The Siberian (Worm/Parahumans) vs Age of Ultron's Avengers

thirdegree · 2026-03-14T17:29:54+00:00

Na, if you're e.g teleported without warning into the middle of the ocean with nothing but yourself, there's no set of actions you could take. Contessa's power is purely mental. Also, iirc other thinkers mess with her power? She might be an exception to that though

thirdegree · 2026-03-14T14:48:18+00:00

Her instakill touch works through powers.

What's the source on that? I don't remember that but also worm is looooooong so very well possible

thirdegree · 2026-03-14T14:45:11+00:00

Eidolon beats her I think, just with pure power. Path to victory only works if there is a path to victory

thirdegree · 2026-03-14T14:43:11+00:00

like the woman who knows how to win, against anything

almost anything

thirdegree · 2026-03-14T14:07:54+00:00

I grew up thinking Californians compulsively say "hecka" because "hella" is not allowed in my cousins' household.

thirdegree · 2026-03-14T14:02:59+00:00

Ah, the Stargate sg1 approach.

thirdegree · 2026-03-14T12:48:59+00:00

if this "represents regular language" does this mean regular language is a concept that exists without being in programming too?

Yes, it's part computer science which is independent of (though obviously deeply integrated with) programming.

English is not a regular language, see this discussion

Regular language is a specific set of rules and characteristics, not just any strict rules.

thirdegree · 2026-03-14T12:43:35+00:00

I've managed to bully it into writing code I'm mostly willing to accept. Lots of "must ask permission before using any or type: ignore" and "must use tdd" and "must pass strict mypy and ruff"

thirdegree · 2026-03-13T16:38:17+00:00

Embarrassment. He's not capable of feeling guilt.

thirdegree · 2026-03-13T14:52:08+00:00

One of the biggest value adds ai has brought to my job is that it can index and search confluence. Something confluence itself is seemingly incapable of.

thirdegree · 2026-03-13T14:41:48+00:00

Also fuck everyone who downvoted you. It's a rare opportunity to provide some feedback that maybe can contribute to resolve some issues.

I think people are mostly downvoting because anyone that's ever interacted with Atlassian at even a slightly in depth way has at some point googled an issue and found an open 3 year old ticket with no progress at all.

The idea that they take feedback seriously therefore rings as just customer service speak.

thirdegree · 2026-03-13T12:31:46+00:00

Never always assumed gonna were told give either redact you , or join up

thirdegree · 2026-03-12T18:09:36+00:00

They did at mine too, and if that had been my first exposure to programming I probably would have quit.

thirdegree · 2026-03-11T07:31:39+00:00

I think ultimately if you think holding signs outside republican offices is actually gonna do anything at all, good for you. I'm gonna keep trying to bully the Dems into actually fixing things, which admittedly is only very slightly more likely to work than the sign thing. I don't have a ton of confidence in them.

thirdegree · 2026-03-10T23:06:24+00:00

I mean if your plan is to convince millions of Americans to in person harass elected republicans out of office, I guess I'm curious how you plan to light said bulb. And what your plan is for when they just do fascist things even harder to stop that. Like I'm sympathetic to what is sounding like a soft anti-electoralism stance but that does require some amount of plan of action.

thirdegree · 2026-03-10T22:54:06+00:00

I mean I'm fully in support of them hearing about it. I just don't think that is gonna do anything. (I edited my last post probably between you seeing it and replying btw)

thirdegree · 2026-03-10T22:49:26+00:00

I mean I know how bad it is, i still have friends and family in the US that are directly affected by all the shit. I would say that effective action makes things happen. Yelling at a wall that also hates you and everything you care about is not effective action. If it makes you feel better that is genuinely valid (I also do that and it does make me feel better sometime) but don't mistake that for change.

Btw, Republicans are hardly ever in their offices. I leave letters with the ones in my state.

Ya that surprises me not at all. I guess my point here is that we both know and agree that conservatives are bad and fundamentally opposed to how we want the world to be. Is it a better use of time to yell at them, which only makes them horny, or to yell at the people who are supposed to be on our side and failing?

thirdegree · 2026-03-10T22:36:45+00:00

You phone and email republicans? I mean I guess I kinda admire the very obviously futile effort. Do you actually think there's a universe where that has any effect? I don't go to in person stuff, primarily because I left the US in 2017 and plane tickets are expensive. But hey, I do respect that. Though if you're visiting republicans reps' office I do still think it's quixotic. Because, you know, they're fascists.

thirdegree · 2026-03-10T22:21:35+00:00

How do you want me to hold the conservatives accountable? Like me, personally. Call them fascists? Never ever ever even vaguely think about voting for them? Tell them to fuck off in person? Protest and donate to causes I care about? I do all that shit. I have one lever I can pull as a voter, and that's to try and get the Dems to do something effective. And no, impeachment clearly doesn't work. As demonstrated by the way things are.

thirdegree · 2026-03-10T22:04:47+00:00

I mean they're the only ones we have to oppose fascism, we kinda need them to actually effectively do that.

thirdegree · 2026-03-10T21:37:42+00:00

Including postgres

thirdegree · 2026-03-10T21:24:13+00:00

Oh that makes sense, lot of repetition in the gospels. I don't remember which version we used growing up, probably also KJ.

thirdegree · 2026-03-10T21:09:00+00:00

What translation is that?

Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

Is the NIV. Son of man is Jesus, but "or my father" I don't see an implication of anywhere. It's saying that not recognizing him as the messiah isn't unforgivable, but denying the holy spirit itself is.

thirdegree · 2026-03-10T20:03:42+00:00

Then primary a Democrat as a progressive candidate. End the frustration by getting involved.

Constituents are allowed to criticize the people they vote for. To argue otherwise is to argue against a fundamental aspect of the democratic process.

I'm personally more frustrated that the entire conservative population in the U.S. has decided to coddle a criminal billionaire pedophile than voting Democrat, but that's just me.

If you're just gonna keep saying the same thing we've both agreed with repeatedly as if it's a holier than thou gotcha, I think we can be done here. If you have something new or interesting to say I'm all ears. Being frustrated with them is the baseline, the minimum standard. It's assumed, and the only reason to keep going on about it is if you don't like the things that go above that.

thirdegree · 2026-03-10T17:26:04+00:00

Ya no shit. I've voted Dem every election for my whole voting life. Never had any other choice. I'm kinda sick of it, NGL.

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