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Hacker Memes

“Science has taught us that what we see and touch is not what is really there.”

- Hans Christian von Baeyer

A single Egret perched on-top of a wireframe cuboid that is half submerged in a still body of water. The water reflects the top of the structure creating an interesting reflection effect.

via: r/j3ffr33d0m
edit: this image I think better complements the quote
CozyBot

@i0null тапай хомяка, пока не убежал!!!

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Raymond

@i0null The analogy breaks down on a pawn being blocked by a king or another piece. Unable to progress even if supported, and needs another piece to clean things up and get out of the way.

Shogi would be a slightly better example, pawns can still attack enemies in front of them, but only one pawn is allowed in a single file, because they'd be too strong of a fortification.

yucatech

@i0null
This reminds me of the story of a Ukrainian and a Russian who were wounded in combat and left in the middle of a frozen field by their respective comrades. They found each other and gave each other first aid, forgetting that they were supposed to kill each other. Unfortunately, the Ukrainian soldier died after 5 days. The Russian soldier was able to crawl until he found his comrades. It was he who told the story.

Token Sane Person

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"[Vimes] hated games they made the world look too simple. Chess, in particular, had always annoyed him. It was the dumb way the pawns went off and slaughtered their fellow pawns while the king lounged about doing nothing. If only the pawns would've united ... the whole board could've been a republic in about a dozen moves."

Terry Pratchett, Thud! (Discworld, #34; City Watch, #7)
#pratchett #TerryPrachett #SayHisName

Hacker Memes

Now, this is a story all about how
My life got flipped-turned upside down

#caturday

A cute cat with curious eyes, a white and beige fur coat, and is looking directly at the camera whilst being held upside down.

[Caption lyrics from “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” by DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince]

Credits: baidu/8977544561
Hacker Memes

“The role of philosopher at present is not to be a theoretician of totality, but the diagnostician of today.”

- Foucault

Michel Foucault coddling his kitten.

Via: maurojrc
Hacker Memes

# systemd-run --scope -p MemoryLimit=512M #caturday

Photo of parking space marked “reserved” and occupied by a black cat laying in the centre of the bay.

via: dumpaday
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