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Falsehoods Programmers Believe About LANs

https://dreamstation.systems/personal/lanfalsehoods.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49581179

#HackerNews #Falsehoods #Programmers #Believe #About #LANs #LANs #Networking #Myths #TechEducation #ProgrammerLife

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/09/wednesday-september-2-2026/

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/09/wednesday-september-2-2026/

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/09/wednesday-september-2-2026/

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/09/wednesday-september-2-2026/

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/09/wednesday-september-2-2026/

🚀 Hold onto your keyboards, folks! In an astounding revelation, periodic #MySQL syncs don't have psychic powers to detect deleted rows or intermediate updates 🤯. But fear not, mere mortals, for the almighty #binlog is here to save the day with its magical abilities that, shockingly, require specific settings to function! 🧙‍♂️
https://www.erathos.com/en/blog/mysql-cdc-to-bigquery #Myths #DataRecovery #TechNews #DatabaseManagement #HackerNews #ngated

Sometimes you see a #nature photo and you suddenly understand where the #myths came from

#bloomscrolling #flowers #fae #phoenix #mtetna #flowers #volcano #naturalscience #mythology #silentsunday #fairy

Anne Hathaway's passionate Human Rights Campaign speech remains worth listening to.

#HumanRights #Myths #Hathaway #Entitlement
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wRfvb_iW7f4

"Honey, I shrunk the Gods!" & related invented #myths for the #constellation #microscopium can be found in this week's episode: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/microscopium-myths-and-retconstellations/

[imagine a Rick Moranis/Wayne Szalinski #gif here because I'm having trouble getting things to load and im too tired to come up with a better post...😅 ]

#astronomy #Storytelling #silly #humor #mythology #fiction

Our new #myths and retcons(tellations) episode on the #constellation #Microscopium is out now!

This episode features:
⚔️ contentious claims about inventions
🤩 the wonders of the telescope
📚 an aggressively long book subtitle
🔬 what would happen if Greek mythology included a microscope...

and more!

Listen here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/microscopium-myths-and-retconstellations/

#Astronomy #StarLore #Storytelling #humor #FunFacts #Microscope #Science #GreekMythology #mythology #Lore

Unintended Cultivator: Volume One

"Do not let the mountain ahead of you distract from the road before you"

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#fantasy #myths #legends #asian #cultivation #progression #fiction #books #booksky #orphan #adventure #sliceoflife #kindle

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me, deciding to name my proposed #mythological lion for the #LeoMinor constellation, CLAWDIA:

Find out how CLAWDIA earns her place among the stars in this week's episode: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/leo-minor-myths-and-retconstellations/

#animals #Storytelling #Lore #Corny #Pun #DadJoke #LeoMinor #constellation #LeoMinor #myths #Mythology #legends #StarLore

This week's #podcast also discusses our favorite #mytholgocial lion creatures -- here's Jordan's pick:

THE MANTICORE (the face below really got me 😂)

You can listen to the pod here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/leo-minor-myths-and-retconstellations/

📷 :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manticore#/media/File:Martigora_ca_1652_(21203315).jpg

#manticore #lion #creature #mythology #myths #legends #lore #LeoMinor #art #history #engraving

Another favorite ancient deity of ours associated with lions is Isthar / Inanna, who we met on the pod all the way back in Season 1 in our Taurus episode.

Here she is seemingly walking a lion on a leash like the epic warrior/love/ date (the fruit) / wool / rain (etc) goddess she is!

For more, check out this week's #podcast here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/leo-minor-myths-and-retconstellations/

📷 :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inanna#/media/File:Seal_of_Inanna,_2350-2150_BCE.jpg

#mythology #AncientSumerian #Sumerian #Mesopotamian #archaeology #ruins #goddesses #Isthar #Inanna #Lions #lion #StarLore #legends #myths

Ancient Babylonians & Ancient Greeks looked at this part of the night sky and said eh.

But then Petrus Plancius came along and slapped a giraffe on it -- thus, #camelopardalis was born!

For more on the history & some made up #myths about this constellation, check out this week's podcast: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-myths-and-retconstellations/

#Mythology #StarLore #constellations #Storytelling #giraffe #meme #silly

In this week's episode, we tried to create a #myth inspired by #GreekMythology for the #constellation #camelopardalis

While ours were (maybe) a little mid, the Oracle (#AI) paragraph had us like:

Listen to the full episode here & feel free to share your own #myth with us: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-myths-and-retconstellations/

#Storytelling #AISlop #GIF #StarLore #Mythology #Myths #legends #writing #humor

#MythologyMonday let's talk about King Lycaon...

King Lycaon had 50 sons. He killed one of his sons & fed him to Zeus (because... idk something about wanting to test Zeus's omniscience... or something?)

Zeus was so upset (which is sort of rich coming from this guy), he turned King Lycaon into a wolf.

