Good Lord! I can only suggest that your education system was in a state of failure.
Yes mate. Because staring at a screen on zoom call is a suitable alternative to free social interaction and scientific relationship building.
> Hell, Greta Thunberg crossed the Atlantic on a sailing ship. I need to attend a scientific conference in the USA next month. Please can you kindly tell me how I can also sail across the Atlantic to get there? (As an…
If you are worried about 5 Volt electric shocks (!), I presume 'electromagnetic hypersensitivity' is also something you worry about?
Thanks. Though surely to say a system or process is 'retarded' means something is holding it back? To equate this to a derogatory term for a learning disability (worthy of self-censorship!) is, frankly, bizarre and…
> Hitting a tied up animal until it breaks is clearly a violent affair, I think you will find it isn't a real animal.
> the supposed injustice Mercator has perpetrated upon Africa over the centuries Centuries of injustice! Good god. I simply fail to understand such a choice of words.
Are you saying that as a kid, you never had a globe in your geography classroom? Seriously?
> In 2026, crypto scales and its extremely cheap. And is helping fry the planet. No thanks.
> the R-word ??
> My point is that the satire doesn't work "If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up" -Barry Humphries
> Floppies were always on the verge of dying all the time, even in the 80s and 90s THIS! Gen-X here..... 3.5" Floppies were notoriously unreliable, even good quality branded discs had a fairly high failure rate. Were…
> Nobody who wants to bootstrap a business wants to deal with any of this. It's an enormous time sink I doubt anybody wants to deal with fire safety inspections either. Though I'm quite sure you will change your mind…
Whereas, given a large part of the HN demographic works in the AdTech industry..... Being in favour of the GDPR will bring out downvotes and FUD from the people whose very salaries are dependent on invading your privacy.
> No, most people don't know GPS can be spoofed LOL! Everybody who has played Pokemon Go knows it can be spoofed!
> I'd say advertising has fucked up the Internet Nothing wrong with honest advertising per se..... back in the day we bought computer magazines mainly for the adverts. Rather, the problem is the SV AdTech industry which…
Ironically, the US Miliary appears to be supporting the GDPR.
> Everyone knows video footage can be faked. Everyone also knows GPS can be spoofed. Your point?
> just in a degraded form that wasn't very useful Differential GPS was already in widespread use in many counties by 2000, which made "selective ability" pointless at it provided automatic corrections to the 'degraded'…
Your society needs help.
If you automatically assume somebody approaching a child is a kidde fiddler (!) then your society has problems.
> I guess if you're young enough it is a totally legitimate question! I find it extraordinary that you assume a young person is incapable of understanding the concept of a map!
> it would be nice if the electorate were actually properly informed when they vote Which is why a balanced free press is vital for democracy. Yet the USA abandoned its 'fairness doctrine' in broadcast media some…
Personally, I respond by winking and asking the cashier for their phone number. This does rather quickly establish the fact that, no, neither of us are giving our personal details to people who don't need them..... and…
> GPS mapping tools You mean GPS (or rather GNSS) navigation tools. GPS != map
Good Lord! I can only suggest that your education system was in a state of failure.
Yes mate. Because staring at a screen on zoom call is a suitable alternative to free social interaction and scientific relationship building.
> Hell, Greta Thunberg crossed the Atlantic on a sailing ship. I need to attend a scientific conference in the USA next month. Please can you kindly tell me how I can also sail across the Atlantic to get there? (As an…
If you are worried about 5 Volt electric shocks (!), I presume 'electromagnetic hypersensitivity' is also something you worry about?
Thanks. Though surely to say a system or process is 'retarded' means something is holding it back? To equate this to a derogatory term for a learning disability (worthy of self-censorship!) is, frankly, bizarre and…
> Hitting a tied up animal until it breaks is clearly a violent affair, I think you will find it isn't a real animal.
> the supposed injustice Mercator has perpetrated upon Africa over the centuries Centuries of injustice! Good god. I simply fail to understand such a choice of words.
Are you saying that as a kid, you never had a globe in your geography classroom? Seriously?
> In 2026, crypto scales and its extremely cheap. And is helping fry the planet. No thanks.
> the R-word ??
> My point is that the satire doesn't work "If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up" -Barry Humphries
> Floppies were always on the verge of dying all the time, even in the 80s and 90s THIS! Gen-X here..... 3.5" Floppies were notoriously unreliable, even good quality branded discs had a fairly high failure rate. Were…
> Nobody who wants to bootstrap a business wants to deal with any of this. It's an enormous time sink I doubt anybody wants to deal with fire safety inspections either. Though I'm quite sure you will change your mind…
Whereas, given a large part of the HN demographic works in the AdTech industry..... Being in favour of the GDPR will bring out downvotes and FUD from the people whose very salaries are dependent on invading your privacy.
> No, most people don't know GPS can be spoofed LOL! Everybody who has played Pokemon Go knows it can be spoofed!
> I'd say advertising has fucked up the Internet Nothing wrong with honest advertising per se..... back in the day we bought computer magazines mainly for the adverts. Rather, the problem is the SV AdTech industry which…
Ironically, the US Miliary appears to be supporting the GDPR.
> Everyone knows video footage can be faked. Everyone also knows GPS can be spoofed. Your point?
> just in a degraded form that wasn't very useful Differential GPS was already in widespread use in many counties by 2000, which made "selective ability" pointless at it provided automatic corrections to the 'degraded'…
Your society needs help.
If you automatically assume somebody approaching a child is a kidde fiddler (!) then your society has problems.
> I guess if you're young enough it is a totally legitimate question! I find it extraordinary that you assume a young person is incapable of understanding the concept of a map!
> it would be nice if the electorate were actually properly informed when they vote Which is why a balanced free press is vital for democracy. Yet the USA abandoned its 'fairness doctrine' in broadcast media some…
Personally, I respond by winking and asking the cashier for their phone number. This does rather quickly establish the fact that, no, neither of us are giving our personal details to people who don't need them..... and…
> GPS mapping tools You mean GPS (or rather GNSS) navigation tools. GPS != map