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  • Not as drastic as the headline makes it out to be, or at least so they claim.

    “We acquired Tumblr to benefit from its differences and strengths, not to water it down. We love Tumblr’s streamlined posting experience and its current product direction,” the post explained. “We’re not changing that. We’re talking about running Tumblr’s backend on WordPress. You won’t even notice a difference from the outside,” it noted.

    We’ll see how that actually works out. Tumblr’s backend has always seemed rather… makeshift, so I’m curious to see how they manage to do that. Given Tumblr’s technical eccentricities, a backend migration could probably do a lot of good for the functionality of the site, if done properly. I have my doubts that WordPress’ engineers will be given the time and resources to do a full overhaul/refactor though, so I’m fully expecting even more janky, barely functional code stapling the two systems together.







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    5 months ago

    Almost entirely unrelated, but it’s interesting how enduring the “rebel scum” line has been, given that it was first said by some no-name imperial officer in the shield generator room on Endor, who was then promptly knocked into a pit when Han threw a box at him.

    Edit: I looked up the original scene, and it seems I slightly misremembered the order of events, but the core of the point still stands














  • I mean… what were they supposed to do, challenge Bama to a duel in the middle of the season? The games are scheduled years in advance, it’s not like they had any way of knowing that literal perfection in a Power 5 conference still wouldn’t be enough. If SoS outweighs on-field results to that much of a degree, the NCAA might as well just introduce promotion and relegation.

    For the record, I do think it’s rather silly for a state attorney general to launch an entire investigation over a college sports postseason snub. FSU got screwed IMO, but it’s not a criminal matter.