2026-04-07T21:48:44Z https://yabu.me Virginicus https://yabu.me/npub1sx205sycyah94vzdcjl39la29xew4hhh2vq0vkp9m2ap4u0c0k6qx6w9cq https://media.universeodon.com/accounts/avatars/109/390/503/672/227/614/original/296621f25d8b17c9.png https://media.universeodon.com/accounts/avatars/109/390/503/672/227/614/original/296621f25d8b17c9.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst4plhmjlhjrdvvz480npy6vn6kuulr02ckrh42ez22wnpg2zffrczyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mghujkep In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvcrn0ppdx0mzf5dvdnn7h0nxyg2x3477ctqrru323jzwf9a7y7ksutafjr'>nevent1q…afjr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I had the impression that runes were angular because straight lines were easier to carve. But this guy seems to do curves just fine. 2026-03-31T20:16:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyv0gzpqk4w3pa3g50ptlxuay0yjkq4z6ceqm6hzck2lj0j3ff0uqzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgk99nj6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0ar3p35sftfera9tzsc4v0eq77j94xhz4pp2n7ppr2a5t00752ugsrsrqy'>nevent1q…srqy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>🤢 2026-03-31T17:05:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8ty5tdktpjf0029uvfrsv48ncd944mzlx89nnsvjcekwq96vyz3gzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg83jtcm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswalkq6huy2590rpmyw0weczcvpre9qfpvzxhcjwc229atn89qfyq5l6k02'>nevent1q…6k02</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Kind of a niche interest, but I’m sure the Internet will eventually provide. 2026-03-31T16:04:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxyms25gfllyzefkge29r54mqfgcyufy6n0r75vaa6y9sjwhardzszyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg360fpj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdg77exhlwufqhw2lfua80ru67fgzrxt0c48tevn32yl3h9ldk4fgxgqhq8'>nevent1q…qhq8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>German has a more attractive name for it than English. “Purple deadnettle” just doesn’t sound pleasant. 2026-03-25T11:32:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswj5gc0ltyn9pve6u7fqaed7gk892wxdvk7dhvauzjgww0yhu5wzqzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg5wnrur In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrfxss5h87522zxvf7x4hdvxa0up62wegeslmj3nqjnzfqqfv0m5cle0a2u'>nevent1q…0a2u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When I was a boy, my grandmother took me to hear lectures by archaeologists and zoologists and so forth at the National Geographic Society. It’s good to hear that sort of thing still exists. 2026-03-23T22:55:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg4hydwndplu39et05jfw4mmk5jhe8g589tdjfuktk3apwx2r2gpgzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgz8akd5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyrx6kx2hj7x7jww02jjedu46fwy6sn6xzys9elrkl8g22wu793jgayvrc2'>nevent1q…vrc2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But without that adventurous spirit, our ancestors would never have climbed down from the trees. 2026-03-16T08:54:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs86ryk789pxp8yt04swlxwzv6xmtnctyukkpkgqe9vznd7d2d33eqzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgq0ga2d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspkslkg6ykewammnh7xh54ylv34ety7hxt5cyc6l6usncfhltyy5s56g6a4'>nevent1q…g6a4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What’s the total length of all the axes in your sample? Do you have a literal milestone? 2026-03-12T10:21:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxl2a8x62k2hnt5m0pmjtuldjhktp55cmt5unc6wrrsf4rn09553czyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgd30jd9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2z9naaft6v6pes8jxay8svppr9hrdglpr48uc5vmsw6ugv75fm7qkqym24'>nevent1q…ym24</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One good thing about generative AI is that they don’t have to ruin people’s lives with profile pics anymore. 2026-03-10T16:48:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq7z5smvgacl4fe3y7036l66hjtg2acjyhtlzjsva480j42l7h6sqzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgc8k7nx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrrzhxjvj0yegcfjlc6rz3dycdu202vh0tzj866altqdv09jxxdechkld0n'>nevent1q…ld0n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Our kitchen has three cast-iron stew pots, which makes my life sound more interesting than it actually is. 2026-02-28T18:24:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspfsk58uz337sspjttjvneucmllng3xt6xpu4cnk49rdhjmuhum6czyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mglndtwu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfv0fcjrlk3fr2knncpsh6u06fr05pwrnsnqjdtmp292lv06lqhrcullvwe'>nevent1q…lvwe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>For years, I have been laughing at the tax assessors’ delusion that my 1957 bungalow is worth more than the land it’s sitting on. 2026-02-26T23:40:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz30xqxa6gpw0srepulmk3mae7xahxmnggw28trz4uwzu7lg24z4czyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg539rr2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs03etw63x7xy0z6ex3yg2aagewrhy70qudszpxn6pr36m4veu7lpchxxe54'>nevent1q…xe54</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am intrigued by the implication that some of the readers of a paper about stone axes may not be nerds. 2026-02-17T12:16:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvwsa749xsuq9jnzvhkgvt2ysq3455e8x70kut9y7832zfqr4w28qzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgfly50k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszlwtkrdhz7qkl4gt4v39m3z9x2z7nd32smyzdfpqf7tku3xd05hquwtddf'>nevent1q…tddf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Mexico is also the “United States”. We just can’t win. 2026-02-10T00:59:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs25swnstqwxg7wdthar5ajpyr0eszlkvx0w5aw29vs4l3km5r3yyqzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg75ax98 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyxcwsw0l3hmltqjcq6yv6ldxzs9khs7fq5z5nanf4dwefj5x5encts6w7a'>nevent1q…6w7a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am told that the invention of the buttonhole was hundreds of years after the widespread use of buttons. 