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That is assuming that she’s not sharing the name voluntarily. It’s not a GDPR violation to offer such a service if it’s opt-in.

Are you writing like this to set yourself apart from AI/LLMs?

the sky was clear for about an hour before totality, and then about 15 minutes before, a big dark cloud came in and ruined it.

Yup, that was exactly my experience too (in northern France in August 1999).

CO²

I may need a translation. CO² like in E = mc²? What is the square of oxygen?

I’ve been using Backblaze since 2017 when CrashPlan shut down. Have not run into a catch yet, except of course the possibility of it going the way of CrashPlan one day.

I wish to live in a society in which this question is a moot point. Creators should have the freedom to create without having to worry about the goodwill of their audience, or worse, marketing strategies. Fans should have the freedom to access art without having to worry about the well-being of the creator, or worse, suffering guilt. Anything that is not aimed at creating and maintaining this state of being is inhumane.

I’m afraid I’m gonna be the counterexample to your theory. I liked most forms of meat; my favorites were chicken, ground beef, and fish fingers. However, once I discovered plant-based (mostly soy-based) substitutes, I genuinely prefer them. I’m still not fully vegan but I’m no longer buying meat because this stuff is so much better. I also prefer oat milk over cow milk and am kind of annoyed I didn’t try it sooner because it’s so much better (esp. in hot chocolate).

I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that you probably haven’t even looked for any viable alternatives, because if you had, you would have found they are plentiful already. They’re just expensive because of the government subsidizing animal farming, not because they’re expensive to produce.

Because without it, the DOJ would have no control over you, duh

Ich biete hiermit eine Revanche()!

(Für die nicht-Englischsprecher: Revanche heißt auf Englisch rematch)

I kind of wish more people realized how much of everyday computer usage can be simplified with keyboard shortcuts. Take a look around your favorite apps/programs and/or Google for “keyboard shortcuts”, and try to build a habit of using shortcuts for some of the most frequently used commands. It’s very liberating as it gives you a feeling of greater control.

For example, in Windows, did you know that if you pin your most used apps on the taskbar, you can access them using Win+1, Win+2, etc.?

In browsers, you can press Ctrl+L for the location bar (URL) and Ctrl+K for the search box. Ctrl+Shift+T will restore your last closed tab if you closed it accidentally.

Menus can be accessed with Alt plus the underlined letter. The File menu is pretty much always Alt+F. Many dialogs have elements with underlined letters too. We should demand this on the Web as well, as it’s kind of becoming a lost art with fewer and fewer people knowing about it. It only takes an accesskey attribute!

I assume that banning all robocalls requires new legislation, whereas the regulation mentioned here didn’t.

This is referencing the constellation of the eagle, or aquila in Latin. The names of the stars in each constellation are referred to by a Greek letter plus the genitive (possessive) form of the constellation name, in the order of apparent brightness. Thus, the brightest star in the constellation of Aquila is Alpha Aquilae, or “alpha [star] of the eagle” (but it is also known by its Arabic name, Altair). The brightest in the constellation of Taurus (the bull) is Alpha Tauri, which also bears the Arabic name Aldebaran.

Without anything for it to modify, aquilae is also the nominative plural form of the word (i.e., eagles).

The same word is also found in the taxonomic names of some eagle species. The Golden Eagle, for instance, is Aquila chrysaetos. The first word, the genus, is just Latin for eagle. The second part, the species, is classical Greek for “golden eagle”. The “golden” part (chrys-) is also responsible for the name of the chrysanthemum, Greek for “golden flower”.

Not really tonight, but yesterday I finished the language puzzle game Chants of Sennaar. Highly recommend!

Great Scott!

The sad truth is that none of us, Jon Stewart included, get to choose. The established elite preselects candidates before the people get to pick them, and they would simply not allow Jon Stewart to run.

Logic puzzles, esp. variety Sudoku.

I’m curious: what modern features are you looking for when setting your house on fire?

You got the joke just fine. Just replace “wins” with “loses” in your own sentence.

Yeah don’t wake me up until after WWIII, but early enough that I can still witness the invention of warp drive and first contact with the Vulcans. #bozeman2063 hell yeah baby