why, though? the choice of the year ending on the 31st of december is wholly made by man–nothing in nature dictates that choice.

if anything, the original calendar had february mopping up after all the other months (which is why the fewer days as well as the tacking on of the leap day there). we’ve already advanced the end of the year by an arbitrary amount of two months. what’s one more week?

unless, of course, you’re saying that the year in review does not take into account the last week of 2023. in which case, yes, you’re right.

but that’s the beaury of email! people don’t need to be on the same app to communicate with each other!

that arbitrary walled-off garden of whatsapp doesn’t hamper anyone here!

just don’t use whatsapp? problem solved!

#returntoemail

cows sure would appreciate that.

6 million bodies over 1,400 years is on average almost 4,300 bodies each year, or a little less than 12 bodies each day.

scanning a random qr code has to be this generation’s plugging in an unknown usb drive.

plus his name was said to have been pronounced “ee-v’rest” instead of “ever-rest” as the mountain is called today.

say what you will, but online gambling being the most blocked category is heartening to hear.

nice try, Tim Cook.

the core benefit was in adoption. it was easy to get parents, for example, saying that they jist have to bother with one app for all of their messaging.

the minute they have to contend with sms and signal, they don’t mind adding whatsapp in the mix as well.