2026-02-03T20:56:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsva07psxtjm4zfplg77xxhlnrdyknuhm3akk7sjnsgzeekerd6pvszyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgsp2yfl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgv6n7z06h96t3cj8ldychesj86dwucxgtcefw0xvtwsg9qr265gqp7sdyj'>nevent1q…sdyj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Makes sense. Humans aren’t good at inventing things. What we’re really good at is looking over the shoulder of someone who’s doing something and saying, “it would work better if you did it this other way.” 2026-02-03T11:20:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgtmjmsdgsacf0tkk5djyd08322fl62vspnep2mgw00kcudkrmd0czyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgd2u4dk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0c5nflgy7u3y2sjkxads5t98c0c5yjjue0kjcsjxp8xqlf9x8h4sk4jks7'>nevent1q…jks7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Excel has a similar default. 2026-01-26T22:03:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswn2mkpeuven6t2f9s884hjnm2v5sctc5w98xdkqwsqs96wvsm3zqzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg2576k0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfjhwnppald94x69a4gl0cxtpnt5cmg0h5ctecplp7fwsfvkgtykssy7lq6'>nevent1q…7lq6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The clustering looks less imaginary in this version. 2026-01-24T01:20:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0upswhc5ukx2hzau6vuuypxqmgsgmpes3k7lptsjfw3g5wukek4szyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgkqtgjr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy09ucse7hk28uvtgz63s44c5lfl3cgp7kstm7vp4t5dv9ef0kvastprqrr'>nevent1q…rqrr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The news yesterday was that Denmark asked Greenland what they wanted to do, and Greenland chose to stick with Denmark. 2026-01-15T11:06:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq2vumm2c4dh98ks6tdwvzmkqq929xqp6gv27zrxzfz883x075f0czyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgk9azyy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs06we8dmtdwqgquluhn60g72ryk358ln46j7q869y447a8m3qkh7qqvz42x'>nevent1q…z42x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I tried that with my health insurance company, but they were way ahead of me. The bot just stripped out anything outside its lane. 2026-01-14T10:58:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2adn7ceau3lm3njwqvqc0mg2fcpwyu6t773au99a40elugj0svtszyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgw0lkje In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstldg2tr8wtn23d224j6cav9uhn9ullh77mwhxwenjmts0zpkt6ggj2sdt3'>nevent1q…sdt3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Do I even want to ask how big a baby huntsman spider is? 2026-01-05T22:50:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszfyvkfcwefcws8v2qr58et39ql79xmfujxz8wqrcgsfcmpjk00cqzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mghgpsve In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2uy56gprh6p7699weq45xcvc49zjz9u3cc0vy8t99ug8ce4akg3q3xxa0m'>nevent1q…xa0m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>💡 I have a cabinet full of Rubbermaid, if you have any muffins left over. 2026-01-05T02:47:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst0d5x78fnhmqkf84najcecsle3frlxczujpkctc7wl3t5zktzfsgzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgdctupv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszr4nydl0eyff72twnj5mrlrpffgkqul7cqaujsppwa3yx6d5tsms9f4c0n'>nevent1q…4c0n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Universities are really saying they have a program for each job? Liars. At best, they can set up the beginning of your career. They have no idea what the jobs will be at the far end of it. 2025-12-31T16:54:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdu4sf9lwpa3xjt6fsxg3jk6c4n96jdrayrsqcc0cwucmx6qt9rcqzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgx6au86 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsve52vpytva4e99rc3sftuxdj55me97wsvgrk28ducq7jrmlg37mccwrzyx'>nevent1q…rzyx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Two absolutely magnetic stars, but a script that is kinda missing a chunk. I still like it, though. 2025-12-26T23:08:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy3qru27a0tmu36tpnjwgrmvcf395cq8ux3pk3ktr9zjwx9rp36sqzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgamnhau In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgfy2k9p2dfgcz3v3cnn87e77zsu55tjsvj8phedw8mazvwggcnxqds8xyx'>nevent1q…8xyx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is weird:<br/> <img src="https://media.universeodon.com/media_attachments/files/115/772/425/134/109/333/original/ab67dd3ff0748d72.png"> <br/> 2025-12-24T03:30:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz20u7rmt6cf6llmljv33n78aj2f0d86g9gdurfag9cak8acqas0szyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgey053h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst50tsrumnme7pwqp6e74dxe5umws9mc0tgajksatzuun2w4zc72q8qk5eq'>nevent1q…k5eq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I use the one built into Thunderbird. 2025-12-19T02:16:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0tsn6832kvv5ytlj4t2yv9nkccey74rcunrrx0vkvrjdg5cpj5nqzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgx6f8jh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg5slkyjmrzqe3lnwzxgesk5ln8he7gttq9vq5f76wk22aemy87ec3fzk45'>nevent1q…zk45</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>WTF did I just listen to? 2025-12-19T02:07:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxezmyjevgl72yqswjy5mul7hj9r5k6ugjw0lpuvx948jm7575nxszyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgva4lx6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd86zehl00guk0c8cqn33etc3jjjehvq2fx2hwv8cszte3nz2phlqvkvwt3'>nevent1q…vwt3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Spoiled kitties! How do you open it for cleaning? 