Wow, there’s even more songs in that disambiguation list than the one I posted.

Dozens of different songs!

So many songs are called “Sway”.

Yes, some are covers of each other (eg Dean Martin, Mucho Mambo) but then there’s the Rolling Stones one, the Bic Runga one, the Kooks one…

Wikipedia lists like a dozen more in the disambiguation page for “Sway”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sway#Songs

I like using word association as a game. It’s quick to learn, doesn’t need any equipment, and it’s no problem to join or leave the table whenever you like.

Try to get from some word (eg HOME) to some other word (eg SUMMIT) taking only small, obvious steps.

Each step should make a pair of terms that “obviously” fit together. They can fit together because they sound similar (HOME -> ROAM), or they are written similarly (HOME -> HOLE), or have an obviously-related meaning (HOME -> AWAY)… anything that makes sense to the group.

You can take turns around a circle. When it’s your turn, you announce the next link. If anyone thinks the link isn’t small enough or obvious enough, they can object and you’ll need to pick a different link. Then it’s the next person’s turn.

You can play competitively if you like (the person to reach the target word wins) but it also works fine without announcing a winner.

Ha, I missed that part. Subtle.

I guess someone thought “popping” and “pooping” were the same word.

Or maybe there’s a naked joke to “popping”? Like, uh… maybe something like… popping open button-fly jeans?

What does Willow (1986) have to do with data? Isn’t it, like, a sword-and-sorcery fantasy movie?

Oh I bet there’s a character with a name that sounds like the word “data”.

!science_memes@mander.xyz discussed long-term storage:

https://mander.xyz/post/26896717

(dunno if linking to a post is going to work, let’s see)

To be fair, that song is well over a decade old.

What’s a reasonable minimum age for playing on an oldies station, do you reckon?

Equinox… equine ox… a horse-like cow.

This has been today’s That’s Definitely Where The Word Comes From, No Need To Look It Up.

I don’t know how NaytaData made it, but if I were doing it, I would do something like this:

• start with a “blank” un-coloured map of coastline and country borders
• put all the “capital” cities on the map
• make a temporary grid of points over the map and find the closest city for each point
• paint the map based on those temporary grid points

I would use a computer but the same steps would work with paper & pen.

Locksmith called you? That is mysterious.

FYI it looks like you posted this on yesterday’s daily thread instead of today’s.

How did that go for the cockroach?

You say it’s an unpopular opinion but the survey results in the linked article suggest that Britain generally agrees with you (52% responded “No, I do not” to the question “Do you consider listening to an audiobook as equivalent to having read that same book?”).

The “yes” option was around somewhat less popular overall (29%).

D

Relevant satire from The Onion: Unconventional Director Sets Shakespeare Play In Time, Place Shakespeare Intended

I don’t see it, sorry.

I’d prefer communities be more about concepts or places than specific brands or companies.

But even if the proposal were about a community for electricity or energy generally instead of a particular company… It’s still a no from me. I don’t really see either of those as topics that would attract much daily/weekly discussion.

Cheese with Japanese curry? Sounds pretty whacky, whatever shape it’s in.

Also there’s an elegant solution to keeping some rice visible out of the curry and it doesn’t involve any extra ingredients.

Someone in another thread said that the source for Tiberian Sun has been lost.

Syncthing may not have its own Web-based file browser but a regular Web server (like Apache or ngninx) can show a list of files in a directory without much configuration. Just point it at a shared folder. You could configure a fancier file browser like Filestash, File Browser Quantum, or even Nextcloud if you feel it’s worthwhile.

Likewise, Syncthing may not have its own concept of a “main” hoster, but it doesn’t need to: you can decide what “main” means to you. Perhaps the one you designate “main” has different ignore patterns, or a longer retention policy.

“Keeping some files remote” can be simply making sure your ignore patterns are set how you want them, if that works for you.

How often do you “catch” a delusion, and how does it feel once you notice?

Like, do you find yourself saying something like: “hold on, that person probably doesn’t actually want to harm me… that’s one of those delusions isn’t it?”