TIL There's an ISO standard for brewing tea

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3103

"ISO 3103 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (commonly referred to as ISO), specifying a standardized method for brewing tea, possibly sampled by the standardized methods described in ISO 1839"

And Ireland wasn't happy because it omitted prewarming the pot:
"Ireland was the only country to object, and objected on technical grounds"

As I see more and more websites offering dark themes, I wonder if there should be a browser API to query the user preference.

I should be able to specify that I want dark themes in the browser, and then websites would respect that.

Of course, browsers/extensions could do additional stuff like setting the light theme during the day and the dark one during the night, integrate with the operating system or tools like f.lux/redshift, set it based on the ambient light.

Queer culture is always asking yourself "Do I really have the right to talk about this issue I experience everyday ?"

While obiously, cishet culture is "Wow look at this topic I know nothing about ! I should talk about it !"

korrrektur/ergänzung zum toot oben: das mahnmal wird nicht von der stadt oder staat errichtet, sondern privat von einem autofreunde-club, und sie werden es auf automobilmessen etc. aufstellen. trotzdem sehr überdeutsch, sowas überhaupt zu tun.. #jesuisauto

correction to above toot: the memorial will not be put up by the state or town of hamburg, but by a group of automobile fans and they will display it on automobile fairs and so on. still - it's über german to even to a thing like that.
#g20summit
#nog20

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es wird ein mahnmal für die bei #nog20 ermordeten autos geben. i shit you not.
#jesuisauto

non-german followers: I heard today they will erect a memorial consisting of a burned car, they will conserve a car that was burned at the protests against #g20summit in hamburg. I shit you not! a memorial for burned cars! wtf

I wanna reread "Record of a Yokohama Shopping Trip" soon and cry my eyes out again.

"Human beings act in ways that are motivated by economic rationality, and will always seek to maximize profit"
*looks upon millions and millions of words of fan fiction*
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your model has something of an explanatory gap

@maunzikation Facebook wants to replace the rest of the internet. Makes sense for an internet browser to have tabs. 😉

*looks at the timeline*
this intense gayness
it is the stuff of legends

@maunzikation In meiner ersten WG haben wir Löcher in die Wände gebohrt und Netzwerkkabel verlegt, weil benutzbares W-LAN in 2002 noch nicht so wirklich ein Ding war.

If you're a decker with a long commute, hack on the go with this custom-built Commute Deck, complete with hand-made mechanical keyboard. Jack in wirelessly with bluetooth and wifi.
makezine.com/2017/06/15/commut

You can download all the sources (CAD, firmware, etc) from github.com/borgel/commute-deck to build your own too
awoo.space/media/mDGtwuqQHzOEF

Omg how did i not know about halycon before now? it solves all my accessibility problems with mastodon. whaaaaaaaaa this is perfect

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