Robin Leroy
@eggrobin.bsky.social
𒉭𒄿𒈾𒀀𒀊𒁀𒊭𒁾𒎌𒉈𒁍𒌑𒌝
An egg drowning in a sea of papers
𒉭𒀀𒀊𒁀𒁾𒁀𒅗𒁀𒀭𒋢𒋢
一颗在论文海中的蛋
𒄠𒋛𒆠 https://mastodon.social/@eggrobin
An egg drowning in a sea of papers
𒉭𒀀𒀊𒁀𒁾𒁀𒅗𒁀𒀭𒋢𒋢
一颗在论文海中的蛋
𒄠𒋛𒆠 https://mastodon.social/@eggrobin
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Nine Inch Nails
feminize a band name
The Eve Miller Band
September 27, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Nine Inch Nails
The draft minutes of Unicode Technical Committee Meeting #188 (recorded by yours truly) have been posted: www.unicode.org/L2/L2026/261...
UTC 188 Minutes
www.unicode.org
August 19, 2026 at 11:03 PM
The draft minutes of Unicode Technical Committee Meeting #188 (recorded by yours truly) have been posted: www.unicode.org/L2/L2026/261...
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chat is it good when i have to change the browser zoom to 50% to fit github's entire incident report in a single screenshot?
August 17, 2026 at 4:23 PM
chat is it good when i have to change the browser zoom to 50% to fit github's entire incident report in a single screenshot?
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So, IBM publishes machine-generated translations of AIX documentation on its Web site, and the French translation of awk documentation translated “sin” and “log” (the math functions) as if they were the words for a religious transgression and a journal respectively. 🤣
July 27, 2026 at 6:18 AM
So, IBM publishes machine-generated translations of AIX documentation on its Web site, and the French translation of awk documentation translated “sin” and “log” (the math functions) as if they were the words for a religious transgression and a journal respectively. 🤣
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A linguistic point about French vs English:
I recently retrieved an item from an Amazon locker, and the locker thanked me, in French, with “merci d'utiliser Amazon locker”.
I would argue this is a bad translation of “thank you for using Amazon locker”. Let me explain. 🧵⤵️ •1/17
I recently retrieved an item from an Amazon locker, and the locker thanked me, in French, with “merci d'utiliser Amazon locker”.
I would argue this is a bad translation of “thank you for using Amazon locker”. Let me explain. 🧵⤵️ •1/17
May 28, 2026 at 8:57 AM
A linguistic point about French vs English:
I recently retrieved an item from an Amazon locker, and the locker thanked me, in French, with “merci d'utiliser Amazon locker”.
I would argue this is a bad translation of “thank you for using Amazon locker”. Let me explain. 🧵⤵️ •1/17
I recently retrieved an item from an Amazon locker, and the locker thanked me, in French, with “merci d'utiliser Amazon locker”.
I would argue this is a bad translation of “thank you for using Amazon locker”. Let me explain. 🧵⤵️ •1/17
The draft minutes of Unicode Technical Committee Meeting #187 (recorded by yours truly) have been posted: www.unicode.org/L2/L2026/260...
UTC 187 Minutes
www.unicode.org
May 4, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The draft minutes of Unicode Technical Committee Meeting #187 (recorded by yours truly) have been posted: www.unicode.org/L2/L2026/260...
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the unicode.org ICU people used this as an example for DFA :3
unicode-org.atlassian.net/browse/ICU-2...
unicode-org.atlassian.net/browse/ICU-2...
April 17, 2026 at 11:52 PM
the unicode.org ICU people used this as an example for DFA :3
unicode-org.atlassian.net/browse/ICU-2...
unicode-org.atlassian.net/browse/ICU-2...
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Coxeter noticed that you can stick regular tetrahedra together to make a helix. It never repeats: no two tetrahedra have the same orientation in space!
These simple discoveries are priceless.
Click on the link to watch a short animation of it - it's fun!
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bo...
These simple discoveries are priceless.
Click on the link to watch a short animation of it - it's fun!
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bo...
April 12, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Coxeter noticed that you can stick regular tetrahedra together to make a helix. It never repeats: no two tetrahedra have the same orientation in space!
These simple discoveries are priceless.
Click on the link to watch a short animation of it - it's fun!
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bo...
These simple discoveries are priceless.
Click on the link to watch a short animation of it - it's fun!
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bo...
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120 second exposure and Orion is still so tiny
April 4, 2026 at 10:11 AM
120 second exposure and Orion is still so tiny
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Surely we also need more Sumerian content on Bluesky, so this seems as good a time as any to post this Blue Suede Shoes cover: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gCe...
