Deebster

joined 2 years ago
[–] Deebster 1 points 1 month ago

That must have taken some practice!

[–] Deebster 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People sometimes introduce a quote by doing that air quote gesture - I suppose with this logic they should only do it on one hand at the quote start and use the other hand to end the quote.

[–] Deebster 5 points 1 month ago

I saw one comment and was sure it'd be the Arthur C. Clarke quote. I like your one, I hadn't seen it before.

[–] Deebster 13 points 1 month ago

Sometimes both in the same article!

They'll start by explaining what the internet is before descending into a dense conversation about how to use eBPF to do packet filtering and observability - just who is the audience that needs both halves of this?

[–] Deebster 2 points 1 month ago

I like it when Greg can't pretend to be disappointed and/or annoyed by Alex's intro bit.

We were eating while watching that disturbing first task.

Cowcium, cape flaps, jam in a can up a chicken's cloaca - so many options for the episode name.

How did Ania get all of that matryoshka doll stuff set up in just 15 minutes?

[–] Deebster 1 points 1 month ago

“I had desired it with an ardor that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.”

What an amazing quote to start off the article.

[–] Deebster 4 points 1 month ago

A great read, but the styling was giving me flashbacks to this old textbook:

Cover of Engineering Mathematics by K. A. Stroud

[–] Deebster 1 points 1 month ago

I've been using nushell for a year and while it is great mostly, and means you don't need to use external tools like jq, the verbosity is tedious at times. I have a lot of aliases set, and I often use the caret escape hatch to run the traditional command if I just want a quick answer.

[–] Deebster 10 points 1 month ago

Your comment got me curious enough to check if dogs can get autism (I know you weren't serious) - apparently there is "canine dysfunctional behavior" (CDB) which has similar symptoms.

[–] Deebster 31 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Purrmodynamics

[–] Deebster 4 points 1 month ago

To show that the word brainwashing comes from an article source, not their own editorialising.

[–] Deebster 2 points 1 month ago

I can remember on British TV it used to be common for the credits to be squashed into half the space so the channel could advertise the next/another show. It left them unreadable, which was often annoying when you wanted to know e.g. an actor's name.

Of course, nowadays everyone's found the answer on IMDB long before the credits roll.

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