We might see Microsoft adding ads to BSOD
Sure to annoy IT people but those just need a line of text while the rest of the screen is free real estate for Micro$oft! Public BSODs tend to go viral too.
There is only one type of job: Doing something someone else doesn't want to do.
Edit: tell me this doesn’t sound stupid...
Remember guys: Your frenulum is just for friends.
Amazon should've made Prime Day fall on a date corresponding to an actual three-digit prime number.
Amazon is running a Prime Day sale on July 16 and 17. Setting aside the fact that this is two separate days, neither 716 nor 717 are prime numbers. They should’ve done 7/19 instead.
AI is like a hammer
Any tool can be a hammer if you use it wrong enough....
Centrifuges answer the age old scientific question: "what'd happen if we spin this really fast?"
The Placebo and Nocebo effects are basically "stupid 'umies" unconsciously using Waagh energy from the Warhammer universes.
You can't spell "aggressive & hostile" without "asshole".
How transwomen/transmen dream
Men dream as male character, women dream as female character how do trans persons dream then? Trans men as men?? Trans women as women??
Why haven't car manufacturers standardized automatic brake lights when a built in accelerometer detects deceleration?
Maybe it was someone from the future.
I wonder what the marketing pitch was for Uncrustables
Some ideas that came to mind:...
When people say two things "cannot be compared", they had to compare them to come to this conclusion. Are 'dissimilar' or 'unequal' better words?
What they actually mean is rather “these two things are very dissimilar”, or “these two things are unequal”....
With the Lindbergh kidnapping and the Earhart disappearance in the 1930s, aviation must have seemed like a cursed avocation. I'll bet the papers were crazy with similar airplane news.
Wood smells like we should be able to eat it, but we can't.
"Fry" is an ambiguous word in English
Here are 3 examples:...
If I had a time machine I'd rather go back to the beginning of my vacation and live in that loop
Hitler? Nah, I’d leave that to you guys.
Everything on Lemmy is "NSFW" unless your work is to be on Lemmy.
The term literally means "exactly figuratively"
The term literally meant that what ever was stated happened exactly as described without any additional figurative meaning. However, as is normal for human language, the meaning of the term has changed in general conversation. The new meaning is “I am not exaggerating the figurative meaning of this statement.” This change is...
They should have a trash can outside the type of public restrooms where you have to turn a door handle to get out so you can throw away a paper towel if you use it to open the door.
Even doctor’s offices don’t do it. I get that it could mean double the trash to empty if you have one both inside and outside, but just for the purposes of public health…