That's adorkable
Hog juice can't melt steel beams
My Octopus Teacher fucked me up. If you've seen it you know what I mean
I didn't even ask to be born, much less take a job with a UHC health plan
What?
And no spherical cows either??
I pulled on a str and unraveled my C socks!
- wreak havoc
- destroy society
- get cute
- burn it all to the ground
As Natalie Wynn would say, it's the mouthfeel
The softest paw can be a claw
To quote @QueerSatanic on Mastodon:
Bernie Sanders and AOC are kettling the current protest movement back inside electoralism and the Democratic Party, and the results are going to be disastrous
what we want out of the Democratic Party is something it is not and will never be: an entity that collects votes downstream from organizing people and providing for their needs by redistributing resources to those who come in asking for them and even more than that, connects people with one another to solve problems for themselves directly without need for intermediary
if every Bernie Sanders and AOC rally were centered around, "This is a crisis, and you need to be bringing democracy to every aspect of your lives right now: while you are standing here, text five of your neighbors, five of your co-workers, five of your family members or close friends, and introduce yourself to five people here, and then organize your workplace, organize your neighborhood, and organize your personal connections. If you can't do that, think about why you can't, and get to work. The next time we visit, be able to talk to people in your life about what you need to be doing together to take care of one another and those who can't take care of themselves" — if every rally did that, there would be no complaints.
Instead, all that Democratic politicians can ever offer is a kettle toward electoralism, a siphon toward the promise of kinder bosses, and a sapping of all the strength we need right now to face the moment we're in
As is usually the case, the left is very horny
I fuckin love Notepad. No decorations, no flourish, just me and my raw thoughts
Please tell us if this works 😭
Bro was 100% gonna do it, too
This made me remember there is a video of this that is not the trolling GIF loop: https://youtu.be/nP6SKDppwes
"We need a design that obscures ketchup, vomit, and shit stains"
"Absolutely on it, sir"
What absolutely cursed fonts are those, I need to know
Rule
Squinting to make out actual letters and kind of succeeding
Four Nations Face-Off
Who are we rooting for? I'm from the U.S., there are some players I'm hoping do well but no love for the team. Finland is scrappy as hell. It would be kind of great if they pulled out a win tonight.
Edit: I posted this during the 2nd intermission, when the score was only 2-1. Womp womp.
Timeless question
My team isn't doing so well this season. One of our commentators just posed a question that we've probably all asked: "What is it going to take for them to A) learn a lesson, or B) wake up??"
Best Python library for displaying dynamically-generated data?
Hi all, I am one year into my coding journey and could use a little guidance on a project. I have created a Python program that provides real-time hockey stats and game information, using API calls (documentation here: https://github.com/Zmalski/NHL-API-Reference). The code is working, and it's really fun to see stats updating in real time as I'm watching my favorite sport. Just one problem: this is all happening in the terminal window 😆 What Python library would you recommend for creating a pleasing visual display for dynamically-generated data? I thought it might be Pygame, which I have some experience with, but now I'm not sure. Right now I'm only presenting text and numbers, not drawing any plots, but should I consider matplotlib? Thanks for any advice!
Edit: I think the term for what I'm trying to make is a "dashboard"? Is that correct, and does that help answer the question? Thanks y'all!
Armor Class
(totally understand if this gets deleted 'cause politics)
How Trump Rigged an FBI Investigation for Brett Kavanaugh
Podcast episode from It Could Happen Here, about how then-president Trump made the FBI conduct a fake "investigation" to clear Brett Kavanaugh and appoint him to the Supreme Court
Feeld + GrapheneOS
Is anyone else having problems with the Feeld app on GrapheneOS? I'm in an urban area and have set my filters wide (100 miles), but see nothing when I open the app.
Update: I think this might be the issue: https://grapheneos.org/articles/attestation-compatibility-guide I contacted Feeld support and they said they're looking into it.
All four MLB division series are tied at 1-1
I'm sure this has happened before, but I'm not finding any stats that tell me when. Does anyone know how to look that up?
