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Executive Chimp
Executive Chimp @ executivechimp @discuss.tchncs.de
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Can you recommend history podcasts (or similar)?

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  • BBC's You're Dead To Me is good if you want something a bit light. There's a regular host who's joined by a comedian and a historian. Covers a different topic each time.

    • What's a food combination that goes surprisingly well together?

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  • Pasta and custard

    • it's making the frickin frogs gay

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  • Wadder

    • The inarguable case for banning social media for teens

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  • I agree with you but it does cut both ways. Anonymity empowers assholes, too.

    • How did we get so casual about conspiracy theories?

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  • The red scare? The war on terror? It's a new type of crazy in government, I can't deny that. But spreading fear of Them isn't new.

    • Time to WAKE UP

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  • Somebody cropped off the name False Knees from the bottom. Boo.

    • How did we get so casual about conspiracy theories?

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  • How did we get here? We've always been here. There have always been people warning about "they". Some portion of them have always been otherwise intelligent.Some portion of them have even been correct. This isn't a new phenomenon. It's easier for conspiracy theories to spread now, with the internet, and that's led to them being less fun and more dangerous, but it's mostly just the same shit.

    • Do you pronounce the word “data” like the Star Trek character? (Day-ta)

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  • Interesting. From some googling it looks like America is a mix of both but leaning towards day-ta, whereas the other countries are more consistently as I said.

    I have a British friend who now lives in Canada and works in tech and has changed the way he says it (from day-ta to dah-ta, or really more like dah-da) for convenience. I had thought that it was an Atlantic divide but seems like there's more to it.

    • Do you pronounce the word “data” like the Star Trek character? (Day-ta)

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  • That is incorrect

    • Do you pronounce the word “data” like the Star Trek character? (Day-ta)

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  • Brits pronounce it day-ta, Americans, Canadians and Australians pronounce it dah-ta. Data pronounces it Day-ta.

    • What book would you love to see made into a movie?

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  • Yeah I've re-read the books three times and every time I forget how much the ending leaves you wanting more.

    • It's no contest

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    • What book would you love to see made into a movie?

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  • The Lies of Locke Lamora

    • Discord's face scanning age checks 'start of a bigger shift'

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  • Everyone keeps recommending Revolt but I tried it last week and it's janky as hell and the voice chat just straight up didn't work. This wasn't just me, too. Our whole group tried it and gave up.

    • Why does antique furniture usually have carved "feet"?

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  • What else would they do, hands? That would be silly.

    • What's your favorite webcomic?

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    • You don't have to live like this

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  • Ah, Americans. I see the misunderstanding now.

    • You don't have to live like this

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  • Someone might pay for that sandwich if the primary function of the establishment is the consumption of alcohol (as it is in a pub) and not the serving of quality meals (as it is in a restaurant).

    In a pub, especially if it's the type of place where some real serious drinking occurs, the primary function of the a method of filling a stomach and absorbing alcohol and that sandwich would probably fill the brief.

    I'm not saying it looks like a good sandwich, but it's a practical one. A real sandwich for a real alcoholic. It's definitely not the type of food you'd expect find in a restaurant. The type of place IS relevant, you chump.

    • You don't have to live like this

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  • It's like that was my original point or something you twerp

    • You don't have to live like this

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  • Yes, you're right. All these words are equal. It's a pizzaria. A caffeteria maybe. Some might call it a bistro. Or a cafe. Perhaps a coffee shop or a burger joint. Quibbling over distinctions here would be semantics.