@chrishandyblog @discourse sure, shoot an email to team@discourse.org with details!

@Conaw @discourse sure, shoot us an email at team@discourse.org and we'll get you sorted!

@kwiens wow

@mattblaze @SwartzCr see @pinboard pinned tweet. There's a match going on right now as well. Smartest and most effective place to send your $

@Pinboard yeah it should be called "spare the electrical grid" on these kinds of days

@mattblaze @Kozmund @SIGSYS @ElectionInteg A humble suggestion: make that link much easier to find on the website!

@Kozmund @mattblaze @SIGSYS @ElectionInteg thank you, done! https://t.co/ckxhWJadi2

@mattblaze @SIGSYS @ElectionInteg ok so there is swag at https://t.co/t4JtDR77ld which is cool and all, but I don't want swag. I want to send money directly to the org. How do I do that?

@mattblaze @SIGSYS basically I'm asking where the butt money goes

@mattblaze @SIGSYS if your particular butt has a limited ability to get up, where can we send money to help ... as a proxy for our butts?

@kevindente yeah me and @betsyphd are feeling the IKEA pain too

@susanthesquark 0% contained :( https://t.co/tm8OAXSYcm

but man, daily vitamins sure do make my nails grow fast.

congrats to @mryanprice (first random gen, picade+GPi) and @cscottnet (second random gen, picade) -- and thank you very much to everyone who donated 👏 https://t.co/bemRuLbByn

ok! closing this up now and picking 2 random winners!

@gwmccull my friend says you have to use the (see the wikipedia page) estimated range of total deaths *related* to H1N1, which is from 200k-500k. But I told him, that same rule applies to COVID.. pick a multiplier

Bonus! @pimoroni, being awesome 🏴‍☠️, has added another Picade kit to the mix ... so there will be *two* winners in this round. Get those donation screenshot replies in to be eligible! https://t.co/gOzCqfKbMt

@hyperplanes I found the same data and agree (in fact overall mortality was *lower* than average for 2009 in the USA), but he says "doesn't count, has to be worldwide".

This is close to what he's asking for, but note that "recent years" (light grey) probably doesn't go back to 2009 and there's so much variability per country: https://t.co/2WkmDMomgM https://t.co/7EcaOa8vCL

@largehotcoffee not really. I'm sitting on mountains of live data from live customers and that's not what I am seeing at all. There are a handful of weird "never heard of that before" crawlers but they tend to generate only small amounts of crawling.

@mcdanlj It is amazing how bad Bing webcrawling is. Particularly considering how many years they've had to work on this problem. To be fair, writing a good crawler is quite difficult, but ... they have the resources of *Microsoft*

@largehotcoffee server hardware and server time costs money, unfortunately

@textfiles suuuch a classic post 👏

@pimoroni Ahoy, me hearties! That be kind o' ye!🏴‍☠️

Also shout out to @pimoroni who are a very very cool company with lots of neat tech nerd products: https://t.co/6NesA271Vg

@joshmillard underrated tweet

@shog9 https://t.co/XWEY1E75PU

(not an actual entry, more of an example, but I also donate regularly as well) https://t.co/ZtEarlTphr

and as usual we'll close entries in ~24 hours so everyone has a fair chance of winning.

I'll also throw in a Raspberry Pi 4, and quality samsung SD cards for both, of course! 🙋‍♂️

@chetfaliszek @tqbf send money to the @pinboard slates instead. Way more value for the $

@chetfaliszek @AmyMcGrathKY I was told by @tqbf this is a) unwinnable and b) too much money at play already

also ooops forgot to attach the CMOS battery and the wifi antennas (under the NVMe drive). Manual could have been a bit clearer about that..

"Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window" -- @stevewoz https://t.co/qAg7OQt1WM

@tekvax ok it's yours!

@spies_please 😻

RNGesus has blessed @astrange_e today 🙏 -- thank you to everyone who contributed so generously, and a major shout out to @getajobmike for going WAY above and beyond. 👏 https://t.co/X9JcZ3yFBs

ok window closed! Give me a bit of time to tally everything and we will invoke RNGesus 🙇‍♂️

closing this up in about 2 hours, so if you want to make a donation to be eligible, please do! ⌚

@Ted_Spence I remember liking Winter Games a lot too! https://t.co/MgiI3nVIjF

See https://t.co/0EgffI8VDE for more details

I never played California Games II (not even sure I knew it existed!) but things apparently got a lot more xxxtreme in the sequel: hang-gliding, jetski, skateboarding, body boarding and snow boarding. https://t.co/NuB5BPaNYJ

my usual results https://t.co/NoCMHoriVP

@andrew_i_am right, this is more about keeping just the basics going, not air conditioning or refrigerators

@andrew_i_am you'd be surprised how good the solar generators are these days. I was. And they'll only get better and cheaper. (but yeah, in a climate with no sun, you got problems.)

@andrew_i_am well you can also do solar "generators" with large ~$500 foldable solar panels which are pretty good these days. Have a google!

and for the record, I think it should be possible to plug your electric car into your house's breaker box to power the whole house in emergencies as well. I know it isn't possible now. But it makes sense? You have this *ginormous* battery sitting in your driveway.

