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I don't think so. Reading a book or watching a show isn't about the fastest route to a conclusion. To borrow a phrase: it's the journey, not the destination.

IE: I'm watching The Crown right now. I've been "spoiled" on the outcome of the show through simple history and cultural knowledge (I'm Canadian). It doesn't make the show any less enjoyable when I know that Diana is going to die, or that Mountbatten was killed by the IRA.

Every single one of our laptops gets sent out with an accompanying Ethernet dongle. Every one.

Still very much useful in corporate environments.

And now Trump is considering starting a "Patriot Party" due to his lack of support in the GOP for overturning the election. Spitting image of the failed Putsch when Hitler realized, in Jail, that a coup d'état wasn't going to work and they needed to attack at a different angle, a democratic angle, and be seen as a legitimate political party.

It's happening just like it was always going to, like clockwork. Americans aren't out of this yet.

Right, just like Germany survived the Beer Hall Putsch in 1923 just fine, democracy intact.

People are fools to think this is all just suddenly over now that Trump is gone and big-tech de-platformed one tiny social media platform.

Do you have proof this is fake or is that just an assumption?

As someone who has had perimyocarditis in the past, this is quite terrifying to hear. I don't know how my heart would handle another bout if it was serious.

They do, and for creative work this is still their Achilles heel.

>There are places where it's cold, where it rains and snows.

So what? Can you only bike on sunny days? Get better gear.

Hell I motorcycle year round even when it drops below freezing. When it gets real crazy I just take the bus for a day or two.

>The regular airpods are the same shape as the original iphone earbuds, and my normal ritual with those was to immediately throw them in the trash as soon as I opened any Apple product because are horribly uncomfortable. Am I the only one who notices this?

No, I'm exactly the same way. I've always hated Apple ear-buds. These new ones will probably be the first I ever own and use.

I'm exactly the opposite. I've never enjoyed a pair of Apple earbuds in my life because of the hard, uncomfortable plastic. Rubber earbuds are mandatory for me.

These will probably be the first Apple headphones I'll buy, and use.

Interesting. I've been using DDG exclusivley for about 2-3 years now and I forget that I'm not using Google half the time. It's just my normal state at this point.

So what's your plan then; do nothing?

It really is that easy.

Yes and No. They buy at Costco, which is cheaper than the liquor stores in their town. In BC only liquor stores can sell, whereas in AB grocery stores can as well. This can lead to grocery stores being cheaper than liquor stores.

I've never heard of this happening. My parents live in BC near the AB border and buy liquor from AB weekly.

I suppose if you use IG like that then sure. For me, I follow other photographers and online "zines", so my IG is full of other artists. "Influencers", celebrities, and meme accounts are banished from my feed. In turn, I only post the photos I want to be public, that I'd sell as prints or show in a gallery.

If you follow the vanity stream then you're going to see exactly that, but IG can be a totally different experience. For me, it's a fantastic source of inspiration and a way to see what other artists are doing.

Now, for me the only use FB has left is a dumping ground for my photos that the older members of my family want to see but whom are not on IG yet.

I have absolutely been in a situation where acceleration was the deciding factor (apart from quick reflexes) in avoiding a crash.

However, it certainly was not at highway speeds. There's simply no reason to need to go faster than 180kmh on public roads.

>Beyond the realms of the boring technicalities i should say. There are countless photographers creating technically excellent, beautifully composed, utterly mundane work.

This is the real definition of success in my opinion. A few years in, pleasing composition and technical prowess is not exactly hard anymore. To create something with meaning, or a real story behind it, that's the meat of photography. I'm at this point now, and I hate it. I'm creating beautiful photos of nothing. I think the author is seeing this too however. Social media encourages you to make frequent, beautiful compositions that fit your brand or style, and that often compromises the soul of your work. If you're thinking about how your photo will fit on your feed, then you're victim of this anti-creative pattern of thinking, if your intention is to create meaningful, personal work.

It's unfortunate, as Blizzard used to be one of my most respected companies as some of the core attributes to their games was their high degree of polish unseen in many other developers.

