aevaJan 26
you ever go wow i sucked at programming last year (but not anymore!) while fixing bugs
Show threadLRJan 27
@aeva the most salient moments of this are a few years in the past for me. you *do* get better. most things i find now are code that hasn't been "garbage collected"
Show threadaevaJan 27
@lritter in this case it was a bad decision made under pressure that I had already refactored out a year prior, I just missed a spot. i like to think i've been able to code most programmers under the table for quite a long time now, but that's not really all that hard a bar to clear tbh.
Show threadd@nny disc@ mc²Jan 27
@aeva @lritter we should fight. mano a mano
Show threadaevaJan 27
@hipsterelectron @lritter I'm a lover not a fighter 😎
Show threadLRJan 27
@aeva @hipsterelectron "it's a date!"
Show threadaevaJan 27
@lritter I think @hipsterelectron might be a fighter tho
Show threadLR
@aeva @hipsterelectron surely there's a lover in there
Jan 27 at 10:02amWeb
Show threadd@nny disc@ mc²Jan 27
@lritter @aeva https://circumstances.run/@hipsterelectron/115744204445994364
d@nny disc@ mc² (@[email protected])

people seem to be under the impression that hating arises from hate rather than an indefatigable spring of the purest love

GSV Sleeper Service
Show threadLRJan 27
@hipsterelectron @aeva selective love, but love all the same
Show threadd@nny disc@ mc²Jan 27
@lritter @aeva on the contrary. the only form of unconditional love there is
Show threadLRJan 27
@hipsterelectron @aeva how so
Show threadd@nny disc@ mc²Jan 27
@lritter @aeva criticism arises from the assertion of a better world
Show threadaevaJan 27
@hipsterelectron @lritter well ok we can have that fight. but I need to go to bed, so I designate LR to be my proxy. both of you please make your way to the nearest walmart parking lot
Show threadaevaJan 27
@hipsterelectron @lritter it works better if you pick the same one
Show threadd@nny disc@ mc²Jan 27
@aeva @lritter yes ma'am
Show threadLRJan 27
@hipsterelectron @aeva so you love the better world the most?
Show threadd@nny disc@ mc²Jan 27
@lritter @aeva it's love because it provides a structure by which someone can improve rather than simply dismissing them entirely
Show threadLRJan 27
@hipsterelectron @aeva are these the only two options?
Show threadd@nny disc@ mc²Jan 27
@lritter @aeva sure, i could compromise my ideals
Show threadLRJan 27

@hipsterelectron @aeva compromises should be renamed. bad marketing.

a compromise should be the intersectional point all negotiators feel the least strongly about: neither like they are losing, nor like they are winning.

i know you like strong feelings so this probably does not sound very appealing.

Show threadd@nny disc@ mc²Jan 27
@lritter @aeva criticism opens the floor for just such a process
Show threadLRJan 27

@hipsterelectron @aeva i'm not going to interfere with your internal householding.

but in recent years i am more and more wondering if idealism has any inherent value.

Show threadd@nny disc@ mc²Jan 27
@lritter @aeva nihilism is the alternative
Show threadLRJan 27
@hipsterelectron @aeva you also love false dichotomies.
Show threadd@nny disc@ mc²Jan 27
@lritter @aeva unconditionally
Show threadaevaJan 27
@hipsterelectron @lritter *reads thread* alright good hustle everyone. i think we can all agree I'm the winner of this fight
Show threadLRJan 27
@hipsterelectron "if all else fails, @aeva wins" is good general policy i think.