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[–] ArachnidMania@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

'Moff' By cmdragonfire (Friend without fedi account)

[–] dalekcaan@feddit.nl 45 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 11 points 6 hours ago

"Is that a carrot in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 17 points 6 hours ago

It's a wood louse

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 15 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

it's a worm :)

[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 20 points 8 hours ago
[–] bort@sopuli.xyz 70 points 12 hours ago (2 children)
[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 19 points 11 hours ago

Feature, not a bug.

[–] zout@fedia.io 7 points 10 hours ago

Definitely not a heart.

[–] HairyHarry@lemmy.world 35 points 10 hours ago

Say hello to Karl The KΓ€fer

[–] GrantUsEyes@piefed.zip 59 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

A loving mother to be, the heart spirit prevails.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 9 points 11 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Janx@piefed.social 1 points 22 minutes ago

I don't think they have furry legs...

[–] GrantUsEyes@piefed.zip 13 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (3 children)

Nope, it's a tarantula! Brachypelma smithi :)

[–] Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 hours ago

Immediately recognized the smithi, well done!

[–] kaklerbitmap@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Beautiful job! My first thought was "is that a Brachypelma emilia?"

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 9 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Haha, just meming but it's really good!

[–] GrantUsEyes@piefed.zip 3 points 10 hours ago

Hehehe whoosh!

[–] Tuuktuuk@nord.pub 41 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 32 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)
[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 points 6 hours ago

This awoke something in me.

[–] Tuuktuuk@nord.pub 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I guess that line is there. Either in the middle or as a part of the edge?

[–] MrQuallzin@pie.eyeofthestorm.place 12 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

It's an internet famous spider. Been a while since I've seen it! You're one of today's lucky 10,000 if this is your first visit from the seven-legged spider

[–] chtk@sh.itjust.works 14 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Speiser0@feddit.org 5 points 7 hours ago

I have seen this spider often, but didn't know that there was this story behind it. Thanks for educating!

[–] erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works 22 points 11 hours ago
[–] Speiser0@feddit.org 28 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

You can't stop me!

(It's the heartbleed bug.)

[–] artwork@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

Oh! It does look like a Psychodidae (aka Drain fly)! ✨

[–] promitheas@programming.dev 17 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 points 10 hours ago

The Hungry Caterpillar sits in quiet desperation.

[–] UNY0N@feddit.org 27 points 13 hours ago
[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 12 points 12 hours ago

The best Charly Brown my fat fingers could manage on my phone

[–] artwork@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

I am sorry, but just in case, the supposed "beans" are likely different in clients/environments.

The character code: 0xf0 0x9f 0xab 0x98

Yet, regardless, the game/idea is sure interesting!


PreviewsAlexandrite:

Lemmy UI:

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

It's even better errored out lmao

[–] artwork@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

It must be the ephemeral or almost magical Rule 3! ^^"

[–] Ooops@feddit.org 5 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Lemmy UI:

So I would guess that it's not a client but an OS or browser issue regarding encoding.

[–] artwork@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Indeed, hence, "environment".

[–] ATS1312@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Debian spiral wallpaper

Wait, you're calling stale repos bug-free? O_o