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Footpad @footpad.bsky.social · 10h

But what did you support him on while you cut him off?

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Footpad @footpad.bsky.social · 16h

I'm so glad WE were never like that. >.>

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Footpad @footpad.bsky.social · 19h

Or Shadowfax needing to start running like buggery for days in advance just so he can conveniently pop up in the plot when some old coot whistles for him. "Yeah, don't mind me, I was just grazing here..."

Still, it beats being a main character.

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Footpad @footpad.bsky.social · 2d

That pumpkin is cursing the artist for not turning its face the other way.

Adorable cute piece!

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Footpad @footpad.bsky.social · 2d

Mostly. A relative, not so much. Pancreatic.

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Footpad @footpad.bsky.social · 2d

Fuck cancer.

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Footpad @footpad.bsky.social · 3d

Relentless detection and assimilation and/or suppression of potential competitors?

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Footpad @footpad.bsky.social · 3d

Cory Doctorow has an article (actually an excerpt from his book "Enshittification") in the Guardian explaining why Amazon is shit. You know this. Do you fully appreciate HOW shit?

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Shop elsewhere. Seriously.

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Footpad @footpad.bsky.social · 3d

apparently so meagre that I've started speaking American.

Footpad @footpad.bsky.social · 3d

I'm experimenting with a thing called CP-SAT. Roughly speaking, it's a programming tool to solve a certain kind of "impossible" programming problems.

Stuff like this really brings home just how paltry my intelligence is, and how meager the boundaries of my knowledge.

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Footpad @footpad.bsky.social · 3d

A reliable source informs me that today is International Maned Wolf Day.

Footpad @footpad.bsky.social · 4d

Huh. Never seen this cute animation short before, even though it's apparently seven years old. If you haven't either, I suggest that it's worth three and a half minutes of your time.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4-9...

Brush: A Fox Tale Animated Short Film

YouTube video by Brush: A Fox Tale Official

www.youtube.com

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Footpad @footpad.bsky.social · 4d

I could have gotten up but a very large dog came and got into bed with me and held his face against mine for a little while before curling up beside me and now I am not going anywhere for approximately the length of a dog nap.

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Footpad @footpad.bsky.social · 4d

You look like you're masturbating. Would you like some help with that?

(Double points if you were trying to fit a particularly recalcitrant ball bearing at the time.)