They're awful. 95% of the time it's stock questions and stock answers. The only time they're entertaining is when it's someone like the Patriots' head coach Bill Belichick. He very clearly hates stupid questions but rarely he'll be asked a good one and have a chance to launch into a detailed discussion on punting in the NFL or some other lesser discussed aspect of the game. Ask him good questions and he'll happily give thoughtful, detailed responses, it just almost never happens.
I bought an Instinct about a month ago and love it. I like the G-Shock aesthetic which I know isn't for everyone but it's everything I want in a watch. The battery life is amazing as you said. I charge it once a week and even regularly using GPS for fitness tracking it's usually at around 40% (it can be extended further by using a GPS mode that polls less frequently). The interface is responsive and straightforward (and button based instead of touch which I personally prefer). Like a G-Shock it's waterproof and appears to be near indestructible. I can't see myself wanting to replace it any time soon.
Rodney Mullen is an interesting guy. I highly recommend his autobiography if you haven't read it. When he was entering freestyle competitions early on it was never a question of who would win but rather who would come in second behind Rodney. Nobody could compete with him because he was inventing new tricks (many of which are still staples of street skating) at such a rapid pace. His commitment was otherworldly. When he was in his teens he would get home from school and skateboard until it was time to go to bed. Every day.
At some point the price will be worth it to put cell modems in almost everything. A permanent internet connection for all of your devices/appliances that can't be disabled without putting it in a Faraday cage or physically destroying the modem.
I feel like a luddite sometimes. I want to limit as much as possible how many devices I own that have access to the internet. My computer(s), HTPC, phone, game consoles, and that's it. There's no reason anything else ever needs internet access.
Mandated Constitutional carry is probably a pipe dream. If SCOTUS rules against New York (and that isn't guaranteed by any means) I would expect that they tackle the "good cause" requirements that many states have for permits, where "good cause" often means "are you a personal friend or have you donated a large sum to my political campaign." Some states like Hawaii have the "good cause" language in their permitting system but they don't consider any reason at all to be "good cause" and blanket deny all applications.
It's 20 years old, open world games tend to age poorly. I loved Morrowind when it came out but I tried playing it again a few years ago and it wasn't great.
Though he didnt use quite as extreme a definition of "from scratch." Everything in the sandwich did appear to be made or acquired by hand, but it doesn't look like he raised the chicken or cow himself for example.
I was kind of surprised at how simple it was to cancel my Netflix account. I was even going to fill out the standard "why are you leaving?" box because I had some strong opinions on changes they had made but they didn't even have one.
Scott has addressed this at least a few times. He didn't care so much that people could go from Scott Alexander the blogger to Scott Siskind the psychiatrist. That was trivial to do before the NYT got involved. He was more worried about people (ie his patients) googling Scott Siskind the psychiatrist and finding Scott Alexander the blogger, because of how that would impact his relationship with his patients. An article from the NYT plainly stating "Scott Alexander is Scott Siskind" would quickly become the top result for either search.
I use RSS feeds for Reuters's business section for business and finance news and the AP for general news. I guess I don't know how either of them handle retractions or updates but I like my news to be as dispassionate as possible and I think Reuters and the AP are as close to that as you can get. I'm sure the journalists for both have their biases but at least they aren't as obvious as other outlets.
>"The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency was distressed to discover this morning, January 25th, that one of our agents has been using the social media platforms Gab and Parler. We do not condone this activity, and we apologize to anyone who has been affected or offended by this"
This honestly reads like satire. Why were they "distressed" by this and who could possibly be affected or offended by something so trivial?
His hiring strategy was fascinating. He specifically avoided people from traditional finance backgrounds. He'd target people with doctorate degrees in math, or electrical engineering, or other non-traditional backgrounds and assume (clearly correctly) that they could pick up any necessary knowledge on finance as needed.
Yes, other search engines can pay for access to Bing's results. DDG isn't just straight Bing results, though, it compiles results from a number of different sources (including their own), with Bing being the primary source.
I read the short story several years after seeing the movie and I was completely blown away by how good it was even though I already knew how it would play out. Far and away the best short story I've ever read and it isn't even close.
I've had a 1TB monthly cap here in Minnesota for several years now. Luckily I live alone and I rarely hit the cap, and they give me one "courtesy" month a year where I can exceed the cap without penalty. Sad to see them rolling it out to more states, that must mean it has been a "success" for them. I'd love to switch away from Comcast but the only other option for me is significantly slower DSL.
Previous record holders have used people in planes to scout for police. I'd imagine they did something similar. GPS systems that let people report speed traps probably help a lot too.
I don't see myself switching away from Firefox any time soon but the "megabar" fiasco really rubs me the wrong way and I hope it isn't indicative of their direction going forward.
In the past when Firefox has changed default behavior there's almost always a way to revert the changes. They move tabs to the title bar to match Chrome, I change an option that puts them back where I like them. They auto hide the bookmark toolbar, I re-enable it. With the latest Firefox release I've yet to find an easy way to disable the godawful, distracting zoom effect for the URL bar. The about:config options that used to work no longer do. I really hope they reverse course and give us a straightforward way to disable it.
The companies that are actually taking action and doing something are great. Like Humble Bundle has pledge $1M to publish games by black creators. The meaningless press releases where the company/CEO puts out a PR crafted statement are pretty terrible.