AskJeeves? Altavista?

I clicked through to suggest invoking FCC clause AGM-88, and you beat me to it.

It used to be that Apple was the platform that tried harder to conform to open standards, to play nice. First thing to break was remote desktop support.

Galling to think that people would be encouraged to sell the public drugs not known to work at all. Also, why are homeopathic things still being sold?

If they have to lead with a veiled indication of their workplace travails, rather than the actual issue at hand, I know I have to choose to dive into their personal drama or find someone who actually wants to focus on the topic in question.

It helps to know that whitespace counts in any manner other than "there is, or is not, whitespace". If there is a finer reliance on the amount of whitespace, the language is shit.

Given that much Google Home commands are issued verbally, it is vital that Google focus (in part) on ensuring reliable, reproducible behavior in response to these commands. Any time spent in company with Google Home users makes it clear this is already a major problem. How will AI not cause further damage here?

I've been posting off and on for decades. I still don't understand the intent and function of the karma system.

Good profits can delight the owners of a private enterprise. Good profits mean NOTHING to the owners of most public companies. The measure of success ceases to be come profit -- it becomes the rate of change of profit. In the case of a widely-embraced company, this invariably requires them to shortchange employess and customers when growth of marketshare can no longer provide a "sufficient" increase in earnings.

Personally, I found Chipotle a surprising venue for these outbreaks. I've only been in one about 10 times in all, but they strike me as well above average for a fast food outlet (as far as a customer can tell).

Why can't backlinks to the source documents be maintained, allowing a user to click on any selection and say "show your work"?

Why is the remedy always discussed in terms of choosing either Standard or Daylight Savings Time and leaving it there? Has anyone considered that some point between these two (or possibly even outside their boundaries) might offer the optimal standard?

This is large-ISH

we had similar setbacks here on Cape Cod. The locals are all complaining about fears that the cables running UNDER their beach (Dowse's Beach) will somehow hurt them. They... the old folk baking in the sun without sunscreen. Puke.

Your guilds and ancient claims are invalid.