Friday Ephemera (659)
How to lose your shoes. || Crown flash. || It fell from the sky. (h/t, Damian) || Fungus of note. || How to measure very tiny forces – say, the push of a laser pointer. (h/t, Elephants Gerald) || Incoming. || Incoming 2. || On the benefits of British colonialism. || A very modern mindset. || An excruciatingly simulated heist game. || Moog dancers, 1971. (h/t, TDK) || As seen by meteorological satellite Himawari-8. || How was your day? || Because it can be done. (h/t, Dicentra) || The British Vintage Wireless and Television Museum. (h/t, Things) || Looking sharp. || Lighthouse location. || “Ready to drive away today.” (h/t, Julia) || A compendium of Japanese portable record players. || An attempt was made. || And finally, an illustration of life’s modern complications.
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…ok, the booze is wearing off so I get the “*I* require *you*…” thing now…for some reason…it’s still stupid wording though…
Great moments in Guardian journalism.
What?
I miss the days when Scientific American was not a propaganda organ of the left.
From the article…
We are talking some serious Science™ in this article.
Too true, I remember well when
slavesblack bodies were paid millions of dollars to run around chasing a ball an average of about 12 minutes every Sunday for half a year.I am enwokened, all this time I thought it was because of their abilities. I will do better.
Our author:
I’m not sure what that actually means, and seems shy of a few buzzwords, but OK.
It would be racist of me to suggest that might shed some light on her perplexity.
Maybe the rag needs a new name – Scientific Wild Ass Guess American, maybe.
And so we’ve reached a point where, in order to accept the woke premise, you have to actively avoid thinking.
Damnit… From the article…
Other links were in the original.
The old way of doing HTML was easier…
The marked drop in the number of comments with HTML errors suggests otherwise.
The marked drop in the number of comments with HTML errors suggests otherwise.
While I am not aware of research that compares the rate, I am pretty sure it is racist.
…we’ve reached a point where, in order to accept the woke premise, you have to actively avoid thinking.
Many such cases.
It’s like software-assisted anything; competent practitioners often prefer the control they have by doing things manually while the otherwise incompetent can appear to be knowledgeable by leveraging the software but their abilities are almost completely dependant on the machine.
Meow,
Heh. The important thing – and I can’t stress this enough – is that I now spend much less time un-upbuggering HTML trash fires.
…ok, the booze is wearing off so I get the “*I* require *you*…” thing now…for some reason…it’s still stupid wording though…
I’m still not seeing anything at all reasonable in that letter.
It’s like software-assisted anything; competent practitioners often prefer the control they have by doing things manually…
Therein lies the thing, the software assisted requires extra steps to accomplish the same thing, e.g. –
Software assist:
Back and forth, back and forth, same with text formatting. Type, highlight, go to the bottom click bold, oops, forgot to unclick after highlight. OTOH, type the whole thought, go back and highlight then hit bold.
It is very non-linear, as opposed to just using tags, and I am guessing, as I don’t do it, a royal PITA (no not Harry again) on a phone what with the wee characters, big fingers, and all.
At this point, I will now go back to PiperPaul’s quote at the top and italicize it, having failed to go backwards earlier…
Yeah, yeah, somebody always has a gripe…
Counterfeit American. Fraudulent American. Lysenko American. Scientific Izvestian.
Heh. The important thing – and I can’t stress this enough – is that I now spend much less time un-upbuggering HTML trash fires.
Can we look forward to the day when the Correction Booth gathers dust for months on end?
[ Fetches damp cloth for Muldoon’s brow. ]
[ Fetches damp cloth for Muldoon’s brow. ]
Too late, too late, I fear I will have to find solace in some Siberian antifreeze.
The marked drop in the number of comments with HTML errors suggests otherwise.
Posting embedded links from my phone was a problem: No matter how careful I was, they didn’t seem to work right. So I’m pleased with the new blog…And maybe the money David saves on hamster urine can be reallocated to better snacks.
