Oh, I bet this is causing a lot of awkward situations. :blob_dizzy_face:
“A ton of people received text messages overnight that were originally sent on Valentine’s Day”
Category: Wandering.Shop
@FiXato Hmm, something I could save and parse, rather than just page through a zillion …
@FiXato Hmm, something I could save and parse, rather than just page through a zillion times. Thanks!
Thinking about grabbing archives of some of my older internet postings from forums that are …
Thinking about grabbing archives of some of my older internet postings from forums that are still around. Yeah, there’s a lot of random stuff & a lot of fragments, but there are probably a few things I’d like to keep.
Not surprised that the smaller forums don’t have an export or archive feature, but I am surprised that neither Slashdot nor Reddit does. Thought it might be worth saving a copy to search/skim through later, but it’s not just worth the time to page through it online.
Creepy etymology
Somehow – probably because I learned the word sarcophagus long before I learned much in the way of Latin/Greek suffixes or prefixes – it never occurred to me that it literally means “flesh eater”
Apparently Pliny the Elder thought limestone dissolved bodies and was well-suited for stone coffins:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sarcophagus
Every time I see the word “crudite” I think it ought to be the name …
Every time I see the word “crudite” I think it ought to be the name of a mineral made of crud.
Going to have to go outside to warm up. In freaking November.
Going to have to go outside to warm up. In freaking November.
Argh. It’s 75°F outside, which is fine, but inside it’s cold enough that my nose …
Argh. It’s 75°F outside, which is fine, but inside it’s cold enough that my nose & fingers are going numb. I don’t know who controls the thermostat here but the AC is up waaay too high.
Reminds me of the time the kiddo wanted to put the integer limit as …
…Reminds me of the time the kiddo wanted to put the integer limit as the upper limit in a for loop.
A few hours later he had a better appreciation for big numbers!
@dansup Oh no! Sorry to hear that!
@dansup Oh no! Sorry to hear that!
The whole concept of auto-unlocking based on proximity is a disaster waiting to happen, …
The whole concept of auto-unlocking based on proximity is a disaster waiting to happen, IMO.
@nolan I understand the kind of tweetstorm that’s stream of consciousness, where you just keep …
@nolan I understand the kind of tweetstorm that’s stream of consciousness, where you just keep adding to it as you think of stuff.
But then there’s the kind that really is an article divided into tiny chunks, and it’s like…would you want to watch a movie in 30 second chunks? No, it’s terrible presentation. But that’s where the audience is. All the people who are on Twitter already and will see your thread because it’s there, but can’t be bothered to click on a link to your blog.
@nolan I’ve thought way too much about this and I’m still kind of bitter about the shift.
Realized #Flashpoint is a cosmic-level version of the trolley problem for time travelers.#comics
Realized #Flashpoint is a cosmic-level version of the trolley problem for time travelers.
#comics
Gotta squeeze every last drop of “monetization” outta those profiles!
Reply to @dansup’s link to Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public profiles
@dansup Gotta squeeze every last drop of “monetization” outta those profiles!
@dansup Seriously, though, I’ve been slowly moving away from Instagram all year. The more control FB exerts on it, the less it feels like a place I want to be.
I’m not at the point of deleting my account yet, but I’m not posting there anymore & I’m seriously considering dropping all the accounts I follow except for people I actually know, and paring down my archive.
@phildini Yeah….I’ve got the LA Times fire map bookmarked now. Looking out the window …
@phildini Yeah….
I’ve got the LA Times fire map bookmarked now. Looking out the window and seeing smoke from the Getty fire isn’t helping either…
There’s a house in my neighborhood with #Halloween decorations that include a string of bright …
There’s a house in my neighborhood with #Halloween decorations that include a string of bright orange witches’ hats hanging from the eaves.
But since I learned from an episode of #Lingthusiasm that “witches’ hat” is Australian slang for traffic cones, the color seems even more appropriate!
@sohkamyung Congratulations!
@sohkamyung Congratulations!
Day of the Pokemon
@FiXato well, I had to keep my streak going… 🤷♂️
Day of the Pokemon
Spent the morning with the kid learning to play the Pokemon card game. After lunch he wanted to play the online version. After that I needed a break and went for a walk. I got back and he wanted to play a Minecraft mod with me that adds…you guessed it: Pokemon. And with dinner, when it became clear that there was no room on the table and we asked if he wanted to watch something, he suggested…yep. the original Pokemon cartoon.
I’m all Pokemon’d out.
“New Alternative To Bitcoin Uses Negligible Energy” Gee, I certainly hope so!
Gotta love this headline: “Plague of purple sea urchins ravages California’s offshore ecosystem, heads to Oregon”
Gotta love this headline:
“Plague of purple sea urchins ravages California’s offshore ecosystem, heads to Oregon”