2025-12-17T15:35:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst9vvamzlf85tnsethrz3a0u9ept5cw4ujg0apc2c7lve0jcgq3aszyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgx8v0fw Today is the 10th anniversary of my blog, Idiosophy. 323 posts and 46,000 visits so far. Many of those visitors were humans!<br/>Here’s my favorite post, to celebrate. #Tolkien #comfrey #dogs<br/><br/><a href="https://www.idiosophy.com/2019/06/the-botanists-and-the-critics/">https://www.idiosophy.com/2019/06/the-botanists-and-the-critics/</a> 2025-12-07T21:02:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvuwjg3wke54l8e4w3wc7zx2e5l44fkk9r8sn23kgxlw73r25nvgqzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgc34svw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxp83q3de3xhykmsd0s7lzqz8vp3frr6ffw7855fpka8gm8fz9nnqcwt6wl'>nevent1q…t6wl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The US government is also in the middle of an anti-Somali frenzy. The global network of nationalists is the weirdest part of current events. 2025-12-03T16:54:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsql33t8u6t9kutsalqv4q5e0sdrfkdptkcwlcpnhqljqqhc92r69czyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg264k8h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst7qvvea97r7neff8z3j6ttgw789gjec5ucljmrqv00n2xfusc7ws0u7ttj'>nevent1q…7ttj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Excel has it built in, under data-&gt; analysis, but it’s just as bad as the Google example above. <br/>In both, I use “countifs” so I can control the bin definitions. 2025-11-25T16:14:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf388q20c5r03uwcy453dsq88nlch33xns5ynx8p03x9zsm7n5e8qzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgl839yv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9mcqct8jclgknvq708lar9dyc74vae3fvaxq9yxl4llklg8sufeshan4k4'>nevent1q…n4k4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>1 Tim 5:23 “Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach&#39;s sake and thine often infirmities.” 2025-11-24T12:20:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy06rclf2epkrx9tymww46ld9r55a0nfvcxwrmx2phpaj3ar73hxszyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg3a9de8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs03rfs38h7nc2glw957w4l9xt7d3xsjk9r9kugcpr7s7fcslrmmjsrx8x4y'>nevent1q…8x4y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One last chance to use an ancient joke. <br/>Q: What would you get if Lee Iacocca was bitten by a vampire?<br/>A: autoexec.bat 2025-11-15T22:15:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvwhhrehtl7scnk62cp03ugh2qrmuz8u2rwnpvp4kvf76ewufdc4szyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgv3ay2k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv89l0vp6jdalnmfuc6eqxhyqy5rrzcp6kkj82r3ntcwdjd3ksvpchr4ugk'>nevent1q…4ugk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Your first point is fairly new. Hugh Hefner used to talk about 20 as the best age for a woman. 2025-11-15T17:08:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv02yy0p4rmp77teps2tzcxx46yysh0c06yhgzfzy7ahl42sty9kqzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgkr6yc9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8uslzyk5dp90nhxlqmwkums7w0gmt866c3693qcp2qau7pk446dghmffkq'>nevent1q…ffkq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When I hear the word “waldkultur”, I reach for my chainsaw. 2025-11-15T13:03:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd3egnecd9fg23xwcf9t8dr63q0ne8yvlwcxnxys99z0cwe0cd99qzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgqeexl9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0t2cfrquvx79kvn0u5mrw2c4zhernx95qnsha6v78ch87wqvf9ygwvvwr6'>nevent1q…vwr6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><a href="https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mvsj7wwyvl4fegc3cozmlfut/post/3m5eiraz6lk2m">https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mvsj7wwyvl4fegc3cozmlfut/post/3m5eiraz6lk2m</a> 2025-11-11T17:30:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0ngdqg9pfds9a7pzaal8z9w7p8wmzkxwvgp6p0sm39ax0e8krtrszyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg0f8nh4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrt4ezleetkqr04m78degwa9vge9rpp87zvhahzp6429hlqx7eqfs5h44gt'>nevent1q…44gt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This sounds like the premise for a not-bad comedy, itself. 2025-11-08T21:29:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszeyrm3apelc5q6czz35tqt96qatgat6kcw2p655xn5agdcpz6vxqzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg5jtwtf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgdhva7yhq68uugy6ax2w55cp4n2waqnh2s3us5mphxj74g36p3ag6cxp5d'>nevent1q…xp5d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We all did, back then. 2025-11-04T22:49:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs93hm5exgxd55rsz90aqls3f3ln0mhkqct4fmelkwudn42zyngc4szyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg74k0r0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2v8nh32mxj4mdcmacvxmdhm0578s62puh2dcsgd6xfhjg7lkl9xg435czd'>nevent1q…5czd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This has always seemed like a fundamental flaw in socialism. 2025-10-29T13:38:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszaptngzepgakhdueh4au4y40p7j0y47ssv9uapy5xymaumt38h4szyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgrdy0kf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvfp8d4q85pgnjp7tp3sm3n97dag5hs30j4qazd8h5xpp79dzh7eqp2z7xj'>nevent1q…z7xj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Donkeys come over the border to take jobs from our native-born jackasses. 