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Hoimo

@ Hoimo @ani.social

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  • Would you do me the honor...

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  • There's one more big difference between Windows and Linux: Windows can only install updates while shutting down, for some reason. On Linux I boot the machine, see the notification for updates, and run them in the background while I do my own things. If the updates need a reboot to take effect, it's a normal reboot that takes mere seconds.

    On Windows, I get an update notification in the morning and either take 5 minutes to restart right then, or wait until I naturally shut down (end of the day) and have an abnormally long shutdown that (sometimes) leaves my laptop running and still not fully updated while it's in my bag. That isn't a security issue or a policy issue, it's a technical limitation that results in a terrible user experience.

  • Safety

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  • Hey, wait a minute! Buyer lady was afraid the seller lady would turn out to be a lad, so she sent a lad in her place? What did she think would happen if seller lady actually showed up and got jump-scared by this buyer lad instead? She's lucky both these lads got along, because either of them could have decided to call off the deal and go home when they saw the terms were violated.

  • Heave-ho!

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  • So your invention is 4 octopus-like appendages mounted on your back, sensitive enough to do science experiments and strong enough to fight spider-themed vigilantes?

  • Dilbert creator Scott Adams dies aged 68 after prostate cancer diagnosis

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  • Is Jim Davis cool? I can't really find anything, so that proves he isn't MAGA at least.

  • 2026-01-07

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  • apology for poor english

    when were you when babmi mom dies?

    i was sat in tree eating a corn when shotr ring

    "babmi is kill"

    "no"

  • Near-death experiences and "coming back" from death, a rant

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  • Yeah, but see, you're just arguing definitions again. If it's irreversible by definition, then of course it's impossible to get back from it. But for all we know (and can detect), it's possible to be in a state that is indistinguishable from "true death" (at least for a moment) and return to a state of life. So you can't say with absolute certainty that those people weren't truly dead, you can only argue after the fact based on your definition of "true death".

    And the same with "afterlife": if they weren't "truly dead" they couldn't be in the afterlife when it's defined as "the place you're in when you're truly dead", but the afterlife would be completely unfalsifiable by that definition anyway, so who cares. They were in some state indistinguishable from death and still experienced something, call it what you want.

    Again, I'm not saying NDEs prove the existence of heaven or whatever, but they are experiences people have when they're super-duper close to death and that's interesting. Is it the desperate hallucinations of dying neurons? Still interesting. So when you ask "why listen to these people when they're clearly making shit up", I answer "you can also make shit up if you're clinically dead for a minute, I still want to hear it".

  • Near-death experiences and "coming back" from death, a rant

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  • Your argument hinges on death being irreversible, but you also dismiss all (potential) examples of "resurrection" with "well, you weren't really dead then, huh?".

    Anyway, a near-death experience doesn't even require an actual death, medical or otherwise. Now, would you see "beyond the grave" when you're only mostly dead? Probably not, no, I don't see why we should trust any of those accounts. But they're still interesting experiences to hear about, they're pretty rare and maybe we can learn something about the edges of life from them.

  • Can't believe it's been that long

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  • GTA VI looks so realistic, I can barely tell it from real life. Can I please leave the game now? Guys?

  • My new jumpsuit!

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  • I take off my onesie before entering the bathroom, but then I'm really cold... Which I'd be anyway because it's all around my ankles on the floor. I think we need more flaps.

  • AI-made videos using attractive young women promote Poland's EU exit

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  • Won't get the engagement you need to reach millions of potential voters. Sex to lure them, fear to persuade them. Have a pretty girl for the initial click, then talk about the threat of [evil] and how only [good] can save us. Flash some scary images. Doesn't matter what idea you're trying to sell, this always works.

  • Have you ever tried to "acquire" a taste? (Ie. spent time eating/imbibing something you didn't like at first to start to enjoy it.)

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  • A squeaky onion is an undercooked onion imo, same for celery and carrots. I give those vegetables a big headstart on everything else. They're basically impossible to overcook and their best flavors come out when they're soft through and through.

  • the 'wow you're really annoyingly explaining simple items with complex words cause you're a nerd' starter kit

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  • I gave it a try too, but I also got stuck on spoonerisms and malapropisms. Of the literary examples given by Malapropism (Wikipedia), could it be Constable Dogberry, Dogberryisms? He likes to use big words to sound imposing, but often says the opposite of what he intends:

    Thou wilt be condemned into everlasting redemption for this.

    Then we have Delusions of Eloquence, where a character is using big words wrong, to humorous effect.

    Or the opposite, Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness, where big words are used right.

    If we're looking for a trope that's named after a character, maybe Asperger Syndrome fits the bill?

    But no, I can't find this specific variant either, if it was ever notable enough to get a name. Maybe you can think of more examples? Is it always the right word with the wrong shape? It sounds like something a child might do, because adults are more likely to do the wrong word with the right shape (a malapropism). Maybe a side character in Charlie Brown or Dennis the Menace.

  • 1kb rule

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  • I think I have a real 1kb version that looks better, but not on this phone. Have the big one instead for now.

    Edit: I think the 1kb is just a legend. I do have this 3.9kb though (a lie again, it's actually 3.4)

  • Battle Bun

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  • The hare was the second shooter on the grassy knoll.

  • free advice. only take one.

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  • So is Giorgos Mazonakis the new Malicious Advice Mallard?

  • rule hub

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  • I think the opposite is tomboys and it's the older word that femboy is based on? But don't quote me on that until I've checked en etymylogicimist.

    Edit: ok, can't find any sources to back this up, but tomboy is older and in a similar semantic space, so I'm still willing to claim that it was at least the inspiration for the shape of the word.

  • Connections #916 2025-12-13

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  • ConnectionsPuzzle #917🟦🟦🟦🟦🟪🟪🟪🟪🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨🟨🟨🟨

    Immediately recognized the purple, but still almost fell for the red herring

    I excluded Piglet from the pigs at first.

  • Watch your language, bitch

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  • Is that the episode with Cesar Milan? I'm not saying his techniques won't work for children, but...

  • Excessive handicap spots at church

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  • I wonder if the video added anything to the text or if Tiktok is just twitter with mandatory face reveals.

  • =:3

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  • The rat is also mentally ill and emotionally dependent on her, so it's alright