Incorrect - I asked, but ewhac got the answer out before my question could manifest. Thank you, ewhac - we are of the same food group.

You've clearly never lived near a farm during manuring week, when they're spreading that stuff. It's actually the other way around. When it's stored, it's fine. When you spread it, it's unbearable for most people.

To you, it is obvious. To me, it is obvious! But I'm starting to realize that for so many "tech-illiterate" people, it is not obvious. As such, NFTs may actually be quite successful in the long run! It's not just PT Barnum's "sucker born every minute", it's even worse -- most people just don't understand the basic tech enough to realize that they are being scammed. Consider a phenomenon like Facebook. When it appeared, it was blindingly obvious to me that it would lead to all of the problems that it has manifested. But even tech-literate people threw large chunks of their lives away on that platform. People are waking up to it now, but it wasn't obvious to people, which I honestly couldn't believe at the time.

I disagree - this sounds like a hit piece. This affects only mobile DDG search apps. If you're already using a mobile device, I'm not sure why this would bother you.

"And now we have a potentially very angry man who has the strength and agility to lift 70 lb barrels into the truck and hang on for dear life at speed. Nothing could possibly go wrong".

Perhaps we should start surveilling our citizens for signs of foment...

I had a very unprofessional moment at work today when I clicked the link to see the new design and heard myself yelling "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" several times with great volume.

I truly hate it. I promise, I will never again return to slashdot, my homepage for about ten years, one of the only sites I read religiously and with enthusiasm, if you choose this design. That was my first reaction when I saw it, and about 5 hours later, I feel that way more.

My older brother would never let me play this one on his Apple back in the 80's.

Muahahahaa - can't stop me now!

I tend to disagree. Because of TV-inspired segregated identity clustering, we've removed the non from "non-conformist". As a non-conformist, I long for a time when I could... non-conform. I never had a hard time being non-conformist, though one had to be tactful, polite, and civil about it.

And seriously, if you hear yourself on your deathbed saying you wish you had watched more TV, my sense is that many of the better aspects of existence have passed you by.

It's funny and weird to imagine thinking about this for the first time.

You're not the only one. I still haven't discovered how to stomach portmanteaus like this one, and I don't suspect I ever will.

The original g-mail view can still be seen if you use this address when you access:

http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=html&zy=d

It's called "basic HTML".

It's a bit scary when you find yourself explaining this to people on /. of all places. You're not alone.

And anyone who agrees with this post is most likely not posting content to the internet with the same zeal to connect and share as they once had. I'm surprising myself by actually posting.

For me, the problem is that where most content on the Web was out on public pages, it now hides behind a Facebook etc. login screen. I don't use that service, so when I hit that login screen, I close the tab. After a while, it leaves you with a sick feeling.

The real problem is not that these older/better internet services aren't around anymore, but that most people don't look at every available option first, and then choose Facebook etc. They have learned that there is only Facebook and then commercial sites for buying/building things. They may as well not exist - so the argument that they are still there is mostly irrelevant.

  As an example, the "young folks" (college/highschool age folks ) that I've convinced to use IRC with me have come around to my understanding, and feel basically the same way I do. But they wouldn't have known it was there, or how to use it. Back in the day, there was an incentive to learn about it. That incentive is gone - so it doesn't really matter if the services still exist or not.

The M1 Garand could fit EIGHT in the clip!