mc ☕ @mc@qoto.org

Did you know that in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, the ship computer is called #HAL, which is #IBM rotated by -1?

#wordgames

#urgent #work #time #wasters

"Once we set up a system to react every time someone typed Command+C, we realized there was also an opportunity to learn about how people use our site. We were able to catalog every copy command made on Stack Overflow over the course of two weeks, and here’s what we found."

"One out of every four users who visits a Stack Overflow question copies something within five minutes of hitting the page. That adds up to 40,623,987 copies across 7,305,042 posts and comments between March 26th and April 9th."
#stackoverflow #copy #copies

https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/04/19/how-often-do-people-actually-copy-and-paste-from-stack-overflow-now-we-know/

> Lay down your “-isms”
believe not in doctrines
that know not love.
Rejoice in truth
that only the heart
can reveal.

https://patcegan.wordpress.com/2015/03/06/no-more-isms/

#isms #doctrine #nomore

#Einstein on the #Ideas of Truth, Goodness and Beauty

https://time.com/3772655/einstein-on-the-ideas-of-truth-goodness-and-beauty/

#dilbert #comic #meetings

@kylebronsdon
I suppose I got here after you've been "defeated by booze and/or obscurity"

#work #day #workday

@Acer Perhaps the translation is not good?

#inklewriter is a #freetool designed to allow anyone to write and publish #interactive stories . It’s perfect for writers who want to try out interactivity, but also for teachers and students looking to mix computer skills and creative writing.
#cyoa

https://www.inklestudios.com/inklewriter/

#niké: victory
Original Word: νίκη, ης, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: niké
Phonetic Spelling: (nee'-kay)
Definition: victory
Usage: victory, a victorious principle.

(source: Bible > Strong's > Greek > 3529)

**_All life is problem solving._**

-- Karl Popper
#quotes

#python #desktop #analogclock with #timezone choice

https://mcblg.pythonanywhere.com/post/34/

@deesapoetra 😆

#machinelearning #comic

"the whole of modern civilisation is built upon a foundation of waste where it is not built upon a foundation of want"
#quotes

-- Robert Lynd, The Book of This and That

I'm afraid. My computer just called me Dave.

-- writemonkey

Recently I found a #NewWord :
mollycoddle

I have had at least half a dozen opportunities to use it... All lost! Life is not fair.