I'm not even kidding about the fingers thing. I know the state of the art is well past that kind of thing by now, but I guess they used an old model or something.

I'm reminded of this amazingly obsequious clip.

I never really paid it a second thought, but an American coworker found Dorking pretty funny.

I wouldn't quite call it doubling down. In light of this accusation, he's no longer supporting Planter, but he stands by his defence of him for previous scandals, and refuses to apologize for that. To be clear, I don't think that's a good position (previous scandals including the Nazi tattoo, etc.).

In this context, pretty much, but in case you weren't aware, the specific wording is a reference.

For reference, that phrase is actually used on an otherwise blank screen, and the Windows 11 installation process looks like this: m.youtube.com/watch?v=e6x1... (Windows 10 installation looks like this: m.youtube.com/watch?v=v4hH...)

Sorry to resurrect an ancient post, but it simply has to be said: this house is wearing a fusion of two classic hats.

What the fuck is this? "Ran out of posts"‽ The last one is only 16 hours old! It's not like everyone I follow nuked their feeds yesterday.

It's hard to capture in a single frame, but in this clip the stars in the flag on the right seem, if anything, to be arching down towards the red rather than up towards the yellow. In this freeze frame they're not even stars at all, and the hand holding the flag seems slightly mangled.

What an interesting introduction, Mr CEO of Jenningsbet. I'd assume the thing you'd find at risk of loss on entering a betting shop is the contents of the punters' bank accounts, their ability to keep up rent and mortgage payments, their families' futures, etc. I guess I don't have domain expertise.

Exactly. Which really undercuts item 3 in the simulation hypothesis trilemma, which is the crux of the argument for us being in a simulation. It's kind of fascinating that the concept of limited available resources never enters the argument.

Many years ago, someone on a podcast drew attention to perhaps the most existentially unsettling footnote on Wikipedia.

Someone set up a tool to search them for you: splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app

Then if I'm reading the article correctly (and it's accurate), something other than your government ID has been compromised. That wasn't the only content of the breach, but it's the subject of much of the attention because of the recent age verification changes.

Her impersonation went as far as living to the same age.

There's also "L·L", which appears to be something exclusive to Catalan, distinguishing two instances of L that just happen to appear next to one another from the Ll digraph, which functions something like a letter in its own right (similar to some other languages such as Welsh).

Bringing the argument to a screeching halt while I consult my reference materials.

This means doubling down on their futile pursuit of the reactionary vote, right? Driving "further and faster" into the side of a mountain?

For what it's worth, as an English child, I, too, found it strange. In practice it's pretty clear from context which sense is meant (e.g. going *to* a surgery vs going to hospital *for* a surgery). Here's what the OED (via Etymonline) has on some of the extended meanings:

Not to judge a book by its cover – I'm sure this is a perfectly good game – but the idea that the world's greatest minds should be dedicating their lives to this is very funny.

I've reached my limit.

If you ever find yourself in the East Midlands, Papplewick Pumping Station is like a cathedral to steam. Unfortunately it wasn't "in steam" when I visited, but I'm reliably informed that it's well worth timing your visit to catch that.

Not every conversation is a policy debate! This all started with you responding callously to someone saying that the children of parents who don't vaccinate don't deserve the suffering that might befall them. (I don't try to fight with their propaganda, nor have I implied that I do.)

Of course arguing with you won't protect them, though I don't see how it does the opposite. Are you suggesting that my demeanour is offputting to antivaxxers? If so, how do you think they would feel about you saying that future generations would be better off without their descendents?

Perhaps it wasn't what you meant to say, but it is what you actually said. Where did I say anything about forcing my opinion on anyone? I haven't argued that parents should be forced to vaccinate their kids. I've argued that the way you talk about unvaccinated kids dying is what everyone hates.

If I recall correctly, it's a combination camcorder/tiny laptop. When shooting video you'd hold it like one of those flag vertical camcorders like this, I think.

Someone tripped the circuit breaker when I was half-way through doing this so I had to start again.

My favourite type of film