To add to this, the image of the grim reaper carrying a scythe first started showing up during the bubonic plague in Europe, where people were dying en masse.

Leaving the sea was a mistake.

Google the Swiss flag. ;)

Using the sign of the red cross when you’re not The Red Cross constitutes a violation of the Geneva convention. I.e. a war crime.

The second one would include the creator of Stardew Valley for having a red cross on the hospital in game. Probably similar things like childrens drawings too…

And the song being played is called The Part Where He Kills You.

Haven’t read the last few books yet, but I believe that further into the future there’s a greater threat coming which humanity can only survive by being used to adapting and spreading through the universe.

Edit: User above said something along the lines of never having understood why stagnant was not actually better than thousands of years of oppression. A very good observation, and not really clearly explained enough in the books.

Of course she is. She’s growing up with double the recommended dose of dad jokes.

Öre comes from Ör which is gravel or a bank or peninsula formed by gravel. Common in Swedish coastal areas. Kungsör, Skanör, Öresund.

I’ve found myself working on a tricky civil engineering project in Scotland, and Every Single Time I write ”peat” I type it P-E-A-T-H-backspace.

Fun fact. The ADB Apple Desktop Bus connector had four pins. Power, ground, one for the power button, and one for all other functionality. That’s daisy chained keyboards, mouses and drawing tablets. All data in one single pin. And one for the power button.

USB-C also fits surprisingly well in a USB-A socket. Great feature in the dark.

Thank you!

Number 169.

Who uses V (edit: right, Americans do…) for voltage and small r for resistance?

Vscode release notes used to be exciting. Now it’s 70% ”Assistant” improvements. Then you finally get to the next chapter and it’s all like

Terminal

• Added terminal support for Assistant…

As Steve intended. The first iPhone had no app store.

I like the guy. Really. But haven’t you seen what happens when people from entertainment become president?

Yes, but that’s not what they said. On an outer wall, yes. But not on the outside of that wall.

The hearing happens way further into the head. The outer ear just helps with sound localization.

It’s like the old saying, ”If USA saw what A was doing to B they would invade C to ’protect D from E.’”