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Bijan Parsia

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I am a Prof of Comp Sci at Uni of Manchester, UK. UCU NEC disabled member rep (2023-24). UCUCommons. All posts are my own behalf alone. He/him/they.

Bijan Parsia

3 авг., 18:12

TIL that I have 899 safari tabs open on my Mac. Counting phone and iPad I have about another 1000.

Bijan Parsia

3 авг., 12:39

Oy. The trickster is not a ham fisted grifter. Just Oy.

Lindsay Beyerstein

None of these people are tricksters, they are only liars. "We have been living in an age of tricksters. Musk, President Trump, Tucker Carlson, Andrew Tate, Nick Fuentes — the grammar of the modern right is tricksy."

Bijan Parsia

3 авг., 00:47

I mean people like stuff and cheaper stuff means you can have more off it. But premium brands sell and sell well. Apple has pushed this for quite some time. Fast fashion is interesting because high, expensive, high quality fashion has had turnover built in for quite some time.

BeijingPalmer

wait, this is an unpopular take? I would have thought it was obvious but I may have missed discourse. Amazon exists because people want cheaper goods sight unseen, Temu etc even more so.

Bijan Parsia

2 авг., 17:29

TIL that Otis Redding did an amazing cover of Satisfaction. youtu.be/74J_SqEVli4?...

SATISFACTION - BY OTIS REDDINGYouTube video by Chris Salmonyoutu.be

Bijan Parsia

1 авг., 19:28

Trump’s Iran War looks like it might not be a “forever war” because he’ll straight up lose. Like entirely. Technically of course the US could prosecute the war indefinitely but not in this manner.

Bijan Parsia

1 авг., 19:25

He’s pretty funny! (I think OP understates the craft put into it. His Elon face alone!)

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

struck by this clip of Josh Johnson standup: he doesn't really develop the theme, no real punchlines. he just says what people have been complaining about re: The Odyssey and everyone laughs for *3 minutes* because a professional comedian *could not improve upon it* www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKcv...