Even ignoring the whole privacy/corporate big brother aspect, it's just annoying.
There is no way to post quietly. As if to encourage and nurture narcissism, everything one posts is broadcast like a megaphone to the newsfeed of everyone in the audience list. If you want to share thoughts but not necessarily draw attention to yourself, if you seek to encourage closer more meaningful relationships through posts that your family and friends can only see if they "come visit"...you must look elsewhere.
Infinite scroll is an abomination which prevents the ability to gauge quantity of posts or one's position therein. It steals the light at the end of the tunnel, and consumes ever more memory the deeper the user browses on a given page, effectively hiding old posts. This malpractice is not limited to Facebook; this curse has grown far too popular on social media sites.
Search is likewise the ol' needle in the haystack, about as effective and versatile as the iOS app store (i.e. not) especially after crippling graph search.
People may think it's good to have cheap [anything], but unless you can make them cheap in a way that squares with the rhetoric of the labor and environmental movements, then cheap [anything] are not viable.
I agree on principle, and I'd further add that if it's consistency we're after, oughtn't we tariff just about anything made anywhere under less than acceptable conditions? Which, I imagine, is a great many of the things we buy (all the things?).
Practically speaking however...solar panels still have a relatively limited customer demographic so this will cause relatively few waves. However I expect consumers would feel a bit less altruistic should they be told they can now afford 30% less [anything] - and that's not even considering today's climate of leadership-fomented jingoism.
Well that's it then. To ensure continuation of our species, I say we immediately hole out at the bottom of a some of our deeper mine shafts. Of course we'd have to decide who gets to go, and it only makes sense to select for youth, health, intelligence, cross-section of necessary skills, sexual characteristics of a highly stimulating nature...
With the proper breeding techniques and a ratio of say, 10 females to each male, we could work our way back to our current population within say, 20 years. I for one am fully prepared to provide prodigious service along these lines, in sacrifice for my country.
If you think Outlook is some baseline to which good email practices should be compared, then you are... well, enough said. The rest of your rant is thus made moot.
Aw that's too bad. I was looking forward to reading your retort to gp's final point - the one invoking Ben Franklin.
So now I can feel guilty when declining requests by people I don't want to hang out with...and feel rejected when people I do want to hang out with decline mine.
It's like a weapon - you sure hope you don't need it at all, ever
While I agree with the rest of your points, I imagine a not insignificant percentage of weapon owners (ok who am I kidding - gun owners) are absolutely pining - secretly or not so secretly - for a need to use their weapon to present itself, for various reasons (fantasies of being The Hero, vindication of their having said gun(s)...).
It's not hard to imagine the same could be said for many preppers actually looking forward to WTSHTF Day.
(Yes, there is some overlap between the two groups.)
One could argue that using age as the sole condition to determine mental readiness for any given decision (sex included) isn't terribly optimal; it's pretty obvious not everyone grows and learns at the same rate - people can be more mentally mature "for their age", or demonstrably less so.
For instance, off the top of my head I can think of a certain 70-year-old going on 12.
It's too bad air popped popcorn Is unappetizingly chewy compared to its crunchy microwaveable cousin, even with a freshly opened jar of Redenbacher with no butter, it just seems to always disappoint in that, in my experience.
Then again, even the microwaved stuff can't compare to the crunch of oil popped corn.
I imagine one significant reason why nuclear reactors can be found in huge military vessels...is because they are military vessels, with rather formidable defenses that cruise ships tend not to have. Sailing a nuclear-powered cruise ship without a high firepower escort may embolden pirates, or even unscrupulous, nuclear-bereft nations.
It makes me wish they had taken (or would publish) more than a mere 7 frames. At only 1 frame per day, it reminds me more of a stop-motion than time-lapse.
I suspect much of the "joy and pride" stems from a certain vindication felt by "True Apple fanbois" who have stuck with Apple through the years of "Apple is dying".
I doubt most Apple consumers feel they are being ripped off; thankfully, people have choices. Besides, I imagine you'd have to search hard to find someone who never pays a premium in any category and only buys commodity-cheap in every single thing they buy. Do you think consumers who buy Crest over the store brand feel ripped off? Other than for job requirements, do you ever wear anything nicer than a $2 Fruit of the Loom plain white tee?
Long have I been fascinated by the sheer power of a nuclear detonation; after seeing the terrible wonders in Trinity and Beyond, I've long held a guilty wish to witness one of those go off, even if just a little one. Alas it was not to be.
If someone calls themselves a chef or a foodie, it may not make them right...but
An Appeal to Authority is a fallacy with the following form:
Person A is (claimed to be) an authority on subject S.
Person A makes claim C about subject S.
Therefore, C is true.
I'm no expert on logical fallacies like you are, but it seems like there's an all too familiar logical fallacy being committed here too (hint: it has something to do with the two bolds).
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You just saved yourself 25 keystrokes...in a mere 38 keystrokes.
There is no way to post quietly. As if to encourage and nurture narcissism, everything one posts is broadcast like a megaphone to the newsfeed of everyone in the audience list. If you want to share thoughts but not necessarily draw attention to yourself, if you seek to encourage closer more meaningful relationships through posts that your family and friends can only see if they "come visit"...you must look elsewhere.