2025-10-25T15:57:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyjjsl2mzyhwwu3pmdpz88mnaqqtmedgjwt8kfmn5lc9yg5aaky7gzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgzv00fe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqahzw5kfw644ctpy2j2eqxaj7senmgzl4eyqadf6dfg8qkt2pwuq3cgkjv'>nevent1q…gkjv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Someday, there’s a Ph.D. Thesis to be written about how games transformed written fiction. 2025-10-11T13:50:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxspsxhghq5tnar6cen92jzy265sx2m2tzzla9he68yftt7rwmuvqzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg6qha3k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsztdxpgztmjrthtm9wpjpcwftvkhej5pq8yyz36avl7mdgkhna7wqgz29zj'>nevent1q…29zj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Herculean task, finding attractive landmarks in Newark. 2025-10-08T15:18:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg2w5ypg3r9486nmxxq9mkufw2tlpjfdedmgtzc3x02elu9un3xdszyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgrpkswy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf366dteapwy2er9ens2209n6a03nvfn2rdw0rg973j372kpg04kcr0fxqe'>nevent1q…fxqe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The state police arrested a couple of septuagenarians here for protesting like that. If it wasn’t working, they wouldn’t try to shut it down. <a href="https://www.nvdaily.com/nvdaily/after-quicksburg-arrests-questions-emerge-over-free-speech-and-safety/article_af5bc501-0a8a-58aa-a744-56eef02ea226.html">https://www.nvdaily.com/nvdaily/after-quicksburg-arrests-questions-emerge-over-free-speech-and-safety/article_af5bc501-0a8a-58aa-a744-56eef02ea226.html</a> 2025-09-30T10:10:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvvehre0qf84vgu2kvhr60jth48mmt5a0pwxkx37ejqxdlg0vz8aczyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgmsj8zl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2ulk7pxzhs385lv8pz3pdd5k5t6nk6qcs956vtnq6fzjay0lc76sqxany3'>nevent1q…any3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Can’t speak for anyone else, but I dread macOS upgrades. They always break something, which I discover at the least convenient time. 2025-09-18T19:15:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp2rmvyaqx4enctacwvr37malumty9x46hl937a4v8p59sedetdsszyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgth9rf2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxk027myetlxyqn3lv6acsyjzxezq373dp2sz6qha5nxturpqpvnc98vcyr'>nevent1q…vcyr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>To quote Moxie Marlinspike, “People *really* hate running servers.” 2025-09-18T17:38:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq9v38klq97kmny5wsyzhme4dnp5tlsm8qwq6a6ylej2vq0uqgklczyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgttd0hx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0a4s28v7w6wjumpqs9xhd99cjqgrvfh88p40gumnyys779agzvlqt2kk2a'>nevent1q…kk2a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Did you make any changes to account for the places where it will be processed by AI instead of a human? 2025-09-01T21:06:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp6q95ml9w7que7rl4qttqe47xtkflaa366pnfw38tkqzxs7c4cfqzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgclcht8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgka8xepkd94yzvp3tslras3wts68rj66kh3ss09mvuumwcae9hfq3slm5l'>nevent1q…lm5l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Should I infer that it’s been printed on actual paper? That’s an achievement these days. 2025-08-29T15:17:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw3qeramsjc8u86spp0kguvm3h5ts3zqnfn365vvvrmgd6t3h906gzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgst3szt Call for papers: what should we say about #AI that doesn&#39;t beg the question of &#34;intelligence&#34;? <a href="https://newmetaphorsforai.wordpress.com/">https://newmetaphorsforai.wordpress.com/</a> 2025-08-26T23:30:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspummxkwlhv3m2tj4vz7nhkj294eflxszth2ypqym474gcmv8d4hqzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgy47cd9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0tkjugjwwpr9tdy9ruhmf9a78923kgrgyentrrmvw6mxdrymsklq8lu7qr'>nevent1q…u7qr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Scale is a good point. Even the most ardent free-will advocates concede that we can predict the number of births in 2026. But we can’t say which women will do the work. <br/>That’s why prediction is the important part, to me. I can keep a feeling of free will as long as a prediction machine can’t prove me wrong. 2025-08-05T11:17:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8cckhj87t74wad7vjd5kulr4z5kak5fq0jcuj68j35n00yfdknggzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgfmwemj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs28xepul2n66tgfq4mrfplvdlz7qcnu8hf6uvcmcnpnt5kvdwlrls2pta2c'>nevent1q…ta2c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I stopped worrying about free will when I learned a theorem from the computer scientists. Beyond a certain level of complexity of a system, a simulation of that system can’t produce a prediction of its behavior faster than the system itself will get there. If “wait and see” is the optimal method for prediction, free will and determinism are the same. 2025-08-04T22:23:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyrkrpzepwdpkrxt8fv4msk86x5nuyeh3r55qjc9402u943afvleqzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgtk5pdl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgmt3ehsefkehvfck4uykaa66djawamjj902t36rvurm7gptjpxxclhxkx9'>nevent1q…xkx9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s been pointed out that “minimum security” goes both ways. It’s now easier to terminate her if she doesn’t cooperate. 2025-08-02T15:13:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsryg09yvckej83cnguvkrzu65d2pkydy95fathssyty0capkk9ssczyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgpqm0ft In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8dxgqv2xa0xglm2lldsrf3wg7hz52nr348wuz686ghvmaj7zxg6cw3wjh7'>nevent1q…wjh7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What’s canine about a rabbit, anyway? 