@ink_slinger Yes. Not Icelandic, but our good friends are. We met them in the US and English is fairly common there, though they prefer Icelandic with those who speak it. Go for it!
The Stunning Early Infographics and Maps of the 1800s โ http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-stunning-early-infographics-and-maps-of-the-1800s (via https://seenthis.net/messages/590685)
"In layman's terms, she just carjacked a submarine."
There is never any shame in admitting "I don't know." It's the beginning of wisdom and all inquiry.
I admit it's not easy to lose face in a debate by admitting this. I mean, I've tied myself in knots before. To err is human. Or, well, fox. ๐ฆ
@yair @NthTensor
Hebrew<<In the Seder Haggada (Book)
@LanceUlanoff @helloanselm @NthTensor
Of course it was. Low-Hanging Froot, I should think.
I know I just boosted this link but we need to talk about this PowerPoint Turing Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdkxWqsk17c&amp;feature=youtu.be
The video is five minutes and thirty seconds long, and by minute five, I was crying. I'm not exaggerating. It's so horrifying and amazing, and I'm completely terrified of the person who made this.
I really wish there was a #mastodon plugin that could on-the-fly translate toots of a different language, allowing me to switch between "original" and "translated".
This is a big win.
Facebook commits that it won't punish employees & contractors who take time off to join protests on May 1. Encourage your employer to do the same!
@benhamill I wonder what your Maintenance page would look like? I'm thinking a Jackson Pollack of sugar, tea, cream and profanity.
Computer! tell me more about this.. "spaghetti"
*Jumping up and down* Woot!!! Stood it up and my own little cantina shall be coming soon! :D Show the love people! Knowledge Happened Today! โ
@semangkasegar @bigben. Parliament!
made a dumb drawing of what the #fediverse looks like with http://autodraw.com
Huzzah! @pzmyers is here ! :D
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Also: Why?
@NthTensor
It is off-putting.
~2am Trolling.
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OTOH: Human? Thought you were a robot? ;)
I'm going to opine that, though topics may be hot, and sharp rocks may be at the bottom of the ravine into which the waterfall flows, the chill needs to prevail.
@voidzero I see, you where pointing out the apparent hypocrisy in their willingness to profile the all people in an instance.
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Fair point... though one is an example of national/racial profiling and the other an example of idealogical profiling.
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I think people hope to see self selection processes guide people into groupings on instances that can be easily profiled and toggled.
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Instances are not countries.