@EarthStriking@TheDEWLine@TotalPanda A fake drop of hope is worse, because when it turns out to be false, you start to question if other drops of hope were also not true. Hope works best when it's grounded in reality.
@EarthStriking@TheDEWLine@TotalPanda No. Believing in something that isn't true is never a good thing.
For instance, Putin wants you to believe that his actions are merely defensive.
Hey @YouTube, I would really prefer to just get my search results rather than:
- 12 results for my query
- then 3 videos "Related to your search" (sort of)
- then 2 more results for my query
- then 3 videos "For you" (unrelated to my search)
- finally the rest of the results
Jonathan "Joffa" Smith, an exceptionally talented ZX Spectrum games programmer, passed away 10 years ago. Watch this inspiring documentary on him by @KimxxxJustice: https://t.co/H8VjAxWlqx
Watched an interview with Ruth Bramley, who worked at Sinclair Research in the good old days of 8-bit computers. I learned where the terms "upper case" and "lower case" come from: https://t.co/mO8WIwpo0y
Listened to The Origins Podcast with @LKrauss1 and @rickygervais. I loved how Ricky got disappointed with the current limits of knowledge :-) https://t.co/G63zJoUbc5 @TheOriginsPod
In the spirit of #Easter and all things eggs... have you read the short story "The Egg" by @andyweirauthor? If not, go ahead: https://t.co/7JaqbVh7PP and then watch the excellent animated adaptation by @Kurz_Gesagt: https://t.co/iucm4hLKpl
"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That’s funny!’" --Isaac Asimov
https://t.co/jeHCOAPYzb
@digitalocean Droplet won't start up after resizing, creating another one from backup doesn't work either, no response to my support ticket. An important service is down for several hours now because of this. I am disappoint.