2025-07-30T10:36:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv9sn0662tajgx9u6kwz4mzgrjzm4ad7kyk0vj520xh3qxp9ls3aczyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgm56aez In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdp725ys574pl24hz9hgaqjyvzu9gszxt5qeq9sc4kypw4c8h5umg7fcftw'>nevent1q…cftw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I always wondered why there’s no wind chill factor in summer. 2025-07-26T18:23:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdqew2emeakjfyy0hexme0x065nypk3dn49tx6sqxj08dkmavd7mszyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgjpv6xq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfs7unsrrsxsnxs7rnsm9t4x253e4r04axqmreaq6k4epeh3r7r7qyjahyl'>nevent1q…ahyl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>All geniuses are unappreciated. 2025-07-18T00:49:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrf8etyefujwur438n82wt5m7f2285wcczwlz7senjg8wzdcuvgjszyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgtn5cj6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsza5tmfpcxsy86wn9tzzlkt8qy8utm9carvezuuqemgj8uyagjngs4se2cm'>nevent1q…e2cm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My first wife passed away many years ago, but her parents were such good people that I kept in touch. That led to an etiquette quandary one day: What’s the correct way to introduce your fiancée to your mother-in-law? 2025-07-11T17:18:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8a28v8xc5lxz6nh6l6eny9lvv0vw3k6rsw5eps79ru0yqplwzxagzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgprfqpq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx87g7d696tf7tw9030gke7wssuna8t867kahwquvpmrr5mc2q85cs8t8uq'>nevent1q…t8uq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Our system wasn’t supposed ask that. We were supposed to pick smart people to make the decisions for us. But the morons decided they had to get their hands on the wheel. 2025-07-04T19:27:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfakkndm7xwq7nr7ucthkkdhqssnj9xu7quch5wnz9n6tz3zyeefgzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg2f3hpa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf4mxw2kz9kf94az4zxj2g764xehv2t4n3u9amczdhkmv0ljlktuq0c30zc'>nevent1q…30zc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I posted this in case we’d forgotten. 2025-07-04T19:22:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspyjzrvv3v7yc8d2j9z9sd9plvmev3ww6jgve42e5vfyfn3fjzrmgzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgycnery #uspol “whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.” 2025-07-04T19:17:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd026rqch8dsvr7dn8gd94q7k7fec7c7zr4a96mpe5a8rxujgzsgszyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg5rmtp5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz66g8ykk68kx4sptuyce7v03sugdr4hv5wvvamn7fm0fdgvduurqfeqjxz'>nevent1q…qjxz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you weren’t Muslim you just had to pay a tax. Which led to so many conversions that it was affecting the Treasury, so the government passed a law restricting conversions. This story is the origin of my Grand Unifying Theory of History: all human activity is tax avoidance. 2025-07-04T12:13:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszunev96dfq2c6fa6ya642w5vy4cvxklk7g664zulcts83ej535ggzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgsym832 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqk84nmvqn9u97ymfvuh5l4djmufp086tplalp3rernd3f0dmqfxcd0hr58'>nevent1q…hr58</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The first thing I learned from the Internet was that, no matter how good at something I am, there’s a lady in China who makes me look like a tyro. <br/>I mentioned this to a lady from China. She replied, “Now imagine what it’s like growing up next door to her!” 2025-07-01T22:53:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxj6kphfzf0dekn2amqsam340h4s0n03t92hz734amxyz20rjad7czyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgru9sfe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfycffqkfzqmrkt98gzsqw4zwnp3ldejs0jdy25t3zy4jdmq66dgcr4qryc'>nevent1q…qryc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The dewlap is a reservoir of extra skin that will be needed in the event the chin suddenly assumes prominence. 2025-06-29T11:52:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx4478ytdcmdexcakrhy4gex8sk609rtlgswqaqpne6ggd7qvwscgzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgzkq5cy The Three Levels of Vegetable Gardening<br/>1. Getting amusement out of it.<br/>2. Getting food out that’s worth more than you spent on it.<br/>3. Getting out more calories than you put into it.<br/><br/>I peaked at level 2. 🌱 #gardening 2025-06-29T10:35:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy8886sz0e0sgj8wvxfx8t3zymyhrmzxqnethl5mvlhl7dx8e4lsqzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgjgfq05 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2thht3cw7m3gwjxcdze0aclzxr8vzfru4ffqw32j7fj0k50kq5qqtyuchh'>nevent1q…uchh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Praising with faint damnation, we could call it. 2025-06-25T19:14:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy57t0kwhfpwhfpd9etz0qa56tkg5v6k80xsaecmlwwsfnwpqx3sgzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgm7hplq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvvcrpdc83x6ehewd60f2x80tlqktzkt6g6gdm0e545lgm2u7ne8ck92j9f'>nevent1q…2j9f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A tun weighs a ton, huh? 2025-06-18T21:11:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2sd68pm7ktxg0fpgx3w3n5f8q49866m70ql0u0q947yjfmtmh07gzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg5fq9lx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfcxh4wvdexqk4al0hq8r2tr2fahzgxkzwrs0lue64xg6eay90p9c9tzn4m'>nevent1q…zn4m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Does it actually mean a guy who hogs all the little dots that go over letters? 