If I were to speculate, I’d say it came from the == operator (Boolean equality comparison) and then later, when that was extended to include Boolean less-than-or-equal and greater-than-or-equal, the decision was made to keep them 2 characters long. Either because it was visually cleaner, or just because programmers love being lazy (read: efficient)

If you can’t accept business plans that make a little less profit to include sufficient human moderation to avoid heavyhanded kernel level anti cheat - you shouldn’t be in the fucking publishing business, you greedy weasels.

Dolla Dolla bill y’allpocalypse

Walz was not more popular than ‘capitalism’, it was the other way around. But the fact that it was close is pretty cool.

Forbidden fruity pebbles

Pike Place Market is a very fun labyrinth. If you haven’t already, check out the Gum Wall right next to it, it’s a slightly gross tourist attraction

Dang that’s a shame. Grocery stores around here sell them by the pound next to the dry beans.

even dried?

FFS. If this kind of thing keeps up I am not gonna be surprised if some sort of ‘rapid response’ ends up being a thing where the caller gets a visit from law enforcement “just in case”

Hope that artist sues.

This is not the poop knife I was expecting

OOH! these RATINGS!

It’s a little-known fact that guys can noclip when they’re horny enough

High chance that it’s a Python programmer who is really unhappy about having to work in Java, lol

Pro tip: the login wall is added at the end of page load. If you tap the Esc key at the right moment to interrupt the load, you’ll end up with the full article rendered without the bullshit

I did not edit my comment. Why are you lying?

Edit: Oh, I did edit it about 30 seconds after posting, to add the first parenthetical. Apologies for outright accusing you of lying. It doesn’t display as edited on my instance when done within the first minute. But you replied 5 minutes after my edit, so I think the odds that you loaded the page within 30 seconds of my original reply are too minuscule to be super convincing.

Intentionally using the former name (“dead name”) of a (typically trans) person with the intent to cause harm

I can’t believe this isn’t satire. I hope these incompetent fuckers get sued into bankruptcy

I don’t enjoy suffering a headache or think it’s virtuous, but I was always taught that pain is your body sending a message. Usually, unless it’s a proper migraine, I can figure out what the cause is and address it. Muscle tension, dehydration, low electrolytes, etc.

If it remains a puzzle, I’m not opposed to OTC analgesics. I just like to try to troubleshoot first (:

you could even repurpose stickers that said that for completely non-political purposes! it’s free real estate