We've been afraid of computers now for at least 40 years, if not longer.

I think it's multiple factors and not just ChatGPT.

1. Stack Overflow has engendered a community that is hostile and rude unless folks create carefully crafted questions. So less questions are making it to the site.
2. SEO farms have overwhelmed the search engine results, sometimes with SO's own content.
3. The recent sale of Stack Overflow to Prosus killed a lot of momentum for me. I deleted my account when I heard the news. While I trusted SO's previous ownership and stewardship I don't have the same faith in an investment company doing right by its users.

I'm sure ChatGPT figures into this equation as well but there's way more suspects than the infamous one. It's a tiresome narrative and I think doing more research is required before blaming everything on stochastic parrots.

Rock and Roll? The only rock & roll that I'm aware of is the senior special at the local diner where the rolls are as hard as rocks

Remember to tip your server.

It's something when a 6-digit UID is considered "long-time".

From an apparently epochal reader / contributor.

This is now my go-to site for crappy Web 2.0 clipart.

Bookmarked!

That's exactly what I was thinking. If $350 means I don't have to worry about two devices mucking up the stream, I'm sorely tempted to pick one of these up.

It's not about copying the content, it's about being able to actually USE the damn content.

Thank you, Rob, for an awesome ride. I'm glad to have gotten the chance to meet you as a colleague, and I look forward to your next gig.

I've long said that's what was killing Ford when I was there. There was no thought about what was happening next quarter, let alone 5 years down the line. It was all about making the numbers this week. That's what lead them to cede the small cars to the foreign companies, and concentrate solely on SUVs, which pretty much tanked the company when the SUV market fell over (that and the bad press about the Explorer, but that's another story).

Seriously, outside of just being paid advertisements and shills for the syndicated programming, there's not a lot of reporting going on for local news. The product is just terrible to watch, at least in our area.

I'm sure at some point they're going to say that the Internet is killing CNN. On that, I can fully agree: Reading comments from Twitter, voting on stories via Twitter, and showing cat videos from Youtube will definitely kill CNN dead.

Awesome. I should really check out slashdot.org sometime. :)

Readable websites that don't have inline ads in them, unlike the article linked.

I use lossless compression for my music, because I like the higher quality over MP3 files.

Music and Movie reproduction are all about trade-offs. I'd love for Rush to play an intimate concert in my living room, but unfortunately they're currently busy in Europe, so I have to settle for seeing them live when I can, and playing their CDs when they're not available. It's a compromise I can live with. I rip all of my CDs to .FLAC because I want the best possible sound. That's a compromise I can't live without.

Unfortunately, the movie theater owners are making compromises for me by not changing the lenses of their equipment to suit the film. To me, that's one more agitation to seeing a movie in the theater. Having to deal with schedules, other inconsiderate people, and high ticket prices means additional trade-offs. Would that I could have a larger screen with theater sound systems at home, would that satisfy your requirement for me to watch a movie? Or is there something special about the whole theater-going experience that somehow transcends the hardware of that experience? I'm perfectly content with the compromises of my home setup, as are many other folks for whom even a small iPad is adequate for movie watching.

I just hope the movie theater hasn't compromised your theater-going experience without your knowledge. At least I know where my compromises are.

Gee, so on top of the projector problems, I have the various annoyances from people not behaving properly in the theater, possible sound-quality issues, and an overall sub-par experience. Or I could just wait for it to come out on DVD, and watch it at home, where I know the quality of the TV, DVD player, and sound system. And I can pause it if I need to take a potty break.

So what's the benefit to me for seeing it in the movie theater?

(And no, 3D is not a benefit because my wife gets splitting headaches from watching 3D movies).

This kind of behavior is why my wife got a HP 50G for her birthday, rather than the TI-92. As far as I know, HP doesn't care one whit about what you do with their calculators, just as long as you give them money for the initial purchase.