2025-06-03T20:25:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsye2lyqf8wzs4tg4ps2d3wx26w66jk4e3dam6y3p5jxj4sjjapy8szyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgxkvxgs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0dh5m7zj6ycstwytt9qurq8u2r43p534hunud73m9u55jh85pklgrnt2zm'>nevent1q…t2zm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you can’t find any rodent gophers here, you can certainly find people who still maintain a gopher server. 2025-05-22T02:23:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszpwl75hfhreuxwv0nfkena2qe6aahrtzxgw9aa8h8zn0vkf8dmfszyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mggq3x5k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstk24prk6ee7rs87mltjyqf3wzujgk33stlc4w58tflja6d98pcwsxqjhh4'>nevent1q…jhh4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Your new career is calling. 2025-05-02T18:05:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdykg9xr6ldmtvufzj27v2q27um92mm7rtv5pccrl29kklak5fvrczyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgpkpc8w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9dahgd9jtgc03q4gdjgjn8jgq54xyqc6cvlcxpaxvlc4xdstrrtcrh4peg'>nevent1q…4peg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That furthest right picture — is that a cotter pin? 2025-04-30T14:42:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqql3t57m7sew8fdegsc5zzmnalrdqgqqnkvsypqesdp3whazas0szyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg25lag8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst7r3z7cy8vq0fkdfgmdj7h706k9ph9hcqtkelzkgga4cve6undjqshpfue'>nevent1q…pfue</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Robert Greenberg once apologized for calling Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf a “transitional figure” because everybody”s transitional. But when you’ve got Bach right before you and Mozart right after, sorry, Bub. 2025-04-21T01:13:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs25pg4yyr22aeumls42fn9s8yld0a9u6hkea3xpgcpfsd6n99wurqzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgtjnajm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr0tw3cj6mnvvpufm9k8gxmtsq064udxv9vywuu86mya606j8r6hstzdjr3'>nevent1q…djr3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>steampunk 2025-04-01T01:18:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfj9rcc6uclyy7t47w9chceaqtqdsux7zlgcs2f6p7luqpgxhw7nczyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgduuxs6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9yxm0fel6szxdmsgezxwqskq705a38g2x7kp6dku27leayypye4ctfk4jc'>nevent1q…k4jc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If Buckaroo Banzai has a genre, I’d like to know what other movies are in it. (Speaking as someone who knows why there’s a watermelon there.) 2025-03-28T23:51:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfwjcldclyf5d5cutg0d6k99gyqlcpfxzs0ytug6ljskge8xrqtlczyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg0hgy5h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspgp5nax3220kpnnr05na38slaw5pf5gqkz84admyktr7xzr2tm7sc0jm2f'>nevent1q…jm2f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The half of us who know why it’s important know that well. The no-passport bloc are going to find out. 2025-03-23T20:54:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstxyt2p6k30hvga9awh5tg68yxx2x5239h49dthluaksatna35megzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mggr7mrm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx8k38tmskvf5m0dcr0gysd9qqpkfyg89x0sdkj3s457vpw07tylq6c3058'>nevent1q…3058</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This post goes well with yesterday’s comment about big data. The big-data dream is that developer-funded results could be analogous to wastewater analyses or employee time records, where a lot of boring trivia turn into an interesting insight. 2025-03-19T10:33:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqpcu83awdgy4ed0qa3ytrxvq3csk9hgqwndtqy8epaprkhn398zgzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg4gq8w2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyzekm9jymassqzmwvz28ucpu2lv4upy0yvfa9vx4wxjfm7fts7tqjs4gcv'>nevent1q…4gcv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>TIL. I’ve never seen another species in Virginia. 2025-03-14T10:22:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqfpd0wd5fs76tkq366y3j769z267dk3a7sue42lnntv8tu37pwagzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgjcjjug In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2lgdz69yhyt4d7c9naqk6jp6w36plkl9myjr5g5uzsu9rmkv064gckr3lh'>nevent1q…r3lh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Did you get to read the newspaper, too? 2025-03-06T09:21:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsracaxwa490un77xlc8n8vmjhquv5r4m2rdcsjvvg4yad0lrwe7vczyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg0u82r4 One for the vegetable #gardening 🌱 experts: It looks like potash is going to get very expensive soon. What’s your go-to source for potassium? 2025-03-05T14:47:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvxedapkdmrsnhdgrvd24hd940lt5m9ve7usq8clms3lde0kr27zszyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgm5c3d0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfgm9lmckm7s26q3ywguugf82vy3cmkpg9fcl0stppvu670pjjsvc049k3a'>nevent1q…9k3a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Setting yourself up nicely for a follow-up column that’s a gritty reboot. 