#GreekMythology #GreekMyth #GrecoRoman #Mythology #Myths #legends #Zeus #Kings #StarLore

📷 :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycaon_(king_of_Arcadia)#/media/File:Lycaon_Transformed_into_a_Wolf_LACMA_M.71.76.9.jpg

DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE SPIN!!!

For more, check out our #myths and retconstellations episode on the #constellation #Sagitta here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/sagitta-myths-and-retconstellations/

#GreekMythology #greekmyth #Hercules #Heracles #Disney #Meme #humor #StarLore #Sagitta #centaurus #Chiron #myth #lore #silly

My ret-constellation for the #constellation #sagitta was to align it with a modern archer (rather than random assorted Hercules stories or an Apollo killing cyclops story) -- some options I considered:

Kate Bishop Hawkeye
Merida from Brave
Robin Hood

... but ultimately, who would be better than Legolas?!

Listen here for more on our #reconstellations of #myths for the #constellation Sagitta: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/sagitta-myths-and-retconstellations/

#GreekMythology #LoTR #LordOfTheRings #Legolas #Tolkien #GreekMyth #lore #StarLore #myths #legends #lore #archers #archery #bow #arrow #Hawkeye #Brave #heroes

📷 :https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Legolas

In this week's #podcast on the #constellation Sagitta -- we learned there are at least 3 distinct groups of Cyclopes in #GreekMythology

Here's a primer:

Homeric --> includes the one who was famously killed by "No One"

Hesiodic --> the ones killed by Apollo, who created the lightening bolt (no, i don't know how they square this with Hephaestus)

Wall Builders --> the ones who, uh, built walls...

Listen to this week's episode to see which group is associated with this constellation's lore: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/sagitta-myths-and-retconstellations/

#GreekMythology #Cyclops #StarLore #GreekMyth #Homer #Mythology #Myths #legends #lore #monsters

📷 :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclopes#/media/File:Head_of_a_Cyclops_Colosseum.jpg

Io & Io (in cow "disguise"...)

for more on the #moon : https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/asterism-the-moons-of-jupiter/

for more on the #myth (yes, really this Cepheus one--explanation provided in the episode): https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/cepheus-myths-and-retconstellations/

📷 :https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA00583 & https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/358945

#astronomy #Astrophotography #Io #Moons #MoonsOfJupiter #Jupiter #space #science #StarLore #GreekMythology #mythology #myths #legends #lore #museum #art #ovid #drawing #RomanMythology

Europa & Europa

for more on the #moon : https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/asterism-the-moons-of-jupiter/

for more on the #myth (aka that time #Zeus became a bull and... uh abducted the princess Europa...): https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/taurus-the-bull/

📷 :https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA01503 & https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/188530

#NASA #Astrophotography #moon #Europa #Jupiter #MoonsOfJupiter #Science #StarLore #mythology #GreekMythology #myths #Museum #Art #MetMuseum #Sculpture

"Our eyes are just REALLY good"

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1906791/our-eyes-are-just-really-good

"Our eyes are just REALLY good"

https://piefed.social/c/noncredibledefense/p/1906789/our-eyes-are-just-really-good

“I felt called to this adventure and really connected to it and really protective of the materials that they gave me and wanting to do right by them.”

#Indigenous #CoastSalish #books #myths #legends #magic

https://www.windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/revealing-old-stories-modern-way-called-multimedia-artist

A quirky guide to myths and lore based in actual science – Ars Technica

G is for geomythology

A quirky guide to myths and lore based in actual science

Folklorist/historian Adrienne Mayor on her new book Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore

By Jennifer Ouellette – Dec 29, 2025 7:30 AM |

Earthquakes, volcanic eruption, eclipses, meteor showers, and many other natural phenomena have always been part of life on Earth. In ancient cultures that predated science, such events were often memorialized in myths and legends. There is a growing body of research that strives to connect those ancient stories with the real natural events that inspired them. Folklorist and historian Adrienne Mayor has put together a fascinating short compendium of such insights with Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore, from dry quicksand and rains of frogs to burning lakes, paleoburrows, and Scandinavian “endless winters.”

Mayor’s work has long straddled multiple disciplines, but one of her specialities is best described as geomythology, a term coined in 1968 by Indiana University geologist Dorothy Vitaliano, who was interested in classical legends about Atlantis and other civilizations that were lost due to natural disasters. Her interest resulted in Vitaliano’s 1973 book Legends of the Earth: Their Geologic Origins.

Mayor herself became interested in the field when she came across Greek and Roman descriptions of fossils, and that interest expanded over the years to incorporate other examples of “folk science” in cultures around the world. Her books include The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome’s Deadliest Enemy (2009), as well as Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, & the Scorpion Bombs (2022), exploring the origins of biological and chemical warfare. Her 2018 book, Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology, explored ancient myths and folklore about creating automation, artificial life, and AI, connecting them to the robots and other ingenious mechanical devices actually designed and built during that era.

