Colin Rafferty
@colin.rafferty.net
Early Gen X. Senior programmer, preferring C++ and Emacs Lisp.
Married with two kids.
Member of the all-powerful bike lobby.
he/him
https://colin.rafferty.net/
email: firstname at lastname dot net
@[email protected] on mastodon
Married with two kids.
Member of the all-powerful bike lobby.
he/him
https://colin.rafferty.net/
email: firstname at lastname dot net
@[email protected] on mastodon
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NYC block lengths, V3
Now accounting for streets cutting through blocks, e.g. Broadway in Manhattan.
Now accounting for streets cutting through blocks, e.g. Broadway in Manhattan.
December 16, 2025 at 1:55 AM
NYC block lengths, V3
Now accounting for streets cutting through blocks, e.g. Broadway in Manhattan.
Now accounting for streets cutting through blocks, e.g. Broadway in Manhattan.
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I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 16, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
I'm not only looking forward to the implementation, but the absolute insanity in my NextDoor feed.
I'd love to see a commitment to implementing the Grand Army Plaza redesign in 2026.
bsky.app/profile/nyc....
bsky.app/profile/nyc....
The Department of Transportation under Mayor Mamdani will be "committed to actually achieving" the Streets Master Plan, as well as other Vision Zero strategies for safety as key elements of achieving fast and free buses, says incoming deputy mayor Dean Fuleihan. buff.ly/fpBtmci
December 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I'm not only looking forward to the implementation, but the absolute insanity in my NextDoor feed.
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For today only (Dec 14) All Systems Red (1st book in The Murderbot Diaries) is on sale across all US ebook retailers for $2.99 (published by Tordotcom, edited by @leeharris.net cover art by Jaime Jones) www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
All Systems Red ebook by Martha Wells - Rakuten Kobo
Read "All Systems Red The Murderbot Diaries" by Martha Wells available from Rakuten Kobo. Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award for Best Novella
Winner of the Alex Award
A New York Times and USA...
www.kobo.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
For today only (Dec 14) All Systems Red (1st book in The Murderbot Diaries) is on sale across all US ebook retailers for $2.99 (published by Tordotcom, edited by @leeharris.net cover art by Jaime Jones) www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
1977, 12 years old, at The Ziegfeld. Seeing Leia’s ship looking like it’s coming from behind me and thinking, “that’s huge”. And then the star destroyer that just kept on getting bigger.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 14, 2025 at 3:54 AM
1977, 12 years old, at The Ziegfeld. Seeing Leia’s ship looking like it’s coming from behind me and thinking, “that’s huge”. And then the star destroyer that just kept on getting bigger.
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This doesn’t beat the smartly dressed ‘30s woman on my evening train out of London heading West who took from her bag a crystal glass, a small cutting board, lime & a pocket knife, a gin miniature & a bottle of tonic, and proceeded to top it off with ice from a thermos handled with silver tongs.
December 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This doesn’t beat the smartly dressed ‘30s woman on my evening train out of London heading West who took from her bag a crystal glass, a small cutting board, lime & a pocket knife, a gin miniature & a bottle of tonic, and proceeded to top it off with ice from a thermos handled with silver tongs.
I so do not enjoy it when the App Store reviewer has their location services disabled, and rejects my app for improperly asking for location permissions.
"The user is redirected to the Settings app to grant access before showing the permission request."
"The user is redirected to the Settings app to grant access before showing the permission request."
December 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I so do not enjoy it when the App Store reviewer has their location services disabled, and rejects my app for improperly asking for location permissions.
"The user is redirected to the Settings app to grant access before showing the permission request."
"The user is redirected to the Settings app to grant access before showing the permission request."
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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I think the snow pattern on asphalt shows that this street in my neighborhood could be more narrow
November 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I think the snow pattern on asphalt shows that this street in my neighborhood could be more narrow
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Fetch the calipers!
Personality trait psychology has a lot to effing answer for imho
Researchers are now saying that AI can find correlations between facial characteristics and success on the job.
