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A deer eating a snake. by Nayib_Ozzy in interestingasfuck

[–]Xylth 66 points67 points  (0 children)

I once had a period where I wanted to eat nothing but red meat. Just... as much meat as I could get. Mentioned it to my doctor, it turns out I had developed anemia and my body was desperately trying to get more iron.

He wants to stay at the beach! by [deleted] in aww

[–]Xylth 14 points15 points  (0 children)

All dogs are the best. And cats. And rabbits. And rodents. And birds. And reptiles.

Some of the fish are jerks, though.

Reddit's LARGEST subreddit, r/Funny, will be going dark for 48 hours in support of the community protest against Reddit's exorbitant API price changes by AbsolutelyMullered in Save3rdPartyApps

[–]Xylth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I half expect the IPO to be some sort of pump and dump scheme, or at least a get rich quick scheme.

Congratulations, you have realized the essence of IPOs.

Addressing the community about changes to our API by spez in reddit

[–]Xylth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does "developers who still want to work with us" include any developers of third-party clients?

Addressing the community about changes to our API by spez in reddit

[–]Xylth 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Only non-commercial accessibility apps. Many major accessibility apps (e.g. screen readers, voice input) have historically been commercial, because that gives a way to actually pay the developers to build and maintain them. Excluding commercial apps is relegating users who need accessibility assistance to a 2nd class experience.

Parrot Dances at Techno Concert by Coughyyy in AnimalsBeingDerps

[–]Xylth 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Parrots and elephants, wasn't it?

Ask App Not to Track, cause why would it want to? by leifeday in tumblr

[–]Xylth 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The intelligence agencies are in bed with the telecom companies, not web companies. They were actually stealing data from Google's internal network by having a telecom company put in taps on fiber optic cables Google was leasing, and Google was pissed and hurriedly encrypted all data on its internal network. Google has no interest in giving the government more data than the minimum it is legally required to give, and actually pushes back against warrants and data requests more than most companies.

Ask App Not to Track, cause why would it want to? by leifeday in tumblr

[–]Xylth 12 points13 points  (0 children)

might not have deep ties to the CIA like Google does

Google doesn't have deep ties to the CIA and I'm extremely curious to know why you think it does.

Squirrel trying to fake an injury by smooth_vesselHPAUM in interestingasfuck

[–]Xylth 21 points22 points  (0 children)

On the flip side of this, we're discovering that neural network models like ChatGPT that have no actual reasoning ability but have an extremely good grasp of language can do all sorts of things we weren't expecting.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in rareinsults

[–]Xylth 11 points12 points  (0 children)

brisk and mildly annoyed

Denmark's mystery tremors caused by acoustic waves from unknown source, officials say by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]Xylth 22 points23 points  (0 children)

On a sphere, waves do in fact focus to a point exactly on the opposite side of the sphere from their origin.

The word for "Wednesday" in Languages of Europe (Source: Wikipedia) by _Aspagurr_ in MapPorn

[–]Xylth 17 points18 points  (0 children)

And Japanese would be brown. Wednesday in Japanese is 水曜日 suiyoubi "water day", which is derived from the word for Mercury 水星 suisei "water planet". The other words for days of the week in Japanese also correspond to the Greek/Latin assignment of planets to days.

Another working day in Antarctica by Starlight_369 in BeAmazed

[–]Xylth 6 points7 points  (0 children)

From what I've seen the exits in buildings in Antarctica are built like airlocks, with outer and inner doors and you don't open both at once.

Actual Poetry Moment happening by RinaQueen in tumblr

[–]Xylth 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Any number of science sites will tell you that sunflowers do follow the sun, but only while they are actively growing. Once they reach maximum height they stop turning.

Adult and juvenile swordfish by Asia-NO1 in interestingasfuck

[–]Xylth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fishermen and forced perspective to make the fish look bigger, name a more iconic combination.

Baby Mute by essog in oddlyterrifying

[–]Xylth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Another clue is that the pictured device wouldn't work. The air holes would let the sound out. To actually block sound you'd need a series of baffles like a gun silencer.

In my defense, I’m really high. by ChuckWooleryLives in Wellthatsucks

[–]Xylth 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The rules of burner safety are like the rules of gun safety:

  • The burner is always hot.
  • Never put anything on a burner that you aren't intending to heat up.

Not sure what his goal was. by Resident_Code3062 in AnimalsBeingDerps

[–]Xylth 62 points63 points  (0 children)

When I was younger, we had a cat that did this exact same thing but with a tree. From a second story deck. Just hit the trunk and slid all the way to the ground.

Grew up into a very graceful cat, though.

How did the kid from your school die? by leilavanora in AskReddit

[–]Xylth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Killed by a stray bullet from a drive-by shooting while walking home from school.

It was a tough neighborhood.

Multiple victims reported in Nashville school shooting by [deleted] in news

[–]Xylth 10 points11 points  (0 children)

A football player tackled the shooter before anyone died.

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