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Eugen Rochko
Eugen Rochko
Eugen Rochko
Old Book Illustrations
yesterday at 11:00

Former Sainte Croix Square, Angers.
Théophile Tardif-Desvaux, from "Angers pittoresque" by Éliacin Lachèse, Angers: 1843 #illustration #art oldbookillustrations.com/illus
yesterday at 11:31 | Open on mastodon.social
Eugen Rochko
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Matthew Haughey
20 November at 21:44

We got lots of spam at MetaFilter and one time someone posted trying to promote something called "Exemplary Purchase" and we kept wondering what are they were trying to say until we realized it was a translation error, they meant to say "Best Buy" in English.

Ten years on, every time I drive past a BestBuy, I think "Exemplary Purchase!"

20 November at 22:29 | Open on mastodon.social
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Brian Danger Hicks

@mathowie My dad always calls Best Buy "Least objectionable purchase"

20 November at 22:00 | Open on teh.entar.net
Koantig

@mathowie
from 2021:
> (...) Our study introduces the concept of tortured phrases: unexpected weird phrases in lieu of established ones, such as ‘counterfeit consciousness’ instead of ‘artificial intelligence.’

Examples:
Colossal information -> Big data
Counterfeit consciousness -> Artificial intelligence
Flag to commotion -> Signal to noise

arxiv.org/abs/2107.06751
nature.com/articles/d41586-021

@mathowie
from 2021:
> (...) Our study introduces the concept of tortured phrases: unexpected weird phrases in lieu of established ones, such as ‘counterfeit consciousness’ instead of ‘artificial intelligence.’

Examples:
Colossal information -> Big data
Counterfeit consciousness -> Artificial intelligence
Flag to commotion -> Signal to noise
20 November at 22:05 | Open on mamot.fr
rameez

@mathowie Joey with his thesaurus again. 🤷🏻‍♂️

20 November at 22:22 | Open on social.lol
Eugen Rochko
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VWestlife
16 November at 3:01

If you ever wondered why old product ads often had unnecessary quotation marks around their name or slogan, you're not alone: english.stackexchange.com/ques
19 November at 16:27 | Open on mastodon.social
Eugen Rochko
Paul Hudson
19 November at 11:09

Luna greets the first snow of the year in the traditional Samoyed way: wooing loudly.
19 November at 15:27 | Open on mastodon.social
Eugen Rochko
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gokybbst

@Gargron
Greater than $20k in Credit Card Debt -- We Can Help
.
shorturl.at/YWdn6

19 November at 7:09 | Open on mastodon.social
hdvhdwfwf2

@Gargron
Greater than $20k in Credit Card Debt -- We Can Help
.
shorturl.at/YWdn6

19 November at 7:49 | Open on mastodon.social
greatquux

@Gargron nice! my wife @inkedgeo got me into them. let's schedule a night out!

19 November at 15:43 | Open on mastodon.social
Eugen Rochko

New #FranzFerdinand single with a cool music video. Those split diopter shots are fun.

youtube.com/watch?v=PC1r33iVFA

19 November at 1:56 | Open on mastodon.social
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gokybbst

@Gargron
Greater than $20k in Credit Card Debt -- We Can Help
.
shorturl.at/YWdn6

19 November at 7:09 | Open on mastodon.social
hdvhdwfwf2

@Gargron
Greater than $20k in Credit Card Debt -- We Can Help
.
shorturl.at/YWdn6

19 November at 7:49 | Open on mastodon.social
greatquux

@Gargron nice! my wife @inkedgeo got me into them. let's schedule a night out!

19 November at 15:43 | Open on mastodon.social
Eugen Rochko
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jevvv🇳🇿

@TechConnectify I had no idea this bulb existed - wild indeed! And thank you for the video- fascinating

17 November at 21:31 | Open on mastodon.nz
F4GRX Sébastien
nerdwoman

@TechConnectify I LOVE your sense of humor. Your videos always teach me something cool and make me lmao. The cut here at the end is no exception. 😁

18 November at 2:04 | Open on infosec.exchange
Eugen Rochko
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nichtsicher

@Gargron I like how the digits seem to vanish partly behind the hills

18 November at 5:17 | Open on flokinet.social
Jack
Chris Frederick

@Gargron I imagine her raising her right hand, and pointing at the time hovering above the horizon.

today at 12:46 | Open on mastodon.social
Eugen Rochko
Eugen Rochko
Eugen Rochko

Quite pleased with my current lock screen.
17 November at 4:18 | Open on mastodon.social
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nichtsicher

@Gargron I like how the digits seem to vanish partly behind the hills

18 November at 5:17 | Open on flokinet.social
Jack
Chris Frederick

@Gargron I imagine her raising her right hand, and pointing at the time hovering above the horizon.

today at 12:46 | Open on mastodon.social
Eugen Rochko
Jon S. von Tetzchner
16 November at 16:43

What is your favorite browser? Feel free to share why.

#Vivaldi #browser #Firefox #Edge #Chrome #Safari #Opera #Windows #Linux #macos #iOS #Android

Anonymous poll

Poll

Vivaldi
802
16%
Chrome
243
4.8%
Edge
101
2%
Safari
804
16%
Firefox
3,022
60.1%
Opera
53
1.1%
Other
643
12.8%
5,027 people voted.
Voting ended 19 November at 16:43.
16 November at 19:26 | Open on mastodon.social
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Григорий Клюшников

I use Vivaldi but I would really like to see more attention to quality. Breaking things randomly in minor releases and then taking half a year to fix them is not okay, guys. A public issue tracker would also help, instead of the scream-into-the-void bug report form. I understand that you've taken everything from the old Opera team, but this part should've been left behind.

16 November at 19:41
Martijn Vos
Firefox right now, and pretty happy with it, but Vivaldi is increasingly starting to sound like a contender.
17 November at 0:23 | Open on friendica.opensocial.space
labria

@jon I’m currently trying Zen, which is FF inside and Arc outside, basically.
Re: why, I think Chrome is the new IE6, and we need more engines to keep the web open

18 November at 12:46 | Open on social.yeschenko.com
Eugen Rochko
Eugen Rochko
Amelia Rochko
16 November at 17:57

They really are each other's best friend, as well as accomplices in crime. One of them will excavate the plants while the other is the lookout. Little Criminals.

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon
16 November at 18:11 | Open on mastodon.social
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Laura Kosloff

@Ameboid People don't give cats enough credit for deviousness! We had a cat once who excavated plants; the dog was happy to help.

16 November at 18:14 | Open on mstdn.social
Quark Maker

@Ameboid The two felines in my life are not friends. The one wants to be, the other, well... she's told him to go meow off, many times.

16 November at 20:49 | Open on mastodon.social
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