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Using mortise-and-tenon joints to build an entrance way with 35m width × 6m depth. According to other sources, this is in Longnan, Gansu, and was built by 36 carpenters and 4 joinery experts over 6 months, costing around 5M RMB in total.

yesornopolls

have you ever been made fun of for your accent/how you say certain words?

Have you ever been made fun of for your accent/how you say certain words?

Yes

No

Remaining time: 4 days 1 hour

jenjensd

By my own parents

#friends and coworkers have ragged on me for my whole life lol #very specifically for how I say ‘milk’#I pronounce it ‘melk’

theprofessional-amateur

link to bluesky post

theprofessional-amateur

In addition to how to turn various things, it includes:

Other useful AI Removal/Detection links

How to spot AI Hallucinations like a Reference Librarian (originally on Substack)

Library Freedom Project has a lot of handouts about AI on their Resources page

pocketss

distressing things to say to your friends

ralfmaximus

Years ago back when I worked in cubicle land, we were hiring junior software developers. They didn’t have to have a ton of experience, just a willingness to learn, and some demonstration of their software skills. Like: show me a program you wrote (any language) or a web site you designed. Anything.

And there was this one guy I talked with who seemed super sharp, but had virtually zero experience writing software. When it came time to do the show-n-tell part of the interview he whips out his laptop, brings up a website, and spins it around to show me what he made.

A website of tiny ceramic frogs.

Not for sale. Just… all these ceramic frogs, organized into categories. Frogs on bicycles, frogs with hats, frogs sitting on lily pads. It was a virtual museum of ceramic frogs in web form.

I scrolled through his online collection of frogs, slightly baffled.

“This is your website?” I asked finally.

“Yep!”

“You coded this yourself?” I popped into view-source mode and poked around some incredibly well-formatted, well-commented html. I nodded slowly. This guy was meticulous.

“Yep!”

“So… where’d all the frogs come from?”

“I made those too,” he says, beaming.

And while I’m processing this he rummages in his bag and pulls out a little ceramic frog working at a computer terminal. He places it on the table before us, next to the laptop.

“And THIS one,” he says, “I made for you! As a thank you for the interview.”

It was adorable. I hired him on the spot. I mean, why not? Worst case he’d wash out in 90 days and we’d hire somebody else. He turned out to be one of the best developers on our team.

And yes, his cubicle was loaded with ceramic frogs.

shiverandqueeef

how measurements work in canada (ie/ badly)

your-dads-filing-cabinet

@/teaboot

teaboot

This isn't even a joke it's just what we do

#as an usamerica I also measure by time #got much more money recently for mileage pay for working at a different location #bc I was like it’s only a 50 minute drive surely it can’t be much #but you can go many miles in 50 minutes

forest-woman

laurierrose

we need to start legally protecting these like make this kind of bathroom part of the national park system

trapped--under--rice

please behold the 24 Hours of Lemons race, in which you can only spend $500 total on a car to cross country race for 24 hours

named after the legendary 24 hour Le Mans race, Lemons rallies barely legal cars in an endurance race across America. had the privilege of sharing the freeway with this race and seeing the absolute art od this event

friendly-neighborhood-patriarch

This is so American I could CRY

hogmilked

oh this is nothing. some of my favorite lemons entries are:

an airplane stuck on a toyota minivan

this miata built by rocket scientists

the mr2 boat

the nyan cat bmw that i think actually played the song at all times

the homer simpson car built by uranium workers

this limo whose brakes caught on fire

the dumbest corolla and supra wearing funny hats

and so much more. 24 hours of lemons my beloved

funny-tik-toks

nat-20s

As an adult I think me and all my friends should all have matching schedules and work like 20 hours a week and also everyone lives within 15 minutes of each other why is that so much to ask

lumeninfusco

Ironically, being bombarded with advertisements 24/7 has made me LESS susceptible to the FOMO effect of limited time offers and discounts

mlleclaudine

from India Rose Crawford's Instagram: Frog bakes a loaf of bread 🍞🐸

gecko-with-a-greatsword

*guy who doesn't know anything about sports and has never cared about sports in his life* hey did you know womens professional baseball is returning after 70 years and the games are going to be streamed for free on youtube and the season starts august 1st

catchymemes

katjohnadams

blckgirlacid

I need my weird alone time or I will explode

catboybiologist

Ice beam is low-key a sauceless "standard" move for its type

catboybiologist

Earthquake? That is THE ground move. The ground quakes beneath you.

Surf? A giant wave of water that your pokemon can ride. A thunderous tide. Invokes the ocean.

Thunderbolt? Arcing flashes of electricity zap you.

Flamethrower? Fire breath, fire throwing, an arc of propelled flame is classic.

Ice beam? It's a beam. Of ice. Could've been a gust of frigid wind, or a frost incursion, or being entombed in a glacial slab, but noooooo it's a beam. Of ice.