Empirical evidence proves you wrong. Nobody has come close to doing for free what LWN does. Sometimes, you get what you pay for, and with LWN you get quality technical journalism with no BS.
You're completely off-base. All LWN articles become free after a very short time. And if you'd bothered to read the announcement on LWN, you'd have seen that the subscription model is what saved the site from going under. Your comment exemplifies the quality difference between/. and LWN readers.:P
It's true. Women's clothing is (by and large) flimsy, expensive and designed more for display than practicality compared to men's clothing. I'd be filled with happiness to find a dress with actual practical pockets! Amazing! What an idea!
The problem is that cheap new clothes are generally really poor quality. I have bought used clothes that were high-quality and last much longer than new ones would, for about the same price. The problem is there's a lot of garbage clothing to sift through to find the good stuff, but I enjoy that sort of treasure hunt.
Of course, the fashion industry doesn't want people to keep clothes for a long time. I'd say that's the real culprit.
Really? You ever try to rig a paper ballot election? You'll find it almost impossible to commit massive fraud, something that's trivial with computer voting.
In Canada, politicians don't get to decide on the ridings (what you call districts in the US); that's done by a non-partisan agency called Elections Canada. The US and US states need to set up independent bodies to draw electoral districts, possibly with equal numbers of representatives from the two main parties and then make these bodies immune from being sanctioned by politicians.
At 51, I don't consider myself "old", but I am happier now than I have been at any other point in my life. I think with life experience comes perspective and less navel-gazing and more appreciation.
Not just teenagers. My BF and I love going out to movies and we are in our 50s. Getting rid of communal entertainment spaces will make people even more isolated and less engaged than before, continuing the atrophication of social skills kicked off by smartphones.
There's no compelled speech. Peterson refuses to use the proper pronouns for trans people. That doesn't make him criminal. It makes him an asshole, but what he's doing isn't illegal. If it were, he'd have been charged.
I don't agree with WLU's position, for the record. I'm referring to the suggestion that the Canadian government somehow compels speech. The WLU decision was done by a bunch of hyper-scared academics afraid of blowback from touchy students.
No, sorry. The burden of proof is on those claiming compelled speech. Show me the actual text of any Canadian law that compels speech. Put up or shut up.
You are lying. Nothing in Canadian law relates to compelled speech. Show me the text of a law that does. (The actual text. Not some third-party possibly-incorrect interpretation of the text.)
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There are gay men and lesbian women.
Why, is it easier for guys to discriminate illegally than to behave themselves?
We've standardized on LibreOffice and it's great. Absolutely no compatibility issues with MS Office for us. Installing 6.0.0 now.
I like my title bars and hate apps that think they're too important to cooperate with my window manager.
Per se! Dammit, "per say" is my #1 pet peeve!
Empirical evidence proves you wrong. Nobody has come close to doing for free what LWN does. Sometimes, you get what you pay for, and with LWN you get quality technical journalism with no BS.
You're completely off-base. All LWN articles become free after a very short time. And if you'd bothered to read the announcement on LWN, you'd have seen that the subscription model is what saved the site from going under. Your comment exemplifies the quality difference between /. and LWN readers. :P
Quit wanking at the thought, honey.
It's true. Women's clothing is (by and large) flimsy, expensive and designed more for display than practicality compared to men's clothing. I'd be filled with happiness to find a dress with actual practical pockets! Amazing! What an idea!
The problem is that cheap new clothes are generally really poor quality. I have bought used clothes that were high-quality and last much longer than new ones would, for about the same price. The problem is there's a lot of garbage clothing to sift through to find the good stuff, but I enjoy that sort of treasure hunt.
Of course, the fashion industry doesn't want people to keep clothes for a long time. I'd say that's the real culprit.
What's so special about members of the armed forces?
Really? You ever try to rig a paper ballot election? You'll find it almost impossible to commit massive fraud, something that's trivial with computer voting.
Computers can only make elections worse, not better.
In Canada, politicians don't get to decide on the ridings (what you call districts in the US); that's done by a non-partisan agency called Elections Canada. The US and US states need to set up independent bodies to draw electoral districts, possibly with equal numbers of representatives from the two main parties and then make these bodies immune from being sanctioned by politicians.
The word you're looking for is "indictment", not "impeachment".
At 51, I don't consider myself "old", but I am happier now than I have been at any other point in my life. I think with life experience comes perspective and less navel-gazing and more appreciation.
I prefer to play it really safe, so I use "Trick or Treat!"
Not just teenagers. My BF and I love going out to movies and we are in our 50s. Getting rid of communal entertainment spaces will make people even more isolated and less engaged than before, continuing the atrophication of social skills kicked off by smartphones.
BBC, CBC, NPR, etc. might end up being the only viable investigative news organizations.
You may now begin the flames.
I switched from Chrome to Firefox on my Android tablet. I can use Ghostery, which makes web browsing tolerable again.
There's no compelled speech. Peterson refuses to use the proper pronouns for trans people. That doesn't make him criminal. It makes him an asshole, but what he's doing isn't illegal. If it were, he'd have been charged.
I don't agree with WLU's position, for the record. I'm referring to the suggestion that the Canadian government somehow compels speech. The WLU decision was done by a bunch of hyper-scared academics afraid of blowback from touchy students.
No, sorry. The burden of proof is on those claiming compelled speech. Show me the actual text of any Canadian law that compels speech. Put up or shut up.
Please show me the actual text of the bill that "outlaws racial slurs" or that "forces you to use your preferred pronoun." The actual text.
Note also that the Canadian Bar Association (you know... actual Canadian lawyers) say that C-16 does not threaten freedom of expression. See here
Show me exactly how any provision in C-16 applies to the situation in WLU. Actually provide evidence. Not sarcastic ducking of the issue.
You are lying. Nothing in Canadian law relates to compelled speech. Show me the text of a law that does. (The actual text. Not some third-party possibly-incorrect interpretation of the text.)
Peterson is a liar. Here is the text of the bill (PDF): www.parl.gc.ca/content/hoc/Bills/421/Government/C-16/C-16_1/C-16_1.PDF.
Show me anything in that bill relating to compelled speech or pronoun usage.