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@LeslieBurns@esq.social @Walrus@toot.wales Or even just for the sign at "Toys Ya Us".

@jerry@infosec.exchange X2 56k is a fad. K56flex is where it's at.

@farah@beige.party They're pretty impressive, but there's actually a good deal more time involved. At a tournament, the cube is scrambled and then placed under a cover in front of you. You can take the cover off and then spend fifteen seconds inspecting the puzzle. It's okay to pick it up and look at all sides, but you can't make any moves yet. What you can do is identify the pattern and recognize how to solve it. If you're really good you can just look at a standard cube and plan out most if not all of the moves needed. After inspecting the cube you put it back down, place your hands on the timer, nod to the judge and then grab the cube and start solving. The solve time doesn't start running until your hands come off of the timer so that 2.7s record is really more like 10s of planning, 2.5 seconds of furiously executing the plan, and .2 seconds of moving your hands from the timer to the cube and back. At most of the tournaments I have been to, anything under a minute to solve a regular 3x3x3 cube is pretty good. The stunt that impresses me isn't just the speed cubing, but _blindfolded_ speed cubing. You have the same time to inspect the cube, but need to identify every move that you're going to make because you'll be applying every one of them without being able to see what you're doing. It's not that different from regular cubing if you're going for world record times like this, because there's no way you're going to stop and look over the cube while solving it, but committing to that before you even see the scramble is impressive. (Anyway, Hi. I'm absolute rubbish at it myself but spent a lot of time around people who don't just solve cubes for fun, they do it so they will have something to fidget with all day long.)

@georgetakei@universeodon.com Both things _could_ be true.

@DocAtCDI There are two types of people in the world. I prefer to avoid them.

@ToyBoxComix@retro.pizza Section 31 wanted to send them a complete archive of tvtropes.com. This approach was kinder.

@faden "Houston, we have a toilet."

@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange I don't use ad blockers because I don't like advertising companies, I do it because I don't have any reason to trust them. Suppose that you had a friend who claimed that they were a completely self-taught driver, had no driver's license and had still managed to be behind the wheel for several spectacular accidents within the last month. And suppose that they asked to borrow your car.

@SharonGibson3@newsie.social @Popehat@mastodon.social When I grow up, I'm going to Bovine University!

@wendynather@infosec.exchange A very strong showing by N. W. A. Pennsylvania voters approve of Ice Cube's "Fuck Tha Police" platform.

@SecureOwl@infosec.exchange @hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange That's right around the stage where you try to buy envelopes in a package of three, so you won't have any left over.

@SwiftOnSecurity@infosec.exchange This is one of those things that would be very useful if you find yourself stranded in the past and are trying to locate other time travellers. Just start quoting the first line and see who picks it up. It's almost as good as singing "Two all beef patties..."

@argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org He didn't mean to say that the Enterprise should be hauling garbage. He meant to say that it should be hauled away _as_ garbage.

@davidhmccoy@mastodon.world @RikerGoogling@mas.to Yes! With a 'G' as in "Garage!"

@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt Well, they are both about studying things that people don't like me putting in their mouths.