Peter Berger
@peterb.bsky.social
effort + coffee = software. See also @[email protected]
My favorite story about my late dad is that he got kicked out of a casino when he was around 10 years old on a family trip because he was calculating the odds on the slots with a pen and paper.
going to Vegas a few times as a child really was such an effective way to learn early that there is no glamour or honor in gambling
down that path lies merely lung-cancer induced tracheotomy holes and the most embarrassing genuses of divorce
down that path lies merely lung-cancer induced tracheotomy holes and the most embarrassing genuses of divorce
Sounds like being in Circus Circus in 1991.
November 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
My favorite story about my late dad is that he got kicked out of a casino when he was around 10 years old on a family trip because he was calculating the odds on the slots with a pen and paper.
Saturday Night's Alright For Haskell Streaming youtube.com/live/Z-E6C7F...
Haskell MOOC: Lecture 4a, Stay Classy (Part 2)
YouTube video by Tea Leaves
youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Saturday Night's Alright For Haskell Streaming youtube.com/live/Z-E6C7F...
can we agree that the medieval "dancing plague" is CLEARLY bullshit that never happened ever, and we all just pretend it did because some moron fucking monks repeated the myth and our society's systems are engineered to make us believe religious people when they say things that are clearly false.
November 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
can we agree that the medieval "dancing plague" is CLEARLY bullshit that never happened ever, and we all just pretend it did because some moron fucking monks repeated the myth and our society's systems are engineered to make us believe religious people when they say things that are clearly false.
Saturday morning Haskell-streaming. Problem Set 4a from the Haskell MOOC, "Real Classy".
youtube.com/live/Wz-qFDc...
Source material is at haskell.mooc.fi.
youtube.com/live/Wz-qFDc...
Source material is at haskell.mooc.fi.
Haskell MOOC: Lecture 4a, Real Classy
YouTube video by Tea Leaves
youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Saturday morning Haskell-streaming. Problem Set 4a from the Haskell MOOC, "Real Classy".
youtube.com/live/Wz-qFDc...
Source material is at haskell.mooc.fi.
youtube.com/live/Wz-qFDc...
Source material is at haskell.mooc.fi.
Maybe 15 years ago my credit card had a thing where you could go to their web site and generate a new virtual card number and say "This number can spend up to $53 and no more" and this was the height of all human technology and I'm absolutely furious that no one supports this any longer.
November 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Maybe 15 years ago my credit card had a thing where you could go to their web site and generate a new virtual card number and say "This number can spend up to $53 and no more" and this was the height of all human technology and I'm absolutely furious that no one supports this any longer.
Let's take a look at selected exercises from the Haskell MOOC's problem set 2!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7icH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7icH...
Haskell MOOC Problem Set 2
YouTube video by Tea Leaves
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Let's take a look at selected exercises from the Haskell MOOC's problem set 2!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7icH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7icH...
"This change can't possibly break anything" is the most dangerous sentence in an engineer's vocabulary.
November 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
"This change can't possibly break anything" is the most dangerous sentence in an engineer's vocabulary.
It would be extremely funny if every time Fetterman got gently bopped on the head he switched from having extreme right-wing views to left-wing views and vice-versa.
John Fetterman was transported to a hospital this morning after falling and hitting his face.
Docs discovered he'd had a ventricular fibrillation flare-up, a form of sudden cardiac arrest. His office says he's doing well and “receiving routine observation." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Docs discovered he'd had a ventricular fibrillation flare-up, a form of sudden cardiac arrest. His office says he's doing well and “receiving routine observation." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
John Fetterman Hospitalized After Fall
www.huffpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It would be extremely funny if every time Fetterman got gently bopped on the head he switched from having extreme right-wing views to left-wing views and vice-versa.
Watching _V For Vendetta_ and hoo boy I never thought I'd be living through it.
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Watching _V For Vendetta_ and hoo boy I never thought I'd be living through it.
@katebeaton.bsky.social Some horrid AI company is running ads on reddit that lift your "Awww yiss" pigeon. Do you want the details for your solicitors?
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
@katebeaton.bsky.social Some horrid AI company is running ads on reddit that lift your "Awww yiss" pigeon. Do you want the details for your solicitors?
Hey @opg.bsky.social I regret to inform you that on Edmund Fitzgerald day I have decided that AI is good actually, because it answered this question (and I don't really care if it's wrong).
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Hey @opg.bsky.social I regret to inform you that on Edmund Fitzgerald day I have decided that AI is good actually, because it answered this question (and I don't really care if it's wrong).
