Aaron Parecki

Journalists are so scared of mentioning drivers they come up with these absurd linguistically jumbled headlines to avoid mentioning them https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/cornwall-coastal-path-blocked-mercedes-26565103

Microsoft: We have world class AI research
Google: We have world class AI research
Meta: We’re one or two steps behind in AI research
Apple: We’re not talking, but we have a bunch of AI research
Amazon: You bought a toilet seat last week, do you want a toilet seat this week?

Why does English have one dedicated verb for “nodding” but requires “shaking your head” for its negative counterpart?

JavaScript leaked out from the web into desktop apps and now consume all available memory and CPU doing what lesser Win32 apps did 20 years ago

Today in timezone madness: Lebanon had a last minute announcement of DST postponement. The Olson database complied. Now there is a dispute if it happens, and *parts* of the government reversed it. The country now has two timezones concurrently depending on who you ask.