Only the rich can afford to own nothing/exert effort to have empty space without consequence. Reminds me of the reason that grass yards exist: to show the world that one can afford land for the sake of owning it, rather…
I can't speak to GP's intention, but I've personally witnessed a guy on my team who was trying to position himself as the go-to technical dude. He was jockeying for a management role. When QA or customer support had…
Years ago, an article in MCN said that something like 3/4 of all single vehicle motorcyclist fatalities involved alcohol. They also mentioned that Harley cruiser culture was wildly overrepresented. Hopefully, with Baby…
1) Because of the low wages. 2) Pay attracts workers. "Happiness" is a separate and personal issue. 3) Anecdata. 4) The fact is that far higher wages would attract American teachers for short periods. It is a free…
the schools have to choose between giving these kids subpar teachers who are happy to live up there, or miserable teachers who are only doing it for the money. 1) Why is that the dichotomy? 2) Do you say the same thing…
whereas Unixen have a core task context model of a bunch of threads that by default do not share memory. How are those not simply child processes? I don't understand your use of the word 'threads' here. Does the Unix…
Does his car even have an automatic transmission?
I would like to know the history of this car. I'm not doubting the claims, but a plausible explanation is that he bought the car used, possibly with a salvage title, and the flipper he bought it from bypassed the blown…
Now, they have replaced aluminum with lead to increase the strength of the binding of the pairs in the semiconductor, and the key quantum states last 20 seconds Anyone want to give a layman-ish explanation of why…
54% of Americans read below a 6th grade level. People word-mash "alot", "atleast", and now "eachother" all the time. Sports commentators use verse when they mean versus. I'm not suggesting that you correct your…
Computer use agents that run on Windows VMs or in the browser. On-premise, cloud I think you meant premises. https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/05/30/premise-premises/
I don't know if it quite meets the criteria, but I really enjoyed Lodge 49, particularly after watching awful people doing awful things in Succession. I've also enjoyed everything that Steve Conrad has made, for similar…
EVs are required to produce sound for pedestrian safety, but they are absolutely beginning to make faked IC engine sounds for aesthetic appeal. See the Ioniq 5 and Dodge Charger EV.
Five or ten years ago, the local Kroger introduced 3D, photorealistic, shaded stickers as advertisements on the floor. I once nearly fell over because, after peering at something on a shelf, I went to take a step back…
No true Scotsman fallacy Absolutely false. Just because a cook does something multiple times a day doesn’t mean... Strawman. Regardless, I can assure you that most food service work does not meet some Jiro Dreams of…
What is the majority of the workforce doing, then? People working in fast food, welders, plumbers, carpenters, laborers, people working in slaughterhouses, janitors, cooks, waitstaff... While I think he's pretty…
As a 90s Amiga kid, I am deeply offended by the cultural appropriation. ;-) This was an excellent read. It always amazes me when people discover functionality in old hardware, even if it couldn't be exploited at the…
Windows didn't even get multiple desktops until Windows 10. I believe that it has always supported multiple desktops since the introduction of the NT kernel. There just wasn't any UI provided in the OS for switching. I…
Something like five to ten years ago, when AI hype was starting to hit media, one of the claims was that AI would come for middle-management first. Since middle-management can generally be described as collecting…
Back around 2005, I worked with a guy who was trying to position himself as the go-to expert on the team. He'd always jump at the chance to explain things to QA and the support team. We'd occasionally hear follow-up…
Golden ages are usually defined in retrospect. I was just thinking the other day that I wish someone had told me that "golden ages" are always coming and going. As an adolescent and young adult in the 90s, I thought…
Another response that (deliberately?) misses the point. First, when many people "miss the point", perhaps you should review your communication. Second, perhaps you are missing the point that garbage has always been…
You live in a fantastic world with instant access to everything in recorded history and yet you choose to rot in front of YouTube. YouTube is full of excellent content. I regularly watch several highly skilled YouTubers…
I’m a Millennial, the 90s flew by as I was growing up I'm a young GenXer and I've told some Millennial friends that I feel bad for them because they had probably the best childhoods in human history[1] and then were…
It took the great flatness of the Internet. As Terry Pratchett predicted to Bill Gates back then. Can you say more about this? All I'm finding are articles about PTerry predicting the rise of fake news:…
Only the rich can afford to own nothing/exert effort to have empty space without consequence. Reminds me of the reason that grass yards exist: to show the world that one can afford land for the sake of owning it, rather…
I can't speak to GP's intention, but I've personally witnessed a guy on my team who was trying to position himself as the go-to technical dude. He was jockeying for a management role. When QA or customer support had…
Years ago, an article in MCN said that something like 3/4 of all single vehicle motorcyclist fatalities involved alcohol. They also mentioned that Harley cruiser culture was wildly overrepresented. Hopefully, with Baby…
1) Because of the low wages. 2) Pay attracts workers. "Happiness" is a separate and personal issue. 3) Anecdata. 4) The fact is that far higher wages would attract American teachers for short periods. It is a free…
the schools have to choose between giving these kids subpar teachers who are happy to live up there, or miserable teachers who are only doing it for the money. 1) Why is that the dichotomy? 2) Do you say the same thing…
whereas Unixen have a core task context model of a bunch of threads that by default do not share memory. How are those not simply child processes? I don't understand your use of the word 'threads' here. Does the Unix…
Does his car even have an automatic transmission?
