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[–] WeirdAlex03@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago

"I AM NOT FLUFFY!" the fluffy goat announced, fluffily

[–] WeirdAlex03@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago

This was a great start for me, I got the zeroth, first, and third questions instantly (Scrabble, naughty child, closed road). Although I must admit I fell for the same mistake on the first question thinking [...] happened in a car

 

Hank Green, Ceri Riley and Daniel Peake face questions about fake facts, ridiculous roads and wrongful words.

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Corry Will, Luke Cutforth and Jordan Harrod face questions about animated ants, badminton brilliance and peculiar products

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[–] WeirdAlex03@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 months ago

The only thing they fear is us

[–] WeirdAlex03@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They always have fun with the "attribution" of that incomplete explanation tag for new comics 😄

 

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You'd think the most expensive part would be the quark-gluon plasma chamber, but it's actually usually the tube to the top of the atmosphere to carry the cosmic rays down.

https://explainxkcd.com/2982

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Dan Schreiber, James Harkin, Anna Ptaszynski and Andrew Hunter Murray from 'No Such Thing As a Fish' face questions about farcical facials, rapid rides and steep smiles.

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Graphic titled "Lateral Listener Hall of Fame. Thanks to the users whose questions were used on the first 100 'Lateral with Tom Scott' Shows" followed by a long list of names

Continuation of the prior list with even more names

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[–] WeirdAlex03@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago

Building the Tech Dif hype!

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Jenny Draper, David Bennett and Annie Rauwerda face questions about pyromaniac phrases, eulogised elements and anonymous athletes.

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Eglė Vaškevičiūtė, Bill Sunderland and Dani Siller face questions about mammal moments, brand boundaries and artist assistance.

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[–] WeirdAlex03@lemmy.zip 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Base Android? That's ASOP. But the more common "Stock Android" for me is AOSP+GApps, which skins build on and ROMs deviate from (*generally)

 

I don't know how I didn't notice it when I was filling out the sidebar (the account was made 2022), but you can follow Everybody's Favourite Matt Gray™ from any fediverse platform that let's you follow users (so not Lemmy) at @mattgrayyes@chaos.social. He also has a few others, you can see them all at https://mattg.co.uk/

As for the others, Tom's Masto is still parked (but the pfp was updated to his new branding). Gary Brennan also has a parked Mastodon account and I can't find anything for Chris Joel

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Sabrina Cruz, Melissa Fernandes and Taha Khan from 'Answer in Progress' face questions about comical connections, little lakes and technical tofu.

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[–] WeirdAlex03@lemmy.zip 7 points 6 months ago

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."

- Thomas Edison, Nuclear Physicist

[–] WeirdAlex03@lemmy.zip 22 points 6 months ago

Don't forget the --no-preserve-root either. If you leave the roots intact, the French will just grow right back

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Ella Hubber, Caroline Roper and Tom Lum from 'Let's Learn Everything!' face questions about roundabout routes, mysterious messages and devillish doorbells.

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[–] WeirdAlex03@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 months ago

They gotta think more laterally!

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Lateral Book

A new Lateral game book is now available for pre-order, slated for release on November 14th!

We are delighted to announce that the new Lateral game book is now available for pre-order!

100 questions, most of which are brand new, exclusive to the book, and will never appear on the show. Plus there's the best of the questions from the show itself, to play by yourself or with a group. It's great for meet-ups with friends, game nights, road trips and family gatherings.

Each question has all the official clues and background notes — all the stuff that‘s on the question cards but doesn‘t always make it into the show. Plus, there are warm-up questions and bonus articles.

Also, Tom‘s played all the new questions himself, so you can see if you can beat him.

Pre-orders count towards our first week sales which are super important in the publishing trade.

As of writing this post, pre-orders are only available for the UK edition, but editions for the US and rest of the world are also in the works ("coming soon"). Check the website for all the links and latest info


Lateral Live Show

There will be a live recording of an episode of Lateral in London on October 12th! Specifically at The Clapham Grand at 12:30 PM BST as part of Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival. There will also be opportunities to buy copies of the book early

You can buy tickets at https://lateralcast.com/live/

[–] WeirdAlex03@lemmy.zip 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

the difference between community <-> user are less than youd think. the hurdles are nearly identical

As a matter of fact, if you look up a Lemmy community (or *bin magazine) on i.e. Mastodon, you'll see it's literally just a user that boosts all posts/comments posted to it

I don't ActivityPub has any concept of communities, since even microblog-focused groups (like Guppe) work that way

Edit: not really, see replies

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Ólafur Waage, Evan Edinger and Hannah Witton face questions about cartoon creation, municipal meetings and presidential performances.

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