But it -is- a future that people want. The Idiocracy and Buy’n’Large future isn’t some looming threat a few years down the road, it’s been here for a long time. It has simply lacked the proper infrastructure to be fully-realized and overt... until now.

(Creepy) Answer: Force Ghost

I would really like a feature that disabled navigation once a child starts a movie. That way they have to watch the entire show instead of just navigating away the moment they get bored or the slow shows down. But my impression is that my reasons for wanting such a feature don’t align with Netflix’s bottom line.

I’m not a fortune teller, but I have been in war zones and conflict centers and in countries that lack many things we take for granted here in the US: electricity, a stable farm to table system, a good transportation infrastructure, etc.

$20 for a year is pretty damn good.

In 2036, China wins all the Gold Olympic medals

Buuuut it’s not *really* cannibalism if it’s a different species, right?

Seriously, can someone less emotional and maybe a little more objective start reviewing Discovery? You know, someone who can actually discuss pros and cons of an episode without having a meltdown? Maybe a review like this - https://www.avclub.com/burnham-meets-the-emperor-and-discovery-finds-a-new-gro-1822278505

I would consider auto play videos, and popups that make you wait 5 seconds before a page load are good examples of obnoxious.

if you guys ever adjust your ads to be less batshit crazy obnoxious, please write an article alerting us. until then you will remain adblocked.

Microsoft did - Continuum. But their phone platform wasn’t popular enough for it to catch on. They even created UWP apps which allows write once, run on all of the various MS platforms. But again, adoption isn’t high.

it just makes a yank think of a bunch of dudes named ted hanging out in a jungle, probably in plaid flannel. We don’t associate it with “bears”

That’s literally the first thing I tell him (just in a less ultimatum-y “this is how it needs to be or else” way). Then I offer some other approaches in case he’s still willing to try and make things work.

There really is only one proper response to this.

Nope, just nope. As a rational human-being I know that this thing won’t try and kill me, but as a normal-human be I know that first thunderstorm it’s going to come alive and try to wear my skin.

Those type of data retrieval methods are actually used and considering the presumed data required for something as large as a galactic empire...

You get it. Thank you for getting it. I wish Katharine would get it. She won’t. Flawed memory and rose-tinted nostalgia are powerful things.

Here’s an idea. Get fucked.

I have an SE that I’ve had for maybe six months, it doesn’t exactly feel old! Feels pretty new, actually.