@pzmyers I went looking for some replacement blades yesterday and was told these are un-Australian. That's alright, so am I.
@bestthingsbot first day at the new job with interesting new challenges
I may not have cycled as much in the last year or so as usual, but I still call myself a cyclist since I ride bikes in my dreams ☺
@bestthingsbot last day at the old job before starting something new on Monday. That does involve heading into the city for a few hours in the morning and meeting strange people 😷
I just started watching Charade for the first time in ages. Audrey is still my favourite Hepburn and the writing is en-point
"I already know an awful lot of people and until one of them dies I couldn't possibly meet anyone else"
I just found a new pet peeve. Software developers claiming that they're "force multipliers" can get in the bin unless they're military adjacent
@daedalus happy birthday
I just read a fascinating excerpt on Bird Site about the deeply misogynist roots of the term Stockholm Syndrome. It's from the book "See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence"... There was a psychologist used by the police who apparently decided to blame the women for his failures in negotiating the hostage crisis by pathologising them
https://twitter.com/sezmohammed/status/1252500993972948992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
"I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone."
-- Bjarne Stroustrup
xkcd's obituary for John Conway is extremely clever
@twiddlekins Thanks. All of us with pets know how shitty it can be as they get sick, and/or old, and leave us. It's now the first time we've been a household without pets in 20 years (and lost 3 cats and 2 dogs in that time). Once the scars heal a bit and we're allowed to get out and about, we'll probably find ourselves a new furry friend of some description.
...in a bit of a mess today. My housemate had to put her dog to sleep last night. Meg was 16 and had gradually been getting frailer with a growing lump in her stomach, but seemed generally ok apart from some bladder issues. Here's a photo of her from happier times. Like all pets, she was an integral member of the family for everyone who knew her
"The difference between technology and magic is that technology works regardless of whether you believe in it or not."
"So computers are magic?"
"Computers are magic."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories
Senator Blumenthal Mad That Zoom Not Offering the Encryption His Law Will Outlaw
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200401/16571344217/senator-blumenthal-is-super-mad-that-zoom-isnt-actually-offering-end-to-end-encryption-his-law-will-outlaw.shtml
(submitted by pwg)
I stare into the void. It is black, unfathomable.
I wait.
Eventually, I hear it. A warm, comforting rumble, the sound of a universe working, yet at peace.
My gaze widens, my view opens, the void shrinks, and I find myself looking at my cat, asleep, softly purring.
I am comforted.
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