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Uncanceled Units
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November 15, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I almost thought this was Krauss's email to you, and I was trying to make sense of what he wrote that gave you that reaction.
November 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I almost thought this was Krauss's email to you, and I was trying to make sense of what he wrote that gave you that reaction.
Where did you find the soundtrack for that video? I'd like to listen to the complete song.
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Where did you find the soundtrack for that video? I'd like to listen to the complete song.
Without playing the game to verify my results, here are my guesses:
Bring to court: Indict, Charge, Sue, File
Words or names that go with black: Jet, Pitch, Raven, Chip
Part of a famous duo: Cher, Teller, Clyde, Hardy
Adjectives ending in y: Itchy, Rocky, Pinky, Inky
Bring to court: Indict, Charge, Sue, File
Words or names that go with black: Jet, Pitch, Raven, Chip
Part of a famous duo: Cher, Teller, Clyde, Hardy
Adjectives ending in y: Itchy, Rocky, Pinky, Inky
November 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Without playing the game to verify my results, here are my guesses:
Bring to court: Indict, Charge, Sue, File
Words or names that go with black: Jet, Pitch, Raven, Chip
Part of a famous duo: Cher, Teller, Clyde, Hardy
Adjectives ending in y: Itchy, Rocky, Pinky, Inky
Bring to court: Indict, Charge, Sue, File
Words or names that go with black: Jet, Pitch, Raven, Chip
Part of a famous duo: Cher, Teller, Clyde, Hardy
Adjectives ending in y: Itchy, Rocky, Pinky, Inky
You could dress as John from Homer's Phobia if you want another gay halloween idea.
November 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
You could dress as John from Homer's Phobia if you want another gay halloween idea.
True. You'd think the 29th would get its data multiplied by 4, so that it is weighted for how often that day occurs.
Or in the long run to be more specific, multiplied by 400/97, to account for years like 1800 and 1900 (but not 2000), that are special exceptions to the 4-year rule.
Or in the long run to be more specific, multiplied by 400/97, to account for years like 1800 and 1900 (but not 2000), that are special exceptions to the 4-year rule.
November 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
True. You'd think the 29th would get its data multiplied by 4, so that it is weighted for how often that day occurs.
Or in the long run to be more specific, multiplied by 400/97, to account for years like 1800 and 1900 (but not 2000), that are special exceptions to the 4-year rule.
Or in the long run to be more specific, multiplied by 400/97, to account for years like 1800 and 1900 (but not 2000), that are special exceptions to the 4-year rule.
Any picture or video of something that never happened in the real world, and is not immediately obvious to the general public that it isn't real, is a deepfake.
October 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Any picture or video of something that never happened in the real world, and is not immediately obvious to the general public that it isn't real, is a deepfake.
Looks like you found the vampire squid costume.
October 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Looks like you found the vampire squid costume.
The underlying problem they can't eliminate with technology:
people not being able to accurately describe what they want.
people not being able to accurately describe what they want.
October 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The underlying problem they can't eliminate with technology:
people not being able to accurately describe what they want.
people not being able to accurately describe what they want.
It isn't a standard T, it just approximates as one. There's a subtle difference English speakers aren't consciously aware of, between standard T & aspirated T. TH in think and TH in this, are different sounds entirely.
It's why Thomas & Thailand have TH, despite sounding like Tommas & Tyland.
It's why Thomas & Thailand have TH, despite sounding like Tommas & Tyland.
October 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It isn't a standard T, it just approximates as one. There's a subtle difference English speakers aren't consciously aware of, between standard T & aspirated T. TH in think and TH in this, are different sounds entirely.
It's why Thomas & Thailand have TH, despite sounding like Tommas & Tyland.
It's why Thomas & Thailand have TH, despite sounding like Tommas & Tyland.
I've been using it for 20 years. What's there to imagine?
October 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
I've been using it for 20 years. What's there to imagine?
At least vaping doesn't have the externalities of second-hand smoke. I'd rather a person get all the health problems of their bad habit, than share any of it with people who want nothing to do with it.
October 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
At least vaping doesn't have the externalities of second-hand smoke. I'd rather a person get all the health problems of their bad habit, than share any of it with people who want nothing to do with it.
Aww how sweet! Even her experiment is expressing her love for you.
October 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Aww how sweet! Even her experiment is expressing her love for you.
This is why I find standard cruise control is pretty useless in most of New England and the midatlantic. Traffic always makes you slow down anyway. It's great in Montana and Wyoming where the road is wide open.
October 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This is why I find standard cruise control is pretty useless in most of New England and the midatlantic. Traffic always makes you slow down anyway. It's great in Montana and Wyoming where the road is wide open.
PID control has been a mature technology since long before cruise control was even invented. I'm really surprised it can't modulate the pedal inputs to gradually match speed.
October 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
PID control has been a mature technology since long before cruise control was even invented. I'm really surprised it can't modulate the pedal inputs to gradually match speed.
ElfEx misplaced her Halloween outfit last year, so she started early this year.
October 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
ElfEx misplaced her Halloween outfit last year, so she started early this year.
When AI ruins everything, hurrah...hurrah.
When AI ruins everything, hurrah! Hurrah!
When AI ruins everything, hurrah! Hurrah!
October 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
When AI ruins everything, hurrah...hurrah.
When AI ruins everything, hurrah! Hurrah!
When AI ruins everything, hurrah! Hurrah!
Photorealistic AI should be illegal. You want to make no-effort nonsense? It should be mandatory that it have an appearance no reasonable person could believe is real.
October 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Photorealistic AI should be illegal. You want to make no-effort nonsense? It should be mandatory that it have an appearance no reasonable person could believe is real.
Make it one with the baseball valve, that allows you to switch the roles of the two heat exchangers, so it can be a heat pump.
October 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Make it one with the baseball valve, that allows you to switch the roles of the two heat exchangers, so it can be a heat pump.
It should be OPT IN. Opt out does not work.
September 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It should be OPT IN. Opt out does not work.
CA has 7 characters on their standard license plates, and I've seen custom plates with 7 characters as well. Was quantum spelled correctly already taken?
September 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
CA has 7 characters on their standard license plates, and I've seen custom plates with 7 characters as well. Was quantum spelled correctly already taken?
Phototropism & geotropism. Plants grow to follow a combination of the light source and gravity, to build their roots downward, and to grow for best access to sunlight.
I could've answered that question with a hobby experiment I did with bean sprouts in a shoebox.
I could've answered that question with a hobby experiment I did with bean sprouts in a shoebox.
September 17, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Phototropism & geotropism. Plants grow to follow a combination of the light source and gravity, to build their roots downward, and to grow for best access to sunlight.
I could've answered that question with a hobby experiment I did with bean sprouts in a shoebox.
I could've answered that question with a hobby experiment I did with bean sprouts in a shoebox.
And here I thought you just forgot what price you had in mind, and that was unintentional.
September 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
And here I thought you just forgot what price you had in mind, and that was unintentional.
AI is the high cost of a free internet.
September 9, 2025 at 5:16 AM
AI is the high cost of a free internet.