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My browser (FF66 Win10) lags and hangs when browsing this site. Also, the AV1 videos have frozen and I can't get them to play again without refreshing. I can recreate both of these bugs by simply changing tabs. Despite that, I'm ready to switch to video too.

This is a fun story and an easy read. I like how much hand wringing there was about possibly favoring Chrome. Earlier this year YouTube showed me a similar banner: "Watch YouTube videos with Chrome. Yes, get Chrome now." https://i.postimg.cc/x8cFCcB2/Google.png

It's not just the old web. I have a small website that does not show up in Google's results. When searching for the title of the site it's the 7th result on DDG yet does not appear on Google at all (Google runs out of results after 19 pages, which is also ridiculous considering the search is very common). When I search for the domain name (sans tld) on Google the associated YouTube page is the first result, also an unrelated Twitter account, and even a Reddit comment that links to my website (Reddit is a more effective search engine!). But my website is not listed. Finally, if I search for the full domain name the website shows up as the first result.

This has been a problem for three years, it's incredibly frustrating, and also demotivating.

There's an ff ligature on the page that got hyphenated for me. ("differences" under section 1)

Maybe this is nonsense, but I wish I had a way to lazily load content (images) without JavaScript. The JavaScript solution is very minimal, but maybe an HTML/CSS option would also be simple.

I've noticed plants do poorly behind windows at my office (thick glass, newer glass) despite being South facing (northern hemisphere). At home in a windowsill behind glass from the 60s they thrive.

Anyone had a similar experience? Think it could be because of the office glass?

When I do the math I find the cost per mile for electric is 80% the cost of gas. That's based off 35 mpg car, $2.20 gas, 60kWh electric battery with 238 miles of range, 10% loss in the charger, and $0.19 per kWh. All in all about $100-$200 saved a year. Cost of electric is higher than typical, but that's where I'm at.

(Are there/what are some) objective metrics used to measure search engine quality?

There's no monthly fee, but you do have the cost of running that Windows 10 machine. What does that amount to? At 100W and $0.14/kWh I calculate about $10, which is competitive with something like Nest Aware.

I believe with the first puzzle Leonardo intended the wheel to appear to rotate clockwise. This is why the ball on the right hand side is at the center of the wheel. This is also why there are blocks filling the outer corners but not the inner corners: the balls will fall violently into the outer corners, and roll gently into the inner corners. The "extra" ball is just illustrating the need for blocking the outer corners: the extra ball is shown stuck in such a corner.

The drawing wants to lead the viewer into believing that the force of the ball falling to the right and hitting the bottom of the wheel will cause the wheel to turn, lifting all the other balls a small distance. The energy lost from one ball falling a great distance is equal to the energy gained from many balls rising a small distance. This seems to me to be the error the drawing means to invoke.

This is how I feel as well, especially in a work context. It's liberating to have hardware freely available for use. I'm dreading the day when our computing grid is made more efficient (smaller and tolled).

Observe this biological curiosity in action: the Smithsonian naked mole-rat webcam goes live in 24 hours

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/naked-mole-rat

I see now

I believe this is the word that best fits.

skeuomorphic - Pertaining to skeuomorphs, obsolete design elements which are retained for familiarity or out of tradition, even though they no longer serve any functional purpose.

Is there a word for this: when the tradition is maintained in form but not in function?

I may have missed it, but did you consider Ace Collection brand beds (108", or 144" width) and if so why did you not select them?

Is there a simple explanation for why consciousness (as an idea, or something distinct from unconsciousness) is necessary?

I think my wording was poor. I don't mean necessary for things that may exhibit consciousness. I mean why should consciousness even be considered to exist? Why is it a necessary complication to understanding the mind?

In my experience the impact from mandatory museum fees is that people will not make short museum visits. A single new exhibit is not worth $25, nor is a 1 hour visit after lunch or before dinner. When there's a large cost visiting the museum becomes an event, something that gets planned into the day's schedule for many hours. I'm curious to see if the fees have any impact on the number of out of town visitors.

Amazon sent me a notification informing me that with my last purchase I had saved over $100 in shipping charges since [some date]. They're aware that some customers (me) are seriously thinking about how much Prime is really worth. They're also aware that each little extra adds up. "Free": video streaming, videogames, apps, music, coupons, ebooks. I would have already ditched Prime if it was only for two day shipping, and I think Amazon is making strong moves so that shipping is not the only/main reason people subscribe.