Edit: Apparently this is the first time! https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-division-series-tied-1-1-for-first-time
Database of company names + websites?
I realize this is an absolutely unhinged thing to ask for: Can anyone direct me to a large database of company names with websites (just those two columns), ideally 100K rows or more, that I can access for free? Basically this database if it had another column with the company name: https://github.com/cygenta/top10million (but doesn't need to be anywhere near 10 million)
Moneyless Harvest Moon-type game?
I have such a love/hate relationship with Stardew Valley, slightly less so with My Time At Portia (the developers seem to have at least considered wrist strain in the button layout and mechanics). I long for a moneyless, classless game in this genre where the incentives are community thriving, trust, pleasure, and all the other aspects that make life worth worth living outside of capitalism. Does that game exist?
I'll be in Europe during the Stanley Cup Finals. Is there a way to see the games?
Specifically Paris and London. There are U.S. sports-themed bars in both cities, but with the time difference, the bars will be closed by the times the games start. I'm willing to pay, get a VPN, and/or go to a sketchy streaming site. Any suggestions? Thanks hockey fam!
Why is predictive text so hard to disable?
Does anyone know, or can anyone guess, the business case for predictive text? On phone apps, it is often incredibly difficult to turn off. Why is that, do you think? (The examples I have recent experience with are Facebook and Outlook mobile apps.)
I would have thought that, for AI training purposes, they would want humans typing things and not just regurgitating canned responses. But apparently not?
For a game that turns 40 years old next month, it's unreal what we are learning about Tetris
This video documents the recent feats of 15-year-old Tetris master Alex T, and the discoveries players make by pushing the game farther than it has any right to go
Petition to allow local announcers to call playoff games
Petitions are annoying, but I'm hoping some of us will want to sign this one! The goal is simple: Have the National Hockey League create a solution where the local broadcast announcers of the home team handle the broadcast for every nationally-televised game, such as the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Text-to-speech options?
I'm setting up a laptop with Mint (Cinnamon) for a person who needs text-to-speech software. It seems like most of the nice-sounding ones are proprietary. Any recommendations for FOSS alternatives? And any ideas why this is an underdeveloped area for open source?
What can we do for friends and loved ones drawn in by reactionary conspiracy theories?
Someone I am very close to has become increasingly isolated. She doesn't want to do anything except watch "documentaries" like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfzupXBlrIU She doesn't want to socialize, because "no one understands what's really going on." She mentioned recently that she has a Telegram account, so I'm assuming that's where at least some of this garbage is coming from. I'm worried about her. Her life is already hard, and this stuff is making her paranoid and more isolated than she already was.
Is there anything that helps bring people out of this?? I have my own radical ideas, but they are about the need to abolish capital and the State. This person has never really responded to leftist politics when I've brought it up, but maybe I need to try again. Any help or advice? I really worry about her.
Finding projects that need user testing?
I'm digging into the world of #FOSS #opensource and would like to help with existing projects. My programming chops are not sharp yet, but I'm a detail-oriented communicator who knows a bit about user testing.
How do I find projects on GitHub, GitLab, or other sites that need this kind of help? The machines I would be testing on are a potato desktop running Pop_OS Linux and an Android phone. Thanks in advance!
Can I email or text myself through Python or bash?
EDIT: Thanks y'all! I got this working by installing mutt and configuring it with my Gmail info. Please note the warning from u/jherazob below--if this were something mission critical I would not want to rely on this solution.
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Noob question incoming, thanks in advance for any help with this!
I have a specific use case in which I want to send an automated email or text to myself once a day (the message is different each time--otherwise I would just set an alarm, lol!). I'm running Pop_OS on an old desktop computer. Where I'm stuck is getting an email to successfully send from the command line. I'm looking for easy-to-follow instructions that would help me do that, and none of the articles or videos I've come across thus far have helped.
I'm aware of Twilio and other services that send SMS messages, but I'm looking for something free. Especially sinc