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"Kolbrenner says the movie is “going to be completely different—I don’t know if I should say that or not."

I really hope they don't fuck it up when they make the changes. Prufrock, if you're reading this, don't let them ruin it. Please, please, please watch out for your story. Don't let them make it completely different.

Why arent people using SVG for this sort of thing? Isnt that HTML5's vector graphics format?

I supose if you're using icons w/ the express purpose of using them with in-line text, then this would be Ideal... but just seems like a weird hack, when there is SVG available...

The author of this website claims to simply be ignorant of SVG at the bottom? whats up with that?

Why is using a font "hack" better than using the intended container for vector graphics?

I guess web design has always sorta been about pushing the bounderies of browser quirks, but I kinda thought we were moving away from that. You would think the intended use of vector graphics would be designed to be just as good if not better than using a font to do the same thing.

Translation:

'Wah wah. Mommy won't let me eat cake! but me like CAKKKEE SO MUCH! Mommy mean! Mommy have so much cake not let me have any. Stupid Mommy.'

Jobs aren't obsolete. There are plenty of jobs. Part time, low wage, no benefits jobs. Careers? Full time, living wage that can support a family, full benefits packages? Those are becoming obsolete, and fast.

Screw any politician who crows about "creating jobs". I would support one who can create careers. Won't happen.

The banks made unqualified loans to people and made money. The banks sliced and diced these toxic loans (derivatives) and sold them as Triple A investments... and made money. The banks then bet against those toxic investments and made money. The banks had their clients invest in these toxic instruments, and made money. The banks were then bailed out by the taxpayers and made money. The banks now own all the foreclosed property.

Interesting article, but he misses the right answer: if it isn't broken, don't fix it.

C may not be the easiest language to learn, but you wouldn't want newbies messing with systems programming anyway.

Higher level languages give you a more abstract view, but when you are doing systems programming that's not what you want, you need to be in full control. Only C gives you precise control of what the machine is doing all the time. You don't want a garbage collector to kick in unexpectedly, you don't want data structures to be allocated in mysterious ways.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET OVERTIME?!

My first thought: crazy.

Especially the part with the printouts and highlighters.

Could this actually be effective?

The article is a bit confusing. If I take it correctly, a few casinos offered him nearly 50:50 odds, and a discount on his losses if he lost more than ~500k. In other words, a great deal, worth ~$50k. And then he proceeded to have amazing games, winning millions by sheer luck. The article doesn't talk much about the luck this requires, and one wonders if he does have something else going on.

schizophrenia? theres an app for that....