"Instead, it would make up fictional yet plausible-sounding explanations."
This is a perfect description of 'Reason', the initial product of WayForward Technologies. Douglas Adams had this nailed back in the 80s!
Read your Dirk Gently, people.
It was 1983, and I was shocked when Mom said not only could I get a computer, but we had the money for some extras - ended up with a Pocket Computer 1 (https://www.trs-80.com/wordpress/trs-80-computer-line/pocket-pc-1/) WITH printer, and even a small cassette player. I kept it until a few years ago when I sent it to a podcaster guy who was collecting them. Even into the late 2000s it would still turn on and show a program dated 1986!
Later I found a Timex-Sinclair 1000 on closeout for $20, which meant a great leap into TV-based computing. Then, of course, the Commodore 64, followed by Amigas, until they were no longer usable, by which time I was working in IT and had built a Windows box out of spare parts.
On the plus side, Matt Frewer is ALWAYS fun to watch. So long as he's in it (shut up about Lawnmower Man 2) I'll be glad to watch (shut up about Lawnmower Man 2) because brilliant old Matt Frewer ALWAYS makes things worth (fuck Lawnmower Man 2)...
(but I like everything else he's done, from Meaning of Life to Perry Mason)
They will probably screw it up. But then, they can't remake the original, the whole world has changed - poking fun at corporatism, dangerous marketing, compromised journalism and sleazy politicians in pockets is now mainstream, almost the default. So they'll have to come up with some new angles, while keeping Max's essential irreverence.
Rick and Morty have been trying to do much the same thing, and struggling at it ever since season 3. Simpsons too, and many others.
The best we can hope for is some brilliant ideas for the first season or so, then a mercifully quick ending. And please don't focus too much on the CGI - groundbreaking visuals were a legit part of the show's appeal back in the day, but are now cheap and ubiquitous.
> but they gained enormous lobbying power in the US, having diligently obeyed orders like good corporate lapdogs.
> I'm sure they'll come out on the winning side
Hmm.... are you sure? I heard on the internet that dogs are always on the wrong side
Could you please share links to your info sources?
I am not knowledgeable about the issue of oil drilling in the US. From a quick read, it seems that you're right in that Obama did approve old drilling in 2015, but he then seems to have reversed that decision and mostly banned oil drilling in 2016.
This seems like the baby duck syndrome for UIs. Users 'imprint' in the first system they learn and then compare it with each new UI and reacts negatively if there are significant changes.
Technologies change, use cases change, standards change, so UIs must also change or be left behind.
I too find it annoying when the Firefox UI changes and I have to relearn my most used application by far. I have been using Firefox over many devices for a very long time and I would like to continue to depend on it into the future, so I will bear with UI changes. On occasion, I might even like the change - like when the address bar was moved to the bottom in FF mobile.
The reasoning seems to be to track intentional views. In that sense, I guess 2min does make sense. Given that Netflix is not ad-supported or pay-per-view, intentional views seems as relevant for them as any other. It would be good if they also published full episode views as well.
Here is the text for anyone too lazy to click the link above:
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"Given that we now have titles with widely varying lengths--from short episodes (e.g. Special at around 15 minutes) to long films (e.g. The Highwaymen at 132 minutes), we believe that reporting households viewing a title based on 70% of a single episode of a series or of an entire film, which we have been doing, makes less sense. We are now reporting on households (accounts) that chose to watch a given title (Chose to watch and did watch for at least 2 minutes--long enough to indicate the choice was intentional--is the precise definition)."
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A President can't pardon someone until they are convicted of a crime. And due to that, a pardon in effect confirms the party is indeed guilty of the crime they were pardoned for
I don't believe that is correct. From this Slate article
". Perhaps the most famous presidential pardon of all time occurred before any charges were filed. Gerald Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon absolved the former president of “all offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in” between the date of his inauguration in 1969 and his resignation in August 1974."
Right, because it's those dastardly Republicans refusing to allow certified poll watchers into the polling places in Pennsylvania. Wait... no... those are Democrats.
Could you please post a link? I googled and found this article.
According to that article, those were not certified poll watchers and this happened more than a month before polling day, so they weren't polling places yet.
there were several reasons why elections staff did not allow members of the public to arbitrarily enter their offices. The Trump campaign has no poll watchers approved to work in Philadelphia at the moment. There are no actual polling places open in the city right now. And elections officials are following coronavirus safety regulations, such as those limiting the number of people indoors.
Do you have more recent information?
Drobo systems flag SMR disks as failed within hours of installing them. Drobo specifically say their systems don't support SMR disks, so not knowing the recording method is a real pain.
I've already had three Seagate drives returned to the supplier for a full refund because it was not disclosed they were SMR and they didn't function with the Drobo.
I wouldn't use SMR in ANY raid arrangement. Just not worth it.
So, as a follow-up, it appears all major disk vendors are now using SMR on their higher capacity budget drives with various levels of openness about it.
As far as I know WD are the only ones shipping NAS certified drives with SMR, which is REALLY shady.
Never ask two questions in a business letter. The reply will discuss the one you are least interested, and say nothing about the other.
