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Companies that do "street view" photography should intentionally photograph streets with things like deciduous trees in the sidewalk during times of the year when they are leafless

You see a social media account that, contrary to the norm, requires your "follow" to be approved. Do you take this to mean that the person doesn't want not-actual-friends to follow?

Finally I have found a solution

xkcd.com/710/

I'm kidding, I don't not want friends. I just want different friend-ing

A different social circle of mine has been sharing personal bingo cards so I might as well stick mine here as well.

youtu.be/cLUD_NGE370

I love the airplane taking off from the car though I'm not quite sure what the point is. Never seen that before!

Also didn't expect this video to be a period piece—I thought it as going to be something new but talking about the old.

I love how basic the explanation is (and needs to be, I guess). It's written like the audience knows nothing. Which makes sense considering 1937.

Last time I read this strip, I didn't know the song. Now I know the song.

10/10 would sing again.

xkcd.com/1052/

youtube.com/watch?v=seGpYa8UO0

The first rule of Etymology Club is, wait hold on did you know that the word "club" meaning a group of people with a common goal is of 17th century origin and refers to the idea of a mass of people as being like a club, in the older sense of a cudgel, what were we talking about?

There is a server on my home network called "trucky." I can ssh to it using my common "shit inside my home" credentials, it says it's connected via ethernet but I don't know which switch. It has 500G of disk space, 16GB of RAM, it's a bare bones Debian install, and my home directory just contains a copy of the GitHub cli. I do not know where this is. I cannot locate it.

Fiction that surrounds a single workplace and, of course, the 💘 romance 💘 that happens, makes me wonder:

Why don’t all these (fictional) workplaces ban romantic/sexual relationships between staff? Other than the fact that it wouldn’t be a good story without it, of course.

I just read a Forbes article offering "eight tips to master the art of small talk" and it was horrid.

#1: use positive self-talk to reduce anxiety.

Yeah that doesn't help.

#2: don't forget there's a reason for small talk.

Yeah duh there's a reason but that doesn't mean it's not inefficient and often useless.

#3: show interest in the other person
#4: ask questions
#5: be verbose
#6: ask verbose questions

Could've just said "adhere to stereotypical politeness guidelines" and covered all four in one point but we needed padding, I guess?

#7: act like extroverts

There we go, finally saying it outright.

#8: do #1

Wow, great article. 10/10. My life has been greatly improved.

I hope this email finds you well
I hope this email minds you
I hope this email brings you in
And in the darkness binds you

When I hear "wardrobe malfunction" my first thought is always that the person is talking about the second time the children went in The Wardrobe.

"Once there was a man who held a political make-work job ... shining a brass cannon around a courthouse. He did this for years ... but he was not getting ahead in the world. So one day he quit his job, drew out his savings, bought a brass cannon—and went into business for himself."

When I hear "wardrobe malfunction" my first thought is always that the person is talking about the second time the children went in The Wardrobe.

What is the best bitcoin/crypto wallet for a Canadian?

When was the last time you took a photo on film?

If we're so worried about carbon emissions, until we have carbon-emission-free cargo transportation, beverages shouldn't be transported. Prepared and served on site or concentrate/powder only.

Why are we trucking around water when we have city water systems?

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