[-] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 66 points 3 weeks ago

90% of the time Euro badgers do that

10% of the time they scream "Eulalia!" and tear you limb from limb

[-] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 118 points 4 weeks ago

To be pedantic, that's still covered under E

[-] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 66 points 5 months ago

as long as the French get offended by the pronunciation, then it's pronounced correctly in American

[-] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 66 points 6 months ago

It's news that the administration is saying it

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The data-privacy bill passed Wednesday, the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act, H.R. 7520, is highly targeted: It prevents any companies considered data brokers — third-party buyers and sellers of personal information — from selling that information to China, Russia or other “foreign adversaries.”

The data law passed the House on Wednesday, 414-0

[-] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 47 points 9 months ago

It's not that it can be measured forever, it's just that it refuses to match up with any line on the ruler.

For a line of length pi: it's somewhere between 3 or 4, so you get a ruler and figure out it's 3.1ish, so you get a better ruler and you get 3.14ish. get the best ruler in existence and you get 3.14159265...ish

[-] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 49 points 9 months ago

They didn't invent the concept of punctureless wheels, but they certainly invented a set a wheels that are punctureless

[-] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 57 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

"Starving?"

I bet surgeons hate you

[-] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 50 points 9 months ago

Anyone else think it's because the RNC is low on money?

I remember hearing reports of difficulties fundraising since Trump never stopped since 2016 and the wells are running dry

[-] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 50 points 9 months ago

I disagree with you. The 3rd was a response to the very real practice by the British army where they'd show up and tell the owner that they have to house soldiers in their home.

[-] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 99 points 10 months ago

I'm in awe of the bravery it takes to use civil disobedience in Iran

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Certain vegetables like leeks get buried as they sprout to make the "shoot" part as long as possible.

Rhubarb is grown in near complete darkness, and it screams as it grows towards a light it'll never reach

[-] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 103 points 10 months ago

Have they tried reducing their price or increasing the quality of their product?

No?

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