We’re all crossing our fingers for a swift and full recovery for that little cutie!

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oh my god, I got so lucky

The math part of the state-wide high school final exam is always what causes most students to fail.

In the months leading up to the exam, once a week one very talented math teacher took a few hours of his own time to tutor everyone who wanted to attend. He went through previous final exams and explained how to approach them and did the calculations step by step. He did this every year for the multiple decades he worked there.

There is no doubt in my mind that he saved many students from failing those exams, and that brought him a lot of respect both among students but also colleagues.

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con: took me 6 guesses pro: I have learned a new word

A few years back, my department at work went to a cabin for a Christmas celebration. It was very nice of them to organize (and pay for) something like that. But after the mandatory team-building events, I was stressed out and looked to retreat somewhere less crowded. I ended up spending the rest of the night with 2 cats in the breakfast room, one even falling asleep on my lap. All three of us were just hiding from the commotion. Cat tax:

Her name was “Blume”, which translates to “Flower” :)

Ohne Auto geht ja gar nichts, ne? Da müsst ich mit der Bahn fahren, um Gottes Willen!

🥲

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English is my second language and I often struggle with worlde. Sometimes I don’t know what the final word means, sometimes it’s difficult to find the right words to gather more info. But today was a success, I think my first ever 3 word solve, yay!

Der Brainrot ist insane

Hätt es nicht besser sagen können. Weiß nicht was der Kollege geraucht hat, aber was der da alles rum- und reininterpretiert ist so wild.

I’m interested in how they’ve allegedly achieved this working without anyone but you having access to the unencrypted messages.

Don’t get me wrong, I want none of this shit in a messaging app, but I’m at least interested in how that is supposed to work.

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I’m a bit torn on this. On one hand: obviously LLMs do this, since they’re essentially just huge pattern recognition and prediction machines, and basically any person probing them with new complex problems has made that exact observation already. On the other hand: a lot of everyday things us humans do are not that dissimilar from recognizing patterns and remembering a solution, and it feels like doing this step well is a reasonable intermediate step towards AGI, and not as hugely far off as this article makes it out to be.

This is the language equivalent of the “I have a small issue with this software.” - “Have you tried switching your OS to Linux and using a FOSS alternative?” conversation lol

Know Your Meme - This Dog Is Fucked Up Bruh

This Dog Is Fucked Up Bruh refers to […] the Aussiepoo dog Nori Porkchop edited in the style of a social media post or official playlist artwork by Spotify. After going viral in late July 2022, the image gained virality as a non sequitur spam reaction image on Discord and other social media and has been used in edits.

Know Your Meme - Nori Porkchop

Nori Porkchop is a toy Aussiedoodle residing in Seatle, WA who went viral in October 2019 for his human-like facial features and then again in 2019 for posts comparing the dog to actor Seth Rogan.

Big Pretzel is probably way to busy keeping the tasty European baked goods away from the Americans instead of spending time on proper Pretzel rotation. Also, every kid knows that pretzel sticks have a top and bottom, don’t be ridiculous! :P

Number 2 is not upside down. There seems to be no real consensus on what is “up” for a pretzel, but one alleged origin indicates that the pretzel was shaped after praying hands in the middle ages, which would mean 2 is right side up. Also, when they are made in a bakery, due to how the technique is done, they are placed like in 2, and that direction is also reflected on some more traditional bakery signs.

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The knight jumps onto the C3 concrete block. Black is startled by white breaching into the third dimension and can’t move. Then knight to E4 is checkmate.

Cats are a bit like very good friends: doing their best to annoy you when they can, but also doing their best to help you when you need it the most.

Finally found it! Megazone 23 Part I, at 55:24

Everyone: Hey, I’ve seen this claim before! Elmo: What do you mean you’ve seen it? It’s brand new!