Lady of the Land @Lady@cat.family

(the Gregorian calendar, at time of introduction, was 10 days off from the Julian. the English-speaking world was so slow to it that it became 11. certain things, like tax days, kept their “old” dates by advancing them forward 11 days, so that people wouldn’t be swindled.

the 11 day offset was fixed in stone at this time. it does not accommodate further divergence between the calendar systems.)

works with any holiday, have fun

for example, much of the English-speaking world celebrates some derivative of Armistice Day on 11 November, and a minority celebrates Martinmas

but you COULD be celebrating Old Halloween

1 weird trick

did you know you can celebrate any holiday a second time 11 days later if you just prefix the holiday name with “Old”

i’d be more surprised to find a Core Team which *is* accountable, in this realm of software development

« More broadly, the liberal accommodationist strategy of a Code of Conduct masks and upholds a centralization of power around the software project and those who control it (who have complete and total jurisdiction over the enforcement of said Code), placing oppressed parties in a position of service and subservience rather than working to ensure their own empowerment and self‐determination. »

https://www.u2764.com/NFIC/2019-05-09/comsoft-principles/

kowtow is an english word you don’t have to explain it

« It was hard for her to comprehend that the spiky bits weren’t a natural part of Rangi’s body. » oh right this is back when Spikes were a Fire Nation thing

i’m pretty sure i quoted this last time too but look it is a very good joke

« “Don’t criticize Yun’s past life,” Rangi said, whacking her shoulder with a mittened hand. “The Avatars tread paths of great destiny. Every action they take is meaningful.”

They meaningfully passed another three dull, meaningful hours »

“interesting” here is acting as a shorthand for “actually interesting”, not “having rare or unexpected qualities”, which would render this statement paradoxical

there are some people on this website who you would expect to be interesting and really aren’t, and there are some people on this website who you would not expect to be interesting who really are

just legitimately had to use this technique; a·m·a

; {
const values = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].values()
for (const value of values) {
if (value % 2) values.next()
console.log(value)
}
}

Array.prototype.push.apply(parents, current == null ? [] : [current])

they’re very handy, even when you don’t need them, just for clarity of code

using a lot of labelled blocks in this javascript which is not something you see often

i’m not watching the game actively but it’s on in the other room and every time i pop in it’s like, oh look, he stepped out of bounds early; oh look, there was defensive holding on that play which would have been a sack; oh look, he threw an interception

i have nothing against the ravens but it is fun to watch them footgun