Room thermometers. For several years I've had a digital thermometer in my bedroom to monitor temps in hot weather and inform when I should open or close windows, etc. Until now I've just trusted that the figure it gives me is reasonably accurate - LIKE A CHUMP, it turns out. I've just bought a secon...

What was with the deal with the partial lists released several years ago then? Were they just flight logs?

I think the surprising thing about this incident is how little user trickery it required to get it to go full-tilt antisemitic. I'd rather not post the full exchange here as it's pretty dire, but it switches from "this writer is a radical liberal" to "well look at her surname, you know what they're ...

The question though is *why* he's been sacked. Did Red Bull's internal investigation over his being a sex pest actually bear fruit? Has he been instrumental in pushing the current car design philosophy and ruining the team's constructor championship campaign? Has Max given the ultimatum that he's l...

About time!

This is pertinent (from the Guardian): In June, after Grok responded to a query that more political violence had come from the right than the left in 2016, Musk responded “Major fail, as this is objectively false. Grok is parroting legacy media. Working on it.” So while you can trick an AI into sayi...

CK sits peacefully in the darkness at the bottom of the well and will give it a few minutes for all the riotous barking and bum-sniffing to ease off.

I’ll attempt to do that.

“Got a dog comin’ up!”

"Good pup, you're alright."

If it's small enough, I'll shelter it inside my coat so it's warm and secure, then I'll try to climb back up.

I slowly approach and hold a hand out to see if it comes to me.

I light a match and then draw my Slackarms with the spare hand.

16 + 1 = 17

“Always do what the doctor orders!” I gratefully chug the cactus juice and proceed down the perfectly safe well.

5 + 2 = 7

Animalmother wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 06, 2025 2:23 pm

So...who wants to climb down the well to investigate?

I’ll give it a go, though my last experience with a well was turbulent.