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I doth whip mine hair to the aft and to the fore.

Woe unto us! for it is a mutator rather than a constructor.
Sunday September 29^th, 2024 at 11:33 PM

King James Programming

Woe unto us! for it is a mutator rather than a constructor.

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Groxx

17 days ago

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And thus mankind was cursed

Silicon Valley, CA

Slingshots
Wednesday September 4^th, 2024 at 11:31 PM

xkcd.com

In my reboot, Dennis the Menace was just trying to send Mr. Wilson a nice comet, but accidentally wiped out his dinosaur garden.

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gordol

42 days ago

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Once we colonize the solar system, expect people to start using gravitational slingshots as a sport.

Earth

jeremyarc7

42 days ago

They did in The Expanse series. Belters would slingshot themselves out past Neptune and livestream the endurance trip there and back.

gordol

42 days ago

@jeremyarc7 Yep. One used it to slingshot into the Ring at too high a velocity to disastrous result.

Groxx

42 days ago

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Could easily fit into Calvin and Hobbes though

Silicon Valley, CA

https://sarahcandersen.com/post/760703958615457792
Wednesday September 4^th, 2024 at 8:46 PM

Sarah's Scribbles

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Groxx

43 days ago

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*pans to the left*

*neighbor has Christmas stuff out already*

Silicon Valley, CA

Earth/Venus Venn Diagram
Thursday March 7^th, 2024 at 12:36 AM

xkcd.com

Actually, the fact that Mars is still orbiting safely over here means that it was technically an *Euler* apocalypse, not a Venn one.

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Groxx

224 days ago

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Don't forget the Earth-shattering kaboom!

Silicon Valley, CA

jlvanderzwan

220 days ago

Instantly read it in the appropriate voice, hah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9wmWZbr_wQ

Screwtape

225 days ago

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Well, there's Venn, and there's Us.

https://sarahcandersen.com/post/740682035583156224
Sunday January 28^th, 2024 at 10:53 AM

Sarah's Scribbles

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Groxx

263 days ago

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Also indoor cat: glared at the toaster. It hasn't made noise all day. Huge success.

Silicon Valley, CA

https://sarahcandersen.com/post/739776058797228032
Thursday January 18^th, 2024 at 1:23 AM

Sarah's Scribbles

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