The Economist says that corporations would have a “strong incentive” to deploy this technology when looking at applicants.
The Economist says that corporations would have a “strong incentive” to deploy this technology when looking at applicants.
November 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Fetch the calipers!
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Good news: If you would like to watch Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants on YouTube I have done a painstaking 4k upscale of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0gW...
November 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Good news: If you would like to watch Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants on YouTube I have done a painstaking 4k upscale of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0gW...
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Although many people are saying it, I do not believe our current president sucked off former president Bill Clinton on camera. I have not seen sufficient evidence that our current president gave the former president a blowie in a way that was memorialized in a photo. That's not something I believe.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Although many people are saying it, I do not believe our current president sucked off former president Bill Clinton on camera. I have not seen sufficient evidence that our current president gave the former president a blowie in a way that was memorialized in a photo. That's not something I believe.
I designed and bought a Pop! of myself to give my wife for her birthday.
Funko admits “substantial doubt” it can continue as a going concern amid crashing sales and mounting debt.
The Pop! maker warns of potential loan defaults without fresh funding or a buyout, after a 14% sales drop and $250M in obligations.
#Funko #PopVinyl #GoingConcern
The Pop! maker warns of potential loan defaults without fresh funding or a buyout, after a 14% sales drop and $250M in obligations.
#Funko #PopVinyl #GoingConcern
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I designed and bought a Pop! of myself to give my wife for her birthday.
Zero, but I put the boombox on my shoulder ironically.
(i got a zero lolz)
THE FABULOUS WEIRD CHECKLIST
Give yourself I point for each thing you've NEVER done.
THE FABULOUS WEIRD CHECKLIST
Give yourself I point for each thing you've NEVER done.
November 9, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Zero, but I put the boombox on my shoulder ironically.
Wife wakes from a brief nap: “wait, wasn’t that play at home a replay?”
November 2, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Wife wakes from a brief nap: “wait, wasn’t that play at home a replay?”
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This game is insane.
(Counting on Tuesday night to be much more decisive, much earlier in the evening)
(Counting on Tuesday night to be much more decisive, much earlier in the evening)
November 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
This game is insane.
(Counting on Tuesday night to be much more decisive, much earlier in the evening)
(Counting on Tuesday night to be much more decisive, much earlier in the evening)
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just want the programmers who had to deal with this to know that I see them
November 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
just want the programmers who had to deal with this to know that I see them
“Fuck you, motherfucker.”
November 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
“Fuck you, motherfucker.”
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November 1, 1918 – Malbone Street wreck: The worst rapid transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 102 deaths.
November 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
November 1, 1918 – Malbone Street wreck: The worst rapid transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 102 deaths.
One of my favorite perks of being a poll worker is calmly asking a teen with a parent if it’s their first time, and then shouting, and everyone cheers the happy and embarrassed kid.
Did I announce “WE GOT A FIRST TIME VOTER HERE!” as I walked into the polling place with my 18yo daughter, prompting a roomful of election workers to clap and cheer?
a man with glasses and a beard is making a face .
ALT: a man with glasses and a beard is making a face .
media.tenor.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
One of my favorite perks of being a poll worker is calmly asking a teen with a parent if it’s their first time, and then shouting, and everyone cheers the happy and embarrassed kid.
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I am not mutilated.
October 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I am not mutilated.
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![[Verse 1] You look like A perfect fit For a girl in need Of a tourniquet
[Chorus] But can you save me? Come on and save me If you could save me From the ranks of the freaks Who suspect They could never love anyone
[Verse 2] Cause I can tell You know what it's like The long farewell Of the hunger strike
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it's easy to get bogged down in the arguments transphobes pretend to be making but in the end they are just people who spend more time thinking about kid genitals than pediatric urologists
September 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
it's easy to get bogged down in the arguments transphobes pretend to be making but in the end they are just people who spend more time thinking about kid genitals than pediatric urologists