European parrot or African parrot?
“Pining for the fjords?”
Readit Newsevanb commented on Experts warn of growing parrot crisis in Canada [video] ctvnews.ca/ottawa/video/2... · Posted by u/debo_
> Winter rain, now tell me why
> Summers fade and roses die
> The answer came, the wind and rain
> [...]
> Circle songs and sands of time
> And seasons will end in tumbled rhyme
> And little change, the wind and rain
Fare thee well, Bob.
or
3) there's a misunderstanding about ordinary least-squares.
You think it was primarily poor people who were driving their cars into Midtown?
I animated these and related 'proofs' some time ago
1/3 = 1/4 + 1/16 + 1/64 + ...
https://evanberkowitz.com/images/2014-03-15-quarters/Triangl...
1/7 = 1/8 + 1/64 + 1/512 + ...
1/8 = 1/9 + 1/81 + 1/729 + ...
evanb commented on AI agents find $4.6M in blockchain smart contract exploits red.anthropic.com/2025/sm... · Posted by u/bpierre
At first I read this as "fined $4.6M", and my first thought "Finally, AI is held accountable for their wrong actions!"
Careful what you wish for. Negating the predicate of "A COMPUTER CAN NEVER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER MAKE A MANAGEMENT DECISION" might open us up to the consequence.
evanb commented on Using Antigravity for Statistical Physics in JavaScript christopherkrapu.com/blog... · Posted by u/ckrapu
Such a dumb name for an IDE, damn...
I think it's a reference to https://xkcd.com/353/
evanb commented on Tesla sales in Germany have cratered from last year, data shows cnbc.com/2025/11/05/tesla... · Posted by u/moosedman
> Roman salute
Btw, note that it was not actually a Roman salute (though it may have been adopted by Italian fascists because they incorrectly believed it had been used by the Romans; they were keen on Roman iconography).
Indeed, but if I had called it the Nazi salute I'd have been begging the question---or something like it.
evanb commented on Tesla sales in Germany have cratered from last year, data shows cnbc.com/2025/11/05/tesla... · Posted by u/moosedman