2025-03-03T23:36:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv3ea4suxcrkslkd9aa5rsq00wmykt2tmknc6wl4a67v8e72mk64gzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg8uj57c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy52y2epncxda4rpvd6d9s2mnswgm0y99u4mpf4694s9s39s0cvsscfsc28'>nevent1q…sc28</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Probably started here: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_massacre">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_massacre</a> 2025-03-02T16:06:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxhn4nc38dpl9relewcta2d8wwme866cwuxg6ue6xk6560t5df2qszyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg86eql4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswnyvkpj7rqdmkmk9w9jdtyyu90az078d4h0rqq4z2cd2zdk7hegcay4vcl'>nevent1q…4vcl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What does one say after that? 2025-02-28T23:00:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8ur3lnua8qg2yeu967ez30qemgl8uvg30h62jn06a7qqsp88fjmqzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgcj4fqx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqwchc5mgaag6rj7wezejnw3egkzj0cjttl93f38ek7zddr2rsnlqcwqmph'>nevent1q…qmph</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>From my adventures assembling furniture, I was under the impression that Swedes received mandatory instruction in Allen wrenches from the age of six. 2025-02-28T02:53:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr8vesmdr2yf9ul6pzmxjws4h9fret0dc56kvkjhz9cr3q46pwrdszyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgdecmvw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq8dhqzph5tuntk5rwe0uuak4uscxx6k6ya9fpddqlde6pxtudcggxgm6x5'>nevent1q…m6x5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Another determinant seems to be, have you ever met a 1940s Nazi? 2025-02-24T17:48:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqkjxs0jrn060zpgz04c8x925rlmsu6qu8zwhkhcmm7wpc74tdjlczyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg09upag Last fall I left the fallen leaves on my yard, following advice from the #gardening 🌱 people here, because beneficial insects lay their eggs under leaves. Right now, there are about two dozen extremely round robins flipping over leaves and eating whatever’s underneath. Guess it worked. 2025-02-19T14:46:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswxenw88umr5df5pqt06gktrl7q2ce9xvqhf6zpktxfytz2jt9l3gzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgz0zmjl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyhfql5jagmnlc3nn9mwjk5vlhmepjhkss2gq3nm2dllxzf9petegn70ltv'>nevent1q…0ltv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One makes our world a discrete system, the other continuous. 2025-01-27T23:32:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf7dz49jt7s5ucegrc2200nxqd2km9qqdca2q4qu0n9r9r03fxmtqzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgvujqkp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw93f5s23qcm2e29h9zza48pdxfqzexh727lh3x7lhs6ju23yvfdgeqj6rc'>nevent1q…j6rc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Agreed; that’s not information. <br/>An ECDF is, for each time “t”, the probability that the correct date &lt; t. It’s expressed as a table, not a neat polynomial (alas). When you have that, you can choose the confidence interval that makes the most sense for your data. <br/>As James suggested, 2-σ is just a convention— the graph in your blog post is a good example of when to use a ~90%-wide interval, instead of an arbitrary number of sigmas. And yes, it includes the gaps. 2025-01-24T11:12:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs922zhzj9y3hmswtmyeu65y0u3l376ph86ffpycznjdn3nhhplhwgzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg2ptea2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8j8vytelf3t92cejd93fcxwqkuxmnvuqtvk356pd7qulltp95c4qsz4xdw'>nevent1q…4xdw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If they can generate that graph, they can give you the empirical cumulative distribution function. Which they should, because standard deviation isn’t a good measure of that distribution. <br/>However, it doesn’t seem completely useless to tell us that the answer could be Monday or Friday, but none of the days in between. 2025-01-24T00:14:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs20tf22we4csj4uuyc0td7zwa6qkspz43w4vh595lue2xprtq28pszyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg534erz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszlue8x060972m64zka3cz7d9t7u8w94dxy9kv4mva6ypa86u5kkc863ngf'>nevent1q…3ngf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>People who like Boney M also liked Kid Creole and the Coconuts. Shall I add them to your cart? 2025-01-21T12:21:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxn320yjr2pue9p3m4uqjh706s9r4sy5lqvsmj6y6d03jlgznk7kszyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgt4hf97 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyp44c7jqmqv79c9yd0ja6fwvvx5qdn9xfm9nsslkuxdtg5qj60nsc4f2jt'>nevent1q…f2jt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This post sounds like the conclusion of a folklorist’s investigation into the origin of a ghost story. 2025-01-12T13:00:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy4h0qhptnnqzpsnnn5cd863gq3jka30ucapedwz203fre39rsdaszyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgs53sch In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq7efxpparl8qr2qv4yj6llgwcesfhfzaehyd83n6rvrps3trjlfgam58kh'>nevent1q…58kh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How many absolutely stupid things have been lost this way? How much has human progress been expedited by the lack of such baggage? 2025-01-11T00:39:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrxlhts8lzyvxfr407gxyxng0wtaajkhcpny0q4te65wpts3cnegqzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgzvnyg6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgrz7f34fl54apwa3pmzsg3hqq27cvex76l9j0v9hdu592ah7wmxstr8z8d'>nevent1q…8z8d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>TIL half-elves are sterile. 2025-01-06T11:29:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqu4ttqq4g7w3fx84upmq37cxnk863w6djk7vm7n3nuxsz68a44kczyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg79uvsf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswmjx2txruqdzjklu0ksfq06t46nyw352ggwhfy3qmq2su0vc3gdg79n2ce'>nevent1q…n2ce</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Conservatives have always been as stylish and cool as they are today. 