Comment Re:Bust (Score 1) 15
> well above stuff like Star Trek.
In 2026, "Blue's Clues" would be above Star Trek in terms of science.
> well above stuff like Star Trek.
In 2026, "Blue's Clues" would be above Star Trek in terms of science.
I have a lot of criticisms of the movie, but it was fun. It was funny. It was entertaining. And because of that, I can give it a pass.
As someone who's been using Samsung phones for about 15 years, I had no idea there was a thing called "Samsung Messages". I tend to tune out all the shovelware that phones come with (and take steps to remove or disable them).
I really like Samsung phones, but their software ecosystem is abysmal. Everything they provide is inferior to other options.
Half the world runs on VBA for Office applications (or used to, it's probably less now), and VBA for Office has never been officially supported by Microsoft. You're on your own if you choose to use it.
It is illegal* to ask if candidates are married.
It is illegal* to ask if candidates have children.
It is illegal* to ask if candidates live with their parents.
* In America.
> It was possible to run the entire Windows XP system plus user applications on 128MB of RAM... 256MB was a luxury.
I did an experiment once. Windows NT 3.5 could boot with 12MB of RAM. You really couldn't do anything with it, but it did boot up. As I recall, the whole OS only took up about 40MB of disk space.
> "Our vehicles are giant paperweights right now through no fault of ours," one wrote on Reddit.
No fault? None at all? That seems... counter-intuitive.
I get it that the technology failed spectacularly, and that this is a serious problem for which people need to be held to account, but my car is working just fine.
5lbs feels like not enough to really replace most trips to actually stock your groceries, unless you break up your shopping trip into multiple delivery flights. It's much better for impromptu consumption (though that said, I feel like most of my trips to the local hardware store are "oh crap, I need this one thing
After a few months of Windows 95, I switched to NT 3.5. Much better.
(You're welcome)
Unintended consequences are the most common consequences. Once you take that into account, the world makes a lot more sense. I totally get what you're talking about, though. I felt the same way when I first read "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom", and thought "whuffie" could be a really interesting idea if actually implemented. Eventually, I really I realized it's just as bad as stuff like Polymarket is turning out to be. Pure democracy has a way of always spiraling out of control.
Thus spake the master programmer: "When a program is being tested, it is too late to make design changes." -- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming"