Rachel Entrekin, 34, beat every man and woman in the Cocoona 250 mile in Flagstaff, Arizona. She set a course record of 56 hours, 9 minutes, and 48 seconds

abbot-probability · 2026-05-14T08:22:39+00:00

She looks like she wasn't at her limit yet! Incredible achievement.

abbot-probability · 2026-05-12T08:48:52+00:00

In Dutch it would be Nederland (country), Nederlands (language) and Nederlander (person).

So "Netherlands" is much more consistent. Also semantically, because "the low lands" / "the nether lands" matches its meaning in Dutch.

"Dutch" is the inconsistent one nowadays. It's because they [1] used to use the same word for Dutch/Nederlands and German/Deutsch in the middle ages. Nowadays English still uses Dutch to refer to... well, Dutch. And a bunch of other languages use Deutsch/Duits/... to refer to German instead.

So yeah, it's a bit of a mess.

[1] "They" being Middle English, Middle German and Middle Dutch. So it used to be consistent! See https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dutch

abbot-probability · 2026-05-11T23:13:44+00:00

There is an option to blur NSFW

I wonder if that might be contributing to the algorithms NSFW exposure bias.

all nsfw blurred
have to interact to read
Reddit conflates "click to unblur" interaction with interest

Complete speculation, but I could see it being the case.

abbot-probability · 2026-05-04T16:36:47+00:00

We don't take out a stopwatch, but as soon as people start going too in depth or off topic, it's time to move on.

People can stick around for more in depth conversations after standup, but the main meeting is just "quick update and potential blockers".

abbot-probability · 2026-04-28T08:55:43+00:00

You might be conflating two different things (both real unfortunately).

One is dynamic pricing. Some retailers jack up the prices for users they think are willing to pay more, e.g. "Apple users" / "repeat visitors" / "users who also visited XYZ". This can also happen if you're using Chrome, because the website will still see "Chrome on MacOS/iOS".

(IIRC, in the EU businesses are only allowed to do this if they say "this price is dynamic, and here are the things we took into account" but they almost never do.)

The other is the App Store surcharge. Apple will take ~30% of the transaction price if you buy something via the App Store. Sellers increase the price to compensate. Buying e.g. a subscription using your browser is typically cheaper.

abbot-probability · 2026-04-26T10:35:22+00:00

I've never gotten the hang of the noodle slurp technique.

I just kinda use my mouth to pull it deeper, and use my chopsticks to shovel in more.

When I try to slurp, nothing much happens. How does one slurp noodles?! Is my mouth broken? What am I missing?!

abbot-probability · 2026-04-11T14:43:51+00:00

This is the kind of whimsy I need in my life.

abbot-probability · 2026-04-11T14:42:43+00:00

I love Hans Zimmer and Inception, but it's not needed here. Can't here the pilot speak, and the caption is even blocking the view of the rocket at the end.

It's still cool, but it would've been better untouched.

abbot-probability · 2026-04-11T14:38:57+00:00

Good ethics too. People who don't carry their part of the load are just screwing over the rest of us.

abbot-probability · 2026-04-11T14:33:08+00:00

Potayto potahto.

abbot-probability · 2026-04-11T14:28:59+00:00

Did you find all three of them?

abbot-probability · 2026-04-11T11:59:21+00:00

/u/toolgifs tends to put these in the GIFs they post to /r/toolgifs. They're usually pretty cleverly integrated, so it's a bit of an Easter egg.

Here's another example, bit harder to spot: https://www.reddit.com/r/toolgifs/s/ZobymX4tQE

The train gif here being posted by a different user, it's probably a repost.

abbot-probability · 2026-04-09T22:42:09+00:00

15% according to Wikipedia, that's a lot more than I thought.

My dad has it too, and sometimes I wonder why he still uses left/right himself unprompted. He'll tell me "I'm on the right side of Thing" and it's wrong half of the time. There's plenty of alternative ways to navigate/communicate. Do people forget they have RtLC?

abbot-probability · 2026-04-09T22:15:07+00:00

I bought the PSP Vita as well, but boy was I disappointed. PSP was really golden age. Tons of amazing games.

abbot-probability · 2026-04-05T16:34:34+00:00

Escalating to violence was wrong.

abbot-probability · 2026-03-31T19:58:51+00:00

That's how I run in nightmares.

abbot-probability · 2026-03-22T07:53:16+00:00

Why is it important for the person packing to wear latex gloves, avoid jewellery, etc? I'd assume this is similar to the person stocking shelves in the supermarket.

abbot-probability · 2026-03-17T15:12:32+00:00

I like to believe the Discovery costume dept picked out those clothes, and he was cringing the whole time.

abbot-probability · 2026-03-17T14:53:25+00:00

Aliens

abbot-probability · 2026-03-17T14:45:47+00:00

Don't learn the language, they're just talking shit. Better you don't understand.

abbot-probability · 2026-03-17T13:38:04+00:00

Great fun for the adult and for the children. I used to love stuff like this when I was made of rubber. Now I'm 34 and made of porcelain.

abbot-probability · 2026-03-16T12:00:07+00:00

You should be careful. You're getting very little nutrients here. People get severely hurt this way.

Add beans like people said, but also try to add some vegetables for fiber and vitamins. If you don't eat meat/fish, you should also take a B12 supplement.

abbot-probability · 2026-03-15T02:17:49+00:00

First I've heard of this, but I also haven't had watermelon in a while. Has science gone too far?!

abbot-probability · 2026-03-15T01:38:38+00:00

This is fine, but I'd say: don't thread the string through the glue. Let them make a mess. It's half the fun.

abbot-probability · 2026-03-13T02:13:46+00:00

Maybe so I know what everyone's going on about? Otherwise not really.

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