2024-12-29T17:34:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxc6eh8an0yjwm0kkrrjz9egyyaxtflmnnapngv4saypmqgr95p0qzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg3u8rjj “we haven&#39;t seen a successful new theory since 1980.” - <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nf4p4rh06z6n6lsvje4txk7eqs23y3hs8vd7nraq6tgwady5qvsqy3nqe4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>John Carlos Baez</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nf4…nqe4</span>)</a></span> <br/>I started studying physics in 1979. I’m sure it’s just a coincidence.<br/><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@johncarlosbaez/113732200278292700">https://mathstodon.xyz/@johncarlosbaez/113732200278292700</a> 2024-12-29T01:40:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf2ygcl74dndk04wp3zlqzyqelyfj9jg0e059zum4uqvgyd5kljfqzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgqnxt2s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqtl0h3nc40h0uevwmagdk7vxu39jug8x3wwzneydj3rwfkw23hlqry4lm3'>nevent1q…4lm3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have always wondered: Early in the writing, novelists have to figure out how much their readers know. How do they make that call? 2024-12-28T10:55:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdtcnjy9r9cq7ayllkly5x0pvfmc6pmps9tnx9jg38vh3def7t87czyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgrsqpq7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp0ws9th2rltrua0wz5esyqe5f2c62vcdtg7jvyfc5el6zrwh4h8clq2fur'>nevent1q…2fur</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When I studied Russian in the mid 20th century, our textbooks came from the Soviet Union. They were total propaganda, most of which was risible. Except the chapter about Larissa the physicist, in which we learned all the technical and professional vocabulary in the feminine. 2024-12-24T14:49:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8djd4ek9zmcjnh9t670yd2tzte32dyzg442sgtvvsq4cjhcsjvxczyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgremexl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0nur9vjhnsca94n6c3wwj9a3gc7rhpgshpzacl2cwrd5ng2u92rcyvshc8'>nevent1q…shc8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We have those, too. They are usually printed with the name of a European city recently visited by relatives. 2024-12-22T16:41:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8l0mqlwskgpurv76wqhke6y8s3rc3mvvqqtxpzcz7kl8f56sc8qqzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgq2v98x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdqy8yj59d47v6d0p3050rkjq4guvtyg6fd4cwuhc9xw0juta90wqu8zxnq'>nevent1q…zxnq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So totally the opposite of a New World dishrag. 2024-12-22T12:56:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2hu9l92a9305a9kwvpg0lje9flyrnzu2mw7fspd9pvwgdwxqvfmszyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgas8ptd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgkph8wucjc9g76yvjlqzzkhqsyc43hv994jxtp032v0zk5r9gxns04atxy'>nevent1q…atxy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Fascinating that the dishrag is Unclean, but the dishes it was used on are Clean.<br/> <img src="https://media.universeodon.com/media_attachments/files/113/696/156/061/437/530/original/04a0264bfb3f788c.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-12-22T11:07:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszjtpl3u3lrchps6rly5x8crp83m8pjzry4jnmfhmq7q7h35vmgsszyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgn8n83s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0s9dxthrgpjpcdu0h7z50kyqvqm9cxsc8gy3yh0s9yrz8m79n80syj86h4'>nevent1q…86h4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The equations governing electromagnetism have been handed down among my people for over a century. 2024-12-21T22:32:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8aufwfjnhrq5zasvmdm84cg72ucm5phxs7wv5t72tztkl504ul6qzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgf6emdd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspvddjsxptfywgcajdef6ryyr68am7jl0ye2klaqjzqqvg7hd4jacnr24d3'>nevent1q…24d3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Condolences. 2024-12-18T17:28:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfsuvxm8qltn8nktltm4qmgcvml7eq7lm05mqnkgjn7hqts235egczyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgsnwqsu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8gl0ud6x9a43fu5xfnvc4lz24sg9krvxmufsnmmau7lrunmedmccx0uhxz'>nevent1q…uhxz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Do they still have to send a copy to Dublin? That would be hilarious. 2024-12-16T17:07:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9jjfxydsqwl7mcyw7423vx8v5c4qf3qk9cvfwvq4qvacnlcq5sggzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg3sn82v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx4u59lm5rnq0nlup53q8w5u6gqgmf9sudkhp9xe4xtkjqsjlqukq9xu5wc'>nevent1q…u5wc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What’s the thing that isn’t a volcano? 2024-12-11T12:28:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszhlye5gyt8777pjrtvx4ur5hs73mfctveeeqvlppunt56d2wdvjgzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mgynslvr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf43kgakxgqxfpn2hdy79m7c3r83se7fq98k7c47a3hy2wtnmha0qn2w90x'>nevent1q…w90x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>For 200 years conservatives have triumphed because the left hates liberals. If the scales are balancing, I approve. 2024-11-23T22:16:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrlh9v4gttgkqe3xhep6a5z9tupjg8qjyt58hre70sac4grgcq7fqzyzqef7jqnqnkuk4sfhzt7yhl4g5m96k77afspajcyhdt5xh3lp7mg79r400 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgdm9lqdjejl97ktx2nzle6yaecx3eps6t3puft2uppxcpr69kyuse3yz6u'>nevent1q…yz6u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The parts she doesn’t use are picked up by the Blemmye. 2024-11-23T03:30:55Z