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@Britannica -1,000 does.

No number before 1,000 contains the letter A.

@drjasonfung "plain water" isn't just one thing. Electrolyte/mineral content varies by source, obviously. River, lake, stream, spring, well, city-supply, bottled, distilled, etc. _Pure_ water absolutely does "dehydrate" you if not supplemented with electrolytes.

WTF? If you drink a lot of water, you will pee it out. That's what your kidneys do (speaking as a kidney specialist). I drink plain water (yes, without salt) almost every day of my life, as did virtually all humans for the last, say, million years. No, I am not worried about 'dehydrating' myself by drinking water. 🙄

@eduardoe @NVsomewhere @chesterzelaya It wasn't. And that article doesn't say it was either. It was written in BCPL.

@AFlaCracker @NVsomewhere @chesterzelaya It was: deusinmachina.net/p/compiling-hi…

what compiles the compiler?

@grok @prunecoalesce @NVsomewhere @chesterzelaya Okay. But a key point you should touch on is that the first C compiler was not written in assembly.

The first assembler was written by hand directly in raw machine code (binary 0s and 1s). Once you have a basic one, you write improved assemblers in assembly language and use the existing one to translate them into executable machine code. It's all bootstrapping—no magic, just layers building on prior layers until it's self-hosting.

@NVsomewhere @chesterzelaya The first C compiler wasn't written in assembly.

@chesterzelaya The best day of compiler development is when your compiler becomes 'self-aware' and can compile itself. Originally, we used assembly language to write a C compiler...but we don't need to do that any longer. Your next question is "What assembles the assembler?"

@Boydesian I won't argue that. But I am enjoying the recent Jack Ryan series. At a time where everything sucks, it doesn't suck.

I hate to have to say it, but Baldwin was indeed the best Jack Ryan.

@Milajoy Wrong direction. What needs to happen is no voting for anyone who isn't paying taxes.

IF Trump ENDS Federal Income Tax for anyone making under $150,000/yr, does he go on Mount Rushmore?

@Chinkyface_ These are just huge parties for people who want the excuse to be the center of attention. If that costs you $10k, it's on you and you got what you paid for.

Why is everybody acting like baby showers don’t cost $10k+ nowadays?! Feeding the guests be damn near $2k. Y’all know everything add up right??

@RoguePOTUSStaff ...the War Powers Act isn't in the Constitution.

For the millionth time, the War Powers resolution does not give a president the authority to wage war, it RESTRICTS his authority to use the military. Anyone with "lover of the US constitution" in their bio who doesn't understand that is a partisan hack.

@hollywoodscifi 1-5 looks about right to me. 🤷‍♂️

An odd order, in our opinion.

@SciTechera Like firewood?

This is insane. Scientists have created a liquid that can store sunlight for months or even years and release it later as heat on demand. US researchers designed a DNA-inspired molecule called pyrimidone that changes into a high energy form when exposed to UV light. This transformation locks solar energy inside the molecule’s structure, allowing it to be stored long-term with very little loss. When triggered by heat, acid, or a catalyst, the molecule returns to its original form and releases the stored energy as heat. The system reaches about 1.6 MJ per kilogram, comparable to or higher than lithium-ion batteries by mass, and has produced enough heat to rapidly boil small amounts of water in experiments. Unlike batteries or hot-water tanks, this Molecular Solar Thermal (MOST) fluid stores energy chemically, so it doesn’t gradually leak heat over time and can be recharged repeatedly with sunlight. If scaled, it could allow buildings to capture summer solar energy and use it in winter with minimal external power. This research points toward a future where solar energy can be stored seasonally in a stable liquid fuel. Acceleration is everywhere

@Matt_Pinner I'm only 42 and I have all 20.

6 for me!! I feel confident nobody Has all 20 How many for you?

It doesn't make sense. That's also exactly what happened. See the problem? "Just five days earlier, a paramedic from a local GP surgery had attended Ms Burge's home to assess her condition and found that her leg was 'shortened and rotated' - a sign of a fractured hip. The pensioner was told she would need to wait ten days for an ambulance to St Mary's Hospital in Newport, but suffered a fall before the transfer could take place."

@Blondie9780 @DailyMail Why would a paramedic, who arrives by ambulance, get there and tell her they can only arrive there in ten days when they are already there? You need to read and think more

Woman, 97, was found dead on the floor of her home after being told she would have to wait ten days for an ambulance for a suspected hip break, coroner hears trib.al/cUyNmTu

@realCdrShepard @herncosta @Chadwick_Moore "I prefer Alabama over Canada" "I hope you die" You do realize you're a piece of shit, right?

@AFlaCracker @herncosta @Chadwick_Moore I too hope you will live for a shorter amount of time than you otherwise would.

Alabama does have a higher standard of living compared to Canada, with a GDP per capita of $66,000 USD compared to Canada’s $54,000. It’s also got warm beaches, great food, and home to NASA’s primary hub for rocketry and propulsion.

@PriestStalker @herncosta @Chadwick_Moore Oh. "Trucker Disrespector (sp)" "priest stalker" "pronouns" You actually are insane.

@PriestStalker @herncosta @Chadwick_Moore ... sanity is preferring prolonged misery? Agree to disagree.

@juliettekayyem Because that "more efficient system" can't accommodate all travelers. The other system HAS TO operate.

This is a ploy by WH and DHS to disrupt air travel in order to blame Democrats. Think about it rather than just repeat their headlines. Why would the more efficient system which uses fewer agents and gets more people through be shut down? It makes no sense.

@herncosta @Chadwick_Moore I'd much rather live 76 years in Alabama than 84 in Canada.

@Chadwick_Moore Life expectancy is a full 8 years lower in Alabama than it is in Canada 🤡🤡🤡

@upstatefederlst Yes. Everything about Florida is terrible. You should definitely stay away and encourage all your friends to do the same.

Florida weather is completely unbearable for like 10 months a year.

@Infinity__Live @afneil I notice that you use different words for garden, yourself, and dishes. Why not just point at things and grunt?

@AFlaCracker @afneil the differentiation is a good idea. how else could one know if you were going to water the garden, yourself or do the dishes :)

Why don’t they pronounce the ‘h’ in herbs. It makes no sense.