Blue Suede Shoes
YouTube video by Doctor Ammondt - Topic
www.youtube.com
March 15, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Surely we also need more Sumerian content on Bluesky, so this seems as good a time as any to post this Blue Suede Shoes cover: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gCe...
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This is a cliff on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
It's about 1 km tall.
If you jumped from the top, it would take you 47 minutes to reach the bottom, and you'd probably be OK.
It's about 1 km tall.
If you jumped from the top, it would take you 47 minutes to reach the bottom, and you'd probably be OK.
March 13, 2026 at 6:58 PM
This is a cliff on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
It's about 1 km tall.
If you jumped from the top, it would take you 47 minutes to reach the bottom, and you'd probably be OK.
It's about 1 km tall.
If you jumped from the top, it would take you 47 minutes to reach the bottom, and you'd probably be OK.
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Okay, this is the very rare Substack post that's worth loading the Nazi newsletter site for. I am *incredibly* surprised I kept about 90% comprehension until I hit the 1100s.
If you liked this experiment, I published a full piece today in the same vein: a text that gets 100 years older with every section, from a modern blog post to a medieval chronicle.
It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get.
www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...
It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get.
www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...
How far back in time can you understand English?
An experiment in language change
www.deadlanguagesociety.com
February 24, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Okay, this is the very rare Substack post that's worth loading the Nazi newsletter site for. I am *incredibly* surprised I kept about 90% comprehension until I hit the 1100s.
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Oui! Ça va avec mon chauffage atomique à l'air physique (chauffage individuel au gaz naturel).
January 18, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Oui! Ça va avec mon chauffage atomique à l'air physique (chauffage individuel au gaz naturel).
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J'avais jamais fait gaffe à celle-là mais elle est vraiment pas mal ! Ce que j'avais adoré pour ma part : les camions remplis de "métaphores ethniques" (εθνικές μεταφορές = transports nationaux) et le "centre pneumatique" à l'intérieur d'une église (πνευματικό κέντρο = centre spirituel).
(Je ne résiste pas à vous montrer quand même, sans autre commentaire, cette devanture de magasin d'articles pour animaux domestiques -- il y en a autant que de pharmacies, semble-t-il).
January 18, 2026 at 5:01 PM
J'avais jamais fait gaffe à celle-là mais elle est vraiment pas mal ! Ce que j'avais adoré pour ma part : les camions remplis de "métaphores ethniques" (εθνικές μεταφορές = transports nationaux) et le "centre pneumatique" à l'intérieur d'une église (πνευματικό κέντρο = centre spirituel).
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Today is Quintidi the 25th of Nivôse in the year 234.
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate cats.#JacobinDay
More information on cats
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate cats.#JacobinDay
More information on cats
January 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Today is Quintidi the 25th of Nivôse in the year 234.
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate cats.#JacobinDay
More information on cats
Nivôse is the month of snow.
Today we celebrate cats.#JacobinDay
More information on cats
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At this point, I'm going beyond telling you to touch grass. You need to eat it.
And then throw up on the carpet.
And then throw up on the carpet.
January 6, 2026 at 10:16 PM
At this point, I'm going beyond telling you to touch grass. You need to eat it.
And then throw up on the carpet.
And then throw up on the carpet.
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Enabling Source Control integration in Windows File Explorer
Enabling Source Control integration in Windows File Explorer
Isn't this pretty?
That's Windows Explorer, showing Git commit messages, the last changed date, and a version status of the file is modified and needs to be committed, why there's even branch information in the status bar.
This was announced in May 2024, made it into insider builds a year later, and snuck into Windows 11 with no fanfare in the September feature update.
To enable this, open the Settings app, click System, click Advanced, then click on File Explorer. You might be prompted to "U
idunno.org
December 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Enabling Source Control integration in Windows File Explorer
The draft minutes of Unicode Technical Committee Meeting #185 (recorded by yours truly) have been posted: www.unicode.org/L2/L2025/252...
November 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The draft minutes of Unicode Technical Committee Meeting #185 (recorded by yours truly) have been posted: www.unicode.org/L2/L2025/252...
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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forgot to put this up somewhere so here you go. visualize your favorite zlib stream! lynn.github.io/flateview/
September 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
forgot to put this up somewhere so here you go. visualize your favorite zlib stream! lynn.github.io/flateview/
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Even Neo-Babylonian Uruk had that one person feeding stray cats.
September 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Even Neo-Babylonian Uruk had that one person feeding stray cats.