ThinkCat™ @alice_meows@awoo.space

hey anyone else's linux install have a guy in it? he keeps saying I should let him out, that he can create a perfect system, but the laser thingy doesn't have support in my kernel version (I'm currently running Buster) should I upgrade my system to Bullseye or try to get it from backports? or should I go down the rabbit hole of compiling it myself? idk this guy is kinda scary though

y'all ever try to picture clusters of information as they move through the computer? what do you think they look like, ships, motorcycles?

when you really think about it, baseball is a series of transitions between states

how am I supposed to reconcile the fact that dinosaurs are extinct and the "fact" that these mfs exist https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse

trans day of doctors keep a jerry can next to your filing cabinet

computer industry fucks it up and it becomes 102.4 gecs

0.1 kilogecs

do you think they had to have a meeting about how to refer to the capsule before announcing it? like, debating whether to call it a capsule or a pellet or a small cylinder? what would you have called it if you were an australian radiation authority? share your answers below

tracking down the age of memes by counting the jpeg growth rings

really taking texas instruments down a peg with this one

*walks up to the mic*: i got some TVS diodes in the mail the other day, for protecting USB ports from static electricity. they came in anti-static packaging. now thats not really a vote of confidence, y'know?

I think I found the platonic ideal of this Type Of Royalty Free Music https://motionarray.com/royalty-free-music/sport-competition-1209287/

an idea for a fun twist: capture some slow motion footage of yourself building something out of wood or metal. make sure to wear a plaid shirt and have slightly dirty, tough, callused hands for maximum effect. you'll be surprised at how well the music works with this type of shot!

basically, find some rock music with hand claps that sounds like they were recorded in an old barn, mixed with just a touch of tambourine, a dark, highly distorted bass, really punchy drums, tempo around 90 or so bpm, if you really want spice it up, a reverbed crowd of rowdy, enthusiastic boys going "oh" every few bars. they won't know what hit em

guys I have a really cool idea: you should make a video about a tool of some sort, and have this be the background music. it'll blow some minds https://youtu.be/HhXQJzfxOg4

just realized 9/11 is the perfect mnemonic for remembering how dates are formatted in America

electric car idea: car that can only go north or south using a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetorquer

i remember when the towers would stay down till christmas at least

you can put it back up on maybe the 18th or so, but people are getting shameless these days and putting them back as soon as the the 13th or 14th. absolutely disgraceful

just a reminder if u have a skyscraper, make sure you're ready to take it down and pack it away before midnight, as a show of respect to the towers that didn't make it