There is nothing more American than bragging that you know a bunch of languages because you can stumble your way through a restaurant menu and nothing more European than fluently speaking 3+ languages while apologizing for your accent.
The kind of professor I’m trying to be at university:
EDIT: just to clarify, this is a screenshot found offline, not from one of my student. I’m more direct as I tell my students that "piracy is sharing knowledge and sharing knowledge is ethical and what I’m paid to do so please use libgen.rs and sci-hub"
@andrewfeeney to finish what I didn't say, since it was on an actual work thread...
I am 100% in favor of doing those things because I think that people need to change their overall way of living & thinking, for beyond any global warming fix we may come up with
I am completely against thinking that these little band-aids are a serious cure in any way, and not just corporate greenwashing
I sometimes thought my father thought he could't die while he still had books on his pending pile (a stab at immortality I seem to be replicating)... so, it was strangely touching to see Tom Gauld has had similar thoughts.
So there's an award-winning film named Snow In Midsummer that's widely discussed in Taiwan and elsewhere at the moment, it's about Malaysia's 13th May racial riots, an event that my mom experienced firsthand and which is only discussed in hushed tones. Not sure if it'll ever be aired in Malaysia.
I always have a great time in a bar, no matter how many are there.
Boring part 👇
Was just reading up on the Oxford comma, as one does, and was surprised to read that it is more commonly considered to be "mandatory" in American writing styles
When I was in high school - ahem, 40 years ago - we were being taught NOT to use it
This is my regular announcement that you need Tailscale in your life. I’m here in Korea on my iPhone but I’m watching Netflix using my Synology NAS back in Oregon as an exit node. Absolutely rock solid personal free VPN and amazing for teams and developers as well. Magical.
I might be wrong but I can’t recall a single time the word “star” is uttered or a star features in any plot point of Star Wars. The closest I can think of is shots of the twin suns of Tatooine.
Edit: I was wrong. Death Star, and Starkiller Base are two obvious examples.
If you've ever found yourself missing the "good old days" of the #web, what is it that you miss? (Interpret "it" broadly: specific websites? types of activities? feelings? etc.) And approximately when were those good old days?
No wrong answers — I'm working on an article and wanted to get some outside thoughts.
All of this aside - these are real animals, they are painful and sometimes fatal, and you should learn about how to take proper precautions. Just like the fauna in your country
Drop Bears, on the other hand, have no known defense and will kill you before you have time to scream...
Is it a good idea for Ukraine to bomb Russian oil refineries?
@anderspuck has a new analysis, with excellent pionts including this one:
“The Americans have to learn, that if you are not actually providing weapons to help another country win a war, you also do not get a say in how they fight the war.”
@anderspuck@randahl Yes, I agree with you. I don't think it's even a good ask or strategy (worrying about gas prices)
I took issue more with the idea that, despite everything the US has done up until now, the moment it can't send missiles because of political issues, it no longer gets to ask for anything
The US has been a critical friend & will continue to be for the future
Democrats are spending a lot of political capital to try to get the aid flowing they could be putting elsewhere
