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churrotowns

alex hirsch going rogue… king shit

skrytch

From the original thread

dduane

You never forget your first meeting with S&P. :)

emmaklee

pourquoiwhy

I learned a new concept

Graceful degradation is the ability of a computer, machine, electronic system or network to maintain limited functionality even when a large portion of it has been destroyed or rendered inoperative. The purpose of graceful degradation is to prevent catastrophic failure. (Tech Target, first result on the search engine)

biglawbear

Literal opposite of planned obsolescence. I love you graceful degradation.

gallusrostromegalus

Oh neat the first time I heard of the concept the guy described it to me as "catastrophic functionality".

He was talking about it in the context of designing robots that would go in and stop nuclear reactor meltdowns, something that would 100% destroy the robot, but they would be designed to keep functioning and fighting the meltdown for as long as possible. He had some designs where over 80% of the robot has died and it was functionally dragging its corpse around by its one working arm because one more minute of functionality might save thousands.

I've been having a few bad years mental health wise, and thinking about those robots a lot .

kneworder

i love this post so much that it wouldn’t leave me alone until I edited A Girl Like You over the Five v Five fight, so this one’s for you, @the-aro-ace-arrow-ace, @five-fucking-hargreeves, and @ford-ye-fiji!!

armandyke

Family disputes

Bonus ❤️

eldritchkelpie

I don’t regret this

erin-hart

Who knows about Sally Hemings?

She was Thomas Jefferson's slave.

Called his "mistress," but how can you be a mistress when you were a slave, a child, and could not consent? Had absolutely no choice?

She bore him 6, perhaps as many as 8 children. He kept her locked in a basement room.

The room was recently unearthed, and DNA evidence has proven the lineage of Sally's children.

She was beteeen 12 and 14 years old when he started raping her, and Jefferson was in his forties. He freed the children that he had with her, but not Sally. Her daughter had to free her mother after Jefferson passed away.

This is not taught in schools. This side of history. We are supposed to consider the founding fathers as great men, fighting for justice and freedom, guided by God... when they are evil men. Selfish men who did nothing, save that it was for their own aggrandisement, personal benefit, and financial gain.

I would also like to add that Sally was Jefferson's dead wife's half sister. Sally's mother was raped by her owner, who was Martha (wife of Thomas) Jefferson's father.

These people left a legacy.

A legacy of entitlement under the most criminal of circumstances, and White Supremacist beliefs which pervade U.S. Society and Culture, to this very day.

phousemouse

incorrectlastofus

Abby: I won't do it, it's against my moral compass

Mel: Your moral compass is a FUCKING ROULETTE WHEEL

pipis-envy

Calling a canon bisexual woman a lesbian becuase she has a female love interest or is in a wlw relationship is bisexual erasure and biphobic!!!!

Edit:

And ra/df/ems :)

rahafwabas

He can finally rest now

mellowgalaxyduck

I'm not crying

vvitchella

Everyone, meet my jar of jars. His name is Jar Jar.

lethalbutterfly

When you shake it, jar jar clinks.

mellowgalaxyduck

I found it omg

lukawriting

reblog and put your results in the tags: i made a “what type of bender are you” quiz (atla) except its one where a lot of effort and research was put into it so that the results could actually be accurate. enjoy!!!