Arizhel

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721.
by Arizhel 10y ago
I never said it really was superior, just that some people (living around 1900) thought so. Also, we're talking about how "intuitive" a user interface is here, not about the safety implications. It took many decades for car
722.
by Arizhel 10y ago
Well it was quite common in 1960s pickup trucks.
723.
by Arizhel 10y ago
Much of that stuff has been standardized over a century . They weren't always that way on all cars. For example, you cite the steering wheel as intuitive and obvious. It's actually not: in many early cars, there was no steering
724.
by Arizhel 10y ago
That touchscreen disabling is annoying. But luckily, it's pretty easy to hack into the system and disable it, so you can use the touchscreen any time. Much of the time, though, the "commander" knob works well for controlling
725.
by Arizhel 10y ago
Or you can install Firefox (the Android version) and uBlock Origin and avoid wasting your mobile data allowance on ads.
726.
by Arizhel 10y ago
The Moon would be more realistic with modern robotics and remote-control technology, because it's 3 seconds away, for a 6-second round-trip for radio signals. It'd be quite feasible to remote-control a rover there. Mars is not.
727.
by Arizhel 10y ago
We already have robots in space, such as the Mars rovers. It doesn't work that well: the round-trip communication time is very long, so it takes a long time for mission controllers on the Earth to get data from the robots, make a deci
728.
by Arizhel 10y ago
Because people are cheap and stupid. Doing artificial gravity like the space station in 2001: A Space Odyssey requires building a really big space station (because of the large diameter needed to get 1g or close to it, and avoid problems w
729.
by Arizhel 10y ago
That's completely typical in the US court system. Winning a judgment is completely separate from actually collecting that judgment, and entails extra legal work to go after the assets of someone who refuses to pay the judgment.
730.
by Arizhel 10y ago
On average, sure. In specific places, no. These days, if you can't afford more than a crappy apartment, you're going to be living in a place with drug dealers and occasional murders. And with the high rents, having a single inc
731.
by Arizhel 10y ago
You can't do that if you don't own the house. A lot of us are renters because we have no intention of staying in the same place for 10 years.
732.
by Arizhel 10y ago
This is total BS. I've set up two friends with Linux Mint machines; one is elderly and the other middle-aged and not a techie at all. Both of them are quite happy with them because they never have any problems, and I almost never hav
733.
by Arizhel 10y ago
>It has caused a distrust in science and the media and the government. The Vietnam War proved that our government cannot be trusted, and that happened before I was born. It hasn't gotten any better since then. What gives you the i
734.
by Arizhel 10y ago
>(At least, the majority of the world does. America is still having some problems with this) The rise of far-right politicians in Europe indicates that America is not alone here.
735.
by Arizhel 10y ago
>it's that most users do not care much and are not willing to pay for privacy despite saying it's important for them.... Until then, people will just enjoy their free search engines, social networks, phone operating systems and
736.
by Arizhel 10y ago
>Normal employee copays for a famils are in the $200-$400 per month range. Completely wrong. Mine is about $850 for two people, no kids.
737.
by Arizhel 10y ago
The other problem is utility bills. These anti-big-house people complain how people don't need giant houses, but they completely ignore how horribly inefficient older houses are. It probably costs a lot less to heat and cool your McM
738.
by Arizhel 10y ago
Absolutely wrong. No, you don't need $150 cable packages and $200 cellular packages. I don't have those myself. My cellphone bill with Ting is about $30/month for myself, and I got my 3-year-old phone on Ebay used. And no,
739.
by Arizhel 10y ago
You're massively overvaluing toys and other consumer goods, and you're massively undervaluing real estate. Having nice TVs doesn't make your quality of life that much better now than back in the 80s. Living in a terrible neig
740.
by Arizhel 10y ago
>What we need is a way to push the entire industry towards more environmentally sustainable practices Who's going to do that? In case you haven't noticed, we've now elected an Administration and Congress who explicitly do
741.
by Arizhel 10y ago
I've spent the large majority of my life without a smartphone too. I have no trouble knowing where I am or how to get back when I use GPS navigation, or building a "mental map" of the area. I really don't know what&#x2
742.
by Arizhel 10y ago
This is BS. GPS reduces your cognitive load, because it navigates for you. Without it, you have to look at a map (which is extremely dangerous while driving), you have to look for street signs, you have to try to read building numbers fro
743.
by Arizhel 10y ago
Exactly; I agree 100%. GPS has made me a much better driver: I don't miss turns, I'm not distracted trying to find some fallen-down or turned-sideways street sign or trying to read building numbers from the street, and I'm al
744.
by Arizhel 10y ago
>That's not the definition of introvert at all, you're using it as a proxy to mean shy or even socially awkward. Introverts have sex and date too. Huh? Don't be ridiculous: shy and socially awkward people have sex and dat
745.
by Arizhel 10y ago
It really seems to me that if you want to find the most evil women you possibly can, you just need to go talk to women who work in HR. There's no way I'd ever date a women who worked in HR. Once, many years ago, I met a woman on
746.
by Arizhel 10y ago
>That said, I work in London and not SV, so I can't say if the culture is different. Yeah, that's your problem right there. I probably should have specified that this is largely a SV/USA problem. The work culture in the
747.
by Arizhel 10y ago
>I really don't think misogyny or harassment is connected to nerdy-ness or introversion/extroversion, in either direction. I completely disagree. Stereotypically nerdy, shy, introverted men are not going to be extremely aggres
748.
by Arizhel 10y ago
>As an employee (and human) it seems reasonable to interpret it as "resources for humans" and thus assume it would be there to help. Where'd you ever get that crazy idea? >But its true meaning, to execs/stakeholder
749.
by Arizhel 10y ago
There's nothing we can do to fix our legal system to make it worthwhile for women to pursue these cases. Our political and legal systems are utterly broken: just look at the latest election for proof. Women who avoid pursuing litigat
750.
by Arizhel 10y ago
>I think part of what made Susan Fowler's account credible to many people was that she didn't use the same terminology as university political groups (trigger, survivor, etc). Yeah, you have to look at this girl's age and

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