If DC Comic's "Beast World" doesn't have Blue Beetle becoming an actual giant beetle than what even are we doing here
distant plant shared Thursday, August 17
The difference between a singleton object and a class in object-oriented programming is basically the difference between "Yoshi" and "a Yoshi" in Super Mario World
distant plant shared Tuesday, August 15
The SpongeBob Movie and the Last Dragon
two hours until the last two episodes of #summercampisland here in the states
Just moved this instance back to Azure on a new, incredibly cheap spot VM. Don't be surprised if it goes down sometimes!
summer camp island live stream 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMdniCQiAv4
Why Insect Memories May Not Survive Metamorphosis https://www.quantamagazine.org/insect-brains-melt-and-rewire-during-metamorphosis-20230726/
I've always thought it'd be nice to turn into a fire-breathing dragon, so when you've drank all the water in the glass and it's just ice left, you could melt the ice and have more water.
distant plant shared Friday, July 28
When two people are intensely debating something you know nothing about
Why are so many '90s music videos set on spaceships?
@daystrominstitute@startrek.website What can we know (or at least guess) about Tellarite culture and behavior from Jankom Pog?
This is going to be pretty open-ended, but I'm curious: given that Jankom is the only Tellarite main cast member of any Star Trek series, what might his personality, behavior, relationships (etc.) tell us about Tellarites as a whole, or their relationships with other species within or outside the Federation? Obviously, it's not easy to know much from Jankom in particular (given that he's a kid and grew up among pre-Federation Tellarites), but thematically, I think it would be nice if one could draw some lines (even if it's wild speculation) between his his role in the team, and the fact that the Tellarites we see in ENT not only help found the Federation, but never leave it, even after the Burn (IMO, one of the most fascinating bits of worldbuilding that's ever been dropped in an off-screen monologue).
The pitcher can only disengage from the pitchers mound twice in a plate appearance before they will need to find a tile with emblem energy to refill their engage meter
distant plant shared Tuesday, July 18
Pixelfed works better than I expected for art - I can make a gallery with folders, and also follow it from here (or from Mastodon).
There are still issues with trying to discover amateur artists on the fediverse, but most of it is intrinsic to a platform without (DA-style) algorithms or (FA-style) required metadata, and none of it is Pixelfed's fault.
distant plant shared Thursday, July 13
I didn't use it at the time, but I like Word for DOS now. The keyboard shortcuts are very familiar.
And yes, I can load a Word for DOS file into LibreOffice, and it keeps my formatting.
I'd like to add a post to my blog about small nice features that #visualbasic #dotnet has for #winforms (compared to C#). So far I'm thinking Handles statement, My.Settings, MsgBox, and maybe the default form thing. And maybe date literals. Anything else?
Was thinking a couple weeks ago - whenever I read or watch someone else's sci-fi or fantasy story, I'm always thinking about what kind of story could be told within that worldbuilding that reflects my own life experience, and what kind of place in that world such a character would have. Frankly, I'd much rather be the villain than not exist in the world at all; at least I'd feel acknowledged.
You know, the way furries use the word 'anthropomorphic' is a lot more specific than its broader general meaning. I was just talking to someone who knew it from those salt shakers that are shaped like lil' people