The holes are only for manufacturability.

Define “done”.

On mobile, when everyone was releasing their new voice assistant technologies, Cortana outperformed them all. On desktop I agree that Cortana was a waste of space.

I’ve been a MS products fan since Windows Phone, Cortana, and OneNote stole my heart. I loved the great features that Windows 10 and Edge provided out-of-the box. Bing provided better results than Google for some time.

But Phone was never accepted by the market, and with it, Cortana faded away. OneNote hasn’t kept up with the market, and they somehow broke the cursor on mobile. Sticky Notes lost compatibility with Dark Mode. They started pushing ads to Windows start menu, and embedded ads in Edge Collections.

Microsoft makes great software, then fuck it all up. Oh well, back to Linux.

Because Star Trek future doesn’t have their favorite features: bigotry, inequality, and runaway capitalism.

I’m not in a position to affect change in a powerful way. So I try to stay educated and informed, I vote at the ballot box, I vote with my wallet, I donate what I reasonably can to places where I think it will help, and I speak out when it’s appropriate to do so.

It’s not even an innovative design. It’s a DeLorean mashed with the futuristic Ford seen in the Hill Valley town square in Back to the Future 2.

I’d love to see manufacturers take a more retro-futurism approach. Then they can do physical buttons AND interesting aesthetics.

Chemistry, biology, and medicine are the few places where AI can provide real benefits to our world.

Jesus Christ.

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I don’t have to imagine. I was there 3000 years ago. In the early days of the web they saved entire newspaper pages (as printed!) as single image files. You’d have to zoom in and pan around the page to read it. It was absolutely painful.

You lost me with all the ads baked into the OS. You’re not gonna win me back with… checks notes Notepad.

I’ve dipped my toes in Linux a few times over the years, but after Windows started pushing ads to the start menu, the lock screen, and the Edge Collections pane, they pushed pushed me off the cliff.

We should do a “where are they now” on this kid.

Hot take: memory is pliable.

Drop the integer and multiply the decimal part by 12, round, divide by 12, reduce, then re-incorporate the integer.

Example: 1.3 cups = 1 + 0.3 cups = 1 + 0.3*12/12 cups = 1 + 3.6/12 cups = 1 + 4/12 cups = 1 + 1/3 cups.

Commodore 64 joystick.

Purina had a good one that was pellets made from recycled paper. Think it was called yesterday’s news. I haven’t seen it in my local stores in a while though.

Kevin Kline, playing Dave Kovic, playing President Bill Mitchell.

Grays. Sports. Almanac.