mitchellsalad

@tsoding Even with this explanation of why this is amusing, I don't get why this is amusing

I find it amusing because any other language when suggested to stay consistent like that will bombard you with thousands of excuses about ambiguity, difficulty to parse and what not.

What I find amusing about Jai syntax is that the signature of a procedure is (arg1, arg2, ...) -> result Args are optional. Result's too. So the procedure with no args and result must be just (). And it is!

@kvvoya What are the facts you are referring to? I just googled it and found this video. Is it fake? Honest questions – I'm out of the loop (and hardly care 😛) youtu.be/GubUeJgfW28?si…

@WillChildsKlein @ridestheTalot Yeah I don't really understand – you'd think they would update all of the user-facing mentions of the "Commuter Rail" all over their website and elsewhere, and then MAYBE in a few years switch the API slugs over to the new terminology. But whatever, I'm happy to see movement

@ridestheTalot this is one of the most insane software decisions i’ve seen in years. make a breaking change to downstream apps for no reason?! end users don’t even see API output!!

MBTA is changing « Commuter Rail » to « Regional Rail »

@SomervilleInfr1 Already voted by foot 😛

Today is ELECTION DAY in Somerville, how will you be getting to the polls to vote? 🚶‍♀️🚲🚗📨

@SomervilleInfr1 Any explanation for why it wasn't set well the first time? This thing is brand new 😛 (but also good work & thanks)

We found some grade discrepancies on the new Summer Street Cycle Track where it meets the driveways. We decided the best way to amend this was to infrared pave these areas, which involves reheating the asphalt and resetting the grade. 🚜🚲

@NateBenderama @wrkinclass4evr @Dabiggestfish18 @ellabnellas @Mike_from_PA this tweet belongs in a museum

@wrkinclass4evr @Dabiggestfish18 @ellabnellas @Mike_from_PA Hey dude - Im in Michigan Your tweet convinced me not to vote for Harris because you're so insufferable. Well done.

Fascist enabler.

@SelphinRose @GarlicCorgi @quesador @AlexNowrasteh I don't think you two disagree, if I'm interpreting this confusing discussion correctly. Adjusted for PPP, which we all think is the right thing to do in order to make a comparison, German median wage is about 18% higher than Mississippi median wage. ...right?

“Average wages in America’s poorest state, Mississippi, are higher than the averages in Britain, Canada and Germany.” There’s no material reason for the surge in national populism. economist.com/special-report…

@dannickx Cool. Any expansion in Somerville?

@pentargency @wrens_dens @RepRashida @kroger I don't think inflation "means" prices go up, I think inflation is a measurement (CPI – a weighted average of many goods) of how much prices *have* gone up.

@mitchellsalad @wrens_dens @RepRashida @kroger "i don't know what inflation actually is, only that it means prices go up, therefore anything that makes prices go up must automatically be inflation" -mitchellsalad

Families are struggling to put food on the table. I sent a letter to @Kroger about their decision to roll out surge pricing using facial recognition technology. Facial recognition technology is often discriminatory and shouldn't be used in grocery stores to price gouge residents.

@CaponTrade @Mike_from_PA @agraybee It's not even a sacrifice. Conservative republicans are the only voting bloc that oppose abolishing the EC; shocker. It's even supported by moderate and liberal Republicans.

@mitchellsalad @Mike_from_PA @agraybee Do you think everyone is so self-sacrificing?

"How is this race close" because of the electoral college. That's literally it. America has convincingly rejected Trump twice and every indicator says we will again. It's tedious to say because it's a hopeless cause but we can't lose sight of the fact that America hates Trump.

@CaponTrade @Mike_from_PA @agraybee I see, ok. Hard disagree. "We want everyone's vote to matter the same" sounds, to me, like even something one of those power-hungry Pennsylvanians can get behind...

@mitchellsalad @Mike_from_PA @agraybee Pennsylvania voters are especially important right now under the electoral college. Saying “we want everyone’s vote to matter the same” is tantamount to saying “we want Pennsylvanian votes to matter less” Saying we want someone’s vote to matter less is bad for persuasion.

@CaponTrade @Mike_from_PA @agraybee Can you break this argument down a bit more?

@Mike_from_PA @agraybee So funny that you’re so dumb you can’t comprehend that there may be a practical reason not to tell someone whose vote has elevated importance that you want to take some of that value away. Go punch some couches and stop talking about politics since you’re so clearly ignorant.

@wrens_dens @RepRashida @kroger "it's not inflation, it's inflation!"

@RepRashida @kroger That’s why going after price gouging is important!! It’s not inflation , it’s these companies!!!

@ninaturner @KamalaHarris Can you run instead? The world is kind of on fire here.

The @KamalaHarris campaign could change the entire election by simply supporting Medicare for All and an arms embargo.

@ThunderWolf08 Well, Tesla could certainly dream of making trains. But then they'd wake up and be like "that was a crazy dream, alright let's flood the roads with cars"

A train that dates back almost 40 years is more efficient and safer than anything you could ever dream of making.

@ladybndip @Mike_from_PA There is a limit to how much the goal posts can move. It's set by the worse candidate. I already said that, though. What's your strategy? We're talking voter strategy. Your options are abstain, vote Trump, vote Kamala, vote for some third party.

If Kamala Harris came out and said that she supports mass deportation, is anti-trans and is anti-abortion would you vote for her?

@Mike_from_PA Well I can't snap a stick of celery between my ass cheeks and change the national voting mechanism. At the eleventh hour all one can do is hold their nose and vote. Reform can happen, but abstaining from voting for a stinker helps the stinkier.

@mitchellsalad Ok so you want to vote to maintain the system that you think creates terrible political outcomes. This seems counter-intuitive!

@_DavidLeBlanc @Mike_from_PA That's the real answer, but beside the point. A third-party vote in a swing state is equivalent to a vote for whomever is less similar to the third party. Need a system that isn't first-past-the-post for that to change.

@Mike_from_PA No, she doesn't, but she's still the lesser of two evils. I'm more lamenting our political system and less endorsing Harris... not sure what answers you were expecting to your question but that's my take. Electoral reform would massively expedite real progress.

@mitchellsalad Does Harris support electoral reform?