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Re:We just shipped support for the ugliest part of HTTP: Vary on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @11:16PM (#49825796)
And, for those who don't know who the lucky 10,000 are, https://xkcd.com/1053/
Re:Bodily Oddities on Saturday September 12, 2026 @12:05AM (#49668681)
I belive that this is closing your soft pallate to the back of your throat. It should also happen when you swallow.
Re:How would you know whether an ancient culture had zero? on Sunday August 30, 2026 @10:59PM (#49505110)
How about an `extern` variable in C?
Re:Pollen Robotics (Hugging Face) Microduck on Thursday August 27, 2026 @11:36AM (#49466569)
What about the animals that have been domesticated to be pets? It's arguable that their native habitat is the home at this point. Although, I do hope we stop capturing the animals which aren't domesticated (most "exotic" pets).
That's quite ironic
Re:Advertise in ChatGPT on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @04:19PM (#48997665)
IIRC things like this were why so many companies were called ACME.
Not all humans are in their right minds, unfortunately.
Excuse me if I'm wrong, but since that's postfix wouldn't it always come out false?
Re:Combustion Engine Web-Based Simulator on Friday July 10, 2026 @10:36PM (#48868103)
I think what happened was that it became his full time job, and he started to need to be able to make money from it. At least, that's what I remember; I haven't seen much about it as of late.
You could say... it trumps them
Re:Why Is the Sky Blue? on Monday February 09, 2026 @02:45PM (#46950083)
AFAIK listen used to be used therefor[sic] but it has fallen out of use nowadays. From wiktionary:

> Listen the watchman’s cry upon the wall.

Edit: formatting

I've seen some overheat themselves even in open air!
Re:LearnixOS on Friday December 26, 2025 @11:59AM (#46393852)
BSD would like a word.
Re:A monopoly ISP refuses to fix upstream infrastructure on Sunday November 23, 2025 @08:52AM (#46023576)
Do you mean therefore or therefor? I only ask because I have never seen an AI say therefor. (therefore ~ due to that; therefor ~ for that)
Re:Major AWS Outage Happening on Monday October 20, 2025 @02:31PM (#45647410)
This is also preventing kids in my school from logging into their chromebooks.
Re:Bat v0.26.0 Released on Monday October 20, 2025 @06:55AM (#45642474)
dd an company require if= and of=, if that counts
"Cattle labeling meat labeling supervision task transfer act" is just as bad as Rinderkennzeichnungsfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz, English just gets to use spaces where German doesn't. The underlying construction is the same. (I definitively got that translation wrong)
I suggest you look into the origin of eukaryotes.
Re:Playing Viking Chess with Whale Bones on Sunday September 07, 2025 @08:35AM (#45157631)
I know this is quite tangential, but I never realized that Discworld's thud was so close to an existing game(Hnefatavl)
Re:Baby's First Type Checker on Saturday September 06, 2025 @06:14PM (#45153370)
I suppose it is how this kind of tool generally works. I think it's just some subset of the feeling I get when someone writes(implements?) $LANGUAGE in $LANGUAGE(e.g. brainf*ck in brainf*ck)

EDIT: escaped censorship

Re:Baby's First Type Checker on Saturday September 06, 2025 @02:06PM (#45151506)
It's amazing to me that a python program can be written to make sure another python program is pythoning properly.
Re:Freeway guardrails are now a favorite target of thieves on Saturday September 06, 2025 @01:56PM (#45151438)
I'm sorry! I'm quite new here, so I guess I don't have the rules internalized. Thank you for the reminder.
Re:Tencent Open Sourced a 3D World Model on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @07:27PM (#45121493)
Those are very good points. I suppose it depends on one's view of IP. I think your comment has actually changed my mind—at least a little bit. Thank you.
Re:Tencent Open Sourced a 3D World Model on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @11:39AM (#45117070)
"Yes the company did steal all the wood from the forest—illegally—but at least they're selling us furniture!"
Re:Fighting with YouTube to show a preview image on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @09:33PM (#44895851)
Please, please close that parenthese. Please, I beg of you. I can do it for you if you'd like.) There. Sorry.

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