...It's ennui.
It's not clear how the writer, Ana Nogueira, got the job. She appears to be a decent actress, but her only other writing credit was a short film eight years ago.
But anyway, the issue doesn't seem to be "superhero fatigue" but bad movie fatigue. It's not even worth getting angry about. We had a good run, time to look for other genres. Maybe I'll go see Iron Lung.
...and not expect someone to abuse it. Goes for surveillance, back doors, anything that might be conducive to abuse.
In this particular case, it doesn't surprise me at all that a cop would use surveillance for personal gain. What surprises me a little was that he was caught.
"cannot draw general conclusions based on concepts presented explicitly in a text"
Wow, that would explain a lot.
But it goes further, the vocabulary of school age kids is shrinking also.
For me it's MacOS and Mint, but I have a Winders machine assigned to me on which I am forced to do development for a job.
In fairness, MacOS updates have caused problems. Although, not anywhere nearly as frequently.
According to co-workers, the latest patch bundle has caused some problems. Patches are curated, but apparently some issues got through. I've put off updates until tonight. Tomorrow may not be very productive.
So, just so we're clear, all that literature through the last couple hundred years about artificial intelligence doing harm to humanity, has TRAINED artificial intelligence to do harm to humanity?
I guess that would follow.
"It's just like Chrome", they said.
"It's more secure", they said.
I've heard that Nethack is absurdly complicated.
I'm still playing Hack 1.0.3. (On WSL.) Maybe it's finally time to try Nethack.
Trailers I don't mind so much, because it helps me plan out future trips to the cinema, if any.
The ads have to go.
Remember the forced ads we had to contend with on DVDs? I wonder what happened to those.
...for text-to-pr0n.
That's the only thing keeping me on Windows.
...but is too deeply embedded not to continue using.
Sounds like Microsoft's business model.
> When I researched it last, 8GB/256GB was about what Windows laptops offered at this price point.
True. That is true. But typically, (there are always exceptions) the memory in Windows laptops is SO-DIMM in sockets accessible through a hatch in the back, the drive is either m.2 or ssd (or sometimes both) also removable, and the laptop comes apart.
As opposed to the memory soldered in and the two halves of the laptop body glued together.
The last time I bought a Windows laptop, it was offered with the CPU and graphics I wanted, but with not enough memory or storage for my purpose. So I bought it with minimum ram and storage and swapped out the ram for the architectural max and the SSD for something really large.
That's a lot more difficult to do with a macbook. Macs are boutique priced, but paradoxically are pretty much throw-away items.
The macbook I was assigned for work has a D key that no longer functions. It's not the keycap and electronic contact cleaner did not help.
I've had keyboards die in Windows laptops, and replacing them involves some tinkering (and about a thousand little screws) but is relatively straightforward. Cost $15 for the keyboard and about an hour of my time.
Replacing the keyboard on a macbook is often not worth the trouble. In my case, my work said they'd issue me another one and I should send this one back to be safely recycled.
I've been a Mac user for some time, starting with the G4, and like Beluga caviar, they've evolved into an expensive, commodity product. Which for a computer should be a contradiction in terms.
Mind you, I have one (1) non-web-based application for which I still use Windows, and if that ever gets ported to linux, I'll abandon Windows and never look back. But having bouncy icons is not enough reason to pay the Mac tax.
The solution of problems is the most characteristic and peculiar sort of voluntary thinking. -- William James
