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Jack🎭

@CartesianDaemon

Overthinking everything since 1982. I write, draw, design, program. He/him (or they/them) Also jackv@octodon.social, jackv on bluesky, https://xitter.cf/t.co/LYi1PC29n1

Joined March 2009
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Replying to @DRMacIver
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Pressing both buttons gif

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Replying to @flglmn
I did a search I knew I was going to regret
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Gary Marcus (@GaryMarcus) profile pictureGary Marcus
@GaryMarcus8 Feb 2024
The fun never ends
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Replying to @CartesianDaemon @SwiftOnSecurity
You need SOME order of operations to write arithmetic. Having an "official" dialect which uses PEMDAS and a "casual" dialect which uses "left to right" is fine, they fulfil different needs. "Haha, this sum isn't in either dialect, are you clever enough to guess which??" isn't.
XKCD "Words that end in GRY" cartoon. "Communicating badly and acting smug when you're misunderstood is not cleverness."

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Stepping stones footpath at Chee Vale!
Shallow river, stone stepping stones along near rock wall on one side

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Impressive brick railway bridge over picturesque river and wide cycle track

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Cycle route emerging from tunnel through hill into tunnel of green trees

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Table of words. Bus stop suspended / floating / ????. Translated in time / horizontally / vertically. Innovation opportunity!

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Axes. Kiki is COLOURFUL and SHARP. Bouba is the GRAY and ROUND. Oppenheimer is GRAY AND SHARP. Barbie is COLOURFUL and ROUND

ALT Axes. Kiki is COLOURFUL and SHARP. Bouba is the GRAY and ROUND. Oppenheimer is GRAY AND SHARP. Barbie is COLOURFUL and ROUND

Emmett Shear (@eshear) profile pictureEmmett Shear
@eshear21 Jul 2023
Barbie ans Oppenheimer: which is more Kiki and which is more Bouba?
41%Barbie kiki, Oppen. bouba
59%Barbie bouba, Openn. Kiki
321 votes • Final results
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Amateur colour pencil drawings of sunset and of tree stump

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I accidentally a koala! :)
Amateur drawing of a cute very fuzzy Koala

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Made small stuffed mushrooms! Lightly coat oil vinegar garlic. Mixed cheese, breadcrumbs, garlic, encona sauce and filled. A slight tweak but cooked really well, soft inside and browned golden topping McCain salt and pepper seasoning chips, quinoa bites. Date night was popular
Mushrooms closely tessellated in baking tin about to be cooked.

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Angled shot of plate with mushrooms bursting with filling, fork, soft focus chips in distance

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From yesterday not today. Feels futuristic and ominous to have custom "rain in six minutes" notification.
Screenshot of minutecast from AccuWeather

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Also in Winchester: Licoricia, Jewish businesswoman before the expulsion; "Round Table" in Winchester great hall; Antony Gormley in flooded crypt in Cathedral!; Jane Austen grave .
Bronze statue of expressive woman dressed in 13th century clothes, in a Winchester street.

ALT Bronze statue of expressive woman dressed in 13th century clothes, in a Winchester street.

Very large round wooden table hanging on the wall of Winchester Hall, painted in Tudor and King Arthur styles

ALT Very large round wooden table hanging on the wall of Winchester Hall, painted in Tudor and King Arthur styles

Statue of Antony Gormley, looking down into a bowl, in a damp crypt.

ALT Statue of Antony Gormley, looking down into a bowl, in a damp crypt.

Ornate gold-coloured plaque commemorating Jane Austen's grave, in Winchester Cathedral

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Sculpture park in South Downs on way back from Winchester. SO MANY photos
Bronze statue of a naked chubby woman in a top hat riding an ostrich dinosaur. In a small wood

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Bronze statue of a small goblin poling a narrow boat along a stream in a forest

ALT Bronze statue of a small goblin poling a narrow boat along a stream in a forest

Statue of an emotion-full minotaur, crouched in a forest

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Statue of a large polar bear made out of white angled surfaces, nestled between trees.

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Can you explain this gap in your resume? That time doesn't help my employability but someone has to sell expensive jeans

ALT Can you explain this gap in your resume? That time doesn't help my employability but someone has to sell expensive jeans

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