

You know the saying “behind every sign there’s a story”? It may apply to laws as well.


You know the saying “behind every sign there’s a story”? It may apply to laws as well.


Also, almost no Icelanders have last names (in the sense of family names). Most have just a patronymic that translates as “son/daughter of (father’s name)” (i.e., Björk’s father was named Guðmundur), which is why references to Icelanders in the news refer to them by given name. As the Icelandic name pool is limited (there’s a naming committee which must approve all new names, and they’re somewhat conservative), the population register also includes people’s nicknames.
“Hey baby, are you the British economy? Because I’d like to give you a weak pound”


I wonder how long until they quietly resume running them


And this somehow arrives at a highly refined piece of code rather than the software equivalent of Habsburg Jaw?


I thought that there had been historically a boxing match the day after Christmas, and while the name remains, the actual barbaric spectacle went the way of bear-baiting due to people becoming more averse to violence.
They have toilets with taps and basins feeding into the cistern, at least in Japan


She’ll be the next DNC-backed vice presidential candidate, because big tent or something.


Do cats get any nutritional benefit from rice? I thought they were obligate carnivores.


he’s the opposite of Rowling, who lives in a castle and hates only certain minority groups
Paramedics refer to them as “donorcycles” for a reason


Surely when number goes up far enough, it magically gains sentience and godlike powers

The sound fidelity of vinyl is measurably inferior to CD-quality digital audio, as the technology introduces various kinds of distortion. Some of these are perceived as “warmth”, and/or bound in with the ritual of playing the record, so some people see it as a plus.
I’ve bought a few records in recent years, though have never actually played them. I bought them for the artwork, and listen to the FLAC files that came with the Bandcamp download code.


This and the GIMP is why they shouldn’t let software developers name things.


So, an antisemite?


He prefers to call himself a “modeliser”

Was this an initiative of Trump’s new design department, or something preceding that that wasn’t scrapped?
Maybe he could get the chatbot to play not only his girlfriend but their kids as well. Then he can beam proudly as he shows people a chat window on his phone. You do you, buddy!