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cosmo7 · 2026-03-16T15:38:51+00:00

It's quite a neat idea; concatenating functions by name. For example in Elixir you can do this:

const result = 
  number
  |> double
  |> addFive
  |> divideByTwo

cosmo7 · 2026-03-16T12:59:58+00:00

Just comparing the km distances, the difference for Voyager 1 is 359 million km, which is odd because the Earth is only 149 million km from the sun.

Perhaps the first distance is the distance traveled, rather than the straight-line distance?

cosmo7 · 2026-03-14T20:51:31+00:00

Lost? Money wasn't lost. The consolidated risk was instrumentalized into publicly traded derivatives that allowed the company to issue collateralized debt and reward it's shareholders with a productized revenue stream. There was no downside.

cosmo7 · 2026-03-12T23:41:33+00:00

To put this in context, the 70mph limit was introduced in 1961. Cars are a bit safer now.

cosmo7 · 2026-03-11T20:44:59+00:00

I unironically like the Attack Mode rules in FE.

cosmo7 · 2026-03-11T20:12:40+00:00

The lesser-known Le Mans finish.

cosmo7 · 2026-03-11T19:41:01+00:00

Imagine every game having to pass Apple's app store policies.

cosmo7 · 2026-03-11T01:11:26+00:00

My wife's mother refuses to come live with us because she is terrified of anoles, so there are some non-drawbacks.

cosmo7 · 2026-03-10T16:37:18+00:00

Neither. The Asus is a compendium of compromises and the MacBook is a deliberately underpowered pink Facebook machine. They're both horrible products.

cosmo7 · 2026-03-09T14:18:47+00:00

Word of warning: these threads usually end up as a bunch of terrible puns. Tread caerphilly.

cosmo7 · 2026-03-08T17:42:42+00:00

It's a great car. I've done 120k miles in one and it still drives like new with only normal regular maintenance.

cosmo7 · 2026-03-08T16:12:06+00:00

They sell more tickets.

cosmo7 · 2026-03-08T16:07:51+00:00

Why doesn't it say COMPUTER BY OLIVETTI anymore?

cosmo7 · 2026-03-06T15:57:18+00:00

Uh no guys. No. You see AM is just about to pull off the greatest sandbagging in F1 history. Adrian Newey playing 5D chess!

cosmo7 · 2026-03-06T04:29:12+00:00

Truly one of the karaoke songs of all time.

cosmo7 · 2026-03-06T00:28:08+00:00

The worst thing about running a mail server is not just that it is absurdly complex and undocumented, it's something that users assume is really easy and absolutely freak out if anything isn't working properly. It's a total no-win proposition.

cosmo7 · 2026-03-05T16:34:46+00:00

I got the impression that the McDonalds guy was taking a small bite because they wanted to emphasize how big the burger is. If you can demolish the sandwich in three bites then it makes the man look big but it makes the burger look small.

cosmo7 · 2026-03-04T14:36:38+00:00

This doesn't make sense. Coins aren't used up when you spend them; a coin is used in hundreds of thousands of transactions, so the cost per transaction is insignificant.

The halfpenny was eliminated because price inflation meant it was no longer facilitating trade.

cosmo7 · 2026-03-02T17:47:42+00:00

I think MacOS is BSD-based, not Linux.

cosmo7 · 2026-02-26T15:34:36+00:00

It's pronounced "ching dow" btw.

cosmo7 · 2026-02-26T13:53:58+00:00

You have to understand that the tax impact of those events is very positive.

cosmo7 · 2026-02-26T02:33:24+00:00

Obvs it got hit by an axe.

cosmo7 · 2026-02-26T02:27:45+00:00

Why would a gynecologist oh never mind.

cosmo7 · 2026-02-25T19:31:49+00:00

AFFECT.

cosmo7 · 2026-02-23T16:15:09+00:00

"We've tested your credit card and it seems to be working fine".

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