The human mind is constantly looking for patterns everywhere. Just take a look at some clouds, you’ll see what I mean.

Recognising people, faces, animals and objects with limited and noisy data is very hard, so mistakes happen all the time. More specifically false positives are far more common than false negatives. This means that it’s very easy to see faces in the clouds rather than missing faces in a crowd.

Same error occurs when looking at this picture. It’s basically an optical illusion that exploits the human pattern recognition system.

What if there was a federated platform for supporting the channels you like? Maybe something like Patreon? Or how about some sort of merch store for people who can sell the things they make?

At least these lights are in the center.

The mass of the universe is not distributed evenly, so it gets really complex. However, as a semi-qualitative assessment, I can say that the vast majority of the universe is just empty space, so you should be fine for the most part. However, the longer you allow the top of the lorry to scrape the edge of the observable universe, the more likely it is to hit something.

Think of it like throwing darts. The more you throw, the more likely it is for you to hit the bullseye. If you keep on driving your lorry for an hour or two, the top has already swept across an enormous arc and probably plowed through multiple galaxies along the way. Keep on sweeping and eventually you’ll smack into something.

Not just the moon. You can’t just drive here with a 46 billion light year tall lorry without crashing into some stars, galaxies, black holes and what not.

I feel like there’s a story behind this picture. Maybe something like having a bit too much vodka the night before, which resulted in someone having the brilliant idea of decapitating a Lenin statue and bringing the head home. Apparently, it didn’t fit through the door, so they had to leave it in the stairway.

Industrial chemicals, huh? If there ever was a red flag for inciting fear, this is the one. A promising start with that headline.

On the other hand, I have no doubt that there are various compounds that inhibit microbial growth in the gut. Some of them are used in various industries, and some of them can be found in nature. Think of antibiotics, for example. Regardless, the article does raise some good points about regulation and the use of pesticides and other chemicals.

Ilmastonmuutos, hiilipäästöt jne.

And then there’s also emotional maturity. If you don’t process your unpleasant emotions, you’ll end up reacting in unhealthy and unbalanced ways.

That’s why they won’t be doing this again. They are officially retiring the lifetime plan now. In the future, the company will be pivoting towards reoccurring revenue. Lifetime plans are ok when the company is new and expanding. In the long run, that strategy won’t cut it any more, so that’s why they won’t be doing this again.

Was about time for (un)scheduled maintenance then.

When it comes to cycling in winter, I prefer to stick with the usual pressure. Using studded tires is also recommended, but not completely mandatory.

I suspect OP doesn’t cycle every week, but is planning to very soon. That’s when this kind of maintenance check is particularly useful.

If you do cycle every week, you’ll notice pretty quickly if the tires are in need of some more pressure. In that case, there’s no need to plan ahead. You just go when you need to go. There’s no need to think about the tires every time.

Based on the package, I would assume Pocatello is an accounting software for DOS and it comes on seven diskettes instead of a CD.

Wow! That’s like several layers of wow. I wonder how many war crimes they had to commit to end up with a flag like this.

Liberia was like: hold my beer

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Pick an instance you consider sufficient, create an account, and start watching.

PB&J

Of course there’s an acronym for that! It’s just the most American thing you could do.

Saudi Arabia? What are they doing with all those batteries? Are they actually switching to solar even though they have all the oil they could ever burn?

A phone with a full sized HDMI connector? Neat!