We just shrunk to 3 recently, so we're on our way there.

No this is better.

But what they really need to do is start accepting pretty standard shortcuts such as ctrl+shift+v for paste text only and (not paste related) Ctrl+shift+z for redo.

I can't recall others off the top of my head but the shortcut situation across MS applications is a mess.

The paste options are inconsistent across word and Excel (and to get the equivalent of what is Ctrl+shift+v in almost every application it's Ctrl+v then Ctrl then a letter.

It's very clear that they most definitely do not use their own products. Especially outlook with it's painfully slow rendering engine.

Found the European who has no grasp how large, and open, the U.S. can be. Cities are about the only place where public transportation can really work. Once you get to the suburbs you're relegated to shopping centers and not your Aunt May's house for public transportation.

And the OP is correct. You can only carry a bag or two on a bus/tram/whatever, unlike having a car where you can fill your trunk and even the backseat if necessary. Making multiple trips each week is time consuming and not everyone has that luxury.

I wish more people knew this.

Agreed. I see many people every day who stop their vehicle one or more car lengths behind the white line. Getting on their rear bumper generally induces them to move forward.

I saw one variant where it looked like a motorcycle but had 2 wheels in the front and one wheel in the rear.

You mean something like this?

The cost of running a server for old games in perpetuity is small compared to the cost of shipping a release of code.

Because electricity is free? The people needed to keep the server(s) running work for free? The connections to their backbone provider is gratis? The servers themselves never need replacing because they never wear out?

There are places where climate change is making the climate better,

Name one. I don't think warmer temperatures in upper Canada are good thing considering the permafrost is no longer permanent and releasing not only vast amounts of methane into the atmosphere, but also the possibility of long dormant pathogens being revived due to warming temperatures.

I get what they're saying so far as not requiring the game to check in for activation on a server, but since most (all?) games now require a server to operate simply because of how vast the gameplay is, are they asking the government to require the game company to keep their servers running?

If not, how are these people expecting to play?

The states getting pounded do have a war against women so it's possible their god is upset with them.

The interesting thing is that QE, the (huge) direct purchase of securities by the Fed, has mostly been invisible to consumer markets over the last 15 years.

Say what? QE has been the only thing propping up businesses. If the FED didn't step in to buy like there's no tomorrow the consumer would be screwed because banks would complain the credit market is frozen. It is now well established that businesses cannot operate unless the Fed steps in to keep things running. If you think otherwise, have Powell unload the trillions the Fed is holding and see what happens.

This is no different than the endless, yearly subsides Congress hands out like candy to businesses. And guess what that large influx of currency does? It creates inflation. The same with the bailouts. Money is miraculously created to protect the businesses (but not the people) which in turn creates inflation.

However, in the current case, the vast majority of inflation is being caused by businesses raising their prices just because they can to grow their profits.

Piracy is the superior alternative at this point.

Agreed. Just steal what you want because you're entitled to it.

It's really annoying.

Back in the day the phone companies were broken up and in the 90s the US had by far the cheapest telecommunications of the large economies.

Now the cable companies have a similar monopoly and once again US telecom is more expensive.

If CO2 really was a good greenhouse gas, then it would be used in double pane glass.

Good greenhouse gases are not used for improving the insulating value of double-pane windows, since they easily emit as radiation any heat they absorb, and the thickness of the gap between panes is not sufficient to have a big effect at absorbing infrared radiation, anyway. If a reduction in radiant heat transfer is the desire, low-emittance and reflective materials can be applied to the glass to effect that
Monatomic gases are used to reduce the heat transferred by conduction between panes, since they have fewer degrees of freedom to carry the energy of heat (no rotational or vibrational modes). Usually argon is used, since it's relatively abundant (almost 1% of the atmosphere). But the heavier, the better, due to lower velocities at a given energy, so xenon or krypton are occasionally used.

We know that as CO2 increases people lose their ability to think clearly. I mean, look around.

There is no excuse for releasing an 'update' that takes away basic functionality.

And yet, with almost every "update" of Windows, basic functionality is removed. And people continue to use it.