Infinite scroll is an abomination which prevents the ability to gauge quantity of posts or one's position therein. It steals the light at the end of the tunnel, and consumes ever more memory the deeper the user browses on a given page, effectively hiding old posts. This malpractice is not limited to Facebook; this curse has grown far too popular on social media sites.
Search is likewise the ol' needle in the haystack, about as effective and versatile as the iOS app store (i.e. not) especially after crippling graph search.
People may think it's good to have cheap [anything], but unless you can make them cheap in a way that squares with the rhetoric of the labor and environmental movements, then cheap [anything] are not viable.
I agree on principle, and I'd further add that if it's consistency we're after, oughtn't we tariff just about anything made anywhere under less than acceptable conditions? Which, I imagine, is a great many of the things we buy (all the things?).
Practically speaking however...solar panels still have a relatively limited customer demographic so this will cause relatively few waves. However I expect consumers would feel a bit less altruistic should they be told they can now afford 30% less [anything] - and that's not even considering today's climate of leadership-fomented jingoism.
Well that's it then. To ensure continuation of our species, I say we immediately hole out at the bottom of a some of our deeper mine shafts. Of course we'd have to decide who gets to go, and it only makes sense to select for youth, health, intelligence, cross-section of necessary skills, sexual characteristics of a highly stimulating nature...
With the proper breeding techniques and a ratio of say, 10 females to each male, we could work our way back to our current population within say, 20 years. I for one am fully prepared to provide prodigious service along these lines, in sacrifice for my country.
So why bother implementing a voter ID if you have to prove you can legally vote as it stands now?
ftfy
If you think Outlook is some baseline to which good email practices should be compared, then you are ... well, enough said. The rest of your rant is thus made moot.
Aw that's too bad. I was looking forward to reading your retort to gp's final point - the one invoking Ben Franklin.
So now I can feel guilty when declining requests by people I don't want to hang out with...and feel rejected when people I do want to hang out with decline mine.
Seems like it turned out ok for Wil.
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It's like a weapon - you sure hope you don't need it at all, ever
While I agree with the rest of your points, I imagine a not insignificant percentage of weapon owners (ok who am I kidding - gun owners) are absolutely pining - secretly or not so secretly - for a need to use their weapon to present itself, for various reasons (fantasies of being The Hero, vindication of their having said gun(s)...).
It's not hard to imagine the same could be said for many preppers actually looking forward to WTSHTF Day.
(Yes, there is some overlap between the two groups.)
One could argue that using age as the sole condition to determine mental readiness for any given decision (sex included) isn't terribly optimal; it's pretty obvious not everyone grows and learns at the same rate - people can be more mentally mature "for their age", or demonstrably less so. For instance, off the top of my head I can think of a certain 70-year-old going on 12.
It's too bad air popped popcorn Is unappetizingly chewy compared to its crunchy microwaveable cousin, even with a freshly opened jar of Redenbacher with no butter, it just seems to always disappoint in that, in my experience. Then again, even the microwaved stuff can't compare to the crunch of oil popped corn.
Humans are built and optimised towards long-distance running.
Wales float. They don't have to worry about their boner bumping and scraping on the ground or on rocks.
You have to worry about your junk scraping on the ground when you run? Impressive.
Or of course the (more accurate) alternate spelling, Propagate
In accordance with the customary scandal du jour naming meme...this shall henceforth be known as Propogate!
I imagine one significant reason why nuclear reactors can be found in huge military vessels...is because they are military vessels, with rather formidable defenses that cruise ships tend not to have. Sailing a nuclear-powered cruise ship without a high firepower escort may embolden pirates, or even unscrupulous, nuclear-bereft nations.
A wee disproportionate don't you think?
It's a good bet the Empire knows we're here.
It makes me wish they had taken (or would publish) more than a mere 7 frames. At only 1 frame per day, it reminds me more of a stop-motion than time-lapse.
I suspect much of the "joy and pride" stems from a certain vindication felt by "True Apple fanbois" who have stuck with Apple through the years of "Apple is dying". I doubt most Apple consumers feel they are being ripped off; thankfully, people have choices. Besides, I imagine you'd have to search hard to find someone who never pays a premium in any category and only buys commodity-cheap in every single thing they buy. Do you think consumers who buy Crest over the store brand feel ripped off? Other than for job requirements, do you ever wear anything nicer than a $2 Fruit of the Loom plain white tee?
Long have I been fascinated by the sheer power of a nuclear detonation; after seeing the terrible wonders in Trinity and Beyond, I've long held a guilty wish to witness one of those go off, even if just a little one. Alas it was not to be.
I know I know, be careful what I wish for...
I'm no expert on logical fallacies like you are, but it seems like there's an all too familiar logical fallacy being committed here too (hint: it has something to do with the two bolds).
"TRAMGT588: Leading organizations - what not to do"
What were you surprised by most in the course of this entire project, and in the environment at the trench floor?