My thinking is that, in case of an extended power outage, a power inverter like this one would let you charge a *lot* of other portable batteries for a *long* time .. assuming your electric car's battery was charged before the power outage? 🤔 https://t.co/eBUV1RXtMM

@rossrubin the real time translation app from Google that uses your camera to change the words from {moon language} to English

as usual, entries will close in about 24 hours, so your chances should be decent.

@Luisrebollo1 yeah, it is, since it's US politics

few more pics for authenticity. Both brand new and unopened, of course! https://t.co/NtiRf3MoIg

@rory_blyth welcome back! ♥

@mathowie we saw Spirit (the temporary halloween store company) stuff in a currently empty storefront and thought the same thing.

muuuch better in white though https://t.co/sASMAWzVqm

@chrisfcarroll 6 implements / 8 functions
- Flat-clinch stapler
- Hole punch
- Staple remover
- Staple holder
- High performance scissors
- Optical gauge
- Nail file
- Nail cleaner

Do you conduct ... BUSINESS? Clearly you need the Swiss Business Tool™ https://t.co/K2tkwdOcEM

@Pinboard I think you should tell us which of these would be more effective. You are doing the work on the ground.

@lizardbill For us it was the Pixar movie about the two sons and the van and their dad

@thesaganman I don't know, when I'm stressed out I build computers

just when you thought this music video couldn't get *more* awesome, note that the detective is.. Levar Burton. Yep. Of Reading Rainbow / Geordi La Forge fame. https://t.co/bforwUfcom

@larsw @FiloSottile november is a bit too far out for this to be viable

@larsw @FiloSottile website says preorder only for Remarkable 2

@textfiles https://t.co/FzWIe1XZwp

@ericlewis I wouldn't say "hate" but "might find it funny to see you suffer due to an entirely self-inflicted and totally unnecessary situation"

I've also watched some youtube videos of people testing pepper spray out and, uh, yeah. The [WARNING] DON'T TRY THIS disclaimer is definitely warranted https://t.co/z9ms7Tn5Y5

on the advice of .. well, basically every sane person in my life and on my timeline .. I have been strongly advised *not* to take this particular test. Sorry to the 76.8% of you (that's 3,199) who wanted to see this.

@djbaskin what all equipment did you take?

@djbaskin you did this entire route in one day?

@chipx86 I probably deserve it

I must say that I do not like the way the votes are going on this poll

@ID_AA_Carmack have you seen this? It's fun https://t.co/5bo0sLQp9n I bought the full set of all the different material types ;)

@Pinboard this is galaxy brain level thinking

@jeffsand definitely go Pi 4, way way more capable. Maybe build a weather station? My favorite is always retro emulation though... https://t.co/q3L7VXNDdH

@wilshipley @Pinboard you are a real american hero Wil Shipley

@tedder42 @Pinboard I hope there was a phone with the stickers! 📱

@picklepikkl @ShadowTodd I love that this also references Flock of Seagulls 👏

@picklepikkl @ShadowTodd holy shit levar burton is the main cop guy!?!?!?!?

Also this is the greatest music video of all time. Don't @ me https://t.co/0g2NKKCzE2

@textfiles what the actual fuck

@arunkj78 @yonghokim maybe it does! I'm not sure..

@yonghokim I don't think cancelling the DVD part results in a cheaper monthly fee

@thesaganman For some of them, yes!

@pookleblinky radiskull & devil doll!

@kevindente also I doubt it since the shape of the face wouldn't be correct

@kevindente clear face masks are a thing???

@jeffsand @dgp @vestaboard that thing is cool but sooo expensive

RNGesus has chosen @tedder42! Thank you so much to everyone who donated. 👏 (note that @jstanton617 also donated, but opted out of the giveaway 🙇‍♂️) Together we raised almost $4k for the state slate! https://t.co/ep3fH5eAtM

Ok entries are officially closed! Thank you everyone! Will tally up and randomly pick a winner tomorrow.

Entries close in about 4 hours. Your odds are good, so get those donations in! https://t.co/5qDWP0szsh

@mathowie just got two sets of these (for my chair and my son's chair) and confirmed: they're super fun!

@osoivex I’m just talking about potable water and such. Check the actual wire cutter lists.

Get in on this sweet, sweet Android action. Note this is the 12GB / 256GB model, too https://t.co/I8XaMAPX3N https://t.co/CyoColo2Vt

@ebenwert @theprepared I'm trying real hard not to go full prepper.. just the essentials!

@johnsonbradleym @ToseNikolov that's a very good question! @oleschri ?

@rands We're more prepared for the next, far more dangerous virus. Prevalent and frequent hand washing. Mask wearing is more normalized. Handshakes go the way of the dodo. The world accelerates even faster towards more digital and less physical.

@svpino https://t.co/2gQ32hnFFt

@DocPop grill 'em up!!

@osoivex brag about what? the disasters?

@pplu_io 🤣👏