@arj I initially read this as that it had physically taken a dive off of a large (possibly moving) transit vehicle...probably similar odds of salvageability either way though. :/

@mattblaze @scottmiller42 @ai6yr Though also, "works" (as it pertains to software) is...both a pretty seriously low bar, and widely over-valued -- not in the sense of its necessity, but in people taking it as far more of a signal of quality than it actually is.

@benjojo @kasperd I wouldn't dispute the latter, but how is it not also compression? Seems like it must inevitably reduce the number of bits needed to encode it, much less entropy both intra-frame and inter-frame.

@th Ol' W.B. decided not to include the "tail of a rat" part though.

@th Looks like it could have been a source of inspiration for Yeats:

A shape with [feline] body and the head of a man
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun

@rk @dysfun If you're bored sometime, look up the errata list for any major processor (Intel, AMD, ARM...). They are...lengthy. And often have fun summary subject lines like, say, "Processor Might Deadlock Or Lose Data".

@rk @mathew @inthehands Yes, Core Memory is very cool. In a somewhat similar vein I'd also recommend Schlaepfer and Oskay's Open Circuits: https://nostarch.com/open-circuits

@th @ai6yr Thank you both for posting these. My wife has been making fun of me for using a thermal camera in the kitchen, so it's good to have evidence to show her that there are others out there doing the same.

@rk @mavica_again An emphatic "hear hear" to both.

@mxshift @trevorflowers I'd be interested -- email me at zev@bewilderbeest.net if it's not already spoken for (I'd say DM on here, but I'm not sure how functional the DM implementation in my activitypub software is, so that may or may not work).

@corbet Once upon a time lines of code seemed like the most jaw-droppingly stupid measure of programmer productivity imaginable...but the industry has managed to outdo itself.

@swetland That's an all-too familiar feeling.

@rk @paul_ipv6 Not sure how new either is, but FWIW I would heartily recommend Compère Lapin for delicious food and the nearby Howlin' Wolf for music (Hot 8 Brass Band are a favorite of mine and have a residency there, though they might be out on tour).

@rk @agentultra I've certainly read that quote before and always found it a bit mystifying. Even setting aside the question of how successful a dragging it was, in terms of what was even attempted I have a hard time seeing it as anything close to halfway -- seems more like 5% or so at best.

@JustinAzoff @cks a somewhat cleaner solution IMO is exec startx (which I have aliased in my bashrc as simply x for just that purpose).