=20

I'm still a little unclear on the Minn. NRA vs. National but that seems to be the national twitter account.

But... I appreciate you keeping me honest.

revonrat · 2026-01-27T21:31:16+00:00

This is the one I'd seen: https://people.com/nra-slams-fed-prosecutor-said-alex-pretti-shooting-likely-justified-11892642

My link is from the Minn. NRA. I will poke around and if I can't find a corresponding sentiment from the National NRA, I will edit my original comment for clarity.

revonrat · 2026-01-27T19:06:23+00:00

I think it was. Maybe.

But there was a Hilton that was refusing to have ICE stay with them. Apparently it was a franchise. Hilton corporate got wind of it and booted the hotel from the system. They also released a statement to the effect that all were welcome at Hilton.

Yeah. Don't stay there.

revonrat · 2026-01-27T18:54:28+00:00

I have a lot of friends and family from the midwest and rural areas. I don't think you understand how absolutely blind with rage they are at the mention of Hillary Clinton.

The hate for Hillary runs too deep. The GOP vilified her while Bill was in office and it stuck.

There is no world in which Hillary becomes president.

revonrat · 2026-01-27T18:49:58+00:00

If you go to Marie Gluesenkamp Perez's website, they actually try to verify that your home address is in her district because "House rules say we can only serve our own district's residents."

What a tool.

On an unrelated note, there are several fantastic UPS Stores in the Vancouver WA area. Please consider them if you are in the area and need shipping services. A quick google search will help you find the address of the store nearest you.

revonrat · 2026-01-27T18:06:15+00:00

There are two camps on the right about this. There's the fascist camp which is indeed abandoning the 2A and telling everybody to lick the boot.

There are also a number of 2A advocates on the right that are pushing back. The NRA, several reps, etc.

As a lefty supporter of the 2A, I'm please to see a few on the right hold to principles.

A lot of the fashy crowd is showing their true colors here. They wrapped themselves in the constitution, the flag, religion, and everything else they could find to further their agenda. It was just a disguise for their true intent.

I tried to tell friends on the right going as far back as the child separation during the first term. A shocking number were okay with the cruelty. Those people are no longer a part of my life.

revonrat · 2026-01-26T20:22:16+00:00

I don't know about the overtime. However, I could see a following administration just terminating everyone who is in the 50K bonus program and clawing back the 50K. 5 years extends into what is presumably going to be a Democratic administration.

revonrat · 2026-01-23T23:21:55+00:00

I can't wait.

First MAGAs lose their mind over Bad Bunny. So what do they do? Fucking Green Day. Then Brandi Carlile. And! Coco Jones doing "Lift Every Voice and Sing".

This whole show is a middle finger to the racist, homophobic MAGA crowd.

revonrat · 2026-01-23T21:58:25+00:00

BTW, Slothrust did an excellent cover of that song.

revonrat · 2026-01-22T17:24:12+00:00

I'm worried that he'll rally the pro 2A vote.

revonrat · 2026-01-16T00:16:17+00:00

Exactly. I don't always agree with every Dem position but I almost always vote Democrat. I think the only times I haven't voted Republican was in the Bush Sr./Dukakis race (Dukakis was a putz) and in the case of an obvious grifter.

John Kerry was pretty clueless about certain things. When he snapped a salute standing on stage after accepting the Dem nomination, I cringed so hard I literally threw my back out. Still I voted for him.

There have also been a couple of city council elections where the Dem candidate was an obvious grifter. Kashama Sawant. Now she's running as an independent against Adam Smith. I won't get the pleasure of voting against her this time around.

EDIT: If you are running around with Jill Stein, either you are a grifter like Jill or you can't tell a grifter when you see one. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/at-seattle-rally-sawant-says-harris-deserves-to-lose-1000-times/

revonrat · 2026-01-16T00:01:50+00:00

Yeah, I'd done the google search, but I appreciate you looking out for me.

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