Zelphyr

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901.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
On an unrelated note; what's with the over use of the word "narrative" in this article? It seems to be a fad lately for people to use it to sound smart (I guess) but you'd think the editor of the NY Times would've
902.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
I'm not sure I know how to feel about the fact that the author had to explain what a Light Pen was. Why am I so old?!
903.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
Actually, I my understanding is its perfectly acceptable in many Middle-Eastern countries for men to cry openly. They'll also hold another mans hand while having a conversation with him apparently.
904.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
Same here. Take crying for example. In our society we're seen as weak if we cry. Except crying is a perfectly valid human emotional response. Sure, we naturally don't cry as often as women but I still can't understand how we
905.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
So, the Geneva convention is basically a lip-service treaty only enforced when its convenient? Sounds like most treaties come to think of it.
906.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
True, but my point is there aren't many languages are expressive yet succinct enough to parse themselves in so little code.
907.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
Rebol ( http://www.rebol.com ) and subsequently Red ( http://red-lang.org ) are great languages whose purpose is to eliminate the needless complexity in software engineering. For example; one can write a Rebol parser in
908.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
SSRI's have impacts (albeit not as long lasting) for reasons we don't understand yet they get dolled out like bread. Sure, you don't see visions while taking them but the side effects are no less profound. After years of per
909.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
A local Credit Union had CAPTCHA's like, "4n1m4l" and (believe it or not) "b4nK3r". When I complained they snidely remarked that they were pretty sure they knew how to handle security. That may be, but they no long
910.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
I suspect a lot of people didn't take the time to actually learn Perl which is why there's so much "there's-more-than-one-way-to-do-it" Perl code in the wild. For whatever reason, I went the PHP route and I can say
911.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
Also a Montessori parent and I couldn't agree more. Our kids were in a private Montessori school from Pre-K to 1st. Due to some issues with the owner (that unfortunately forced her to shut the school down) we had to put my daughter in
912.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
I agree. I bought a Fire Stick and promptly returned it because it is garbage.
913.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
This seems really short-sighted to me. Amazon is going to punish their own customers because of a feud they have with their competitors? How is that good? More and more I question whether I want to continue doing business with Amazon.
914.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
Care to share some of those tips?
915.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
I see what you did there. ;)
916.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
Where do I find more info about that? I tried returning it and they said I was past the 90-day return policy.
917.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
Everything Amazon does with the Fire product line I find to be terrible. The Kindle Paperwhite is a delight to use but the Fire is beyond frustrating and, often as not, feels like a device designed for the sole purpose of parting me with m
918.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
Yes, CO has a tax free day on cannabis only. My understanding is they reaped too much in taxes and their laws are such that they have to give the overage back. The tax-free day is a way to do that.
919.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
Hm, interesting. I hadn't though about it that way. So basically, he's the Greek equivalent of my Grandfather who walked to school up hill both ways in 6' of snow.
920.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
True. I guess I never considered the actual device to be all that realistic. I think more about the UI they used. It was DOS and curses based which was predominant at the time. Well, except for the flight tracker scene. I guess that wa
921.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
My 7 year old recently asked me, "What were iPhone's like when you were a kid?" Uh...
922.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
I agree and tend to think of it in terms of how the movie 300 depicted the Persians as monsters. They were nowhere near as monstrous in real life but the Greek saw them that way. And the only way to convey the sense of how the ancient G
923.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
Your argument would be right if it weren't of a very large straw man persuasion. Nobody is saying an individual is being sold your personal information. But when Coke comes along and wants it, Facebook is selling. But even that'
924.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
You're 100% correct. Except neither Google nor Yahoo have yet to figure out how to get people to give them the amount of personal information that Facebook has and does. I don't trust Google or Yahoo any more than I trust Faceboo
925.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
From what I observe[1] they're on it all the time because its a diversion. TV is another worthless diversion[2] but at least the TV networks don't (yet) sell your private information. But ultimately there is very little on Facebo
926.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
I don't have a FB account and I get all those things. I also don't feel like "Some of the best engineering talent in the world working on the aforementioned" is a compelling reason to give away my personal information.
927.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
Except significantly fewer people would use it if it weren't free.
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by Zelphyr 11y ago
Its nice to see a rebuttal of the original article and other post(s) about the article. I'm not sure I necessarily buy all of it but at the very least he does a good job of highlighting the clear bias the authors had. Just goes to sh
929.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
It kind-of makes sense when you think about it. American's get pumped all day with media from pharmaceuticals telling them, "See your doctor if you experience any of these symptoms" and, well, lets face it; we're an anx
930.
by Zelphyr 11y ago
They have to fulfill their fiduciary responsibilities to shareholders And those shareholders get priority over EVERYONE else in the chain. What the investors want, the investors get.

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