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niko @nschultz.net · 13d

Greg! The Stop Sign!!

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Aug 28

Wavefunction Collapse

xkcd.com/3134/

4-panel Comic. (1) STUDENT: If the wavefunction only collapses when I observe it, does that mean my consciousness affects the universe? (2) [Bad:] PROFESSOR: Yes, quantum entanglement proves that we all have souls. (3) [Good:] PROFESSOR: No, consciousness plays no role here. It’s just physical measurement. (4) [Chaotic:] PROFESSOR: No. The wavefunction collapses when *I* look at it because I’m a full professor. It won’t collapse for an undergraduate.

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Robyn @baglieg.bsky.social · Aug 25

If you like sudoku and have an Android phone, you should check out the game I made.

Wandoku: Wandering Sudoku - Apps on Google Play

Wandoku is a fun sudoku-like game where the numbers wander around between turns.

play.google.com

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Robyn @baglieg.bsky.social · Aug 12

There was a serious attempt to train it to say "I don't know" but it failed because the silly thing lacks the self-awareness to tell when it does or does not have the ability to give the answer

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Robyn @baglieg.bsky.social · Aug 3

We should change the length of a week to 4 hours. That's when I want a rest.

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Robyn @baglieg.bsky.social · Jul 19

Clare loved this photo so much she made a very silly noise

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Robyn @baglieg.bsky.social · Jul 14

Sorry to say but your name is wrong on my marriage certificate

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🏳️‍⚧️ "Critical Kate” Willært @katewillaert.bsky.social · Jul 6

Worms is part of a genre of “artillery” computer games that we thought went back to the 70s, until we discovered it actually went back to the 60s. In this thread, Kevin Bunch reveals he’s unearthed long forgotten footage of the lost game that started it all.

Example of an artillery game from the Wikipedia article on the topic.

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Robyn @baglieg.bsky.social · Jul 2

Oh dear. Is that a Russian operator accidentally sending a post to their pretending-to-be-Iranian account that was meant to go to one of their pretending-to-be-American accounts?

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Robyn @baglieg.bsky.social · Jun 28

They'll have an advantage over the next generation: they know how to use a machine that doesn't talk

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Robyn @baglieg.bsky.social · Jun 26

Motion sickness is sense of balance disrupted by discrepancy between what your eyes see and ears feel. In a car, best to be in the front looking outside, worst to be in the back reading. Electric cars are more powerful than petrol at low speed, can zooOOOM when the lights change if driver wants to.

Robyn @baglieg.bsky.social · Jun 24

Nazi Germany hosted the Olympics. This barrel has no bottom to scrape.

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Robyn @baglieg.bsky.social · Jun 4

That's actually how it worked in the USA originally. Or, really, how it didn't work. It was such a mess that it put them off building roundabouts entirely for generations.

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Robyn @baglieg.bsky.social · Jun 4

Uncountable nouns are neither plural nor singular. Like physics, mathematics, salt, sand, water.

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Robyn @baglieg.bsky.social · May 24

I had a dream that schoolchildren were mocking me, but then I was like "well you're a virgin and I have a wife."

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matte jones @pillowfort.bsky.social · May 20

your boyfriend needs to stop using content aware fill and start being more aware of what makes you fulfilled and content

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Robyn @baglieg.bsky.social · May 19

"It's time we had a talk. They taught you about sex in school, right? OK great bye."

jessica BONEStown @midnightmasseffect.bsky.social · May 16

did anyones parents *actually* talk to them about sex?

its been a plot point in like every TV show and movie about raising kids for like centuries at this point but does it actually happen?

i think "the birds and the bees" speech is entirely a ficticious construct

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Robyn @baglieg.bsky.social · May 4

There's a guy up on my roof with a drill (to install solar panels) and he is SO LOUD

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Hannah McCann @binarythis.bsky.social · Apr 22

Little known fact but when the current Judith Butler dies 15-20 days later a large group of gender studies theorists meet to elect the new one

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Robyn @baglieg.bsky.social · Apr 13

Oh but do not Google for maps, they all have a big spoiler for a late game surprise

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Robyn @baglieg.bsky.social · Apr 13

Pay attention when NPCs warn you away from somewhere - some places are just not meant to be done at low level. It generally gets harder the farther you get from Sanctuary - don't leave the northwest area of the map before you're level 10. Don't go south of Boston before level 20.

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Robyn @baglieg.bsky.social · Apr 10

Murderbot looks fun.

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nat alison @tesseralis.site · Apr 6

every day the CSS spec moves closer to supporting the Persona 5 menu while web design ethos moves further away from it

Persona 5 pause menu; each letter in each menu item is a different font like a serial killer letter

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · Apr 6

I saw someone criticizing a very funny poster for making jokes instead of posting about politics, and I am reminded of a favorite line from E. B. White: We should strive not for balanced books but balanced libraries

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Robyn @baglieg.bsky.social · Apr 4

As I recall, the solenoids were Roger Ramjet villains

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