"I was just reading an article on the BBC about a row over "cultural appropriation" because a girl wore a chinese style dress."
Don't you know, that the new political correctness.
It's also in the movie business, only real Indians can play Indians, only Africans can play Africans and I guess for SF it will soon mean that only Martians can play Martians.
They let every criminal in, every room and the passwords for their room-safes are found on the internet but _we_ clients get a frown when we order a hooker?
I have a bus-stop in front of my house (traffic begins at 4:30 am) and since my city uses e-Buses from the beginning of this year, I can finally sleep without plugs.
"WorldWideWeb could display images alongside text eventually."
I don't know why this is important, ithe web worked perfectly with text only with the speed those days. After the images got possible, everything went downhill. We oldsters remember that the stupid teen 'webmasters' with their Macs posted the original full sized photo to the webpage, they tested it locally and obviously it was quite snappy.
Nowadays, the layouters and designers have long been sacked. Widows and orphans on every (other) page, nobody knows anymore that title size and the extra space below should be a multiple of the normal text, so the alignment of the articles in the previous and next columns are completely ignored. If it is too obvious, some poor soul inserts a vertical line between the columns.
Look closely at your local newspaper and check one online from 30-40 years ago and you'll immediately see the difference.
Since the day Pagemaker was invented, it has gone downhill.
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"Any issues with digital music not sounding a particular way have NOTHING to do with analog vs digital and everything to do with engineering choices."
If MP3 sounds different to you than a CD or Vinyl, you have a hearing impairment and should visit a doctor.
But in Silicon Valley, War earns a salary, a fat one on top.
...before going postal.
"I was just reading an article on the BBC about a row over "cultural appropriation" because a girl wore a chinese style dress."
Don't you know, that the new political correctness.
It's also in the movie business, only real Indians can play Indians, only Africans can play Africans and I guess for SF it will soon mean that only Martians can play Martians.
"Their indian, it's cultural."
Indeed, just as with you racists, not knowing the difference between "They're" and "Their" is cultural.
"The water lost to evaporation isn't lost. It's still in the area. Expect a new microclimate."
So we will have Seattle-like rains?
"If the pipe network had been ceramic, or pvc, or stainless steel, there would not be a problem."
In a country that still nails power lines to wooden posts as it did when Edison still was alive?
You must be kidding.
"This narrative that Russia got him elected.. take a look at this map of voting by county i"
Thanks for the link, I got confirmation that the morons in this country live exactly where I thought they would.
"Go Programming Language Gets A New Logo and Branding "
'Go' is now named 'Went' and will soon be named 'Gone'.
Chloe should be named Roxanne then.
"over concerns about its border controls and pharmaceutical practices."
Exactly, we can't have those Canadian fuckers sell meemaw and peepaw their much needed drugs for a reasonable price.
"2 x 8k screens at, say, 90hz (minimum needed really) is going to require some seriously hefty hardware."
Indeed, right now, the helmet weighs around 800 pounds, so IOW, the helmet wears you, not the other way 'round.
"Hopefully it will help Ford make trucks and SUVs."
Since Ford will make only 2 sedans, I guess that's what they mean with "building a wide range of vehicles on the same line."
"Links or it didn't happen."
Doesn't matter, it has no headphone jack.
Alexa brings me beer and booze and everything else.
Good enough for me.
Is there any other kind?
The rest of us uses mail programs to read their mail and couldn't care less.
They let every criminal in, every room and the passwords for their room-safes are found on the internet but _we_ clients get a frown when we order a hooker?
Checking out was never the problem, as the song clearly states.
Their Oracle told them years ago.
(Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle!)
I have a bus-stop in front of my house (traffic begins at 4:30 am) and since my city uses e-Buses from the beginning of this year, I can finally sleep without plugs.
"You can not enter a contract with a minor as a business "
Sure you can, groceries, the ice-creme-man and other shops do it all the time.
You cannot _enforce_ the contract when the parents object to the purchase.
"WorldWideWeb could display images alongside text eventually."
I don't know why this is important, ithe web worked perfectly with text only with the speed those days.
After the images got possible, everything went downhill.
We oldsters remember that the stupid teen 'webmasters' with their Macs posted the original full sized photo to the webpage, they tested it locally and obviously it was quite snappy.
Over an acoustic coupler, not so much.
Nowadays, the layouters and designers have long been sacked.
Widows and orphans on every (other) page, nobody knows anymore that title size and the extra space below should be a multiple of the normal text, so the alignment of the articles in the previous and next columns are completely ignored. If it is too obvious, some poor soul inserts a vertical line between the columns.
Look closely at your local newspaper and check one online from 30-40 years ago and you'll immediately see the difference.
Since the day Pagemaker was invented, it has gone downhill.
"I'll pass. Seriously wtf does a database need mono for?"
Lots of teens have it, it's a must.