rlamacraft @rlamacraft@qoto.org

Wanna learn a Nordic "fun" fact?
The longest pre-trial solitary confinement outside of Guantanamo Bay happened in Iceland in 1974. 655 days

Did Iceland learn their lesson? Well, the UN Committee against Torture raised their concerns for Iceland... two years ago, and had investigated 5 times prior

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%C3%B0mundur_and_Geirfinnur_case#Aftermath

The irony drips off like honey from a spoon.

https://mastodon.accessinformationnews.com/@news/113310853138342532

@Ellen Take a look at this graph. Source: https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/6b2fd954-2017-408e-bf08-952fdd62118a/Electricity2024-Analysisandforecastto2026.pdf

If it’s horrific or not should be your own decision.

@anon_opin it’s a 15 minute space station. The libertarian Stormtroopers hate it.

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#meme #absurdist #geometry #blog

Scientists: “God, LaTeX is a fucking nightmare. I hate it.”
Laypeople: “Why don’t you use Microsoft Word instead?”
Scientists: “Are you high?!”

It's been eye-opening lately to see which drownings at sea get blanket media coverage, and which simply don't.

Save yourself £20 on the latest hyped diet book by avoiding crisps, chocolate, takeaways, sugary drinks, and instead move more and drink more water.

I've always felt like something was off about Nebula.

https://medium.com/@cameron-paul/who-actually-owns-nebula-952a1c12d9c0

None of the really hard problems in software engineering are going to be solved by new programming tools.

At the height of One Million Checkboxes's popularity I thought I'd been hacked. A few hours later I was tearing up, extraordinarily proud of some brilliant teens.

Here's my favorite story from running OMCB :)

https://eieio.games/essays/the-secret-in-one-million-checkboxes/

Every programming language with the === operator is a language where the designer made a mistake and has since had to paper over the cracks.

Salt brings out the flavour in food, and is essential in our diet. Pepper just makes things taste of pepper.

So many people don't want to admit it but a tax increase for the wealthiest in society is a pretty easy fix for most societal problems. I know it's not exactly fair but they can afford it and the rest of us can't

petition to rename "width" to "widgth" for monospace consistency with "height" and "length"

Tubs of fresh soup are the wrong size. They're slightly too big for one serving, and slightly too small for two.

20 degrees celcius is the hottest the weather ever needs to get. Anything more is pointless. It's warm enough to wear a t shirt and shorts and to get a tan.