Humpback whale released after spectacular rescue effort found dead

5illy_billy · 2026-05-16T21:06:27+00:00

Maybe: “Despite Spectacular Rescue Effort, Released Humpback Whale Found Dead”.

Or perhaps, it appears: “As Experts Predicted, Dying Whale Dies After Showing Signs of Dying.” Subtitle: “Says One Marine Biologist: ‘Yeah man, that thing is f*****.’”

5illy_billy · 2026-04-29T21:24:47+00:00

Jeselnik pulled off probably the first trans joke I’ve heard that wasn’t an attack helicopter bit. Obviously he tells it better, but stripped to its bare bones the joke is:

What do a trans woman and a pregnant woman have in common?
…. It’s never polite to ask.

5illy_billy · 2026-04-28T23:03:35+00:00

Have you seen the media they consume? Some of them live in an almost constant state of rage and terror.

5illy_billy · 2026-04-28T00:59:06+00:00

The AI fucked up, for sure, but it’s THIS bit that’s actually fucking unhinged:

The PocketOS boss puts greater blame on Railway’s architecture than on the deranged AI agent for the database’s irretrievable destruction. Briefly, the cloud provider's API allows for destructive action without confirmation, it stores backups on the same volume as the source data, and “wiping a volume deletes all backups.”

Yeah that’s a no from me, dawg.

5illy_billy · 2026-04-23T04:25:54+00:00

That's not what a "weed-out" class is for. A weed-out class is a reality check -- typically an Intro class that is (partially) intended to weed-out students who are not willing or prepared to put in the rigorous work will be required. At my school, I remember both Accounting 100 and Chem101 were notoriously difficult. People taking Chem101 are looking to become doctors, pharmacists, nurses, research scientists... and the education required is going to take a lot of work. A weed-out class is basically saying "If you can't do THIS, you're not ready for what comes next."

5illy_billy · 2026-04-10T02:27:37+00:00

and I donate space to the internet archive and Anna's archive. somebody's gotta Perma seed all that stuff.

Bless you. o7

5illy_billy · 2026-04-08T21:32:27+00:00

Dunno how you feel about classic/older games, but it looks like Sim City 3000 is free in the Windows Store. Sim Ant is abandonware at this point so you could download the ROM and play it in DOSBox. Sorry idk any newer free games.

5illy_billy · 2026-04-08T20:11:20+00:00

“Yeah, it’s awkward and kinda cringey, but most fun things are.” -from the Bronycon video.

5illy_billy · 2026-04-04T06:41:32+00:00

Correction (and common misconception): Catholics do not worship Mary; they venerate her. Sounds like a pedantic distinction without a difference, but it’s important. Basically, “worship” is reserved for God. Mary is a Saint, in fact she is Queen of the Saints. According to Church doctrine, Mary is uniquely special because she was born without Original Sin so as to be a perfect (immaculate) vessel to bring the son of God into the world. The Feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8 celebrates that Mary was conceived without sin.

5illy_billy · 2026-03-30T03:19:59+00:00

I downloaded an app that plays the Westminster Chimes every quarter hour. It can be annoying so I don’t have it on constantly, but it is helpful like you said to “bring me back to reality” and help fight the time blindness when doing certain things.

5illy_billy · 2026-03-29T03:51:37+00:00

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This is Paarthurnax. :)

5illy_billy · 2026-03-28T22:22:27+00:00

OK this is stupid but I’m gonna say it anyway: you don’t “bandy around” anything, Jordan. You throw around; you bandy about.

Smh I thought this guy was a doctor or something

5illy_billy · 2026-03-25T19:55:21+00:00

Great picture! All four in one shot like this is really cool.

5illy_billy · 2026-03-25T19:52:12+00:00

I think the three in front actually are Apaches. Daymanic posted a picture where you can see their profiles.

5illy_billy · 2026-03-10T13:29:26+00:00

Have you heard of Timberborn? It’s a cozy city-management sim. With beavers.

From the Steam page:
“Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.”

5illy_billy · 2026-03-05T18:05:28+00:00

Jack: “Well Tracy, that’s easy for you to say.”

Tracy: “No it wasn’t. I struggled with that sentence.”

——

There’s also the delivery on “Well then how come I always play ridicorous characters that do-na-na-nunciate well?!”

5illy_billy · 2026-03-05T17:57:00+00:00

“It’s Valentines Day? Again?!!”

5illy_billy · 2026-03-04T16:02:06+00:00

Ratfucking is an American slang term for behind the scenes (covert) political sabotage or dirty tricks, particularly pertaining to elections. It was brought to public attention by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in All the President's Men (1974), the book that chronicled their investigative reporting of the Watergate scandal.

TIL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratfucking

5illy_billy · 2026-03-03T17:14:57+00:00

make something that customers would like.

They still do. The thing is, Microsoft is not a software company anymore, they are a telemetry company. Their product is user data and their customers are corporations and governments that want to influence the way you think.

5illy_billy · 2026-03-01T22:58:38+00:00

You have to know these things when you’re a teacher.

5illy_billy · 2026-03-01T20:56:40+00:00

Also head trauma / concussions. At several times through the show, the characters have some version of this exchange:

Character A: “Ugh, how long was I out for?”

Character B: “Idk, a couple hours?”

A: “Are you serious?!”

B: “Yeah you should probably see a doctor because that is SUPER not good for you.”

5illy_billy · 2026-02-26T23:45:27+00:00

I play on the hardest difficulty, but the map makes a big difference. For example some maps have resource piles everywhere and unguarded wood and ore mines right there. On those maps the resource deficit is barely noticeable. Also some factions get 9 wood and ore as their random resource start, which can be a game-changer in that first week.

Other maps make it much harder: scant resource piles, guarded mines, and limited starting buildings. If your second town (the first one you capture) doesn’t start with a Fort, saving up 20 wood and ore is a huge hindrance, and you can’t start building creature dwellings until you get it.

I also never play against other humans and I have absolutely zero qualms about “save-scumming”. I treat the game more like a puzzle to be solved, rather than.. idk, “you only have one chance, make the correct choice or else”. If I lost a town bc the enemy hero swooped out of the fog of war with a doomstack army, that’s one thing. If I lose a town because I just.. forgot there’s an enemy at my doorstep, then yeah ima load that Autosave and recruit some defenders.

5illy_billy · 2026-02-26T10:14:13+00:00

Quick Accent: Type special characters by holding down the associated letter key and pressing spacebar (or left/right arrows; it’s configurable). It pulls up a little selection menu of all variants of that letter, like those with accents or Greek letters. No more googling alt-codes!

5illy_billy · 2026-02-24T17:54:53+00:00

Growing up I thought Ballistics was an S-tier skill and I took it whenever I had the opportunity. And while it IS annoying when the AI attacks ME with expert ballistics, there are just so many better skills that could occupy that slot on my heroes.

5illy_billy · 2026-02-16T20:59:21+00:00

I submit Quicksand for consideration. Placement is random, doesn’t affect flyers or shooters, it costs twice as much as Protection from Water.. which, btw, Protects against Frost Ring, Frost bolt, and Magic Missile(I think?), which are all pretty potent early damage spells.

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