My most strongly-held food take is that bialys are better than bagels, and it isn't close.
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
My most strongly-held food take is that bialys are better than bagels, and it isn't close.
Me, an Idiot: when I can buy more things that means I am more prosperous
You, a Genius: actually being able to buy more means you’re poorer.
You, a Genius: actually being able to buy more means you’re poorer.
people buying piles and piles of cheap shit isn't economic prosperity. hedonism treadmill lmfao
i wish it was possible to peer into the past to see if this hedonistic treadmill was as severe in past generations
like were people in the 1940s smugly talking about how the spread of electricity isn't good evidence of economic prosperity
like were people in the 1940s smugly talking about how the spread of electricity isn't good evidence of economic prosperity
November 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Me, an Idiot: when I can buy more things that means I am more prosperous
You, a Genius: actually being able to buy more means you’re poorer.
You, a Genius: actually being able to buy more means you’re poorer.
Haskell MOOC: Lecture 3, Catamorphic (Set 3b)
YouTube video by Tea Leaves
youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Some Saturday morning #haskell streaming youtube.com/live/Cny0hHT...
Haskell MOOC: Lecture 3, Catamorphic
YouTube video by Tea Leaves
youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Some Saturday morning #haskell streaming youtube.com/live/Cny0hHT...
This property is assessed at only $537,800, which is a goddamn war crime. This is prime commercial real estate in one of the best shopping districts in the city. This shouldn't be assessed at a penny below $2 million, but Pittsburgh's broken assessment system incentivizes leaving it vacant.
November 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This property is assessed at only $537,800, which is a goddamn war crime. This is prime commercial real estate in one of the best shopping districts in the city. This shouldn't be assessed at a penny below $2 million, but Pittsburgh's broken assessment system incentivizes leaving it vacant.
Put "He makes @haskell.org videos that nobody watches" on my tombstone. youtu.be/DvIMjXNLUSs
A new Haskell MOOC!
YouTube video by Tea Leaves
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Put "He makes @haskell.org videos that nobody watches" on my tombstone. youtu.be/DvIMjXNLUSs
Major effect of Peacemaker Season 2 is I'm a huge Foxy Shazam fan now.
November 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Major effect of Peacemaker Season 2 is I'm a huge Foxy Shazam fan now.
Stop, stop, I already like @whstancil.bsky.social you don't need to make him sound even better.
will stancil is the kind of motherfucker who would believe something just because a graph told him to
Look I like Mamdani too but he literally finished with the exact same vote share as Frey here in Minneapolis. Let’s not say he is the truth, the uncontested path forward, just yet. He’s a charismatic guy who got 50% in one of the most liberal places in America with a very progressive platform.
November 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Stop, stop, I already like @whstancil.bsky.social you don't need to make him sound even better.
I feel like I learn this lesson roughly once a week.
The most shocking revelation in the whole AI debacle has been the realisation that the smartest people in the world are fucking idiots.
November 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I feel like I learn this lesson roughly once a week.
A lot of people complain about how 2025 is going but on the bright side it has allowed me to use the word "obsequious" a lot more than I expected!
November 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A lot of people complain about how 2025 is going but on the bright side it has allowed me to use the word "obsequious" a lot more than I expected!
[Very Alec Baldwin voice] A, B, T.
A, always
B, Be
T, Tramping the dirt down.
Always be tramping the dirt down. ALWAYS be tramping the dirt down.
A, always
B, Be
T, Tramping the dirt down.
Always be tramping the dirt down. ALWAYS be tramping the dirt down.
November 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
[Very Alec Baldwin voice] A, B, T.
A, always
B, Be
T, Tramping the dirt down.
Always be tramping the dirt down. ALWAYS be tramping the dirt down.
A, always
B, Be
T, Tramping the dirt down.
Always be tramping the dirt down. ALWAYS be tramping the dirt down.
I need to write a talk solely for the purpose of presenting this slide and then never being invited to an FP conference again.
November 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I need to write a talk solely for the purpose of presenting this slide and then never being invited to an FP conference again.
I might have gotten a little salty about Haskell naming practices in this morning's livestream. youtube.com/shorts/t1pvf...
Ranting About Haskell Naming #haskell #abstraction #functionalprogramming
YouTube video by Tea Leaves
youtube.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I might have gotten a little salty about Haskell naming practices in this morning's livestream. youtube.com/shorts/t1pvf...