historical example: Sukiyaki by Kyu Sakamoto – released in Japan in 1961 under “Ue o Muite Arukō” – released in US in 1963 under “Sukiyaki” because that was about the only Japanese word Americans knew …

not whether you have it – it’s whether you know where it is

• examples from professional recipes – measurements are given as weights (in grams) – no worrying about how much brown sugar in a “packed cup” or if your cup of flour has been sifted enough or what exactly is meant by a “cup of spinach”
• examples from baking recipes – measurements are given as percentages – allows easy scaling up and down

Johnny Wander – Ananth (from MacHall) and Yuko Ota

Jugaad

from Mastodon:

“At this point I assume ‘free speech’ just means you want to say slurs on a site someone else built.”

free time

Old Yeller in first grade, Where the Red Fern Grows in third grade …

one of the California wildfires’ air quality was so bad, it was described as “smoking a pack of cigarettes an hour”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minim_(palaeography)

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People who use Caps Lock for one letter

Speed Typing King Sean Wrona on Not Using Shift Key

Sean Wrona who currently holds a bunch of speed typing records uses it to type all capital letters. Instead of hitting Shift+letter he finds it is more efficient to hit CapsLock+letter+CapsLock in quick succession.

pushed to prod »on Friday«

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHy-ji5hDNQ

your only loyalty to the company is to the paycheck and that bag ain’t coming out of your paycheck (no matter how much your manager whines about it) – put on your best dead face (maybe mix in a little of “did you just shit your pants?” revulsion) as you hand over a bag and get him out of the store and out of your life as fast as possible – life is too short to give his ego anything other than apathy and disdain

no worries – his best friend steals his wife

that and the decades of red scare propaganda: https://tankie.tube/w/th9dhZ9aLgFS9UPsojjix7

not everyone can be Beck

do motorbikes and mopeds count as motorcycles?

Qantas used to prescribe past the belligerent and right into comatose