Is this even true? I am fairly sure that Linux also has a graceful shutdown process, but I’ll admit I haven’t looked into it.

I think it’s funny for the exact same reason that this xkcd is funny: https://xkcd.com/1168/

Why does the majority of your post read like you don’t know these exist? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaxial_power_connector

They’re fine, but as you mentioned in the first paragraph, lack of a standard is their main drawback. You could find two power supplies with the exact same connector but different voltage and polarity.

Surely health insurance would be making a loss on this particular person.

It’s pretty, but when the surface of water is involved it really becomes necessary to take simultaneous pictures for left and right. The refraction changes chaotically very quickly, so there’s a mismatch between the left and right image.

I don’t mean to discourage you, this is still good, just pointing out the shortcomings of the method!

Floppy disk. Fight me.

Voyager error. It’s a gif of Star Trek, I think.

All thermometers are atom-based.

… We were all thinking it!

is that something people do?

Lovely! Wish I had a bigger screen that my phone right now to see this

I think you have them backwards, surely the Charizard is the granddad

How does that work? Colored e-ink?

Don’t know, never been :P

I meant her. Mike and his guitar; Sarah and her violin; The computer and its speakers.

“its” is comparable to “his” or “her”, not to e.g. “Dave’s”.

Going to concerts. It’s too loud and it’s crowded, I just don’t see the appeal.

And while we’re at it, dancing. It’s unnatural, I tell you!

When a country goes to war, internal conflicts (i.e. left wing vs. right wing) are forgotten, or at least put on hold, and everyone is suddenly on the same page.

That looks nothing like the Half-Life 2 monster

you kid, but there’s no shortage of steam games where steam (a launcher) updates the game’s launcher

I haven’t seen them, but based on your description, I think this xkcd explains how these movies were conceived:

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