Malgas

Love Demetri Martin.

But the real story is weirder: the color is named after the fruit. Prior to the 16th century it was “yellow-red”.

Also carrots were not commonly orange when oranges arrived in Europe. The carrots we’re used to were hybridized from the earlier yellow, red, and purple varieties in the late 18th century.

Hofstadter’s Law: It always takes longer than you think, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law.

Do you also believe that the Democratic Republic of North Korea is a democracy just because the name says so?

I used to use a system that was perfectly happy to let you use a semicolon when setting the password, but then login would fail if you did.

Yeah I’ve definitely heard “up to [amount] or more” used in advertising. Which is just completely meaningless.

No, it’s the national symbol of Ukraine.

Fascists love to try to co-opt national symbolism, and sometimes they succeed, but ceding ownership of a 1000 year old symbol (it was used as a seal in Kievan Rus) because some assholes adopted it in 1993 is just letting the fascists win.

Also “doctor” means teacher. The specific term for someone who practices medicine is “physician”.

Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of hard drives speeding down the highway.

If q=√p then -q=√p also.

Shouldn’t the big ones be Durdcell and Durccell?

Also: Dur9vcell.

“Sorry for the convenience.”

Don’t even get me started about sex on the beach.

Jessica: He’s a very naughty boy!

Excuse me, but clearly it’s UNIX that leads to Dilophosaur consumption. We know this.

We should get a stew going in his honor.

Interpreter: Wait, x is 5?

This code: Always has been.

I’ve had it happen with tap water.

But I used to live in a place where the tap water had ridiculously low mineral content, so ymmv.

So is that a transcription error on my part, or is the original image nonsense?

The image is pretty blurry, but I’m seeing:

窗户己限位请勿高空抛物

Which Google translate renders as “The windows are limited. Please do not throw objects at high altitudes.” Which still seems kind of mangled, but at least resembles something potentially reasonable.

Maybe someone who actually speaks the language will show up to help us out.