Imagine a brand “Printers Scandinavia”. By itself it would be perfectly neutral, right? Of course “Printers Lousy Scandinavia” or “Printers Great Power of Scandinavia” would carry some connotation. But just the name?
How can one know, by looking at the name _alone_, whether the name is homage or mockery, admiration or contempt?
Honest question: how exactly is just using the name of a group of people (marginalised or not), without any epithets or modifiers, disrespectful or offensive? (“because some members of that group have said so” isn't valid).
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#PhotoJanuary2023 day 9: nobody
That spot would soon after be filled with musicians, for a university orchestra concert. But for now, it’s just a harp and some pretty empty red chairs.
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You don’t become cooler with age, but you do care progressively less about being cool, which is the only true way of being cool. This is called the Geezer’s Paradox
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wire worms 1 final version.
#art #loop #creativecoding #generativeart
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Web devs! Do you sometimes find the web frustrating to work with?
Does this list fairly represent your own list of frustrations?
https://gist.github.com/captainbrosset/01a5306525ed377e619a85515eb6c667
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Want to feel dumb? Read the comments here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/znn1nt/the_truly_scary_smart/
A moment after your child is born, doctors offer you a **one-time pill** for your newborn that would greatly reduce the probability that they would end up at the **bottom of the social ladder** (criminal, incarcerated, homeless, addicted, suicidal, murdered, etc). Only side effect: the pill would also greatly reduce the probability that they join the **social and economic elite** (high-rank politician, big company executive, top sportsperson, very rich person, popular intellectual, etc). Assume the pill is known to be safe and effective.
_Would you give that pill to your child?_
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I'm getting my wisdom teeth removed tomorrow, and I have to choose between Nitrus Oxide or being smacked on the back of the head with a wooden canoe paddle to knock me out. It's an ether/ oar situation.
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I've just spent 30 minutes coding something which will save me 45 seconds each time I use it.
So far I've run it ~25 times.
I have a feeling this will be the most productive thing I do for the whole year 😂
My recommended first step towards a saner, more productive public conversation about #drugs: stop talking about certain (legal) drugs as if they were not, in fact, “drugs”
#BasketballAndSports #alcohol #DrugLegalisation #news #media
You're looking at the rendering of a digital photograph of a piece of furniture featuring the sculpture of a helmet featuring a human face
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French Makes No Sense: Je T’aime ♥️
🐦🔗: https://nitter.hostux.net/loicsuberville/status/1608465263120228353
