David Cohen

@maddie_sofia That has to do with how Unicode/Emoji works behind the scenes. A rainbow flag is actually a flag character + a rainbow character, joined by a special "ZWJ" character, and the sequence is interpreted as a single unit. Skin tones work similarly. kevinhakanson.com/2022-02-09-fun…

I like how there is a little white flag next to the rainbow in my Twitter bio. I never put it there. But I do gay surrender so like I guess it's...fine?

@dabeaz @AugustPamplona @preritg91 Is it the location of the connectors at the bottom right?

Hell hath no fury like a machine screw cross-threaded.

@Carboxide14 @Dan_Rather_ @YonatanGraber @xkcd An electromagnet

“Is the sand in this parking area black because it contains iron? Does my backpack strap have a magnet in it? Hmm, maybe I can answer both of these questions with one test!”

@shanselman Shitty code cleanup mechanism

A neighbor kid asked me what it was like to be a “famous programmer” lol. This is my evening. So…ya

@brad_compton @Thorongil16 That’s why ranked voice voting

@Thorongil16 I'm picking up from the comments that this is more a joke than a real thing, but a third party that can siphon off a few moderate votes from Manchin might be what is necessary to get him to move off his stool of obstinance and be part of a solution.

@oceancrumpet 6.02 x 10^28

how many toy poodles do you think would be needed to race in an Iditarod

@jperras 1964 figuratively, 2021 literally

When was the last time Cadillac was actually the Cadillac of cars?

@laurenancona There’s a good @TechConnectify video about this youtu.be/oHeehYYgl28

@codinghorror For a second I thought this was not so random, then I realized it was a moiré pattern

Quickest way to test for randomness? Attempt to compress the data blog.codinghorror.com/computers-are-…

@CodeNewbies The question asks if I could pick_any_ job, so I’m gonna go with mythbuster

If you could pick any job, would you still pick software development?

Bands named after foods: Cake, Korn, Black Eyed Peas, Good Shallot

Pretty sure this is a pseudorandom orbital sander. I want my money back

DVD Laser Scanner Microscope? Haven't seen anything this neat in awhile gaudi.ch/GaudiLabs/?pag…

The “g” in “gif” is pronounced the same as the “g” in “fungi”

I bet the sales of those outdoor patio propane heaters is about to go through the roof

@jperras I don't blame spiral notebooks; I blame left-to-right languages

Being left-handed is just accepting that thousands of little things in every day life are annoyingly, subtly more difficult than they are for right-handed people. Spiral notebooks. Scissors. Pens. Phones. School desks. Ice cream scoops. Knives. Can openers. The list goes on.

@SwiftOnSecurity Great, next people will be coming after my 5.25” floppies

I don't know who needs to hear this: Throw those three 300GB hard drives in your closet away. Even if they're 10K RPM. Shhh. It's time to let go.

@westonpagano Seems like we'd all be better off if we had ranked-choice voting, though

@westonpagano Must be nice not to feel like your personal safety is at stake due to the normalization of white supremacy.