Capitalism sucks, but it’s the best we have so far.

Its resource distribution is terribly inefficient, but it’s miles better than the “trust me, bro”-approach pushed by those heavily into alternative systems.

I can see that. It is my firm belief that sometimes, under very strict circumstances, violence is justified because it’s necessary. But refusing to take part in it is a valid position to have.

For example, nobody can force you to take voilent action to save a third party, in the same way nobody can force you to pull the lever in a trolley problem.

Same. Hell, the conversation doesn’t even have to be in person - a phone call will do.

As I stated elsewhere, I refuse to take part in any hiring process that involves a one way video aspect. But I’m not 100% against using it as a filter: The first bar in the hiring process is to refuse the video interview.

No. Never. It’s demeaning and unnecessary.

I know it happens nowadays, but I’ve been on both sides of the hiring process and I refuse to have any part in it.

For those of us not in the know (or who have suppressed it), wtf is a charm bar? All Google points to is 90% jewelry and 10% generic metro stuff.

I didn’t use Win 8 or 8.1 for long, though. And i’ve only used 10 and 11 via work, set up by a pretty reasonable admin.

Thanks for reminding me of that abomination. I edited in my own take on that inOperable System

Wasn’t that the UI overhaul that started with win8 and persists to a lesser degree to this day? It’s impossible to make an UI that works efficiently for both desktop and tablet. They’re two different platforms that are operated in different ways, and as such different UI designs are needed. Trying to unify them is like trying to invent a dashboard that works for both Volvo 940 and Airbus A380.

If so, I’d say it couldn’t have been done “right” by anyone else either, as it seems that a core element of its design is to make information as vague and short as possible, while padding it with a lot of dead space. At a distance it looks neat, but up close it feels like you’re expected to play guitar with mittens on. Its only reason for existing was that it was built on logic that was flawed to begin with.

And any implementation would’ve run into the same issue: You’re removing flexibility for the sake of simplicity, something you cannot really do with a desktop OS. Microsoft never seemed to grasp this fact.

Example, if I want to change the thingamajig-ratio of the skoodleblurp, utilizing the brumblebork method:

• Linux: skoodle -s thinga 50 (brumblebork is assumed by default unless something else is explicitly defined via --method=)
• msdos 6.0: skoodleb /thing 50 /brumblebork
• win 3.x and win95: can’t do that natively, but the msdos method still works for some reason.
• WinME: Nobody knows how it’s done, or even if it’s possible. Anyone who wants to adjust this is smart enough to avoid WinME
• win2k: after right clicking my computer and selecting properties, it’s a setting hidden somewhere in the hardware tab, provided you’re running the latest SP.
• win98: same as win2k, except a reboot is required afterwards
• XP: same as win2k, except a defrag is required afterwards. Also, Teletubbies color schema.
• win vista: back to rebooting. The change may not have been applied. It will not tell you either way.
• win 7: finally they made it functional and easily accessible via the control panel
• win 8: uh oh, the control panel of ye olden days is no more. We have a new thing going, so there are two way of doing it. The newer method isn’t quite as flexible as the old control panel, though; you need to regedit for proper brumblebork.
• win 8.1: They fixed the new panel, but you can’t fit it on a single screen due to excessive dead space padding. And sometimes you get told to contact the sysadmin. For your computer. That you own.
• Win 10: It fits on one screen now, you just have a million sub-menus to navigate through; control panel -> network -> advanced -> skoodleblurp -> advanced -> thingamajig -> advanced (yep, again) -> ratio slider -> apply -> OK -> submit -> execute -> “are you sure?” -> (three minutes of that spinning circle that replaced the hour glass) -> Fuck, you forgot to check the brumblebork box half an hour ago. At this point it’s easier to get WSL up and running and then run skoodle -s thinga 50 --method=brumblebork (method not implied. WSL isn’t that good)
• Win 11: you have to log in to support.microsoft.com with your Microsoft account, using edge, and hope it has detected that you are running an OS that supports this. Then you can download a service patch that may or may not be relevant. Either way it changes your default search to Bing.

I think I got a bit carried away there… but my point still stands. It was an awful design choice, and the awfulness was part of its core functionality. It’s gotten a little bit better since its initial release, but it still sucks.

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My favorite ones are:

Singapore - Beautiful, plenty to do and explore, and great lounges in general.
Istanbul - The Turkish Airlines lounge is among the best I’ve ever visited. A bit crowded though.
Amsterdam - Lots to do, efficient design, and fun to explore.
Copenhagen - Very efficient design

Honorable mention: Aberdeen. Small, simple, and with a nice pub. Could’ve used a better eatery, though.

What is it that you want to say but can’t?

There once was a woman named Piggot
Who voted for a dumbass bigot
Then she lost her job
Along with poor Bob
And she thought she really would dig it.

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Estimated usefulness compared up against practicality. Of course you want it where people are, and at yhe same time you want the bus to be able to stop without obstructing traffic.

Be sure to reserve enough time

Not directly, but it does carry a similar vibe.

I would say SOYCD intro is more similar to the intro of Dream Theater - Octavarium. Shouldn’t be surprising because the former was part of the inspiration for the latter.

Yes, but not as much as many other metals. We’retalking large amounts over a long period of time.

On sidenote, everything is poisonous, it’s just a matter of dosage.

I’m thinking metal poisoning over time. Lead or copper, for example.

My job is pretty chill, so I only have a todo.txt on my desktop

Nah, I’m a simple man and I’m siding with Janeway on this one.