tech, science, music. he/him. dad of two
vegetarian. mostly eat seed and soy paste.
almost always reply in good faith. quotes are rarely dunks (that's what screenshots are for)
this was on the reddit front page from meirl: www.reddit.com/r/meirl/comm...
(I didn't expect this little quip to be popular so didn't think to add the source)
I am 100% in favor of people who don't want kids not having kids, but watching your kids play on the beach on a day where all your responsibilities are asleep is a peak human experience of a type you will struggle to get elsewhere.
In Texas, highly engaged democrats are turning out in presidential cycle numbers, republicans are turning out like it's a midterm. The infrequent/soft Dem voters are showing up early and above 2024 levels
Paxton is beyond cooked but I don't think Abbott is gonna be very close in the final tally
it feels like you get a greater understanding of things after a good nights sleep, even if you did fuck all the day before and didn't learn anything
Dragged along by the hippocampus or something, toward greater understanding, no matter what you do
I missed it the previous time it happened due to being busy with a close relative's birthday, so I had to make sure to acknowledge it earlier this time otherwise I'd definitely get my nerd card revoked! #MathSky#Mathematics#PythagoreanTheorem#MathChat#MathsChat
Today's xkcd: xkcd.com/3314/
Anyone curious about the story behind this comic won't be able to check explain xkcd today, because they took their website down due to the vulnerability: www.explainxkcd.com
I feel like people are underrating a fairly obvious theory for this (and the previous laughably stupid lawsuits that the SCOTAK struck): the point is just getting the word out that this situation exists so their voters realize it and vote for the incumbent Dan Sullivan over the other Dan Sullivan
if you've never read the GLib source, it's a really fascinating C project. They built object orientation out of C primitives in a really clever way. Of course after my first thought which was "wow this is cool", i immediately thought: why didn't you use c++, but hey
TIL Phil Spector murdered a woman. between him and John Phillips what was wrong with the music production geniuses of that era
Brian Wilson too, though he didn't harm anyone afaik
I feel like a lot of these "opinions" we can put a pin in and check back in 5 years, what with all that's going to have been going on. drone overflying the Branch Benderites compound etc
let's assume that there is another catastrophic php bug and nodejs bug, right now. equally bad.
under what possible logic, given current tools, does it take more than 12 months to find it?
climate disasters are here and worse than predicted, diesel is 6+ bucks a gallon, and solar panels are cheaper than mid grade plywood. yet mysteriously it’s some big obstacle!