Isaac Rabinovitch

Not from Niribu. He, his. I prefer to engage on Bluesky: I give my pronouns:

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@JessicaHuseman I think Trump's description of Modi is actually quite accurate, though probably not the way he means.

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@LimYenKheng Curious as to how you reacted to the relative blandness of food you encountered in Europe. I've often heard people from the GS complain that GN food lacked flavor.

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@LimYenKheng A common thing here too. I suspect North Americans invented it. Have never tried it and never will.

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@LimYenKheng @brstghost26 Here's it's influencers who make weird crap just for the clicks. And it works, because all the haters who post how awful it is make it viral.

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@LimYenKheng Part of it is my disliking using bread to soak up liquid. Somehow it feels less gross than doing it with rice.t

That's a me thing. Our stews (which are basically curries with less spice) are typically served with bread or rolls on the side.

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@JessicaHuseman The whole relegation thing on Ted Lasso made me curious about the league system in England. It turns out that the Premier League depicted in the show is just the top level of 24, with *seven* *thousand* teams! That degree of participation in a sport is mind-boggling.

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@LimYenKheng It's a thing that happened.

https://t.co/6orYskSBCe

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@LimYenKheng It's funny that I like Chinese food more than you.

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@MerriamWebster @IamHaseebAslam @grok Not quite correct. In addition to authoritative source like online dictionaries and encyclopedias, LLM chatbots get their "info" from randos posting on sites like Quora and Reddit. In addition, Grok has a mandate from Elon to ignore info he considers "woke."

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@LimYenKheng Is "nazi goreng" a pun on "fried rice"?

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@LimYenKheng Ditto me and the Russian Empire. Which doesn't even exist any more.

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@LimYenKheng Which reminds me of a book you might enjoy: Andrew Pettegree's Brand Luther. About Martin Luther's founding of Protestantism, the beginnings of book publishing, and the rise of modern capitalism. Those are three things that are deeply intertwined. 3/3

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@LimYenKheng the Church forbade translating The Bible into modern languages, arguing that letting people interpret it for themselves led to heresy. Protestants violently dissented, and millions died in the resulting religious wars. 2/3

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@LimYenKheng Once worked on a tech docs team that had members in California, Minnesota, Vermont, St Petersburg, and Mumbai. Scheduling meetings was fun.

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@LimYenKheng I don't recall you ever mentioning MC Escher, but your profession would seem to make you a natural fan. Anyway, here's a fun discussion of his work.

https://t.co/tMfOPM8Zcd

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@LimYenKheng Wouldn't the grit fuck up the whiteboard?

https://t.co/ojaQOgtHw2

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@OchsnerHealth https://t.co/QKwC80IDUc