I hear that x, y, z, a, aa, ab, foo, and bar all make great names.

25 of the 180 in the first 6 months this year so far are foreign nationals.

I was going to ask what percentage were just visitors, specifically tourists.

That place just hates everybody. Gay? Death. Lesbian? Death. Drugs? Death.

You don’t think humans will ever, even theoretically, reach a point where there is no need to burn things for heat?

Didn’t think I’d ever see THAT again. Damn lol

Have you used one before? If so, how did it go? What are the pros and cons?

Is evolution not technology? Plus, a lot of this stuff is used as tools, as a means to an end, rather than just purely emotional reptilian response. A lot of it IS reptilian, but a lot of it is also vestigial, as a conscious tool, especially when used by a society, rather than a single biological person.

It’s complicated, for sure. But so are the rest of the usages of old technology.

Back to the topic of biology vs technology, though, violence strictly speaking, is an abstract concept of events. We evolved it as a categorization or idea through the technology of language and conceptualization. The instinct in certain parts of our brains is biology, absolutely (and arguably also technology). But violence as a tool, as a means, I argue, is absolutely technology, in the same way that fire, or hunting, or fast food is technology.

If it is something developed, used, and can be moved past, I’d argue that it can be seen as technology. It doesn’t have to be electronic or even physical to be technology. Like farming methods, social structures, government, and even language.

I’m not saying they aren’t biological, that’s a different subject. But those things are absolutely technologies. Just very primitive ones… That we still use.

Try it. It’s quite freeing ;)

I use gboard. It has great emojis and gifs so I don’t wanna stop.

If you type or swipe in a word (I primarily swipe) and it comes out wrong, you can tap and hold the suggestion word that you hate, and drag it upwards to the garbage to remove it as a suggestion.

No longer do I get “Ave” when I’m trying to swipe in “and”. Or any random proper nouns. It should basically never suggest proper nouns or abnormal words. If you want those, you should have to type them in manually, correctly, first.

Red squigglies, yes.

Auto-correction, fuck no. Not on anything except maybe in visual studio for snippets because it actually matters.

Anywhere else, though, just get better at typing and have fun embracing imperfections and silly typos.

Literally, to err is human.

Yeah even with our slow, low wall-voltage, having a dedicated boiler is fucking nice. Takes up some counter space, but it’s worth it.

Cocoa, tea, coffee, whatever - it’s nice. And the vibe is nice.

Burning things for heat or energy.

Marriage.

Candy.

Social tribes.

War.

Mindblown

Seems like a good level of digital freedom actually. Be connected, but only just enough.

I used to work at a retail store not even ten years ago, and we would submit delivery orders via fax. It’s weird until you realize they’re great for reliability and record-keeping. No batteries needed, totally existing infrastructure, kinda fun to use tbh.

That can’t be the actual name of those, is it?

I’ve always kinda wondered, and generally call them TRS or something (I’m audio engineering background, American, millennial), so looked it up:

From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phone_connector_(audio) under the “other terms” section:

The 1902 International Library of Technology simply uses jack for the female and plug for the male connector.[3] The 1989 Sound Reinforcement Handbook uses phone jack for the female and phone plug for the male connector.[4] Robert McLeish, who worked at the BBC, uses jack or jack socket for the female and jack plug for the male connector in his 2005 book Radio Production.[5] The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, as of 2007, says the more fixed electrical connector is the jack, while the less fixed connector is the plug, without regard to the gender of the connector contacts.[6] The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 1975 also made a standard that was withdrawn in 1997.[7]

The intended application for a phone connector has also resulted in names such as audio jack, headphone jack, stereo plug, microphone jack, aux input, etc. Among audio engineers, the connector may often simply be called a quarter-inch to distinguish it from XLR, another frequently used audio connector. These naming variations are also used for the 3.5 mm connectors, which have been called mini-phone, mini-stereo, mini jack, etc.

RCA connectors are differently shaped, but confusingly are similarly named as phono plugs and phono jacks (or in the UK, phono sockets). 3.5 mm connectors are sometimes—counter to the connector manufacturers’ nomenclature[8]—referred to as mini phonos.[9]

Confusion also arises because phone jack and phone plug may sometimes refer to the RJ11 and various older telephone sockets and plugs that connect wired telephones to wall outlets.

Good cat

Lol

I wonder if this person is still alive

Visual aide for people who don’t know what that is (I had to look it up)

The Therm-a-Rest chair-kit, looks like MSRP’s for around 65 USD

I remember watching the pilot for the show, I was like, “oh this could be refreshing away from the stupidity of the rest of tv!”. I was already onto anime by that point and had entirely stopped watching cable.

But no. Apparently, when the actual show started airing, it was EXACTLY as you describe, and a massive disappointment. Xbox and bad quips and trying to get girls? Absolutely not.

If #1 were also internally screaming to the point of needing to then find comfort in distraction, #1.