Woof

[guerrillatech]

[esoomris]

Wow.... so you’re telling me you took an action that resulted in the death of one person...... to save the lives of many people.... who would have died if you did nothing??? that sounds so familiar

[kedreeva]

[asteroidtroglodyte]

[catchymemes]

[therobotmonster]

When life gives you bears… trick them into doing market research?

[loki-zen]

@mercuryjellyfish

[discoursedrome]

What I really like about this is that the containers all have prominent labels with a camera pointing directly at them, but it’s still called a double-blind trial because the researcher isn’t present and the bear can’t read

[pocketss]

strange bog girl makes a friend

[firelord-allura]

BNHA as text posts

[echeveriia]

i’m starting a collection

[echeveriia]

the collection grows!!!!!

[echeveriia]

[arrghigiveup]

TiL (click to go to the thread, which probably has more interesting tidbits I missed).

Bonus:

[drst]

These are my people.

[petermorwood]

Betting I’ve reblogged this before. Betting I’ll reblog it when it turns up again.

In addition to the print terminology stuff: the visual shorthand icons and ad graphics for something about writing are still often pen-nibs, fountain pens and typewriters…

…while graphics of a monitor, keyboard and mouse remain visual shorthand for computing…

…even though most writers now use monitor /  keyboard / mouse or even laptop / touchpad.

In addition, headers for “this blog / website is about writing” are often in one of the many imitation typewriter fonts complete with smudges, or just Courier.

The start and end call icons on most / all smartphones is still the handset of a classic desk telephone, and sometimes the open-app icon is a complete phone.

The term “hang up” for “end the call” refers to something even older - one of these…

And of course the Save icon is indeed a 3½ inch floppy disc.

Why it wasn’t a 5¼ floppy is a mystery. The icon version is just as distinctive.

Also, why various OP updates never changed “Save” to the graphic of a CD / DVD or flash drive is another mystery, and nowadays a Save icon should probably be a cartoon cloud.

Graphics and terminology are funny things.

[nehirose]

reblogging this again for EVEN MORE information.

[porcupine-girl]

I’m mostly entertained by the guy who thinks you need to know that “case” means “box” in French as though that’s not what it means in English.

[catgirlforeskin]

skeumorphism my beloved

[bizships]

It’s fascinating. This post alternately made me feel old and taught me something. Tumblr is amazing.

[redcurlzbychoice]

And because we continue to use signs of ancient hardware, youngsters come up with questions like “why is the icon for ‘save’ a vending machine with a can of soda?” (One day I’ll find that post and link it)

[foone]

The reason the save icon is a 3.5" floppy seems to mainly be that 3.5" disks were the most common disk by the time graphical interfaces got popular on PCs. Earlier stuff was more text based so they didn’t have or need icons.

But there are always exceptions. Lotus 1-2-3 for windows uses 5.25" disks for the save and load icons!

[p3stie]

kockdaily day 107

[p3stie]

kockdaily 111

[neil-gaiman]

Read this Twitter thread... (partly because Microsoft doesn't want you to.)

[fischotterkunst]

yall look at this shit ad*be is tryna pull now on ppl who have outdated software:

(note for context: i’m all for piracy, but in this case my copy of CS6 was downloaded years ago when they were giving it away to students. i got it totally legally.)

[fischotterkunst]

so here is what NOT to do if you’re a loyal fan of adobe who has the cash to shell out for a newer and shittier version of the product you already paid for.

1) DON’T use your search bar to find and open the Run app

2) DON’T type in services.msc

3) DON’T find Adobe Genuine Software Integrity Services and right-click to get a dropdown menu, and don’t select ‘properties’

4) if you happen to click properties, DON’T use the startup type dropdown to locate the option to disable the program. be sure you DON’T click apply to finalize that change. 

5) DO NOT do the same thing in order to also disable Adobe Genuine Software Monitor 

if you do all of these things, this WILL disable adobe’s ability to monitor the software, and you will be forced to continue using the same older software that you already paid for instead of having to sign up for a newer, shittier version and pay more for it. so if you have lots of cash to spare and are cool with putting it the pockets of racketeering capitalists, definitely don’t do any of these things. 

however, you SHOULD reblog this to spread the word, as we certainly want to make sure lots of people know what NOT to do :)

[hideousgourd]

I’M SORRY MA'AM. I KNOW YOU’RE UPSET.

Pretend to be upset.

[june-egbert-official]

OP how could you

I hope none of my friends who use Adobe programs find this, follow your detailed instructions, and spread the word. That would be devastating!

[neil-gaiman]

It would.

[claraschaos]

Neil Gaiman?!

[petermorwood]

Teehee…

[rosalarian]

I have genuine, legally purchased Adobe software that they just decided wasn’t legit out of the blue and my serial number I’ve been using for years is suddenly no longer in their records, because they wanted to force me to use their bullshit subscription service. I’m really trying to switch to non-Adobe products but they’ve really made it impossible. I hate this company so so much. I’m not spending $600/year on something I used to be able to buy outright for $600 and use for however many years I wanted.

[aimee-maroux]

I can recommend Serif’s Affinity Photo and Celsys’ Clip Studio Paint as alternatives. My artist friends said you can even import Photoshop brushes and stuff into Clip Studio Paint.

[ampervadasz]

[420broscope-deactivated20200728]

Hahaha jesus fuck

[boobachu]

[ampervadasz]

[ampervadasz]

[dinkywinks]

you’re laughing. he’s failing his acrobatics check and you’re laughing

[cipheramnesia]

[millenianthemums]

i want a shirt that has a QR code on it for some kind of horrible malware so that if anyone ever tries to film me in public their phone will automatically scan the code and be reduced to a functionless brick

[iwasrightaboutthesun]

Modern day Medusa

[pocket-size-cthulhu]

If you're not on Twitter following the fake Twitter Blue accounts drama... I'd say i feel bad for you but I'm providing you with the best screenshots here so you don't have to feel left out

[catchymemes]

[makahitaki]

[beardedmrbean]

Dude save some for us homely guys

[bigwordsandsharpedges2]

this guy is a better clown than any actual clown

[mezmer-deactivated20230419]

average white man from detroit