It’s because it looks like a pinecone, which at the time were also called pineapples.
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2·28 days agoHaving to use Outlook was a significant contributor to me leaving my last job.
Yeah I find it easier to just accept the terminology of natural numbers and whole numbers so we have simple names for both.
5·1 month agoI’m grateful to Microsoft for Windows 11 providing me a bunch of free machines to stick in my basement and put Linux on.
You will then think about how you’re supposed to be relaxing but aren’t, which will spike your anxiety.
Ohai fellow ADHD-haver!
Congrats! You have this superpower and I am jealous.
Unfortunately you can now only concentrate on things you are supposed to do. You try to watch TV and you can’t follow the show because you’re thinking about how you need to mop the floors. Want to read? You can’t concentrate because you really should wash your windows. Your life becomes a hell of boring productivity. You lose sleep thinking about all the things you’re supposed to do, including how you’re supposed to be asleep by now. There is no more pleasure in life. There are no more quiet moments. There is only stuff you are supposed to do.
American food relies far too much on capsaicin for making things spicy. There are other spices too.
Most “American” foods were brought by immigrants too.
Honestly at this point if people want to try this I’m not gonna stop them.
I saw a New York Times recipe once that called for ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons of all purpose flour.
They meant 125g.
“Surely they must be exaggerating,” I thought…
About as wide as my oversized fridge.
Can’t wait to get rid of that shit and have something that actually fits in my kitchen.
Because they know by doing that they can both get engagement and someone else to find the best quality version for them.
My experience with Apple has been more like
I credit Apple in many ways for their choice to design their business in a way that their profit motive often aligns with their users’ interests.
Their app store model for iOS is one of the strongest examples of them not doing that though.
8·2 months agoThe 747 doesn’t have that bad a safety record. I’m more interested in what random radio transmissions occur from it.
A cat and a bike
Well on the one hand, he did kill Hitler!
On the other hand, he killed the guy who killed Hitler too…