Language was a mistake
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I call this "The Lying Screen"
December 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I call this "The Lying Screen"
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Turns out it didn't have legs
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the ‘Metaverse’ has cost Meta more than $77B
The company now plans to cut spending on it and shift focus to AI wearables instead
(via WSJ)
The company now plans to cut spending on it and shift focus to AI wearables instead
(via WSJ)
December 7, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Turns out it didn't have legs
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One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
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did… did the dog write this recipe
December 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
did… did the dog write this recipe
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who called them "the Huns" and not "H from Steppes"
September 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
who called them "the Huns" and not "H from Steppes"
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ME: hey so what's this process consuming all my CPU
WINDOWS: oh that's our Microsoft Search Indexer, it's building a search index of your files
ME: neat, so if I do a search on my files, will I get prompt, useful resul—
WINDOWS: [punches me in the face]
WINDOWS: oh that's our Microsoft Search Indexer, it's building a search index of your files
ME: neat, so if I do a search on my files, will I get prompt, useful resul—
WINDOWS: [punches me in the face]
August 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
ME: hey so what's this process consuming all my CPU
WINDOWS: oh that's our Microsoft Search Indexer, it's building a search index of your files
ME: neat, so if I do a search on my files, will I get prompt, useful resul—
WINDOWS: [punches me in the face]
WINDOWS: oh that's our Microsoft Search Indexer, it's building a search index of your files
ME: neat, so if I do a search on my files, will I get prompt, useful resul—
WINDOWS: [punches me in the face]
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Me (being caught in bed with an optical illusion): it’s not what it looks like.
July 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Me (being caught in bed with an optical illusion): it’s not what it looks like.
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If schools were actually preparing kids for white-collar work they wouldn't be phone-free, you'd have to have your phone on your desk all day for the authenticator apps
July 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
If schools were actually preparing kids for white-collar work they wouldn't be phone-free, you'd have to have your phone on your desk all day for the authenticator apps
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I mean, sure, "Elephants never forget" is cute and all, but "corvids carry generational grudges" is both factually correct and _sick as hell_
July 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I mean, sure, "Elephants never forget" is cute and all, but "corvids carry generational grudges" is both factually correct and _sick as hell_
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I have a cool project going with GPT. It's giving me specifications for affixing feathers on my arms with wax so I can fly! This is going to be awesome!
July 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I have a cool project going with GPT. It's giving me specifications for affixing feathers on my arms with wax so I can fly! This is going to be awesome!
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Graph of British Rivers
July 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Graph of British Rivers
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I’m not falling for that.
Wow: after 15 years, YouTube has taken down the original 'Rick Roll' video due to a "licensing issue," likely due to the acquisition of Astley's record lable.
The metadata remains, but if you click through it goes to 'video not found':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...
The metadata remains, but if you click through it goes to 'video not found':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Rick Astley
www.youtube.com
May 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I’m not falling for that.
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Spent too much time on this
May 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Spent too much time on this
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This evidence deserves all the distribution it can get, given the amount of misinformation that persists even in well-informed & educated places
Literally a newly published paper exactly on this. Accounting for recombination, the recency of SARS-CoV-2 in reservoir bats is pretty clear.
Also the distance from reservoir to spillover is pretty similar in both cases. Cause wildlife trade.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Also the distance from reservoir to spillover is pretty similar in both cases. Cause wildlife trade.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
May 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This evidence deserves all the distribution it can get, given the amount of misinformation that persists even in well-informed & educated places
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Eddie Izzard
With Doctor Who, James Bond and the Pope all about to be recast, is there anyone you think would be ideal in all three roles?
April 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Eddie Izzard
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Dear MailOnline I don't believe I've talked about anything on air fryers in well over a year (possibly two) let alone just give an 'urgent' warning. It's news to me!
Is the warning that both airfryers and me are high search engine terms so you're using them to attract clicks?
Is the warning that both airfryers and me are high search engine terms so you're using them to attract clicks?
April 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Dear MailOnline I don't believe I've talked about anything on air fryers in well over a year (possibly two) let alone just give an 'urgent' warning. It's news to me!
Is the warning that both airfryers and me are high search engine terms so you're using them to attract clicks?
Is the warning that both airfryers and me are high search engine terms so you're using them to attract clicks?
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"Pretend it's 1995" OK well give me a pint at 1995 prices then we have a deal.
April 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"Pretend it's 1995" OK well give me a pint at 1995 prices then we have a deal.
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anyone who's ever run a community above a certain size can tell you that you either ban like 20 assholes or lose 20,000 normal people. allowing 'different voices' is a losing strategy.
April 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
anyone who's ever run a community above a certain size can tell you that you either ban like 20 assholes or lose 20,000 normal people. allowing 'different voices' is a losing strategy.
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The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.
April 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.
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One of the most clarifying things I've seen in the past few weeks is "de-escalate all conflict that is not with the enemy."
April 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
One of the most clarifying things I've seen in the past few weeks is "de-escalate all conflict that is not with the enemy."
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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I just finished an IT project to put ad blockers on everyone's browser. I work at an advertising company.
April 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I just finished an IT project to put ad blockers on everyone's browser. I work at an advertising company.
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On the bright side, at least Brexit is no longer the stupidest and most pointless act of economic self-harm of the century
April 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
On the bright side, at least Brexit is no longer the stupidest and most pointless act of economic self-harm of the century