tatterdemalion @ tatterdemalion @programming.dev

Professional software engineer, musician, gamer, stoic, democratic socialis

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What happened? What prevented Stafford Road Man from migrating to Britain?

Prices really do got wings at this present moment.

No you just immerse in the wall for a femtosecond.

Must be in Soviet Russia.

Idk if it coincided with American cast, but the past few seasons of Black Mirror have been ass compared to before. I blame the writers. Things have gotten more predictable and lazy.

I believe that's called a Boycott. Usually those are targeted. I'd recommend boycotting as many companies as you can whose CEO tickled Trump's anus with a faux golden thimble.

What does Wikipedia have to do with the mission statement of the HO&GRC? Isn't Wikipedia an NGO charity? I don't know how much federal funding they get. But Wikimedia isn't actually contributing to the database IIUC. They just develop the wiki software.

You are part of the wavefunction. There is no collapse, just entanglement.

I guess I am at least aware of it, but I didn't make that association when I saw the post.

Eh, this seems like a niche enough kink that it's your own fault for thinking this sounds dirty. I'm kinda annoyed I know about it now. You should delete this post.

Not sure which Oxford dictionary you're using, but the Google one says

an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word (e.g. ASCII, NASA )

Maybe it's been changed?

And Merriam Webster online says:

The word acronym typically applies when the resulting thing can be read as a word

My position on the whole "word meanings change over time" debate is: I agree, but if you used to have two words with distinct meanings and now they are getting collapsed into one, that's mostly because people weren't aware of a subtle distinction. And that's not a good reason to make the distinction meaningless for everyone.

FWIW my original comment was a joke, I hope that was clear.

You can check multiple dictionaries (Oxford, Merriam Webster) and they will agree with me.

Funnier without the text/caption.

I suppose they do, but that doesn't imply "Department of War" is any less shameful, except for the fact that we know Trump doesn't have shame and only wants to change the name because it makes him sound more authoritarian.

Those are initialisms, not acronyms. mic drop

Far less than coffee though (on average).

I've heard that before. Haven't tried it though. I had two issues with coffee: the acidity sometimes hurt my stomach and the amount of caffeine would worsen my anxiety, especially if I hadn't slept well the night before.

I managed to quit drinking coffee about two months ago. Now I'm addicted to tea, but I feel like that's progress.

I feel so seen today.

Millions of people are demanding that Trump step down or be removed. A large portion of the country still wants him in office. Al Green proposed impeachment and the house voted it down 344 to 79. Most people in authority do not want to remove Trump. The time to stop him was last November.