Malgas

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Love Demetri Martin.

But the real story is weirder: the color is named after the fruit. Prior to the 16th century it was "yellow-red".

Also carrots were not commonly orange when oranges arrived in Europe. The carrots we're used to were hybridized from the earlier yellow, red, and purple varieties in the late 18th century.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you think, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do you also believe that the Democratic Republic of North Korea is a democracy just because the name says so?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

I used to use a system that was perfectly happy to let you use a semicolon when setting the password, but then login would fail if you did.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Yeah I've definitely heard "up to [amount] or more" used in advertising. Which is just completely meaningless.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago

No, it's the national symbol of Ukraine.

Fascists love to try to co-opt national symbolism, and sometimes they succeed, but ceding ownership of a 1000 year old symbol (it was used as a seal in Kievan Rus) because some assholes adopted it in 1993 is just letting the fascists win.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Also "doctor" means teacher. The specific term for someone who practices medicine is "physician".

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of hard drives speeding down the highway.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

If q=√p then -q=√p also.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Shouldn't the big ones be Durdcell and Durccell?

Also: Dur9vcell.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

"Sorry for the convenience."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Don't even get me started about sex on the beach.

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