When her editor at Princeton University Press approached her about writing a book on geomythology, she opted for an encyclopedia format, which fit perfectly into an existing Princeton series of little encyclopedias about nature. “In this case, I wasn’t going to be working with just Greek and Roman antiquity,” Mayor told Ars. “I had collected very rich files on geomyths around the world. There are even a few modern geomyths in there. You can dip into whatever you’re interested in and skip the rest. Or maybe later you’ll read the ones that didn’t seem like they would be of interest to you but they’re absolutely fascinating.”

Mythopedia is also a true family affair, in that illustrator Michelle Angel is Mayor’s sister. “She does figures and maps for a lot of scholarly books, including mine,” said Mayor. “She’s very talented at making whimsical illustrations that are also very scientifically accurate. She really added information not only to the essays but to the illustrations for Mythopedia.

As she said, Mayor even includes a few modern geomyths in her compendium, as well as imagining in her preface what kind of geomyths might be told thousands of years from today about the origins of climate change for example, or the connection between earthquakes and fracking. “How will people try to explain the perplexing evidence that they’ll find on the planet Earth and maybe on other planets?” she said. “How will those stories be told?”

Ars caught up with Mayor to learn more.

Ars Technica:  Tell us a little about the field of geomythology.

Adrienne Mayor: It’s a relatively new field of study but it took off around 2000. Really, it’s a storytelling that has existed since the first humans started talking to one another and investigating their landscape. I think geomyths are attempts to explain perplexing evidence in nature—on the Earth or in the sky. So geomyth is a bit of a misnomer since it can also cover celestial happenings. But people have been trying to explain bizarre things, or unnatural looking things, or inexplicable things in their landscape and their surroundings since they could first speak.

These kind of stories were probably first told around the first fires that human beings made as soon as they had language. So geomyths are attempts to explain, as I say, but they also contain memories that are preserved in oral traditions. These are cultures that are trying to understand earthshaking events like volcanoes or massive floods, tsunamis, earthquakes, avalanches—things that really change the landscape and have an impact on their culture. Geomyths are often expressed in metaphors and poetic, even supernatural language, and that’s why they’ve been ignored for a long time because people thought they were just storytelling or fiction.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: A quirky guide to myths and lore based in actual science – Ars Technica

#Angola: #Debunking the #Myths of the #Lobito #Corridor https://allafrica.com/stories/202512030481.html

In truth, it is a mirror of everything negative the continent endures: Chinese debt, Western opportunism, Congolese blood, Angolan misrule...

Why Real #Biblical #Angels Are Creepy, Beastly, and Hardly #Angelic

https://www.openculture.com/2025/10/why-real-biblical-angels-are-creepy-beastly-and-hardly-angelic.html
https://youtu.be/40KcrrfbJ6o

#mythical #myths #religion #mythic #cults

Important #question. Should a #Manticore have wings? In #DungeonsAndDragons it was always depicted with wings. In the original #Persian #myths, the Mard-khar (lit. "man-eater") does not have wings. But I visited the #BritishMuseum last week and on one of the plaster casts from #Persepolis there is a creature that looks like a scorpion-tailed lion with wings.

https://www.eranshahr.com/myths/mardkhar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manticore

#DnD #mythology #bestiary #monster

The #ShroudofTurin is #Fake: All the #Evidence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVLjeByCmdw

#religion #myths #cult #christian #sundayschool #jesus #ancient #antiquity #science #godisdead

And another #mustWatch video from #Andrewism!

Andrewism: *Ranking the Myths of the System*

"The world runs on myths—viral ideas we mistake for truth. They shape what we believe is possible, normal, even inevitable. Let's rank some of the most destructive ones and imagine the stories that could set us free."

https://youtube.com/watch?v=bTp7TILYfkE (🛡️ https://id.420129.xyz/watch?v=bTp7TILYfkE)

#myths #memes #Anarchism

Deconstructing the Walls of Jericho / Ze’ev Herzog for “Ha’aretz”. 1999

 Friday, October 29, 1999

Deconstructing the walls of Jericho
Following 70 years of intensive excavations in the ...

https://differx.noblogs.org/2024/09/03/deconstructing-the-walls-of-jericho-zeev-herzog-for-haaretz-1999/

#kritik #Palestina #ricostruzioni #ZinesAuthors #ActualFindings #ArchaeologicalFindings #archaeology #bible #BronzeAge #Canaan #Egypt #IronAge #Israel #Jericho #Judea #lies #myths #ZeevHerzog #Palestine

Why the largest #transgender #survey ever could be a #powerful #rebuke to #myths, #disinformation, and #misinformation.

The survey by the National Center for #Transgender #Equality (#NCTE) of over 92,000 #binary and #nonbinary #transgender #people. Nearly all #respondents – 94% − said they were #satisfied with their #lives after #transitioning.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Transitioning #Science #Politics #Progress

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/02/23/transgender-national-survey-myths-misinformation/72640839007/