It's grim to see how unprepared websites are for sudden activity like this. I'm having a tough time logging in to my accounts.

The author repeatedly writes attacks against feminists, but dresses them up as other topics of interest. This article is framed as a defense of Aziz Ansari from the perspective of an aging female baby-boomer detatched from the younger generation. But its core is a laudation of the sexist environment responsible for creating strong women familiar with saying "No" to sexual pressure, and a jumble of insults vilifying various feminists. As another example, she did the same thing in 2004 with a piece ostensibly about nannies. Ms. Magazine has a thorough criticism of the piece and of the author,

"A little reporting would have gone a long way to help Flanagan’s argument that nannies are suffering at the hands of feminists. But there wasn’t much there. ... Barbara Ehrenreich wrote in an email discussion with Flanagan and the writer Sara Mosle in Slate magazine, 'if [Flanagan’s] piece was about how employers should pay their nannies' Social Security taxes, then my reading skills are in serious decline.'"

http://www.msmagazine.com/winter2004/backtothekitchen.asp

Two months ago Flannigan wrote, "In the America of earlier generations, one thing that silenced women who wanted to report unwanted sexual acts was how important it was not to damage a man’s career, his reputation, his family. Was one unpleasant event really enough to cause so much trouble to a respected member of the community, to a breadwinner?" but that was in order to take a jab at feminist Al Franken. Today she presents the other side, "Aziz Ansari was a man whom many people admired and whose work, although very well paid, also performed a social good. ... a man who didn’t deserve it." That kind of selective logic is confusing until it's understood that the only consistency in her writing are the attacks against feminism.

I believe the parent comment (it is flagged now so I can't be sure) used the term anti-feminist because the author has previously described herself as an anti-feminist.

To the question, it is anti-feminist by its acceptance of the unequal social status of men and women today. Both the feminist and the anti-feminist agree that there is social inequality between men and women, but to the feminist the best action is to create social equality while to the anti-feminist the best action is for men and women to act appropriately to their differing circumstances. The thought that "a woman ought to say no" to unwanted experiences is focused on adjusting the behavior of the woman to her current unequal circumstances and is thus anti-feminist. A feminist would agree that women should say no to unwanted experiences, but will also say that women should not be exposed to so many unwanted experiences to begin with.

It's useful to read about the author of this article because she is using this incident to push her larger worldview. To be clear: I believe this isn't an article concerned about Aziz or "Grace" as people, nor about people who wind up in similar situations, it's about taking a high profile example and contorting it to a pre-established narrative.

I think someone will always be able to click the wrong link, especially if given the wrong information or confusing information "Give the message for PACOM CDW, ... Oh sorry you did the DRILL PACOM, right?" The larger problem was not having a quick system in place to redact an erroneous message.

But I've read a lot of suggestions like spreading items across multiple pages, adding passwords, or big warning colors and lines around the live options that are not just obfuscating/distracting/annoying but are bound to cause errors and open the door for even worse design.

I think I'm the only person who saw it and thought it was fine. It's a list of clearly labeled text links, very clear very simple. There are some changes that could be made to separate drills/tests from real events (or a different naming convention), but I'm surprised to see many people call a single page text list "terrible UI".

Generally I'm a little more relaxed after seeing Baby on Board. "What is this crazy person doing!? - Ah, 'Baby on Board'" A reminder to have some empathy for other people on the road is something everyone could benefit from.

It looks fine to me. Mirror the image and see if you agree.

I would never buy glasses from a store again unless the prices were competitive with the online prices. That said, I've bought lots (>5) of terrible glasses online. Plastic ones break, sometimes the fit is bad, sometimes the lenses are very distorted especially with my prescription, or they're just plain ugly once you put them on. But the price can't be beat so I eat the lemons. Contact lenses are much more reliable since you can buy the exact same product, though last I heard price fixing was being enforced.

How does this work for weighing produce? In France the scale would print out a barcode. Overall I'm excited to see scanners become widespread, though the technology never really seems to match the ideal form. Self checkouts are still plagued with minor annoyances.

Reminds me of Arlington's million dollar bus stops. (the plan was eventually re-evaluated - links in chronological order)

http://www.dailytech.com/Virginia+Builds+1+Million+Super+Bus...

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/19/virginia-million-d...

https://www.watchdog.org/news/fear-not-taxpayers-arlington-b...