"Ambition" indeed does often connote aggressive ladder-climbing. But there's just no better word for the simple pursuit of personal goals. I meant it in the basic sense.

To quote myself:

If we're gonna go the brain-altering route, we might as well wait until we find the switch for permanent happiness (or lack of discontent at least). It's what most people are hoping to get from being a prosperous member of a well-ordered society anyway. The hardest part would be convincing people that whatever…

"Everyone is food for everyone else" would be pretty egalitarian.

In a country of the blind, the one-eyed guy is institutionalized because he keeps babbling about "what things look like" and pretends he doesn't need a stick to keep from bumping into things.

Ditto. Could be because I've played enough video games to build up an immunity.

I would think it has to be. Otherwise there might be risk of legal action if a building has dead spots purely by accident of design. So a law banning passive jamming might require messy "intent" requirements, or materials bans and complicated new building codes.

But it also makes it a little easier to evaluate enforcement activities. If the police are all geared up for riot suppression, but aren't using jammers and whatnot, it could be a good indication that they're present for safety's sake and are just prepared to contain runaway violence. Likewise, if the cops start…

So have we just decided that cars look perfect now? 'Cause that's pretty much exactly what SUVs looked like 10 years ago.

That's a pretty low bar for success.

Also worth considering, I think, is how prominent war narratives are in a culture's overall output. Sometimes it seems like half of what Hollywood puts out are WWII movies, and half of the rest are basically the same thing in a scifi or fantasy setting.

Couldn't say. No admin rights or installation needed, though (it's just an EXE). So it won't crap up your computer if you just try it out.

For those with a numpad there's a program that extends the Win+direction concept to corners and top/bottom/middle. Hitting the same combo multiple times cycles between 3 sizes.

If you only read a book once, I'm not sure why you won't get the same effect with an e-book. The only exceptions I can think of would be for columns and 2-page spreads, but most books don't have multi-column layouts. Otherwise, it's not like the text drifts around on an e-reader. The only way that happens is if text…

I think the main difference with e-readers is the reflowable text. Text at the top-left of a page, could be middle-right the next time you read it if you've changed your font/size/leading in the meantime.

True enough that container files can be great—-so long as the means to manipulate them is readily available. Maybe what I actually dislike about the Windows method (the de facto one anyways) is that:

Really, really wish Windows could use a more Linux-like approach instead. No good reason an icon can't just be a series of PNG and SVG files in an application or system subfolder. Maybe 6 standard raster sizes and an SVG.

Sometimes multiple parts are better. A hinged joint will last a lot longer than just bending a piece of metal back and forth, despite being more complex. Application and materials need to be considered.

Bendy straws ftw.

I want the resolution limited so it's not possible to track individual cars or people. I don't care slightly that this will significantly reduce the utility and/or coolness. I'd much rather see effort put into completing hi-res shots of the whole planet and keeping urban areas reasonably up to date.