NeatNit @ NeatNit @discuss.tchncs.de

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Windows' might be complex, but it is NOT graceful. If you have notepad open with unsaved text, then shutdown will never shut down - but nothing on the screen will make this obvious to a non-technical person.

Sometimes I can sneakily snip 2 or 3 of my cat's daggers while she's sleeping before she wakes up and refuses any more. It's dangerous and scary. There is no other way.

I'm assuming you already know AVGN, who pretty much invented it, but on the off-chance you don't - his oldest videos are worth trying. I haven't watched too much of his newer stuff, but I hear it devolved into pointlessness. Still, the backlog of good ones is massive.

AVGN is Angry Video Game Nerd, in case there's any doubt.

We demand to see Beans' beans.

This is not enough.

No /s, we all know it's true!

I don't know the answer but I can tell you two things:

1. It has often been beneficial to me when the search query wasn't taken literally, it's not always a bad thing. Many searches are ones where the user doesn't know exactly what they're looking for. Granted, that's definitely not always the case. That said, I don't remember ever catching it outright ignore stuff like quoted words/phrases.
2. Regarding "save resources", Google introduced Instant Search in 2010 which started showing results as you type, thus creating an ungodly amount of extra load on their servers since each user search now created multiple queries. They clearly have no trouble scaling up resources.

I tried using TinEye after cropping it, but all it found was this meme in a couple of meme dumps on Imgur. https://tineye.com/search/8771441ce943233502752b5cc2de8660c1b426ce?sort=crawl_date&order=asc&page=1

QI (the British panel show) discussed this in an episode during social distancing where they had to perform with no audience: https://youtu.be/EKVD3n6Atl0 (it's the first topic of conversation, not the whole episode of course)

My favourite bit is:

Alan: "I had a radio show in the late 90's, and we were so funny that the people at the BBC comedy said we could use those laughs on nearly every other program we make. [...] That was the best compliment I've ever had in my whole career. 'We've kept your laughs, and we're using them on other shows'."

Someone's been reading SMBC: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/red-2

It actually turns out to be a lot easier just to make smaller spiders.

Oh, so it's custom-made as a joke, not an off-the-shelf model that you just put the wrong bullets in. That makes more sense.

Thanks :)

Why the %^&* does that huge bullet even fit and work in that pistol? From the pic it's obvious the 45-70 is so much wider than the 9mm

Any explanation for those of us who are not gun enthusiasts?

My guess: it's a mouthful and not catchy. "Linux" is short, catchy and easy to pronounce. With "GNU/Linux" I don't even know if I'm supposed to spell out the GNU or pronounce it as a word, and I don't know if I'm supposed to say the "/" as "slash" or "plus" or "and" or if it should actually just be silent. I like to type how I speak, so if I don't know how to say it I'm not going to write it, and I'm not going to like reading it.

I can totally see the merits for "GNU/Linux" but don't underestimate the importance of catchiness. Maybe if it were shortened to "Ginux" it could stand a better chance, but then we'd have another gif situation.

Ah yes, the lollipop guild defence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_HBmZuJlHs

and Windows 10 is obviously so outdated it's not even worth including

4th row 3rd icon

They should add it in C++26

That is a ridiculous and baseless accusation that just by chance happens to be true

It actually means di-aboly, as in having two abolies. An aboly is an organ exclusively found in beetles that regulates certain hormoes.

And it's called ironclad because they are well known for manufacturing and wearing suits of armor.