100%. I think just a vertical flip of the image would do it. Otherwise anatomically difficult to pull off.
Rob Bos
Canadian, sysadmin, trans rights are human rights, puncha-the-nazis, cats are pretty great, GNU Terry Pratchett.
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That was a plot point in Cryptonomicon. And yeah the XFree86 docs mentioned it too…
3: off by one errors.
Had to be said.
Rob Bos@lemmy.cato
politics @lemmy.world•Trump’s Power Grab Over the Budget Is Breaking the Constitutional Design. If this pattern holds, the result will be more wild swings in policy across administrations.English
8·4 days agoThe population disparity is too high. They wouldn’t be joining us, in practice it would be the other way around.
Ottawa is out of touch enough with BC’s needs, imagine rule from Sacramento.
Rob Bos@lemmy.cato
Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•When you're cooking and it does its thing. English
3·5 days agoIf they were rare, they would be unbelievably expensive. We’re so lucky they are cheap.
I like
ls -lart
Rob Bos@lemmy.cato
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•If you had to replace the floppy disk save symbol in software with a new symbol for saving what would you choose and why?English
10·7 days agoOr maybe we could keep the flat structure and have some kind of syntax for querying the data… some kind of structured language.
Rob Bos@lemmy.cato
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•If you had to replace the floppy disk save symbol in software with a new symbol for saving what would you choose and why?English
15·7 days agoYeah! Now we’re cooking! I bet we could really improve resiliency and seek times with different data structures, too. B trees?
Rob Bos@lemmy.cato
Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•If you had to replace the floppy disk save symbol in software with a new symbol for saving what would you choose and why?English
24·8 days agoMakes sense. Then you can add some kind of index to the file so you can jump to the parts you want. Just track a list of chunks, so they don’t have to be contiguous.
GISS. Pronounced jizz.
it’s “clue” me in on. But “cue” does make sense, from an “eggcorn” perspective. It’s not the phrase, but it makes sense.
Rob Bos@lemmy.cato
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Skeletons with huge artificial breasts. Graveyards are full of them. Bones and silicone don't rot.English
3·11 days agoWell, that is going to stick with me.
Rob Bos@lemmy.cato
Hardware@lemmy.world•Dell and Lenovo may limit mid-range laptops to 8GB DDR5 RAM in response to rising memory pricesEnglish
241·12 days agoMaybe this will finally be the impetus for developers go start optimizing their app memory use.
Hard to say that with a straight face.
Rob Bos@lemmy.cato
Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•Someday, someone will invent something that can ‘envelope’ small flat items so they can be shipped more efficiently. Until that day …English
1·12 days agoThis is one of those words where English is a little indefensible. Hah.
A good example of spoken emphasis changing the meaning, too.
Rob Bos@lemmy.cato
Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Salt is very salty. Sugar is not that sweet.English
1·13 days agoDifferences between salt are mostly textural. Trace minerals can change the flavour, and people do sell flavour infusions and mixes.
Also, differences in size for ease of use or speed of dissolve.
Rob Bos@lemmy.cato
Global News@lemmy.zip•Venezuela Condemns US 'Piracy' as Trump White House Signals It Will Seize More Oil VesselsEnglish
13·14 days agoLetters of marque have to be issued by their legislature, no?
Yeah, I’d imagine treated wood wouldn’t be great.
Does this significantly damage the wood?
Rob Bos@lemmy.cato
Technology@lemmy.world•US demands access to tourists' social media historiesEnglish
2·16 days agoYeah, I’d worry that they’d ask for my social media and get confused and angry.
Haven’t been to the USA since 2016, unlikely to ever go again. :(



















Pity Webb couldn’t be there.