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the need: hello i'm tristan and i want to know some things about being a biologist (preferably a marine biologist) who does field work

the actions: would u be willing to dm/or email with me while i ask you some questions and get some pointers on where to do more research??

the Reward: i am poor But i can draw (digital&tradish) and i can make jewelry! i would be rly excited to work out a labor exchange for ur knowledge

Boost Appreciated :boost_ok:

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How to pronounce common file formats.

GIF: yiff
JPG: huh-peeg
DOC: dook
PDF: parfait
TXT: texit
XLS: excellent
HTML: hot meal

Every so often i remember that Wendy Carlos has a birbsona and that makes me grin a bit

Always ask yourself why a joke is funny.

Be wary of jokes you don't fully understand.

there's ALWAYS a way for things to get better. there's ALWAYS a way for you to be a better version of yourself. there's ALWAYS a chance to fight for a better world for everyone around you.

anybody who tells you otherwise is selling you something.

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"How're ya doin'?"

2019: "Hangin' in there."

2020: "Danglin' in there."

@typhlosion Maybe give the "weird neighbor kid" character some real power for once! Lead character says something generally accepted as funny but is actually terrible to other people? Crickets.

No, he is not called Zelda - Zelda is the name of the princess.

The protagonist of the games is Zelda's monster.

re: D&D game 

@paladin Oh! Sorry about that. It'd be nifty, but I won't be able to. It's a bit early, and scheduling's wacky here on weekends. Thanks for the offer, though!

@hystericempress The whole fall damage thing in that game was bullshit. Especially for a User.

@starkatt For a while I had a semi-ritual of turning the lights way down (usually dark red, hooray for Hue bulbs), getting stoned, putting on headphones, and sinking into a new album. I should get back to that.

D&D game 

@paladin Are you serious about the times in UTC? As in, 10:00–14:00 PDT? Usually folks want to run games way late in the day when my focus meds have pooped out. Hmmmm....

Windows Defender just detected the ePub of "Practical Malware Analysis" by Michael Sikorski as a virus

If anthro birds were like real birds they would keep their beak open while they talk and make all of the plosives with their syrinx. Imagine how weird that would look. #thoughtfortheday

the energy i expect the back half of the year to bring is that of a wizard who casts stone to flesh on a fossilized animal skeleton and does not get the result they hoped for

[1.Ch.] Condemning White Supremacy 

I condemn white supremacy.
I condemn white supremacists.
And I condemn anyone who can't or won't do either.

Seattle pol, Uber/Lyft minimum wage, + 

"The Seattle City Council unanimously approved a minimum pay standard for Uber and Lyft drivers on Tuesday, the second city in the US to do so."

"The law, passed in a 9-to-0 vote, is modeled after one passed by New York in August 2018 that caps how many ride-hailing cars from services like Uber and Lyft can be on the street. Seattle's law will require drivers be paid at least 56 cents per minute and $1.33 per mile driven while transporting passengers."

Amusingly, it also notes:

"In crafting the ordinance approved Tuesday, Seattle commissioned two well-known economists to determine how much drivers actually make, while Uber and Lyft quietly commissioned researchers from Cornell University who came up with very different conclusions.The city's researchers found that drivers made an average of about $9.73 per hour, while the ride-hailing companies' researcher put the number at $23.25."

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cnet.com/news/seattle-approves

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