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@urlyman I'm afraid that there are more than one such points, it's just that this is the currently smothered one.

An attack by China on Taiwan, for example.

@Firlefanz @Gargron Now, german and english has a lot of common in it. Translation is kind of easy.

Hungarian, my beloved language is different in some profound ways.

Deepl interestingly can translate it pretty well to english, but not on a whole book level. When I tried Rejtő books some jokes were recognizable!

@DJDarren Look this naive person living in the warmth of the luxury provided by the Royal Mail.

Around here the state post is like as lottery. Will they lose the parcel? Will they deny delivering it to the address? (they do that with small packages) Will they deliver it to the outside of the door? The next house? Will they send the e-mail about the tariff requirements to my address or to someone else?

So please go back and punch in that five stars. Like, now.

@Funkydrummer Some of us had syphilis. Maybe some of us still has.
@cstross
don't forget the kettenkraftrad!

@andrewnez As someone who was running:

- message queues

- network filesystems

- caches

These all will be used as database. This is the carcinisation of IT.

The fact that git also gets used as a database not surprising at all.

@Andres4NY @foxxtrot @cstross There were attempts to make keyboarded phone sized android devices and none fared too well. None of the attempts were for a BB Key 3. I would be in front of the line at the shops if it would happen tho.
Cable myths: reviving the coathanger test

Today, in our speaker cable blind test we're going to try to prove one way or another whether or not high-end speaker cables make a difference for your equipment.

SoundGuys
Judgment of Paris (wine) - Wikipedia

@cstross badger badger baaadger