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Oh, dear thing, did you see a post by a Palestinian facing genocide on your favourite fucking sci-fi hashtag by mistake? You, poor, delicate flower. Do you think you’ll survive? Should we call 911? @… ht…

In today's Two Minutes Hate, I'd like to talk about automatic translations on Reddit.
As a user of English as a second language I find them annoying for two reasons.
One - they always rank high in search results when I specifically need LOCAL knowledge on the topic, coming from other folks from my country, and anything else is useless to me.
Two - when the Reddit thread contains reference to a nationality, e.g. "As a Finnish", their translation switches that to "Jako Polak" ("as a Pole"). And that makes things confusing as hell if I make a grave mistake of diving into a thread I shouldn't have touched in the first place (usually due to the Reason Number One).
I used to appreciate Reddit a lot in the past, but of course it couldn't last forever.

Wait... so is it a spelling mistake or not?
Correct as in "yes, correct, it IS a spelling mistake" or "No, the word is spelled correctly." in which case why did you flag it? And why can I only ignore it? or if it is wrong, then are you offering to Correct it for me? Then why don't I have an option to correct it?
Also, DON'T YOU KNOW? Isn't this what I'm paying you for?
#ui

I have written another essay for my blog. This one is about where I'm up to with my mad #Lisp system, and is *really* obscure!
https://www.journeyman.cc/blog/posts-outpu

Vector space, Pages, Mark-but-don't-sweep, and the world's slowest ever rapid prototype
...it was intended, largely, to be a giant thought experiment. But now enough of it *does* work that I can see fundamental design mistakes, and I'm thinking about whether it's time to treat it as a rapid prototype...

My node fell down, but I'll put it up again! 🎵
#meshtastic

Node Down!
A temporary setback for the mesh...

So, remember how all the cool kids dumped #Sphinx and went for the shiny #MkDocs thing? And then used the shiny Material for MkDocs theme?
Well, apparently MkDocs 1.x is dead, and MkDocs 2.0 is coming with no support for plugins, incompatible theming system, closed contribution model and unclear licensing.
So which hype train are the cool kids jumping to these days?
#Python

I'm trying out a new mosquito-control contraption made by Ortho. It features a landing pad laced with powderized, lethal fungus spores (Beauveria bassiana) that can be transferred via tarsi to standing water elsewhere in the yard or in your neighbors' yards. The water in the container also has an insecticide (pyriproxyfen) to kill any larvae that might develop from eggs left by females. It's the home version of the expensive In2Care trap that can only be purchased by licensed pest-control folks. #mosquitoes #ortho #in2care

Excellent analysis of the war with Iran. (Bluesky link)
#iran

Chris Murphy (@chrismurphyct.bsky.social)
It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire. 1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.

2-3 years ago I was managing 12- to 15-hour working days on the farm without issue. These days I might as well not try and pick back up after dinner, because I start making mistakes and causing myself more expense and lost time the next day. As my grandmother told me, "don't get old: it's not worth it"

RE: https://sfba.social/@drahardja/116225009200255920
My unscientific, inexpert, underinformed gut analysis here is that the US has been in recession in any meaningful sense for about a year now, but there’s a few dozen billionaires playing ping-pong with each other’s money and the way we measure growth mistakes that for value creation.