Ass as in donkey and ass as in butt have different etymologies. The donkey one likely comes from Latin asinus and the butt one is from dropping the r in arse, which comes from the PIE root *ors- meaning butt/backside

I thought they were following our lead

Living alone should go back up around 80 since it means you’re maintaining independence

If you’re a terminal weirdo like me I’d recommend Taskwarrior

I thought Battlefield Earth had a cool concept when I was like 13. I watched it again a few years ago and it’s hilariously bad. 90% of the movie is Dutch angles

Good. Leave us behind. We chose this.

I read the r in purses as an s at first but the joke still worked

In that case the US can just arm the resistance groups. Nothing bad has ever happened by doing that.

Alberta really is an F-A-R-T

I’m just using a self hosted git repo with markdown files. I was having trouble finding something open source that I could edit with vim that also had a good mobile solution. I also didn’t want to get locked into a file format that was specific to an app.

Markdown is ubiquitous and I use git all the time as a developer so it was easier to tack something onto an existing workflow. It’s a little janky but at least I won’t be screwed by devs abandoning whatever app I was using.

Hey, I know you, you’re ðat guy

Bring back 16th century men’s fashion. Landsknechts were some stylish dudes

Oddly enough croak is likely also onomatopoeia (imitative)

Listen to this wisdom. I used to be a heart and soul person and it burned me out real bad. I left a smaller startup at a point where I was handling several projects at the same time and I felt guilty about dumping all of it on my coworkers. I thought I was vital to the company but I was quickly forgotten and replaced. I don’t know why I ever cared so much. It was software I’d never use in my own life and it wasn’t important to the people who did.

Save the passion for your personal projects and try to find something low stress to pay the bills

For a good minute or 2 today a leaf blower, chainsaw, and police sirens combined powers to just fuck my shit up

I found it to surprisingly easy to read. I knew about the characters beforehand but never saw them used extensively in words I understand. Let’s bring ðem back

Russian oligarch survives assassination attempt by leaping out window

When you’re used to seeing the word classist it takes a second to remember a classicist isn’t someone who is prejudiced against ancient Greeks and Romans.

I feel like the whole point of a talking pet is teaching it to swear at you

The best stuff is an old craftsperson calmly explaining and demonstrating their obsolete trade, like that welsh stone carver.