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Nik | Klampfradler 🎸🚲
@nik@toot.teckids.org
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2 yr. ago
@nlnet Would you mind keeping your feed relevant to followers interested in NLnet foundation news and activities?
@nlnet
I cheated. The book I had was a collection of cartoon images, typically with just a one-line caption. I used it anyway.
I cheated. The book I had was a collection of cartoon images, typically with just a one-line caption. I used it anyway.
@nlnet great! I thought this could only happen in Germany when reading Thomas Mann, but I was wrong.
@nlnet I think in that case you may role over to the next page.
Rules of the game:
- Grab the nearest book.
- Turn to page 42
- Find the 2nd sentence
- Post the sentence in a toot with the hashtag & write the rules as a comment to it
- Don't look for your favourite, coolest or wittiest book. Go for the closest.
@nlnet "This chapter describes the basic Tcl commands for manipulating variables and arrays, and it also provides a more complete description of variable substitution."
J.K. Ousterhout, Tcl and the Tk Toolkit.
Bought it about 30 years ago from @MirkoDziadzka
@nlnet what if the closest book is one from a random person in the train?
Thanks to @proedie and @SandraSchink we have now learned that the first second sentence available is allowed, even if it is not on #page42 . So here we go:
"The others all agree that he was the son of Execestides, a man whose personal wealth and influence in Athens were modest enough, but who belonged to its most distinguished family, since he traced his decent from Codrus, one of the ancient kings of Attica."
@nlnet "I'm putting barbecue chips on the 'no-kiss' list."
Toivo Kaartinen, "Foxes in love vol.2"
First I noticed that my workshop doesn't actually have any real books around, but then the mailman came with my recent order. Phew.
What is this?
Rules of the game:
* Grab the nearest book.
* Turn to page 42
* Find the 2nd sentence
* Post the sentence in a toot with the hashtag & write the rules as a comment to it
* Don't look for your favourite, coolest or wittiest book.
Go for the closest.
