Tipsy gaming is when you play civilization with all the hints on.

The kid obviously wasn't used to alcohol. Young people, Mark reflected sourly. They'd always had it too clean, too efficient, even in their drugs. They took stuff that did one thing, or one other thing, and it was all a terribly neat way to get toxed. Sharp-shooters; they couldn't stand up to the old cannon-ball.

Damn kids. Whatever else happens in the cyber future, the damn kids always have it too damn soft.

New band name: oedema and the homonymous hemianopia.

It's fun to go back and read some singularity adjacent sci-fi before the singularity concept fossilized. I'm not sure if Fire upon the deep was the work that established the canon, but since around then it's all the same.

Hackers on HN can't use suckless software because it requires compiling.

"What if we started uploading YT videos to PeerTube?"

lol, what if you made your own videos and uploaded them whenever you want?

The bar is playing American Idiot, from back in the dark times when everything was the worst it would ever be.

“It’s a difficult problem to solve because it’s so widespread,” said Daan Leijen, a researcher at Microsoft, who says the company avoids use of null values in its software.

I am skeptical.

https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/null-last-name-computer-scientists-forms-f0a43b08

The ghostbusters cross the streams to stop the polar vortex.

Shackleton and the boys hanging out after declining to pay uber surge pricing during the polar vortex.

Obligatory vortexplainer: https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/02/17/polar-vortex-subzero-cold-forecast-snow-ice-storm/

After the witch doctor revives Conan, spirits from the polar vortex try to steal his soul.

Started reading Sun Eater which came recommended by several sources, but nobody told me the world is literally Dune. There's always an element of inspired by in fiction, but this is fanfic level copying with barely a new coat of paint. I mean, it's pretty good so far, but I'm surprised how blatant it is.

My personal writing style is to include a but in every sentence.

honk 1.2.4 Kindred Key

One feature: dehonk button so you can click here to unsubscribe.

One fix: shortcut keys work for not qwerty.

Counting down til the onset of 72 hours of polar vortex. It's not so cold today because the vortex took presidents' day off.

DZ: weather alert

Look out, you're in the drizzle zone now.

The bookstore has a dedicated sci-fi and fantasy section, but witches and vampires seem to live in the regular fiction section. They should just label the sections man books and lady books to avoid confusion.