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'Noam Chomsky, as quoted in the introduction to [The Encyclopedia of Fictional and Fantastic Languages], appears to assume that the nefarious purpose of a made-up language is “to violate universal grammar.” I doubt that many inventors of language have had any desire to violate universal grammar, if they have ever heard of it.'

Idk but violating universal grammar sounds so fucking metal, I wish all conlangers good luck in that endeavor.

solution found! mstdn.thms.uk/@michael/1149936

#Mastoadmin is there a good way to find which remote accounts/domains take a ton of space with media attachments? our server's remote media cache is ballooning by 30GB *a day* and that definitely sounds wrong.
the info exists somewhere because you can see it in the admin console, but neither the admin console nor #tootctl seem to have a way to sort by attachments total size (unless i'm missing something). any advice?

#Mastodon #MastodonAdmin #selfhosting

It Looks Like a School Vape Detector. A Teen Hacker Showed It Could Become an Audio Bug

The Halo 3C is a vape detector installed in schools and public housing. A young hacker found it contains microphones and that it can be turned into an audio bug, raising privacy concerns.

404media.co/it-looks-like-a-sc

Ok Humejoshi may have initially been a typo, but maybe I was onto something there.

“MSG was first discovered and produced in Japan, and has long been present in Japanese snacks and eateries in the United States and abroad. I don’t think I ever saw a No MSG sign in a Japanese restaurant growing up, in stark contrast to their presence in almost every Taiwanese-Chinese eatery we visited.”

#msg #taiwan #foodHistory

yunhai.substack.com/p/msg

:sayori_like: Fujoshis/Himejoshis
:sayori_dislike: Obsessed with aristocratic English countryside set and setting

@zanchey@aus.social Well put. Of course, Channels in Teams are also like Folders, in the sense that they cannot be given the name LPT1. This is for backwards compatibility: without this rule, such Channels would be Printers instead of Folders on CP/M, an operating system from 1973.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/limits-specifications-teams#channel-names

every day you wear a mask in front of a cop is a day you maintain the right to do so

re: moving, sex 

@ranja @mokosh babe your lube tastes stale

food (vegan) 

Impossible Sasquatch meat (vegan)

anyone recommends a lawyer in Poland who 1) is friendly to antifascists and queer/transgender causes, and 2) takes appointments online in English? boosts welcome :boostsPorFavor:

cursed food poll (vegan, but throwing PETA a curveball) 

With the rise of 'impossible' imitation food meats I would like to pose a question for the public. If the following animal meats were available as plant-based vegan alternatives, where would you draw the line?

Vegan cow (impossible/beyond burger, ground plant beef, etc) included as a control. Select as many as you would be willing to eat. Please do not vote just to show results.

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