The Register started as the register.co.uk, so route and root would be homophones, but it seems that this author is American. Still, as a Brit I get to read it the fun(ner) way.
I guess if people look like their pets, then it follows that a person's pets should look like each other.
I was fairly sure that Alex was just pretending he didn't know what the Crystal Maze is, but I looked anyway and found this quote from a 2015 interview:
I'd say the Crystal Maze [was an influence], that's a good starting point. I used to work in Big Brother in the third series, I was a logger, which was the worst of all jobs, you had to sit and watch what happens and type it into a computer.
I've never used either so I looked them up; https://htmldecks.com/blog/slidev-vs-revealjs-2025.html says
Reveal.js is a JavaScript framework where you write HTML. It gives you maximum control, works without a build step (for simple decks), and has a decade of battle-testing. It's the jQuery of presentation frameworks — not trendy, but reliable.
Slidev is a Vite-powered tool where you write Markdown. It gives you a modern developer experience with hot reload, Vue component support, and opinionated defaults that get you to a finished deck faster. It's the Vite of presentation tools — fast, modern, delightful.
Anyone have any first-hand opinions?
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I clicked, expecting to see a different xkcd. Then I searched for the one I expected and (re-?)discovered Time (#1190) which took a fair while to go through (since I started when your comment was fairly new).
in Little Miss Sunshine, Alan Arkin plays a grandad who practices and preaches that heroin is only for the old.
There's a special pleasure in fixing things.
My toaster has an intermittent problem with popping up too soon, but every time I'm about to take it apart it starts behaving again.
Original IFF Deluxe Paint images from back in the day, courtesy of the Amiga Graphics Archive.
This is the one that always makes me think of DPaint:
“Bibi Netanyahu’s trial should be CANCELLED, IMMEDIATELY, or a Pardon given to a Great Hero, who has done so much for the State,” Trump continued.
If he hasn't done anything wrong, why does he need a pardon?
Watermelons became symbols of Palestine amid censorship of the Palestinian flag because of its similar colours.
Ah, ok - before reading I thought someone had got their stereotypes mixed up.
Where that user is Claude? I think that's the only username in my blocklist.