Why does the word "fridge" have the letter D in it when the word "refrigerator" does not?

All the scripts on my Gemini capsule (except chess) have now been rewritten using Python and storing data in a SQLite database. This is the first time I've ever worked with database in a "production" environment, and I'm inordinately excited.

I've temporarily removed Urbit as a method of contact. My ship needs to be breached and I don't want to spend the ETH to do it right now.

I just found out that my posts are visible on twtxt.net. I don't have an account there, so I apologize if I don't see a reply there!

I've noticed a gradient of skepticism about climate change, ranging from outright contradiction that it exists to debates about the specific measures needed to reverse acknowledged warming trends. Using the general term "climate change denial" to describe that entire gradient, and thus treating all forms of skepticism as equally ignorant, seems counterproductive to me.

While I'm all for people moving away from platforms like Twitter and embracing more freedom- and privacy-centric systems such as Mastodon, I do worry that many of them might be doing it purely for ideological reasons and may have no interest in maintaining the respectful atmosphere Mastodon is well-known for.

Happy 5th birthday, A Hat In Time!

"View", "watch", "look" and "see" are roughly synonymous, but "overview", "overwatch", "overlook" and "oversee" are not.

I was reminded today that the first season of Regular Show aired in autumn of 2010. That's hard for me to believe. I feel like the show started way later than that, around early 2012.

Google no longer allows in-app donations that don't go through Google Play.