(I think it would work best if you edit that into your original reply and describe how the new distance makes you feel. Then we can delete these ones)

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How far did your father flee after he abandoned you as a kid? Why do you think he chose that distance?

Just a reminder that COVID-19 shaves off 3 IQ points when you first get it, and 2 every time you’re re-infected. Even more for long covid and hospitalization.

We can’t keep pretending this hasn’t had a noticeable, immediate effect on… everything.

The controversy centers on a Reddit post in the r/mildlyinfuriating subreddit, where a user lamented the unexpected addition of Copilot following an automatic update. The post, which garnered thousands of upvotes and comments, describes the AI tool appearing as a non-deletable app on the TV’s interface.

“Widespread backlash” 🙄

They’d already failed the experiment before the ink dried: 34 out of 47 founders owned slaves. I guess the natives weren’t too equal, either. Oops!

Ran the numbers and if that dude’s cookie represents $50K, Elon Musk’s pile would have about the same volume as a large, two-story house.

“American experiment” I hate that phrase.

America is just an arbitrary area on the ground some of us were born inside. It’s not some erudite experiment and it never was. It’s five corporations in a trench coat pretending to be a country.

to all the people saying it never worked: there was a period from about 2006-2016 when it worked a helluva lot better than before or after.

tbf I’d rather have my landlord’s house eminent domain’d if it meant high-speed rail.

I don’t. All the anti-intellectual technophobia we’re seeing right now will be a small footnote in history.

to kids today, there’s practically no difference. All their software is webapps

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Solved most 2025 Advent of Code problems using an alien programming language called Uiua.

This is what my day 2 solution looks like:

You’re allowed to own a tank, too. You should probably get on that.

I truly don’t give a fuck. They can pry the ellipses from my cold, dead, millennial hands.

If youngsters aren’t thoughtful enough to give grace to different generational styles, I hope they do get offended.

How many of us let boomerisms slide all the time? It’s fine.

They are about to put ads in the service. The money will be made eventually

Computerphile as well.

There are so, so many shitty schools and teachers out there. It’s a travesty.

I always pick 1 when asked to try to balance it out.