User: RestlessWarrior

Re:Alternative?

On: McDonald's To Test Plastic-Straw Alternatives in US Later This Year (usatoday.com)

Indeed. And plastic straws were developed in response to the environmentalists who didn't want us killing trees to make paper straws. Just like plastic grocery bags - developed for the same reason. So - we do what environmentalists demand, and it turns out that the alternative is worse than the original problem. That sounds familiar...

Re:One Chromebook Per Child

On: One Laptop Per Child's $100 Laptop Was Going To Change the World -- Then it All Went Wrong (theverge.com)

Funny you should mention "eaten." Apparently a kid in my son's high school comp-sci class did just that.

Re:In the land of ironic framing, signal from nois

On: Big Data Attempts To Find Meaning In 40 Years of UK Political Debate (thestack.com)

>> Even judging the number of 'harumphs' after a statement, or forced group laughs wouldn't give you a clear clue in that audience. I didn't get a harumph out of that guy!

Re:We can also conceive of the SEEgularity

On: The Speakularity, Where Everything You Say Is Transcribed and Searchable

"Everything that's happening now is happening now..."

Re:Big Trak Logo

On: The Most Important Obscure Languages?

I had totally forgotten about that. I had one of those as well - and the dump bed add-on trailer. That was a cool toy for its time.

Re:Article gives the wrong impression

On: Study: More Than Half of Psychological Results Can't Be Reproduced

I thought it was "publish OR perish". I like yours better, though.

Re:Sony makes the best camera modules?

On: Former Apple CEO Creates an iPhone Competitor

I wonder if that's a result of Sony buying Konica-Minolta's camera operations.