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Posts by pvg

the vectorized DOS font is the real crime against decency and truth here

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won the battle of tushima

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along with doctor dood and doctor moom, they form the Levenshtein Four

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very neat. presumably easier because the orientation of the corner and middle bits doesn't matter, unlike the full cube?

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they don't know they've just hit the peak of the Age of Panel

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pfft, System F. The F in ZFC is a Zionist.

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"actually, Lada was the export brand" is the bare minimum if one is going to take one's pedantiretorting craft seriously

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“Knuth didn't like the change from hot type to cold, from Lino to photo, and so he took a few months off from his other work, rolled up his sleeves, and set to work computerizing the business of setting type and designing type fonts. Nine years later, he was done.”

“Knuth didn't like the change from hot type to cold, from Lino to photo, and so he took a few months off from his other work, rolled up his sleeves, and set to work computerizing the business of setting type and designing type fonts. Nine years later, he was done.”

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finally a use for that railgun

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that tiramisu pizza factory remains a seemingly invincible fortress

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or trying to get help after a bad glue accident

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utililizing is the imposition of one's ukulele use on others

considered rude in most cultures outside the US

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you post a screenshot of the thing you deleted and admit you made a mistake. pretty much what everyone does.

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this is how Microsoft USB C# happens

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Deboree tries to lift his eyes open, but the tunnel is twining too fast. Let it close, he tells himself. Who's afraid of the dark now? Houlihan wasn't merely making noise; he was counting. We were all counting.

Demon Box, Ken Kesey

Deboree tries to lift his eyes open, but the tunnel is twining too fast. Let it close, he tells himself. Who's afraid of the dark now? Houlihan wasn't merely making noise; he was counting. We were all counting. Demon Box, Ken Kesey

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For Houlihan had a trick of filling the lapses with meaningless numbers – "Hey, you dig just then that lovely little loop-the-loop cutie doin' the ol' four five seventy-seven jive back thar on the corner Grant and Green, or was it eighty-seven?" – until his stream of consciousness commenced to trickle again and he got back on the track. Nonsense numbers to fill the gaps. An obvious trick, but none of his audience ever saw it as something to cover a failure. It was just noise to keep the rhythm going, just rebop until he found the groove again. And he always seemed to. "Keep rollin' and you'll always eventually cross your line again." And that faith that saw him through his lapses had become a faith for everybody that knew him, a mighty bridge, to see them across their own chasms. Now the bridge was washed out. Now, at long last, it did seem that he had lost it for good, in terminal nonsense and purposeless, meaningless numbers of nothing. Forever.

For Houlihan had a trick of filling the lapses with meaningless numbers – "Hey, you dig just then that lovely little loop-the-loop cutie doin' the ol' four five seventy-seven jive back thar on the corner Grant and Green, or was it eighty-seven?" – until his stream of consciousness commenced to trickle again and he got back on the track. Nonsense numbers to fill the gaps. An obvious trick, but none of his audience ever saw it as something to cover a failure. It was just noise to keep the rhythm going, just rebop until he found the groove again. And he always seemed to. "Keep rollin' and you'll always eventually cross your line again." And that faith that saw him through his lapses had become a faith for everybody that knew him, a mighty bridge, to see them across their own chasms. Now the bridge was washed out. Now, at long last, it did seem that he had lost it for good, in terminal nonsense and purposeless, meaningless numbers of nothing. Forever.

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we pass butter

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Monty Python - Arthur 'Two Sheds' Jackson
Monty Python - Arthur 'Two Sheds' Jackson YouTube video by thebrat307101

perhaps a relative of www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLjS...

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hr giger xenomorth head with pinching jaws protruding from jaws

hr giger xenomorth head with pinching jaws protruding from jaws

more tools should have parts named 'pinching jaws', for sure

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image of ye olde toshiba t3200 plasma display

image of ye olde toshiba t3200 plasma display

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it's incredible we've finally invented the computers of the future imagined by fiction (they interact in human language at around 300 baud) and are like you know what, I don't really need you to type that fast

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The Magnificent Seven (1960) | Scene: Chris's men and the villagers chase Calvera off
The Magnificent Seven (1960) | Scene: Chris's men and the villagers chase Calvera off YouTube video by Wincy Studio

youtu.be/AtuWF0gbYuY?...

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history and tradition of knifemogging

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Key Aspects of Kafka as a "Warrior of Words":
Literary Intensity: Kafka famously believed books should act as an "axe for the frozen sea within us," advocating for writing that follows one's most intense obsessions rather than fashionable, "watered-down" prose.
The Home Movies Reference: The phrase originates from the "Franz Kafka Rock Opera" in the Home Movies episode "Director's Cut," where he is portrayed as a dramatic, moody artist ("A lonely German from Prague").
Thematic Focus: He is characterized as focusing on intense, bizarre, and existential themes, such as turning into "bugs" (referencing The Metamorphosis).
Defiant Legacy: He is seen as a man of steel at his core, standing against superficiality in art and life.

Key Aspects of Kafka as a "Warrior of Words": Literary Intensity: Kafka famously believed books should act as an "axe for the frozen sea within us," advocating for writing that follows one's most intense obsessions rather than fashionable, "watered-down" prose. The Home Movies Reference: The phrase originates from the "Franz Kafka Rock Opera" in the Home Movies episode "Director's Cut," where he is portrayed as a dramatic, moody artist ("A lonely German from Prague"). Thematic Focus: He is characterized as focusing on intense, bizarre, and existential themes, such as turning into "bugs" (referencing The Metamorphosis). Defiant Legacy: He is seen as a man of steel at his core, standing against superficiality in art and life.

This made me google the famous scripture line “a warrior of words taking a stand” and google immediately confirmed its authenticity and importance

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you've been demoted from a doer of Newton things to a maker of (standard!) Bluesky moves

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time traveling to the early 19th century to prevent the fatal Pushkin and Gallois duels, in cahoots with Dumas

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'newt dropped' might be the sensible contraction of 'new newt dropped'

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dewar

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the 6502 one is very nearly "registers?"

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what do you expect from a dude named after gnawing

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