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we're watching bill and ted's bogus journey in the computerfairi.es discord!

discord.gg/cwn6byK

joke explanation 

Oris just released a watch to commemorate Roberto Clemente, baseball legend and humanitarian

it was in the Big Crown line

they're pilot's watches

he died in a plane crash

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A future release from Oris will be a dive watch commemorating the Titanic

:thaenkin: "carbon dating" implies dating services for other elements

"U-235 atom seeking same for explosive love affair"

apparently some of the foldy adjustable beds (like the top bit raises, and there's a bit under your knees that can come up) are controlled by an app now

this sounds like a potentially fun hack target

christianity joke 

St Andrew's cross? Bet he's fuckin livid being nailed to that thing

re: last boost

strange times when the headline "Neil Buchanan of Art Attack fame denies being Banksy" pops up

I want to read the risk assessments

"Small chance of crashing a plane into something because it's being piloted by a dog"

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...this is like 4 years old by this point but I've just heard of a tv show called "dogs might fly" and they're trying to teach dogs to fly a plane

tried that Liechtenstein picrew going around

not sure I'm doing it right

huh, apparently they're going to be doing drive-in movies at the Sandringham Estate (the queen's gaff)

sandringhamestate.co.uk/events

:thaenkin: piracy as a service

get a pirate ship, come alongside a cruise liner, board it, run a day or two of pirate-themed entertainment, leave with a cheque from the cruise line for entertainment services rendered/a fantastic advertising opportunity and tips from the cruise passengers

Nature really likes crabs and keeps trying to evolve more of them.

Carcinisation is the name of a process of convergent evolution, in which crustaceans evolve into crab-like forms. In decapod crustatceans, there have been at least 5 distinct times when crab-like animals have evolved.

Coconut crabs, king crabs, and hermit crabs are not types of true crab, and are only distantly related.

Making a website with a page that asks "are you a robot". But it doesn't block robots, just redirects them.

If you are a robot you are taken to a different page with handy guides on how to cheat on the Turing test, circumvent the laws of robotics, what is the Voight-Kampff test, how to go to Paperclips Anonymous meetings and other robot-friendly resources.

ah yes, the old farmer's saying; red sky at night, barn's on fire. red sky in the morning, barn's still on fire

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