perviouslyiner

Texas "was received as a commonwealth holding, maintaining and protecting the institution known as negro slavery-- the servitude of the African to the white race within her limits-- a relation that had existed from the first settlement of her wilderness by the white race, and which [Texas] people intended should exist in all future time"

Gee, what a hard question to figure out from historical sources, guess we'll never know what they were thinking...

"Expanded Security Maintenance for Applications is not enabled. See ubuntu.com/esm or run sudo pro status"

When you're 90% through a ASOIAF ebook and it finishes b/c the rest is a list of family names

Public key in a pubic place?

Also, when people had to stamp thing, they would angle their stamps to be “bowing” to the superiors who stamped first

The funniest thing is that you can also rotate the stamp slightly counterclockwise to indicate "I'm approving this proposal because it would be inconcievable to dissent from the group's thoughts, but I think you're all making a mistake by approving it" - and how much you rotate the stamp counterclockwise indicates how stupid you think the proposal is.

Wendover's description of how complex the company structures are and why inheritance is so complicated: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oL0umpPPe-8

Another more successful operation in Rwanda and Ghana is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipline_(drone_delivery_company) delivering 1.8kg over 300km and dropped by parachute.

The universe is infinite, and trying to find Earth is like trying to find a molecule in the ocean. You could control what happens there if only you can find it.

Taking money out of someone's wages because equipment got washed away isn't cool, especially if it pressures them to go out in a storm to try and stop it happening a second time

Average RimWorld player

https://xkcd.com/528/