Question of the Day

Why Do AI Company Logos Look like Buttholes?

—Velvet Shark

The quick answer is, of course, that form follows function, but the anus is an essential part of our body, and artificial intelligence is an essential part of nothing.

Way to go Baltimore County School Board!

My wife shared me an image of this slide from the latest Baltimore County School Board meeting: (Click for the full-size image)


So they had this slide, and.....


Umm………


It seems a bit ……… Problematic ………
I did Nazi that coming


The detail is a bit less alarming, so it could be an honest mistake, but when his happens, all too frequently it's not a well meaning idiot, it's a Nazi idiot who claims an honest error.


Maryland Nazis, I hate Maryland Nazis.

Linux McLinuxface

For the 30th anniversary of the release of Linux, it's foundation is soliciting donations for a commemorative T-shirt.

I don't know who will select the winner, but I want a Linux McLinuxface T-shirt.*

If anyone has a design that might involve this, while incorporating elements, "Centered around the 30th Anniversary of Linux," please submit it to me.

If anyone wants to send me a logo idea, I'll post it here.

^*It's a riff on "Boaty McBoatface". That name was the overwhelming favorite for naming a UK research ship when a poll was placed online.

Tweet of the Day

the “check engine” light is such a racket. the car knows what condition, sensor, whatever, tripped it. modern cars have screens, that can display actual words.

but no, they light a little LED in the dashboard and make you take it in for a $150 “diagnostic”.

— Steve Randy Waldman (@interfluidity) October 19, 2020

He's right. You could display the error code and the lookup right on your display.

Hell, you could do it on my 2004 Prius.

Toyota Brings Back Tail Fins

I have a 2004 Toyota Prius.

It's my midlife crisis car, because I am the dullest motherf%$#er on the planet.

It's not beautiful in the way that a Jaguar E-Type convertable is, but I rather like it's jelly-bean like appearance:



It's appearance is clear and unadorned and functional, which I like.

The new Priuses (Prii?) sport wonderful specifications, particularly the plug-in hybrid Prius Prime, but the styling is not to my taste.

I find it busy and distracting.

I was looking at the back, and I had this weird sense of deja vu, and then it hit me: Toyota has put tail fins on their cars.

Specifically, it's a somewhat less ostentatious version of the tail fins from a 1959 Chevy Belair:



Please tell me that I am not the only one who sees this.