Now it's increasingly being eaten by micro-transactions and riding popular franchises.

The Battle of Alesia wasn't a conventional siege in the sense that the defenders weren't behind a wall to defend themselves from open attackers, but the attackers were behind the walls using it against the defenders. The wall is offensive in this context, as a type of blockade, instead of a defensive structure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investment_(military)

>That these two battles separated by over 2000 years and with completely different weaponry, still share the same basic plot, is to my mind amazing.

I agree. I also found it fascinating when they mentioned how when placing the wall pieces, the soldier unhooking the segment was at risk from enemy sniper fire, and how a mantlet could be used to protect the soldier. Mantlets has been around as long as sieges and were there to shield trench diggers from castle archer fire. It's incredible how many historical parallels can be drawn here.

I think it really underscores the importance of studying history not just in war, but in all things.

If only there was a way to both not smoke and control your appetite, and maybe even eat less processed food while you're at it.

Alas, I guess we'll just have to leave that hard problem to the scientists and philosophers.

I'm sure you remember this quote then: "a community who gets its laughs by pretending to be idiots will eventually be surrounded by idiots who think they are in good company"

This explains SO much of not just 4chan sub-groups, but a lot of internet groups, and I honestly don't think older generations can't think like this. Ironic humor doesn't occur to them; they take it all at face value. Unfortunately ideas spread on 4chan and elsewhere stop becoming memes and start becoming someones reality.

There's no better example of this than Facebook. A graveyard of dead, crappy, overused memes, and younger generations are not using Facebook anymore, it's older generations now.

Or maybe younger people can't afford homes and the data is showing that, not bias.

This is certainly the case with me, and absolutely every other person I know in their 20s/30s who isn't in a upper-management position at a large company. I'm currently making above the median family income in my country and have no hope of owning a home anywhere near I can get work.

Meanwhile my old co-worker that I used to work with at Safeway as a teen bought a house in the 70s working as a shelf-stocker. In fact both of my co-workers at the time were 40-60 and bought a house working part-time as shelf-stockers early in life. You think a shelf-stocker at Safeway has any hope of buying a house today?

Very hard to calculate. Two different YouTubers can get wildly different ad revenues for those same 100k views.

Thanks for this. I'm Canadian and married to a Japanese. We're starting to think long term about something like this, as I really want the life experience living in Japan and she's not super comfortable where we are now.

Do deals like this happen often? What do you do for work? I'm a sysadmin so I'm worried about work options, but that's a different conversation.

Maybe I'm wrong here, but isn't the whole idea to be pushing forward? If you're only copying their designs, you'll always be one step behind.

I'd rather buy from the company pushing the envelope rather than some obvious company just trying to make a quick buck.

> So what was recently a £20 simple repair to your fridge or cooker is now a £200 major component and more labour than it's probably worth.

I think this is a large part of the problem. Our goods have become so cheap to produce that they're cheaper to buy new than to repair. For example, I'm rebuilding a small motorcycle engine for a Honda. I can rebuild the engine, paying the machine-work labor cost and a small amount of parts, and it's actually just a bit more expensive than to buy a brand-new Chinese clone that's been in production for over a decade.

Labour costs for repairs have gone up, while consumer goods have gotten cheaper. In a lot of cases it's simply more cost-effective to replace than to rebuild. No mechanic rebuilds water pumps in the shop anymore than a home appliance tech would fix a coffee maker.

DIY is largely the one holdout for repairs, and it's unreasonable to think that every person can have the aptitude to fix any device that may break in their lives.

If this is an issue than you solve it by not allowing members of the same team to view an opposing teams views.

Not allowing external voice chat is a horrible idea.

This is a mind blowing concept. I mean, it makes sense when I read:

http://ecoscore.be/en/info/ecoscore/co2

But does this take into account catalytic converters or other emissions controls? Cats take the CO from the combustion process and turn it into CO2, the gas you're referencing. I'd just like to clarify because this is a big revelation in my way of thinking about pollution. Are we really releasing that much CO2 post emissions controls?