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Fortunately for Microsoft, Sony leadership is busy sabotaging themselves by switching to digital-download-only games.

Spreading out requires more non-foot travel to get places. Density means things can be closer.

Why continue the cycle of finding a job and quitting it for solvable problems instead of staying and solving the problem?

Get off the slop or become the slop.

Address entries are the weirdest places of frustration. Business clients want Google Places to make address input easier. This user wants a single ZIP code entry to begin the process. Why is adding one’s own address manually that huge of a hurdle that we have to separate the user from the inputs? If there is one person in the world who should know my address, it’s me: why then put such an effort into building a site that takes away my ability to enter my address?

I only learn when I do things, not when I hear how they work. I think the teacher has the right idea.

That’s what I’m noticing about apples more and more these days: all of them are incredibly sweet like candy. The only variety I’ve found that seems suitable for regular eating ate the Granny Smith variety, but I hate their tough skins.

Parachute Backup is a tool I use: https://parachuteapps.com/parachute

https://ghost.org — Open-source run by a non-profit headquartered in Singapore.

Do you also have the slow-motion bug where every second or so a frame or two gets dropped, resulting in stutters in the video?

What’s funny to me is how many hidden ramps are featured in that Mad Max 1 trailer :)

The fog you reference might just be a Hollywood Black Magic blooming filter placed in front of the lens.

Bending Spoons has taken at least one of the apps I’ve used and stuffed them full of subscription models in a pretty blatant attempt to wring as much money out of the existing user base before the app becomes obsolete.

Browsers often present warning screens when visiting sites that aren’t HTTPS, which effectively blocks the site for any users unwilling to or unaware of being able to "proceed with caution."

Before I used GitHub and got used to its interface I felt that the majority of repositories used as public-facing websites were the most confusing way to get releases. Why is the source code that seems to need some sort of tool or program to use sitting next to the installation program? Do I need all that extra stuff or can I just use the exe/app? Why is there not a page with a “download here” button that’s as plain and simple as other closed-source programs?

It still has plenty of consistency errors and issues for the devs. But even if they fix all the bugs, I still think the UI changes are regressive: now things are buried in even more icons; the menus warp, change color, and move in distracting ways; and text on button and menus have never been harder to read.

I cancelled my subscription about the same time. The lack of an endorsement is best seen in the context of their choice of headlines and otherwise soft coverage of Trump’s increasingly dictatorial behavior. Taken out of context, it might seem innocuous and perhaps even admirable that no candidate was endorsed, but it’s in the comparison of being overly uncritical of Trump and then not advocating for Harris that gave all those subscribers a reason to cancel.

LLMs use em dashes because they were trained on content made by actual writers. Actual writers still exist and they still use em dashes.

Isn’t the point of labeling something as a “trauma” to be a signifier for the moment or behavior that affected you greatly and not something that meets an arbitrary level of awfulness, especially by way of comparison? Your father lost a brother, which is definitely certainly traumatic, but my grandfather lost a son. Does that equate to a greater trauma, therefore nullifying your father’s loss? I would say no! Comparing traumas means in my mind that nobody can ever heal because someone else will always have experienced something that was in some way worse.

What an odd way to form a question. You seem to already be doubting the answer before it’s been sent to you.

Maybe. For some reason it seemed like a more poignant reply at the time, but now I see it doesn’t add much to the conversation. :)

It sounds very familiar to a fundamentalist Christian, taught in either private or home schools that fostered that sort of thinking.

The difference between the stylish product shot and the goofy candid is stunning. The glasses look ridiculous on Zuckerberg.

Isn’t it used to write out “ally” in l33t speak?

The composer who assisted them also worked with M83 for the Oblivion soundtrack, which I think is also pretty spectacular.

Your third-party toner chip could've been defective.

My biggest use case was as a recipe manager: I used the app Mela and placed the iPad in the kitchen, giving me a touchscreen with water resistance that would give me step-by-step instructions on cooking the family meal.

It feels funny having to connect a keyboard and mouse to the iPhone or run the iPhone through the Mirroring Tool on a MacBook to properly write in the Journal app.

It's not particularly interesting or informative that the author made a rhetorical mistake.

I disagree. The article scolds academics based on pitting themselves against half the country. I showed that statement was not true. Taking something in good faith does not mean criticism is unacceptable.

The statement misrepresents the data and introduces confusion; it relies on hyperbole and vague terms to push forward a point that lacks evidence.

The U.S. population was about 340 million people in November 2024.[1] Most people shouldn't think the term "half the country" originates from that number, because then they will presume that 170 million people voted for Trump, greater than the total amount that voted in 2024. Not everyone in that count is permitted to vote, so it's not an accurate number to use as a reference. However, when claiming "half the country voted for Trump" it is calling upon this number in people's minds to give weight to an inaccurate statement.

If one then uses the more accurate term "Half the voting population voted for Trump," we cull that total census number down to about 244 million people eligible to vote.[2] The total voter count in 2024 was about 156 million.[3] The total number of voters who voted for Trump was about 77 million.[3] Even with this more precise statement we can see that half the possible number did not vote for Trump. If we're trying to be fair to the writer and use the definition "half the eligible voters voted for Trump" we can see that this claim is false.

All we can end with is the very obvious "A little over half the votes went to Trump" which lacks the significance of the hyperbolic statement used in the article, perhaps even to the level of insignificance to not be included in the article. So then why was it included?

1. https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2... 2. https://election.lab.ufl.edu/2024-general-election-turnout/ 3. https://www.cfr.org/article/2024-election-numbers