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Today is a sad day JetNet bought ADSBExchange. The data source for ElonJet/bots not to worry as other networks will be coming up. If you feed ADSBexchange we encourage you to stop feeding. ADSBExchange was founded on the principles of hobbyists community not for profit PE firms. jetnet.com/news/jetnet-acquire

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If I have to prove I'm not a computer by identifying traffic lights and busses, perhaps we're not quite ready for self-driving cars.

If there are peer reviewed studies and industry examples that confirm that a 4-day workweek is beneficial not only to workers, but to companies as well, doesn't it make it obligatory for publically traded companies to implement it as a profit-maximizing method?

I don't know if that's the right decision, and it's a bit of a fight over nothing because it's just one person making it, but I would just like to point out, that they're changing "Office of Field Education" to "Office of Practicum Education" and anyone who works with students and doesn't have see any issues with the word "practicum" might be a tad out of touch. npr.org/2023/01/14/1148470571/

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German police protecting a bucket-wheel excavator from anti-coal climate activists near the former village of Lützerath. (source @marius_mich on twitter)

Privatization is when we take a public service that's not great at serving our needs and we turn it into a well managed, optimized company that's great at serving its own needs.

Christians essentially think they're living in a simulation.

I find the power of Christ uncompelling.

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The Inigo Montoya method of greeting people.
Step 1: Polite greeting.
Step 2: Your name.
Step 3: Relevant personal link.
Step 4: Manage Expectations.

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I used to be married to an active, vibrant, happy young woman who decided one day to hang a bird feeder in the back yard, and now I’m married to a glassy-eyed, unwashed maniac that stands at the kitchen window all day screaming at squirrels.

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*standing next to a wheelbarrow full of BBQ sauce*
Look, no one is arguing that the zoo fire isn't a horrible tragedy.

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The most important thing in design is to make sure it doesn't look like a swastika or a dick.

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Unfortunately the AI can only commit war crimes it was trained on it cannot invent new ones

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AMERICAN MOM: Be good, or Santa will bring you coal.

SCANDINAVIAN DAD: And the demon Vinterdödansikte will claw out your eyes with a rusty fork!

AMERICAN MOM: Sven, we talked about this.

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This Buddhist monk looks ready to hear some totally hot gossip at a teenage girl's slumber party.

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Enter new password:
‘Orchestra’

Password must contain a symbol:
'Percussionsection’

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Mothers of multiples are basically human clown cars

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And I have yet to argue with anyone here. It's awesome.

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