lol, the best part about unboxing my new 85mm lens was discovering I already had a 75mm lens which I'd forgotten about.
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Purveyor of modest software.
The future we wanted was flying cars. The future we got is a USB-C port on my camera lens for firmware updates.
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honked back 23 Nov 2024 15:30 -0500
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Two guards got into the bus and two stayed outside. Systematically they went through the papers of the passengers. For the most part they passed on quickly, but sometimes questions were asked and luggage had to be brought down from the carrier. It was rather like going through Customs. Were the Irish really any better with their present prosperity and restrictions than they used to be in the old days of poverty and freedom? Were restrictions an essential concomitant of prosperity?
When the bus pulled out of the city into open country I had a severe shock, for the road became truly enormous, a dual carriageway stretching far into the distance, fully a hundred yards wide. It was enormous, judged even by American standards, and it brought home more forcibly to me than anything I had yet seen how great must be the power that was driving this Irish economy.
It struck me that the roads a nation builds provide a fair estimate of that nation's faith in the future. The appalling road system in Britain makes no sense at all, either in terms of economics or convenience, except on the supposition that civilisation itself is on the brink of collapse.
I'm kinda curious why people are so obsessed with "return to office" lies, but not "we have a great benefits package" lies or whatever else, but only a tiny bit.
Oh, fantastic, Amazon has a cruel intentions tv show.
Where did Common find a 300 year old leather jacket in such fine condition?
We can't build a new sports arena because people might take public transit instead of driving.
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honked back 22 Nov 2024 03:35 -0500
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"world cruise"
"But the ad we see today is not the exact ad that was shown over three decades ago." This is government gaslighting!
Lolwut, wapo reviewed Metaphor: ReFantazio and managed to work in almost two full sentences about gameplay.
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honked back 21 Nov 2024 15:31 -0500
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Sun said on Wednesday that the piece was “not just an artwork; it represents a cultural phenomenon that bridges the worlds of art, memes, and the cryptocurrency community”.
He added that he planned “in the coming days” to “personally eat the banana as part of this unique artistic experience, honoring its place in both art history and popular culture”.
"UPenn is a land-grant institution." The things you learn on HN.
I'm not a hypocrite. I just have gerrymandered principles.
The buyer should open source the instructions so that everyone can have art.
Someone Is About to Pay $1 Million or More for a Banana Duct-Taped to a Wall. Sotheby’s will auction the artwork by artist Maurizio Cattelan on Wednesday; it comes with instructions on how to refresh the piece with new bananas and tape.
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honked back 19 Nov 2024 14:02 -0500
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Sanctuary was told, in a statement released to the press as well, that on January 10 a delegation consisting of members from both the State Department and the IRS — a coupling seldom seen before in American diplomacy — would dock at Sanctuary "for discussion of the situation."
Tough times for the Disney adults. https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/disney-social-clubs-disneyland-theme-parks-03b580d0
Not sure I like dune really leaning into the mysticism. Is there a science behind this dark magic?
Searched for whale fur jacket. Was not disappointed.
Oh, wow, the Witcher queen is now the dunc queen.
The DOJ should take chrome away from Google, then split it up among the populace. Everyone between the ages of 18 and 60 will be assigned ten lines of code to maintain. A true browser of the people, for the people, by the people.
I want my DUNC TV.
TBD: two bug day
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honked back 17 Nov 2024 18:37 -0500
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You have people buying your scooters not because they're good, not because they're cheap, not because they're beautiful, but solely because they're made by Sleepers, with profits going only to Sleepers. You— and all your followers in other industries— are splitting the country in two economically.
The street-team police robot had made its gross check of the scooter and discovered the failed deflector— or, rather, since deflectors never failed and such a possibility was not in its programming, it had listed the scooter as performing safely. This was so contrary to witness reports that a policeman had cautiously mounted the scooter, tried it, and discovered the failure for himself.