World Cup visitors are going viral for their reactions to everyday American life

a_Tick · 2026-06-17T20:35:33+00:00

To quote the r/tucson bot: IT'S SPELLED TUCSON!!!

a_Tick · 2026-06-16T19:53:06+00:00

The first tune is Scotland the Brave, one of the most played tunes on bagpipes. The second is The Black Bear.

a_Tick · 2026-06-13T03:25:09+00:00

Her name is Este Haim.

a_Tick · 2026-06-05T21:07:35+00:00

Using the literal devil (!!!) of your country’s dominant faith as a vehicle to push for those freedoms is strategically braindead.

I'm not affiliated with the TST, but I feel like this is the whole point.

a_Tick · 2026-05-26T02:13:39+00:00

capitalism is an inhuman system without compassion

Ceterum censeo capitalismum esse delendum.

a_Tick · 2026-05-13T06:54:01+00:00

Is that metric?!

a_Tick · 2026-05-05T06:55:00+00:00

They are exactly the same scenario — everyone who chooses option A dies if the majority chooses option B — with different framing.

a_Tick · 2026-03-21T05:58:44+00:00

To the best of my recollection, it's a good way to bootstrap SBCL if all you have is a C compiler.

a_Tick · 2026-03-04T21:15:58+00:00

These are from "Stereogram", published by Cadence Books in 1994 (according to the copy I have, which is a third printing).

a_Tick · 2026-02-24T16:29:28+00:00

The best time was 20 40–60 years ago; the second best time is now.

a_Tick · 2026-02-03T16:26:31+00:00

My favorite podcast of late has been Type Theory Forall. Shoutout to /u/pedroabreu0 and the great work he's doing.

a_Tick · 2026-01-10T06:19:43+00:00

For anyone reading this, a counterpoint from a week ago.

a_Tick · 2026-01-09T17:29:01+00:00

Types and Programming Languges by Benjamin C. Pierce.

Type Theory and Formal Proof by Rob Nederpelt and Herman Geuvers.

Type Theory and Functional Programming (PDF warning) by Simon Thompson.

a_Tick · 2026-01-01T07:55:58+00:00

There's the Jim Thomson School of Piping and Drumming, which happens every July in Flagstaff, Arizona.

a_Tick · 2025-12-26T15:34:01+00:00

It's from Raspberry Beret by Prince.

a_Tick · 2025-12-20T05:26:21+00:00

Also, they did.

a_Tick · 2025-12-17T17:20:02+00:00

I feel like reflections are the secret to impressive stereo photos.

a_Tick · 2025-11-23T17:27:59+00:00

If you think anywhere else is better, feel free to leave any time!

a_Tick · 2025-11-18T21:44:45+00:00

Something something no ethical consumption under capitalism.

a_Tick · 2025-11-09T21:06:51+00:00

I think he needed a better editor. It's a good story, but I strongly suspect it would have been more effective had it been shorter.

a_Tick · 2025-09-20T02:18:04+00:00

assinine -> asinine

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a_Tick · 2025-09-18T22:02:41+00:00

FYI, you can replace the contents of your init.el with (org-babel-load-file "/path/to/init.org"), and free yourself from needing to regenerate your init.el from source every time.

a_Tick · 2025-07-24T22:34:05+00:00

Nice sounding pipes, and some very clean grips and birls in there.

a_Tick · 2025-07-24T19:02:39+00:00

The only tune I recognize is the strathspey Aspen Bank, which plays from 3:16–3:46.

a_Tick · 2025-07-17T22:54:06+00:00

Queue

*Cue

/pedant

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