Tag Archives: Humor

That Didn’t Take Long

Posted on 2019-03-02 by jcs

The battle is joined. Guess where emacs.dev takes you.

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Emacs Doctor

Posted on 2018-10-28 by jcs

From fuco1, a little bit of humor to top off your weekend: #emacs Contrary to popular belief M-x doctor isn't so helpful all the timehttps://t.co/NvOeYmo3Ew — Matus Goljer (@Fuco1337) October 28, 2018

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The Decline of Penmanship

Posted on 2018-10-07 by jcs

In response to Friday’s post on going paperless, Smitty notes that one of the consequences is the decline of penmanship. He’s not the first to notice. Here’s what The Oatmeal had to say about it. The Oatmeal is, as always, … Continue reading →

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Things Seen That Can’t Be Unseen

Posted on 2018-01-14 by jcs

Whatever your opinion on the relative merits of the original Star Trek versus Star Trek TNG, there’s no debating that Jean-Luc Picard was one of the franchise’s iconic characters. The following image is therefore deeply disturbing: I knew that they … Continue reading →

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Computer Languages as Weapons

Posted on 2017-11-27 by jcs

For those of you who like such things, here’s a list of popular languages and the weapons they correspond to. My go to languages are Lisp and C so I guess I’m crazy and dangerous but toting an old—if reliable—weapon. … Continue reading →

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A Warning Ignored

Posted on 2017-04-23 by jcs

I tried to warn Grant but he wouldn’t listen1. Now I’m running around with my hair on fire yelling at a cloud. Footnotes: 1 Actually, it’s an old post predating my warning but someone just posted a link to it … Continue reading →

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Summer!

Posted on 2017-04-04 by jcs

As many of you know, the Irreal International Headquarters is in Tampa, Florida. That means that this Kontra tweet resonated: Feeling good about yourself right now? Remember, soon it'll be summer…hot, humid, sticky summer…with mosquitoes. — Kontra (@counternotions) April 2, … Continue reading →

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AI Loosely Defined

Posted on 2017-04-01 by jcs

Since this is April 1st and no post will be taken seriously anyway, I offer this piece of wisdom, which Jean-Philippe Paradis retweeted: by today's definition, y=mx+b is an artificial intelligence bot that can tell you where a line is … Continue reading →

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The Five Second Rule

Posted on 2016-09-20 by jcs

The New York Times has published an article on the five second rule. You’ll be shocked—shocked—to learn that if you drop food on the floor you get bacteria on it even if you pick it up in less than 5 … Continue reading →

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Random Medical News

Posted on 2016-09-01 by jcs

From John Cook we have this bit of humor that also has the feel of truth: pic.twitter.com/ElqdpI9ywg — John D. Cook (@JohnDCook) August 5, 2016 I’m old enough that I can remember at least 3 cycles of Coffee is good … Continue reading →

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