@woe2you @thomholwerda Ah, yes, because when I ask “how is the weather outside" I desire for the response to be "well, water thinks it's very cold”.

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The only reason I use Fedora Server is because I like saying, "Oh you can just add that using the COCK PIT web UI"

#3132 - Coastline Similarity

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Three-panel black-and-white classroom comic. Panel 1: A teacher points with a stick to a wall map. On the world map, the east coast of South America and the west coast of Africa are traced in red. Text at top reads: “People had long noticed that South America and Africa had similarly-shaped coastlines.” Panel 2: Same classroom. Two students sit at desks facing the teacher, who stands by the map. Text at top: “In the 20th century, geologists finally found the explanation:” Panel 3: One of the students raises a hand and speaks; and the teacher interrupts. Dialogue: Student: “Plagiaris—” Teacher: “Continental drift.” Student: “Oh.” Hidden text: "Hey! A bunch of the early Cretaceous fossils on each coast seem to have been plagiarized, too!"

@liaizon @samhenrigold After some testing, we've determined that lobsters are surprisingly easy to disassemble using standard tools (the Jimmy was especially handy here). However, the disassembly was entirely destructive, which means a zero in terms of repairability.
It's not all bad, though! Unlike traditional tech, lobsters take very little resources to manufacture and are completely biodegradable. This makes replacement an acceptable alternative to repair in this crustacean's case.

Today I heard the phrase, "GPT endpoint". Sad to report it didn't mean what I first thought.

Here’s a poem called ‘Roger’s Thesaurus’.

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Roger’s Thesaurus In order to grow, expand, widen his lexicological corpus, Roger bought, acquired, purchased
a synonymopedia, a thesaurus. Soon, presently, without delay, he no longer ran out of things to say, speak, utter, express, articulate, give voice to, pronounce, communicate. This was all very well, fine, great, wonderful, super, terrific but his friends, mates, pals found him boring, tedious, dull, soporific. So let this be a warning, an omen, a sign, a premonition, it’s all very well to show learning, education, knowledge, erudition, but here’s a top tip, a hint, a suggestion, some advice, don’t ever let it stop you from being concise

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brief, short, clear, pithy, succinct, compendious, to the point, compact, snappy, laconic. Breviloquent. Brian Bilston

MIT Backs Away From Paper Claiming Scientists Make More Discoveries with AI. After a review process, MIT stated that it “has no confidence in the provenance, reliability or validity of the data and has no confidence in the veracity of the research contained in the paper.” https://gizmodo.com/mit-backs-away-from-paper-claiming-scientists-make-more-discoveries-with-ai-2000603790

I wonder if the federal patrols descending on DC will be including white-collar crime in their crackdown. You know, like pulling over fancy cars and auditing their taxes.

That could have a real impact.

This feels appropriate for the second thing I've ever posted to mastodon.

TIL the Kensington Turbo Mouse can use a billiard ball.

#RetroComputing #VintageMac #VintageAP

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Photo of a beige trackball with an 11 red/white striped billiard ball in it next to a Mac Plus keyboard.

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Photo of a beige trackball with an 8 black billiard ball in it next to a Mac Plus keyboard.

Celebrating 50 years of The Rocky Horror Picture Show
"It's had a profound impact on our culture, especially on people who've felt different and marginalized."
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/08/celebrating-50-years-of-the-rocky-horror-picture-show/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

“See the intended message was, Fascism Sucks. However, they gave the good Zoids to the fascists so instead you got, If you want a T-Rex with big guns, you want fascism. And I feel like that explains a lot of our cohort.” — My sister being too smart for her own good.

@catsalad

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lady reading book titled, "How to tell if your cat is plotting to kill you." The cat is behind her, glaring at her.

It should be illegal to sell "half and half" that is mostly skim milk and corn syrup. I generally don't do the shopping b/c I always get the wrong thing, and yesterday I grabbed what looked like a regular half-n-half off the store shelf but when I woke up w/ today's coffeine found it tasted like ass. What is the point of low-fat half-n-half? Doesn't the name itself suggest it's at least half cream? What a scam.

Yesterday my daughter emailed me, asking why I didn't do something useful with my time.
Talking about "doing-something-useful" seems to be her favorite topic of conversation.
She was "only thinking of me," she said, and suggested that I go down to the Senior Center and hang out with some of the other old fellows.
So I did this and when I got home last night, I decided to play a prank on her. I emailed her and told her that I had joined a Parachute Club.
She replied, "Are you nuts? You are 71 and now you're going to start jumping out of airplanes?"
I told her that I even got a Membership Card and e-mailed a copy to her.
She immediately telephoned me and yelled, "Good grief, Dad, where are your glasses?! This is a Membership to a Prostitute Club, not a Parachute Club."
"Oh man, I'm in trouble again," I said. "I really don't know what to do. I signed up for five jumps a week!!"
The line went dead.
Life as a Senior Citizen is not getting any easier, but sometimes it can be fun.

One of my favorite cookbooks. It’s also sweet knowing that I’m using someone’s Yia Yia’s recipe 🤗 Opa! 🇬🇷

It’s probably out of print, but worth finding.

“The Complete Book of Greek Cooking: The Recipe Club of Saint Paul’s Greek Orthodox Cathedral” (Hempstead, NY)

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The Complete Book of Greek Cooking: The Recipe Club of Saint Paul’s Greek Orthodox Cathedral” (Hempstead, NY)