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  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    (yeah, it helps — is hilarious — if you know the character beforehand)

  2. Re:from 9.6% to 6.1% in 8 months? on Apple's Share of PC Users Drops To A Five-Year Low (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I find it surprising that according to this statistic one third of Mac users stopped using Macs during the last 8 months. Or did the market grow a lot (don't think so)?
    I can see that some Mac users would switch to Windows (or occasionally to Linux), but one third in 8 months? Seems actually unlikely.

    Shhh. No one is interested in logic or plausibility, or being on topic.

  3. It’s like they want you to use ad blockers on David Pogue Calls Out 18 Sites For Failing His Space-Bar Scrolling Test (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    So you ban the floating section that screws up scrolling (this is not a Space versus PageDown debate, ya dills) and then, hell, get rid of a stack of other stuff too.

  4. If you harvest it, it’s not neutral. on Trees vs. Atmospheric Carbon: A Fight That Makes Sense? · · Score: 2

    Obviously if it goes into a house or something otherwise substantial, it’ll be stable for a century.

    But the less-realised benefit is that modern tips don’t really rot much, so even when you’re done with the wood (or to a lesser extent, wood product) it’ll be stable for a long time — long enough for us to work our crap out.

    In a perverse way the most efficient action in a coal-burning society may be to simply destroy the trees locally in a high-efficiency burner to generate power. Not many tree farmers are emotionally keen on that, though.

  5. Re:No Traffic Study on Engineers: Traffic Studies Use Simulation Software, Not Lane Closings · · Score: 1

    I understand the claims. It’s publicity for the firm/industry.

    But there are reasons to model the effect of losing one or more lane: you want to see the effect of having a bus or multiple-passenger-only lane, or better know how to schedule maintenance.

  6. Re:The other tidbit to remember on Aussie City Braces For Worst Flood In 118 Years · · Score: 1

    Don't forget the drop bears!