I disagree, actually. I’m all about metric for most other units, but maintain that Fahrenheit is generally superior to Celcius for its greater precision. The difference between one degree and the next is just more granular in Fahrenheit. If Europeans got in the habit of describing temperatures to the first decimal…

If it actually takes twenty days to receive your credit and you can’t use it later than ninety days following receipt, you won’t be able to use it during (or “durning”) the Black Friday sell, this year or any other.

I want to trust you guys but this feels sketch. Who is “smart training lab” and what do they have to do with Microsoft?

It’s really Android’s fault when you think about it. They’ve got to give Apple time to copy their features in their own handwriting.

I love that “Power Button” is a feature. It makes complete sense to consider it as such on an SBC like the Pi, but it’s just funny to see listed that way. Kind of like how phones with headphone jacks list it as a feature now.

Same. I always thought he was unfairly maligned for that performance. I think he was trying to balance being the voice of a sentient AI while still conveying some emotion. And I think the directors were satisfied with what he gave them, and probably even encouraged him to deliver the lines in the way he did. Then when…

That sounds like a great feature, especially for people who are often the unwilling targets of unsolicited images. So, I’m not saying this to rag on it, but I imagine there will be some really funny examples soon of images that the onboard AI blurred which turned out to be totally innocent. Like, a basket of golden…

Maybe it really is worth it, but when I see a headline touting a discount that amounts to more than I’d expect to pay for a thing as a base price (e.g. anything >$100 for an ice cream maker), I’m getting major red flags.

Oh great, I thought I was safe from disease at least, but the article you link suggests they can carry diseases picked up by their mother. Ick!

I’m sorry to tell you this, but you are wrong. You cannot get that many adult ticks at once, but you absolutely can stumble into a nest of larval ticks and get that many on you. They are tiny, and can actually pass through most shoe fabrics (but not leather or solid rubber), and socks.

μ too?

Yeah, but that’s not the same price that the bundle cost before. I’ve got Hulu (no ads) and Disney+ (no ads) and they cost, as a bundle, $17.98/mo. So, that’s cheaper than Hulu (no ads) will cost alone after the rate hike.

I use uBlock Origin and starting yesterday just started getting a message from YouTube that ad-blockers aren’t allowed, and telling me to disable it. I could close the popup and continue to the video, but it prevented auto-play on my queue.

Nice! I haven’t had the same luck. I’ve heard multiple APCs die on me, one after only a couple years. I only buy CyberPower and TrippLite now, and haven’t had any issues.

Good advice. I keep my networking hardware on the same UPS that my desktop is connected to, have another in my wife’s office for her PC hardware, and one under my home theater setup to avoid damaging my game consoles and TV. I’ve had a TV end up with lines on screen following a power blink so it’s definitely…

I know all these things, generally, but I still think the tech companies are lying. I’ve just had too many instances where my wife and I were talking about something insanely specific, never did anything on a computer/phone/etc. related to that conversation, and then been served ads about that specific thing that I…

LOL, I forgot we were talking about SAG here. Sorry! I do support them too, but my statements above are less applicable in that case. Although I would say the fact it’s a job where employers can legally consider age and appearance differentiates it from most hourly or salaried jobs and supports the notion of residuals…

Creative work such as writing is different from your typical day job. Writers don’t generally punch a clock, and we may work all through the night for days on end when we’re “on.” A screenplay or teleplay could be hammered out in a week, but more likely it will take months. And for most, pushing yourself to write more…

Neil Gaiman advised a fan to watch content with reckless abandon while it’s still being released so studios can’t point to low turnout as an excuse for being stingy.

I didn’t know all that! I didn’t start paying for Hulu until sometime after Disney+ came out though. Prior, I hadn’t watched it since it was just a place to watch ABC, Fox, and CBS shows for free with ads. The Netflix thing rings faintly familiar...