The Brooklyn Public Library has a mandate to serve the citizens of Brooklyn/NYC. It is not obligated in any way to extend its services to people living in, say, Alabama. Yet this is what it has done, and this is what we're applauding.

You can rationalise all you want, but the effect is what it is.

Not Switzerland. Sweden.

Yeah, yeah, it's a joke.

No, no, it's not very funny.

Unless you're, I dunno, 12?

It's sad when one's reduced to defending racists with a tone argument.

You meant the 1880s, maybe?

I had plenty of dental work done in the 1980s. High-speed drills and good drugs were things back then, too.

He used to be interesting to talk to, and I had respect for his intelligence and articulation even if I didn't agree with him, but especially in the last year or two he has insisted on retreating ever further down the rabbit hole to the point I can't be bothered to read his JEs any longer.

I love how people who've nothing useful to say insist on saying it anyhow.

Many of the trolls seem to have gone silent 3 or 4 weeks ago (and not just on Slashdot). I've been seeing some better comments, too.

A lot of that is being done already in the restaurant industry, and has been for decades.

Since the rough stuff appeals to you so much—I hear these guys are looking...

I have been using JavaScript for 25 years, and it still amazes me how many people simply don't get that or prototype-based inheritance.

No, the first thing is to admit that pixel-perfect layouts don't work anywhere except in print.

Thank you!

(Apparently, some folks don't get that there's a difference between quantity and quality. Quelle surprise...)

There is no "poetry" in defending racism and paedophilia, which is what Neil Oliver does for a living.