adobe acrobat just gave me a loud audible notification to make it my default pdf reader.
it is 2am. i have not opened a pdf since turning this computer on. wh-
this has been your first warning.
![Belter Creole [lang belta], language codes “qbc” (iso 639-3) and “art-x-belter” (ietf)](/posts/attachments/ef8937e6-24d9-4b49-8950-afe343a2ffab/image.png)
belter creole has two language codes, “qbc” and “art-x-belter”. but how?
“qbc” is from the “reserved for local use” area (“qaa” through “qtz”) of the three-letter iso 639-3 language codes, like “eng” for english, “cmn” for mandarin chinese, or “ckb” for sorani. conlang code registry is a project to informally coordinate “assignments” in this area for conlangs, and that’s why belter creole is “qbc”. who knows, maybe someday it will transcend the expanse (2015) and upgrade to a standard code, like toki pona did from “qtk” to “tok”.
this reminds me of cambridge g-rin, a project to informally coordinate “assignments” in the rfc 1918 address spaces, that is, private ipv4 addresses like 10.0.0.1 and 192.168.0.1. in both cases, a public registry that allows anyone who knows about it to avoid taking someone else’s spot.
“art-x-belter” starts with “art”, the iso 639-3 code for “artificial languages”. the “-x-belter” part uses an ietf extension to those codes (bcp 47) that lets you add “private-use” extra details, and that’s why belter creole is “art-x-belter”. internet standards love “x-” for private use. see also http headers like “X-Real-IP” or “X-Forwarded-For”, or mime headers like “X-Spam-Score”.
by the way, another language code with private-use extra details is in the html spec, of all places. thanks hixie :)
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html class="split index" lang=en-US-x-hixie>
<script src=/link-fixup.js defer=""></script>
<meta charset=utf-8>
[...]
take my love, take my love, take me where i cannot love
i don't love, i'm still love, you can't take the love from me
take me out to the love, tell them i ain't lovin back
burn the love and boil the love, you can't take the love from me
![[Julius Nicholson eats onion blåhaj]](/posts/attachments/13186612-ffad-4917-bd7b-9d408cf5331c/FIgWT3HVkAItrIg.png)
you know how people steal catalytic converters? what if we made a heist movie about stealing catalytic converters
i sometimes buy the big issue out of social embarrassment.
i don’t plagiarise a FUCKING doco >:(
also what is this ie6 browser extension
![@patsmythe1880 - 21 hours ago
I’ve lived in SA my whole life and have always believed that (provided you have the financial means) you’re able to externalise a lot of these issues (solar & battery system, borehole, private healthcare, private schooling etc.) and still live a good life (cheap property, domestic workers, holiday houses, natural beauty etc.). If you speak to most educated, employed South Africans, they will tell you the same thing.
Despite having private security (as most that can afford it do) we’ve been exposed to violent situations (held at gunpoint) on 3 separate occasions. I’ve also lost my great uncle (murdered on his farm) and nearly my aunt (shot in an attempted hijacking).
It’s taken a while, but I’ve come to realise I simply don’t have the risk appetite to remain here. I don’t know what living in a 1st world country is like, but know that I place more emphasis on safety than material “things”.
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i have never seen so many wailing and malding afrikaners in one place as in this comments section. good god
with the spread of cuppy dog literacy across all demographics, we could be having cuppy dog banks, cuppy dog hospitals, cuppy dog buses…
(also try reading that in malcolm tucker’s voice)
i want you to stay absolutely calm.
i’m coming out in a moment, and i want you to keep your cool.
are you ready? here i come,
i think i hauve covid
the uk goverment is launching a campaign about how successful our tech industry is
it's called, i shit you not: "the unicorn kingdom"
Drove by the Palantir building today and didn’t even stop to urinate on it
