Hey baby, I’m self aware. I got that headspace app, because I care

Sorry I think I’d agree. No argument for us today :(

What’s your most controversial opinion?

I commented on a hexbear thread about defederating with feddit.uk (my instance) over transphobia. It’s been a busy day.

Oh please. I’d love to reply to that with a gif

Shit is as shit does

The name “Kayleigh” was invented by Marillion in 1985

All hail the Ducking, ruler of the lake

Error message: “you must manually run ‘sudo dpkg --configure -a’ to fix this”

Junior dev: 😵

It’s a weird one, they’re usually acknowledging that the “boffin” in question is an expert or knowledgeable. Yet it’s definitely a negative connotation imo, in a kind of anti-intellectual way. Here’s a shitrag making the case for it being positive, if you’re interested.

I definitely have a negative connotation of anyone that uses the word unironically.

This is a perfect example of why science is always useful. Without the knowledge of the results, it would be easy to point and laugh at the start of this. You can almost see the anti science headlines. “Boffins spend TWO MILLION of YOUR TAX to make petunias PURPLE”.

I’m just happy that the meme is joking about Brits yet the only people arguing in the comments are Canadians

Coincidentally my drug dealer’s code word for me is hoover

There’s plenty of examples of trademark names being used generically. Coke, hoover, Jacuzzi

My dream is to have two dishwashers so I don’t need to unload. Just pull dishes out of the clean one when needed and put back into the dirty one

Why? You need a license for everything these days. I had to accept an EULA to install an app so I could RSVP to a wedding recently.

The only mad thing is that the TV license is opt-out and they assume the entire country watches BBC 1

Yeah we don’t have enough American news, we should start reframing other countries’ news into how it affects America

It’s sometimes called an overbalanced wheel, an early perpetual motion device. The idea is that there’s more weights on the right side than the left side, so the wheel will turn clockwise. The weights are on rods that fall to the right as the wheel turns, so there’s always going to be more weights on the right. So the wheel turns forever. Free power woohoo!

The reality is that the balls on the left are further away from the axle. Futher from the axle = greater torque. Surprise surprise it all cancels out and the wheel eventually comes to rest.

Not a single one of those links is useful. They’re either talking about Alexa/Siri listening out for wake words, CIA-compromised/hacked devices, or they’re just reporting on the vibes of the public.

I’m still waiting for anybody to show evidence that my phone is listening to conversations.

What a sap