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blithe ("Blithe") wrote:

I just realized that my vacuum is over 17 years old. It still works!

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• l just read in a book by Raymond Smullyan, a logician. I forgot the name of the book but it is a series of "forensic chess puzzles" solved by Sherlock Holmes. Anyway, according to Smullyan, the last official change in rules occurred in the 1800s. The previous rule stated that a promoted pawn could become any piece except the king or a pawn. The rule had to be amended, stating that a promoted pawn could become any piece of the same color, except the king or a pawn. The rule change was precipitated by a famous game that ended similar to this: (remote)
• White has an obvious advantage here but shouldn't be able to mate in one. Whatever white promotes to on b8, black's king can capture it. Except...white played b8, promoting to a black knight! Not illegal, according to the rule book at the time (remote)

bcrypt@infosec.exchange ("yan") wrote:

dashcam video from my drive to oakland today.... it was even worse on the section of 101 near octavia but things are clearing up now. stay safe everyone! #sf #bayarea

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• fdad6bb4b4903106.mp4 (remote)

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year_progress@techhub.social ("Year Progress") wrote:

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

#HappyNewYear! 🎉✨

nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

The amount of fireworks in Berlin on New Year's Eve is significant

technomancy@icosahedron.website ("tech? no! man, see...") wrote:

I got 20 pages into A Canticle for Leibowitz before I realized it wasn't called A Canticle for Leibniz

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nocontexttrek ("Star Trek Minus Context") wrote:

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• Worf and another Klingon are standing and talking. Both are dressed in traditional Klingon uniforms with silver plated shoulder/chestal areas. Both have long and flowy hair. Both look very serious. It's dimly lit and others are in the background. Closed caption reads, "The idea is to eat, drink, stay awake all night."

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I feel bad for all the pets today 😔

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Makin' videos, picking on other videos.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2022/12/31/even-skeptical-science-guys-sometimes-make-mistakes/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4DCR-69EK4

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tradecraft@newsie.social ("Todd Brogowski") wrote:

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• Automat, by Edward Hopper (1927); depicts a woman wearing a 1920s-era hat sitting alone in an automat (presumably a Horn & Hardart automat) (remote)

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chris_levesque@historians.social ("Chris Levesque") wrote:

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Mjo321@mstdn.social ("MJO") wrote:

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• Woman dressed in Victorian clothing holding her head and staring into the middle distance. “If you're happy and you know it, overthink. If you're happy and you know it, overthink. If you're happy and you know it, give your brain a chance to blow it. If you're happy and you know it, overthink.” (remote)

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heybenji@social.coop ("Benji Mauer") wrote:

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PogoWasRight@infosec.exchange ("Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee:") wrote:

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• Notice on LockBit 3.0 dark web site apologizes to the hospital and gives them decryptor, bans affiliate. (remote)

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NYTimes@newsrelay.org wrote:

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• hello (remote)

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Gigawatt121@mastodon.art wrote:

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TheGuardian_us@newsrelay.org ("The Guardian US") wrote:

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• hello (remote)

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

What do you use for live reload of HTML and SCSS?

Is browsersync + gulp still the way to go?

#webdev #lazyweb

lloydmeta ("Lloyd") wrote:

#HappyNewYear from Japan!

#あけましておめでとう #あけおめ

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glen_malley@mstdn.ca ("Glen Malley") wrote:

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zombierustpunk@hachyderm.io ("Bonnie K") wrote:

lloydmeta ("Lloyd") wrote:

#NewYearsEve #dog

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• Brown and white corgi resting his head on a Pikachu butt cushion while sleeping on top of a grey sofa.

bcrypt@infosec.exchange ("yan") wrote:

i do not understand why this clip doesn't have 80 billion views on youtube already #guitar https://youtu.be/848VqdFW3rs?t=154

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anarchosurreal@mastodon.ie ("Fully Automated Celtic Anarchy") wrote:

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blakereid@mastodon.lawprofs.org ("Blake E. Reid🥫🏁") wrote:

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skdh@nerdculture.de ("Sabine Hossenfelder") wrote:

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michaelabon@hachyderm.io ("Michael Abon") wrote:

blithe ("Blithe") wrote:

What is something you did just for yourself today?

bcrypt@infosec.exchange ("yan") wrote:

BNXD... IYKYK