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"My waffle is insufficiently toasted, Lord Vader."

"What if it could be turned to the dark side?"

"Yes... It would make a most powerful part of this complete breakfast."

"It will join a bowl of cereal, a glass of juice and a ramekin of fruit, or die."

US Politics, Net Neutrality (+++) 

The Senate passed the Congressional Review Act to reverse the FCC's repeal of net neutrality under Ajit Pai. :D

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

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Yyyyyup. That's Windows 10, trying to update while I have a backup going. *sighs*

What good is music theory? 

Short answer:
It depends.

Long and much more interesting answer by Adam Neely:
youtu.be/nD9zdaYVk48?t=417

Singapore deploys robotic 'NUSwans' as a camouflaged water-quality test probe in a move that really could go to either our cyberpunk dystopia or our luxury gay space communism, to be honest.

spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/ro

RT @norvid_studies@twitter.com: Rosling's heuristic: before assuming stupidity, consider weird environmental incentives very different from your own.
🐦🔗: twitter.com/norvid_studies/sta

Overheard/Seen elsewhere:

"So they claim [Outlandish justification for political thing]. And in other believable news, I just gave birth to a centaur."

"Hey, congrats! Can you raise them to be a communist, so I can call them Li'l Trosky?"

Who called it "massive networking hardware failure" and not "Panic! At the Cisco"

the sheikah slate runs rupee on rails. send toot

clowns to the ?? of me, jokers to the ??, here i am, stuck on a non-orientable surface with you

Steven Universe Fan Nonsense 

... the reason why Pearl has nested Pearls is because that's literally how they're formed, one layer at a time. They're grown from seeds. In this case, probably small fractures of the gems they're intended to serve, so that they're literally wrapped around their masters.

Double selfie: the sequel! 

And now it's @literorrery and I after a trip to "Scream" (a hair salon in Seattle)!

Double selfie! 

Well, it's me and @literorrery so that's a double selfie, right?

Ooh, my favourite cross-platform multi-system emulation behemoth, RetroArch, just updated to v1.7.3 to include a desktop-style GUI for Windows and Linux, with OSX to come soon.

It's not much of a GUI right now, but now that it's in place, we should start seeing all kinds of interesting developments that'll make it easier to set up and use the platform, because let's face it... UI designed for gamepads or touchscreens can be great for some tasks but lousy for others.

Kurzgesagt video: "A Selfish Argument for Making the World a Better Place" 

Five Years Ago... (+) 

My friends and family came together to help me realize a dream. And five years later it’s still here, and thriving.

It’s been a long journey and I am eternally grateful to those of you who have helped me and the store along the way. You are, all of you, amazing and I love you. ❤️

Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day. If you’re in Seattle and so inclined, stop by Phoenix. I would love to see you, and we have some free comics for you too. 💙

mh (--), cannabis 

And hey, just this morning I got some cleaning done!

I cleaned my bong.

Actually, I hastily changed the water in my bong.

*deep breath* Here's to one of the treatments that lets me deal with not having the right one. *deep exhale, spark lighter...*

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