it's a testament to america's shitty racist DNA that it is taking this long to decrim and legalize/tax weed when it's way better revenue than arbitrarily imprisoning/enslaving minorities and stealing their shit

**orthogonal to alive** · Dec 04, 2019, 15:13

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**Aura V.** @auravulpes@computerfairi.es · Dec 04, 2019, 15:13

Dec 04, 2019, 15:13

Aura V. @auravulpes@computerfairi.es

science, pol, (not so) hot take

The replication crisis is a problem of capitalism. The need to earn grants and to publish "ground-breaking" research lest you lose your job means that no one really gets to focus on making sure all that older stuff gets published. You're better off trying to show some cool new fact than to replicate (or fail to replicate) something done 20 years ago.

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 04, 2019, 15:15

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 04, 2019, 15:15

Dec 04, 2019, 15:15

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

Robotnik, but with Trotsky's weird hair

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 04, 2019, 05:09

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 04, 2019, 05:09

Dec 04, 2019, 05:09

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

A version of Moby-Dick where every word hyperlinks to every other instance of that word, front to back, in a cycle. So, the first word, "call," links to the last instance of "call" in the book. The next instance of "call" links to the next-to-last instance, etc.

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 04, 2019, 01:56

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 04, 2019, 01:56

Dec 04, 2019, 01:56

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

The first gen of Pokemon was a base 151 encoding where one of the numerals was a secret, and you could generate new glitch numerals

**orthogonal to alive** · Dec 04, 2019, 01:40

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**melissa is on monads** @melissasage@radical.town · Dec 04, 2019, 01:40

Dec 04, 2019, 01:40

melissa is on monads @melissasage@radical.town

@avi Pokémon is just a base-890 number system

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 04, 2019, 01:40

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 04, 2019, 01:40

Dec 04, 2019, 01:40

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

Ivysaur (pokedex number 2) + Ivysaur (pokedex number 2) equals Charmander (pokedex number 4)

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**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 04, 2019, 01:36

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 04, 2019, 01:36

Dec 04, 2019, 01:36

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

Math, but with Pokemon instead of numerals

**orthogonal to alive** · Dec 04, 2019, 00:55

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**Χίμαιρα corvids** @autistikai@computerfairi.es · Dec 04, 2019, 00:55

Dec 04, 2019, 00:55

Χίμαιρα corvids @autistikai@computerfairi.es

'is the pope a bear' is, at first glance, a typical malaphor. but it's absolutely possible that the pope at some point in time would actually [i]be[/i] a bear. and that's hilarious to me

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 04, 2019, 00:27

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 04, 2019, 00:27

Dec 04, 2019, 00:27

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

lewd

When I was, like, 12, I thought Sonic 3 & Knuckles was the greatest game ever. When I was 18, I actively enjoyed Weezer, particularly the first album. Tastes change. People change. I don't like Sonic or Weezer anymore but I do own a blue penis. Every little thing influences you in a certain way.

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 03, 2019, 19:17

**orthogonal to alive** @avi@computerfairi.es · Dec 03, 2019, 19:17

Dec 03, 2019, 19:17

orthogonal to alive @avi@computerfairi.es

Shorter than real Elijah Wood? Check
Furry? Check
Chubby? Check
Thick glasses with keyhole bridge? Check
Buttondown shirt layered under maroon sweater? Check

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