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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Outlook servers down, reports say⁩ ⁨⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  That might have been me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that if you hover your mouse over each segment of Wikipedia's IPA pronunciation key (typically found at the beginning of an article), it will let you know how it sounds in the tooltip⁩ ⁨⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I clicked on it once and it made a baby appear and the baby looked at me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let me tell you something, I haven't even begun to peak.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that a crest I see before me?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Conservatism Saved As Muslim Sex Trafficker Brought Back To U.S.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Dang does the bee actually have a stinger? I didn’t expect this level of almost-but-not-quite self-awareness from them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop touching your stuff!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I was literally touching my penis when my eyes alit on this post.

  My first thought was that this was an incredible coincidence, and worthy of remark, but now I’m starting to wonder if maybe I’m subconsciously handling this thing more than I realize.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hardcore gaming⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait wait wait, WINDOWS installed?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nuked from orbit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What are your qualifications for media literacy?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nuked from orbit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  From what now?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BlackBerry's iconic keyboard patent has expired⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I still have mine too, and really for the same reason. It is such a great design, and the aesthetic of a water-smoothed river stone was really cohesive. The Pre was all smooth lines and soft curves. Just gorgeous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BlackBerry's iconic keyboard patent has expired⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It was such an innovative Mobile UI for its time, and the physical slide-out keyboard of the Pre, was a really satisfying typing experience. These days, people take for granted that they can dismiss an app by simply “flicking” it up and off the screen on your mobile phone, but that whole visual metaphor and activity came from WebOS. It felt like the first true multi-tasking mobile phone. shucks I miss it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BlackBerry's iconic keyboard patent has expired⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Remembering the BlackBerry keyboard leads me to remembering the Palm Pre, which had so much potential. In many ways, still my favorite phone ever. It’s sad to see WebOS reduced to Smart TV shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mastodon is working to add the controversial 'quote posts' feature | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If I infer from context clues, quote dunking is commenting disparagingly to frame the quoted tweet? I left Twitter in like 2011.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨aww man here we goo...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We prefer Speed tape. It’s a little stronger but just as ubiquitous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨aww man here we goo...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve worked in commercial aviation for 20+ years. In that time I have flown on hundreds of trips, on aircraft of all sizes, ages and manufacturers. I have visited crash sites mid-cleanup and had the odd sensation of smelling familiar airplane smells perverted by burned Jet-A. I have provided logistical support to families grieving the loss of their loved ones due to the actions of the airline I worked for. In other words, I have spent a lot of time highly aware of how catastrophic a crash can be, but I never felt unsafe flying in all that time because the system itself still felt safe.

  Last week my kid flew to Florida, and I have never been so nervous. I almost told them to cancel but that would have freaked them out even more and made me look crazy. But the system doesn’t feel safe now. It is not in safe hands.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple, Microsoft Joining Google Using Gulf of America in Maps Programs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also meaningfully different, unless there is an executive order or it’s anglo-equivalent I’m unaware of. Many languages have a name for other countries that is different than the name those countries give themselves. Shall we use Germany itself as an example? How do you say South Africa in German? Südafrika, not Republic of South Africa, Republiek van Suid-Afrika, or any other the other 11 official languages from that country.

  Okay, sure, but that’s just a translation of South and Africa and everyone knows Germans physically cannot resist compound words, so how about France?

  It ain’t République française, or even Französische Republik. It’s Frankreich. This stuff generally happens organically and language develops slower than politics, as evidenced by Frankreich. That’s a lot different than this Executive Order. That’s an imperial move.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple, Microsoft Joining Google Using Gulf of America in Maps Programs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it no different, or is it different in a kind of huge obvious way? Denali is US property. The gulf ain’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Okay, this is getting out of hand⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One day soon we will look back fondly to when this was a joke.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Man Who Met Kit Duncan⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ken M is a balm on my very sole in these trying times.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She would be proud⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Say hi to your grandkids

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Poetic take" on the state of the US⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Now accepting preorders for black t-shirts with simple block letters across the chest:

  JAMES 5:1-6

  On the back:

  THE INERRANT WORD OF GOD

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i wish it was a cheesesteak⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought that was Anthony fucking Bourdain next to it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For No Reason in Particular Here's a Bunch of Games Where You Kill Nazis⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I just started playing this based on a similar thread I saw earlier this week, and I haven’t put it down. It shows its age but it is an fantastaic and absorbing game. Easy to switch between mission focus and just killing Nazis for fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am required to pay taxes to the US government, not elon musk running a fraudulent government agency, why should I pay?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Then maybe don’t tell someone who does live here to keep their head down. Especially if you’re from where I think you’re from. You should be exhorting us to learn from your history and to not let this overtake us - because the fascists will have learned from your history as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am required to pay taxes to the US government, not elon musk running a fraudulent government agency, why should I pay?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Push for good change like calling your congress person and complaining? Campaigning for a progressive candidate in the mid-terms?

  If you’re going to pretend for youself like it’s 2016, then just spare us. Your silence would be better than lumping all direct action into throwing molotovs.

  When you dismiss the option set rather than productively try to add to the option set, any rational person would rightfully question your actual intentions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am required to pay taxes to the US government, not elon musk running a fraudulent government agency, why should I pay?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Your vote for the status quo has been registered, but please note the status quo has been a decade-long continuous slide into fascism, so that is what you will be cosigning by keeping your head down.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Delicious⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Hugs the well out of my bife.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Delicious⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I love spoonerisms and I have an almost nervous habit of making them up on the spot at random times. Bugs the hell out of my wife.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Self-Driving Waymo Cab Smashes Into Delivery Robot⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You must be exhausted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chicago keeps its New Year's resolution: All city buildings now use 100 percent clean power⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Now if only our street parking weren’t owned by banks and foreign governements and we could get some real bike lane coverage.

  I do love my city though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Neurosurgery on Saturn⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just read most of that and I’m both confused and anxious for a sequel.