“From a perch, it walks into the water and deliberately submerges, but it cannot defy the laws of specific gravity and walk along the bottom. Undoubtedly when entering the water, it grips with its strong feet, but the method of progression beneath the surface is by swimming, using the wings effectively for “flying” under water. It holds itself down by muscular exertion, with its head well down and its body oblique, its course beneath the surface often revealed by a line of rising bubbles.”

The train and the gate (instrumental) https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qu4dp97e0k

Vim barely needs configuration, btw Been wanting to try Neovim but I got overwhelmed when I tried to set it up and the default behaviour is different enough from vim to annoy me back to vim

After

No one means BLOB when they say blob, it’s a backronym mostly for fun

I assumed getting it on my plate was not my problem

When I got my first phone (an early android) I remember they used to give 1 year service for free. But at the end of the year they would give another year for free (not explicitly but they didn’t stop service)

I used to pay once or twice anyway since it was less than one 1 USD at that time. (Long before facebook purchased it)

Few months back when the memories of a deceased relative flooded back and the fear of losing more loved ones caught me off guard

Get back to me when there are “discussion rooms” for practising atheists in public spaces 😆

If birth rates decline, you’re gonna be stuck in purgatory for a long time

Do groovy dance moves while rocking brown pants and nothing else

The real red pill is that distros are only different people in two aspects: convenience and degree of control. Only thing that matters is we’re on the side of freedom

All runners are masochists to some degree.

Non-native speakers in shambles. On the other hand, even males are not safe from us

If you liked deciphering script, check out Chants of Sennar. I played it with my gf who doesn’t game much but we loved it.

Perfectly captured the expression lol

We die too quickly and not all of us experience all facets of life due to increasing inequality and decreasing social mobility.

I strongly believe life would be better for everyone due to these two factors alone

Bird, easy. Next

I have seen this quote before, I don’t fully get what its conveying