Chebucto Regional Softball Club

@apLundell

In the US I think you can get a permit if you live in an area with a proper winter. Which is a little paranoid.

Pica. I don't know how to say this nicely but I don't like your "song." I just don't think it's very good. It's too repetitive and discordant and it has too much RAW RAR and no real ... flow?

I just don't think it's ever going to be popular so I don't know why you keep at it.

@Lazarou

I have a tiny sliver of respect for that I suppose... you know, like one of those bits of glass you get in your foot and you know it's there but can't see it.

I sometimes wish I could keep leaf-cutters, but seeing how relentless and persistent they are ... well. I think it's rather like having a pet bear.

Any time I can get the chance to see that colony I run over there. They are like an old friend.

You notice things about them if you visit more than once... they have good days and bad ones, they sometimes move the queen but I don't know if anyone has caught this happening.

They are at war with their keepers (like all ants) they keep little compost piles to make soil to block openings and reduce light. You can always find one ant who has gotten over the mote.

I love them.

@BathysphereHat
normally, I have to walk to the museum to see the ants but if I could just come to your house that sounds so much more convenient

@GustavinoBevilacqua
I saw several big soldier humans at Grand Central Station just the other day. absolutely terrifying.

When they first brought the Atta Cephelotes colony to the American Museum of Natural History, there were lots of large soldier ants, guarding the path where the ants, carried their leaves back to their nest, but now having settled in, you see hardly any soldiers at all. I had to look in the nest near what I suspect is the Queen’s chamber to even find one!They may have stopped producing soldiers because, in a closed environment, they just aren’t necessary.

#leafcutterants #atta

At last I've got her number! #picaTheCat

Cryptid Catalog

ID Number: 4367
Creature Name: Internet Finance Scam Cat
Description: A small cute cat that swindles you over the internet.

While most interactions with the creature occur online, it is possible for one to live in your home. Will sap body heat from lap, empty bank accounts.

("Everybody else" is right here on the planet with us.)

they have this thing called the “Fermi paradox.”
They get all sad and mournful about “where is everybody else in the universe?” and it’s hilarious because it’s impossible for me to imagine any of us ever been that way: but that’s just how isolated they are: they have no idea they aren’t alone and they have no idea what a blessing that is.

why does the building turn on the boiler right when we leave for work and then turn it off when we get home?

Isn’t the night the coldest time of the day

@leighms

I would call it "Computer Arts" as I think it's always been more arts than science.

@martinvermeer

No. That's too specific to just one system.

@davidnjoku

The have inflated the prices but the people working doing the delivery seem to be doing worse than ever and making less. The restaurants also seem to not benefit at all. The apps are kind of scummy in this way and make small restaurants feel like they have no choice but to sign up.

But if you go to them directly you find out just how much Uber is taking of that high price.

@davidnjoku

I order food online two or three times a week but I never get it delivered. It costs too much. All of the places that I could order from are within 20min walking distance or less and since I need more exercise I just walk over and pick it up.

Before Door Dash and Uber Eats took over I'd order delivery often. It only cost a little more.

But they have inflated the prices so much it's absurd. $40 vs $20 for a meal to be shared by two people.

The concept and philosophy of the liberal arts education is the (I think) sensible idea that everyone* should know a little about the 'greatest hits' of human knowledge.

Obviously what is considered a 'greatest hit' could be contentious. Should everyone read Shakespeare? Does everyone need to know a little algebra? Should everyone be able to read? Should everyone be able to critique art?

2/

*Sometimes this is contracted to only include the ruling class. I see no reason to do this.

I believe that Computer Science has a place in "The Liberal Arts Education"-- that is I think an understanding of how computers are made, programming and algorithms should be a part of what a "well educated" person knows regardless of their particular area of focus.

This is not the case at present and one can be considered "well educated" a know nothing about computers.

1/

@Bubotomy

According to the wikipedia the Mediterranean Sea has an average depth of 1,500 m (4,900 ft) and surface area, 2,500,000 km2 (970,000 sq mi)

So 3,750,000 cubic km

Now the average depth of the sand in the Sahara is much less easy to pinpoint. I have found 16ft but also 110ft. I don't think anyone knows.

But the Wikipedia has the surface area at 9,200,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi)

So 147,200 to 1,012,000 cubic km

I think the sea wins by virtue of depth.