u/lev_lafayette

Why is your pet rat named "Cement"?

I have recently completed ten years of doing Duolingo every day.

And I have some mixed thoughts on the application, especially the future of its business model.

http://levlafayette.com/node/810

Technically NSFW if it works.

"About forty percent of all species of mammals are rodents... including ... RATS"!

Ratty: A GPU-rendered terminal emulator with inline 3D graphics

https://github.com/orhun/ratty

Like rats? Like using the Linux command line? This is the new terminal emulator for you (and for me).

Post title from The Reg.

https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/05/11/ratty-terminal-emulator-brings-3d-graphics-to-the-command-line/5238299

Workers distracted by phone calls, e-mails and text messages suffer a greater loss of IQ than a person smoking marijuana, a British study shows.

The constant interruptions reduce productivity and leave people feeling tired and lethargic, according to a survey carried out by TNS Research and commissioned by Hewlett Packard.

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In 80 clinical trials, Dr. Glenn Wilson, a psychiatrist at King's College London University, monitored the IQ of workers throughout the day.

He found the IQ of those who tried to juggle messages and work fell by 10 points -- the equivalent to missing a whole night's sleep and more than double the 4-point fall seen after smoking marijuana.

"The research suggests that we are in danger of being caught up in a 24-hour 'always on' society," said David Smith of Hewlett Packard.

"This is more worrying when you consider the potential impairment on performance and concentration for workers, and the consequent impact on businesses."