Joseph

@josephc
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A social account where I post dadjokes and stupid takes. For programming and more serious stuff, I am also @joseph
Happy Friday

We got lots of spam at MetaFilter and one time someone posted trying to promote something called "Exemplary Purchase" and we kept wondering what are they were trying to say until we realized it was a translation error, they meant to say "Best Buy" in English.

Ten years on, every time I drive past a BestBuy, I think "Exemplary Purchase!"

Does Whitworth's Three Plates Method work in higher dimensional spaces? Does it require more hyperplanes?

"It's good that you've been able to open up. I'm proud of you." -- Therapist
Good, comforting, and encouraging.

"It's good that you've been able to open up. I'm proud of you." -- Proctologist
Idk but different and kind of weird

Hey @internetarchive , do you lot have any way of collecting donations while the site is down?

Trump guilty on all counts. Orange is the new orange.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/30/nyregion/trump-trial-verdict

Trump Guilty on All Counts in Hush-Money Case

Donald J. Trump, the former president and presumptive 2024 Republican nominee, was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a case stemming from a payment that silenced a porn star.

The New York Times

Our CEOs Arne and Matthias signed an open letter against the EU Chat Control bill.

➡️ https://edri.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/48-NGOs-and-26-experts-warn-Mass-surveillance-and-undermining-encryption-still-on-table-in-EU-Council.pdf

Let's fight for #privacy together! 💪 🔒

And check here why Chat Control must fail: ➡️ https://tuta.com/blog/chat-control-criticism

D&D: a bunch of history professors debating about the hidden political influences of the council of Elrond.

Pathfinder: a bunch of game devs working on a licensed promotional tie-in who are having a silly time. "What if we had a recipe called 'cooperative waffles'?" "And flavored coffee should give buffs to occultism checks." "Omg yes"

One really needs both in the world, but it's becoming increasingly difficult to not think of PF devs like this.

@shinmera I like tabs. :c I can set vim to show them as two spaces on my tiny screen and four on my big screen.
Happy #EarthDay everyone. Did you know the Earth is the biggest planet in the world?