Theyâ(TM)re not really 24, 30 or 60. Theyâ(TM)re stupid fractional rates like 30000/1001. I wish NTSC fractional frame rates would die, along with interlacing.

LOL. Thanks for the witty reply; I wish /. would let me just react like every other modern app or site.

Iâ(TM)ve never had a vacuum that lasts for such a short period of time. My current one (a Dyson) has been going 14 years and no reason to believe it will die anyone soon. I got rid of the 12 year old Hoover I had before only because I moved country and it wouldnâ(TM)t work with 220V. What is your wife doing to break so many vacuums, or are they just cheap crap that fails frequently? Youâ(TM)ve spent way more on vacuums than I have.

Here you go;
https://youtube.com/shorts/MbQ...

Apple arenâ(TM)t leaching off OSM; they pay TomTom plenty for maps.

Maybe it's a case of the experienced developers have retired or been replaced for being too expensive, and the new generation doesn't have the knowledge or experience and are having to learn it all again the hard way.

I remember well when the original Halo was released and the hype around it. I grew up on Wolf3D, Doom, Doom II, Quake II and Quake III. I completed Halo in under a week when it was first released and was just left thinking: WTF was that? Waste of money. Each to their own, eh?

Why would you drink cider if you want sparkling wine? If your criteria is that you want a yellow drink with bubbles, fine, but that also doesnâ(TM)t sound like your average champagne drinker either.

Itâ(TM)s like expecting somebody who wants a BMW will be happy with a Ford instead. Theyâ(TM)re more likely to just delay the purchase of the Beamer until they can afford it, and also have less money to spend in the local economy.

I'm on a Mac you insensitive clod!

I suspect Steve Jobs refusing to let Flash on iPhones and iPad was a bigger stumbling block for most people than all the security concerns (although he too cited abysmal security). The loss of a huge chunk of the mobile market made Flash untenable.

Steve Jobs' thoughts on Flash:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

This is just the modern equivalent of those shitty "funny" emails that were forwarded around by at least one person in every office in the 90s. It's just become easier, more accessible and the tools more powerful.

You mean: Ukraine was defending itself in the Donbas after Russia supplied weapons and manpower to the separatist militias and agitated the situation? Asking for Russian peacekeepers to help was just part of the little man in the Kremlin's disinformation and subterfuge campaign.

Ukraine wasn't threatening their neighbours. Ukraine hadn't invaded or attacked their neighbours. Ukraine hasn't fought a 10 year war with one of its neighbours. Ukraine hasn't fired the equivalent of Scud missiles at an innocent third country like Iraq did with Israel. Ukraine hasn't used WMD against ethnic groups of its own population. Unlike Iraq, Ukraine wasn't developing WMD and in fact, voluntarily gave them up. Ukraine was on a peaceful path towards EU membership. The US lead invasion of Iraq was in a response to all of this and stop them threatening and attacking everybody, and then left, which is the opposite of Putin's aim which is genocide and the extinguishing of a separate culture and sovereign nation. You simply can't compare the two.

Yet the pain points that Linus raised over four years ago still exist today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Youâ(TM)ve just reminded me of a wonderful holiday I had to Peru nearly 20 years ago, thanks. Coffee at breakfast though seemed to be a constant trade-off between flavour and temperature: if you wanted it hot, it was going to taste watered down and shit like N. American coffee; wanted it to taste good, then it was going to be cold!

I like espresso, and as somebody who is caffeine free, I can put five or more shots in a mug with no consequences and enjoy a large coffee that tastes good!