I almost wonder if that's actually a dude who was on the flight or someone taking advantage of an opportunity to get in the news.

Seems so unlikely.

I was going to get the next iphone mini, then they cancelled it.

Then I was going to get the next SE and then they cancelled it.

Apple was so close to having me switch.

At this point I'm going to be getting some terribly budget phone to get something not giant and it's super frustrating.

Phones are so HUGE now, but apparently that's the only thing people like.

Sadly what this really shows is that building something that caters to people just wanting to socialize isn't considered a success because the metrics pundits and advertisers really care about is 'engagement', which mostly means angry or miserable people arguing. Metrics are why we can not have nice things, since they don't define _our_ nice things as worthwhile to buisnesses.

My opinion is that the challenge is too many people of the wrong age and too few people within the right age range.

Because the female mosquitoes from the mating are sterile but the males are fine and carry the trait. Presumably those males mate with unaffected females of their generation and produce another generation of sterile females and carrier males. This can continue until there are no remaining fertile females, then they all die out.

They might bring the owl back, but thanks to their AI, it'll have 6 toes and whinny now.

I can type 30ish WPM

If the words are things like length() or common programming phrases it's definitely much quicker.

I wouldn't describe myself as touch typing though, I need to see some of the keyboard to orient myself at times. My typing speed is not a hindrance to my work. I assume there are people smarter than me that perhaps would be able to have thoughts faster than I type, but in general typing is a very small slice of time for my work. If I typed instantly I'd be at most 10% more efficient.

What I would do is make the acceptance of these cards mandatory to banks, employers, public services, etc. when they request proof of identity. I wouldn't make it mandatory to own the card/app/QR tattoo.

white-space: pre-wrap;

How about this, then: It fills a niche, but it is full of bad decisions (and fragmentation), and survives mainly by its existing momentum. It's crap in the same sense that Unix is crap: the founder effect has made its flaws impossible to dislodge or rethink.

A popular solution to a problem is not necessarily a good solution to that problem.

I own a tiny indie studio in Chicagoland and my peers own the some of the huge studios in Chicagoland.

Cinespace is dead right now. It has ONE show active. The other studios are so dead that they're secretly hosting bar mitzvahs and pickleball tournaments for $1500 a day just to pay property taxes.

My studio is surprisingly busy but I'm cheap and cater to non-union folks with otherwise full time jobs.

There's nothing much to doubt. The evidence is always the same: "our web server logs show scrapers originating from IP addresses owned by someone who didn't pay us."

The Verge article is a little clearer. 100,000 threads pilfered over the past year with scraping! Oh no!

(See also: the actual legal filing. I have to admit the headings sound a little unstable.)

TurboTax has over 5 minutes of fluff where it pretends it's doing something.

It is an absolutely painful process to use.

/r/duck

I get it.

I have moved around for a bit (never lived in another country though), but ended up within 30 minutes/15 miles of where I grew up.

I still stand by the sentiment that a country that makes travel outside of its boarder difficult is probably not all hunky dorey and wonderful inside.