Lysenko American
Indeed.
Are we sure it’s not actually already an ingredient in the current ones?
We’ve got a winner: He carjacked a driver so he could get to court for a stolen car case.
Me neither, but what set off my knee-jerk reaction was how oddly worded it is. Seems like the most proper way to even make such a ridiculous request would be “the law (or specific ordinance) requires you to…” The “I require you..” reeks of personal arrogance. Almost as if there’s a desire to create a non-compliance situation itself. I would expect that such requests would be form letters that have been reviewed by superiors and/or lawyers in order that such encounters would be done in the most efficient and manageable means possible. Again, almost…
At this point, I will now go back to PiperPaul’s quote at the top and italicize it, having failed to go backwards earlier…
That’s the reason for 95% of my edits. But having an edit function is great!
as opposed to just using tags,
Use the curly brackets tool and you can use your own tags to your hearts content. I use frequently for links instead of the links tool. The curly brackets essentially make your entire comment and html page.
Heh. The important thing – and I can’t stress this enough – is that I now spend much less time un-upbuggering HTML trash fires.
What are you doing with all that extra time? It’s never too late to take on a new hobby.
What is this curly brackets tool?
I should have used the edit function on that last comment.
What is this curly brackets tool?
It’s the last tool on the toolbar in the comment box. Click on it and it shall reveal itself to thee. It will show you your comment as if it were an html document. You can type any html tag into the comment at that point.
It’s the last tool on the toolbar in the comment box. Click on it and it shall reveal itself to thee. It will show you your comment as if it were an html document…
I didn’t even notice it! Thanks!
…You can type any html tag into the comment at that point.
Any html?
Now, what does the Code Block icon do?
Any html?
I haven’t experimented with many tags but I’m assuming since it’s an open html page it will accept any recognized html tags. I think code block blocks selected text for the easier addition of tags, but I haven’t used it so I’m not really sure. Here’s a two minute tutorial.
He has to get through all that hump fat first.
The feeling of icy dread is normal isn’t it, doctor?
And so we’ve reached a point where, in order to accept the woke premise, you have to actively avoid thinking.
That.
The feeling of icy dread is normal isn’t it, doctor?
Chaos always finds a way.
You might not want to take up that hobby I mentioned.
The feeling of icy dread is normal isn’t it, doctor?
The terrible thing is, there are people who will experiment just to find out if they can break it. After which David must pick up the pieces.
After that incident in Ukraine they made me promise not to do that anymore.
Psst! David! Want to buy a used Geiger counter? Cheap!
As has been noted before, if 70% of NFL players are black, making millions, then white supremasists are doing a pretty shabby job. Same with Jews, Indians, Koreans, Arabs etc all on average making higher income than whites.
An interesting note on US Jim Crow laws–the reason for these laws was that whites on average were not racist enough. They were “cheating”–hiring black carpenters, allowing blacks in their stores. So the gov had to step in and make all that nice stuff illegal. Government–is there anything it can’t make worse?
Darleen: in addition to supporting the narrative, the “everyone gets a consolation prize” esp in the social sciences also kills innovation. To innovate, you must overturn something that exists. Another reason is that journals have become very beauracratic and don’t like truly disruptive stuff.
The feeling of icy dread is normal isn’t it, doctor?
Oh, yes. I could have fun with this.
I’m always surprised that Markdown isn’t more common as a supported formatting style in blogging software.
Oh, yes. I could have fun with this.
[ Flips through phone directory for that number I thought I would never need. ]
Hello, Lars? I might want to call in that favor you offered…
Biker gang.
Hello, Lars? I might want to call in that favor you offered…
I studied under Ian Goldberg. Bring it.
I studied under Ian Goldberg. Bring it.
I was hoping for a reply that immediately suggested some further humor. I got nuthin, or at least nuthin actually funny.