I would like to know the history of this car. I'm not doubting the claims, but a plausible explanation is that he bought the car used, possibly with a salvage title, and the flipper he bought it from bypassed the blown…
Now, they have replaced aluminum with lead to increase the strength of the binding of the pairs in the semiconductor, and the key quantum states last 20 seconds Anyone want to give a layman-ish explanation of why…
54% of Americans read below a 6th grade level. People word-mash "alot", "atleast", and now "eachother" all the time. Sports commentators use verse when they mean versus. I'm not suggesting that you correct your…
Computer use agents that run on Windows VMs or in the browser. On-premise, cloud I think you meant premises. https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/05/30/premise-premises/
I don't know if it quite meets the criteria, but I really enjoyed Lodge 49, particularly after watching awful people doing awful things in Succession. I've also enjoyed everything that Steve Conrad has made, for similar…
EVs are required to produce sound for pedestrian safety, but they are absolutely beginning to make faked IC engine sounds for aesthetic appeal. See the Ioniq 5 and Dodge Charger EV.
Five or ten years ago, the local Kroger introduced 3D, photorealistic, shaded stickers as advertisements on the floor. I once nearly fell over because, after peering at something on a shelf, I went to take a step back…
No true Scotsman fallacy Absolutely false. Just because a cook does something multiple times a day doesn’t mean... Strawman. Regardless, I can assure you that most food service work does not meet some Jiro Dreams of…
What is the majority of the workforce doing, then? People working in fast food, welders, plumbers, carpenters, laborers, people working in slaughterhouses, janitors, cooks, waitstaff... While I think he's pretty…
As a 90s Amiga kid, I am deeply offended by the cultural appropriation. ;-) This was an excellent read. It always amazes me when people discover functionality in old hardware, even if it couldn't be exploited at the…
Windows didn't even get multiple desktops until Windows 10. I believe that it has always supported multiple desktops since the introduction of the NT kernel. There just wasn't any UI provided in the OS for switching. I…
Something like five to ten years ago, when AI hype was starting to hit media, one of the claims was that AI would come for middle-management first. Since middle-management can generally be described as collecting…
Back around 2005, I worked with a guy who was trying to position himself as the go-to expert on the team. He'd always jump at the chance to explain things to QA and the support team. We'd occasionally hear follow-up…
Golden ages are usually defined in retrospect. I was just thinking the other day that I wish someone had told me that "golden ages" are always coming and going. As an adolescent and young adult in the 90s, I thought…
Another response that (deliberately?) misses the point. First, when many people "miss the point", perhaps you should review your communication. Second, perhaps you are missing the point that garbage has always been…
You live in a fantastic world with instant access to everything in recorded history and yet you choose to rot in front of YouTube. YouTube is full of excellent content. I regularly watch several highly skilled YouTubers…
I’m a Millennial, the 90s flew by as I was growing up I'm a young GenXer and I've told some Millennial friends that I feel bad for them because they had probably the best childhoods in human history[1] and then were…
It took the great flatness of the Internet. As Terry Pratchett predicted to Bill Gates back then. Can you say more about this? All I'm finding are articles about PTerry predicting the rise of fake news:…