Notices by Angle (angle@anticapitalist.party), page 2

So, it turns out 'Float.MIN_VALUE' isn't negative. You learn new things every day. XD

@hypolite Political problems dating from the civil war and before. Listen to the podcast for details. XD

Jesus. I knew there was a little bit of this, but no idea there was so much of it.

https://warontherocks.com/2023/01/reconstructing-the-roots-of-january-6/

@cowboy January 6th is my birthday. So, sure, go for it. XD

@hypolite Yup, I found that article too. Crazy! I guess we'll see what happens, eh? XD

Nevermind lol, I found an article: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/longest-elect-speaker-house/story?id=96183135

...So have the republicans elected a speaker yet? :/

And if not, what's the longest time and most votes ever needed to elect a speaker before, historically? :/

@benjancewicz Huh, Canada is more unfavorable to China than the US is? And Sweden, surprisingly. :/

Merry Crimes, everybody. XD

@vruz Or a single user instance, for that matter? :0

@bartholin ...I'll be honest, that looks badass. I need to go dig up screenshots of those games! XD

So, we talk a lot about how Mastodon is different from Twitter, and I generally agree - but, I wonder if the difference isn't as much about the number of people, and the fact that we're already self selected to be the sort of people who would choose to use Mastodon instead of Twitter, given the choice. If that were true, then twitter going down could make Mastodon a lot more like Twitter, simply because of all the extra users who would no longer have the choice to use Twitter instead... :/

@hypolite Arguably, there's more to western culture than that, but the historically despotic Christian white supremacists have suppressed it, so it's hard to learn about, let alone celebrate. :/

@jwz Huh, rewatching the video, this is pretty good actually. The shots of earth are fascinating, and I love the spaceship. Maybe the plot is better than I remember, too? XD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42Rih3OWrhc

This 'Food Forest' stuff is fascinating. Though I'm not sure how practical it is for people who don't already own forests. I suspect actually producing all your calories from a suburban yard plot would be extremely hard and quite impractical for most people. :/

In retrospect I really regret hanging up, I should have kept him on the line and fucked with him more. Huge missed opportunity. Oh well. XD

Me, finally figuring out whats going on, responding in a voice of cruel and terrible glee: "No. I Use Linux."

Him, dumbfounded: "Ohhhhh."

Me, laughing a bit: "Anyway, have a nice day."

Him: "Wait! I'll transfer you to our linux departmentI I'll transfer you to our linux department!"

Me: *Hangs up*

In retrospect I really regret it, I should have kept him on the line and fucked with him more. Huge missed opportunity. Oh well. XD

It was a few years ago, I got a phone call, right. Pretty normal, I answer, the conversation goes as follows:

Some indian guy: "Hello! I am calling because there is a virus on your windows computer."

Me, confused: "My *windows* computer?"

Him: "Yes, your *windows* computer."

Me, still confused: "But I don't *own* a windows computer.

Him, audibly put aback: "Oh. ...Mac?"

@john_idol *Takes deep breath* "Well technically, it's 'Frankenstein's Monster'...!" :P

@jbigham Funny thing about that, I'm having trouble with an off by one error right now. XD