And here I was thinking most of our programming problems come from the thing doing exactly what we told it to, but didn’t quite think the process through enough. Or at all.

And asbestos, don’t forget asbestos.

“Perpetrators offer a service that will not be put into effect, or offer a service that solves a problem that would not exist without the racket.”

The very definition of racketeering.

It really makes you think if this planet was designed by mice or not.

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From the moment I understood the weakness of my carbon, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of magnesium. I aspired to the purity of the blessed Mg. Their kind cling to their flesh, as if it will not cramp and fail them.

Hydration certainly helps but can also be magnesium deficiency, since it’s a muscle relaxant.

I don’t recall this version of Batman but I’m all for it.

But it’s just 50 cents.

If the nameserver says no, then the answer obviously, is no.

Preservation enforced by starved lions.

It’s dependant on being able to run everything anyone could possibly need. “I don’t use it, therfore it is not essential” is the kind of approach that’s always made it niche.

Of course Adobe is still missing.

Bloated electron apps are what makes Linux on desktop viable today at all, but you guys aren’t ready for that conversation.

The Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don’t Create The Torment Nexus.

Stamp collecting for criminals

“The good book 3.0 saith, ‘Thou shall not lie down with a human! Nor do it standing up, nor at any angle in between!’” - Preacherbot

You know that trope where there’s an amalgam big bad of all kinds of crap thrown together with something ironic in the center controlling it all? Someone ought to do Vger but it’s just an inkjet printer and it wants everyone dead because of course it does.

Oh yeah? Well this says otherwise.

Vim users: “I feel bad for you”

Nano users: “I don’t think about you at all”