No i never had windows 8. Unless they retroactively updated windows 7 to go fullscreen it had to be 10

You did still have to install a third-party app to get the start menu not to take up the whole screen, though

I once watched a German YouTuber talk about learning English and how quickly she improved when she started working in an English office because she _ had_ to. In the video she says one of the things she’s always had difficulty with but is now much better at and almost never slips up on now is vs and ws. Then, immediately afterwards in the next sentence she goes “now in this wideo…”

There’s a reason he carted his son, Meatshield, around with him for a while

TheSpiffingBrit is similar

And if you’re in to chess, Kevin’s partner, Anna Rudolf used to have some of the best educational chess content online. Her and Daniel Naroditsky (RIP). She stepped back from producing much content for personal reasons and now mostly works behind the scenes on Kevin’s channel, but she’s getting back into commentating and is excellent at that.

It’s kind of true. The last hill seems to be a modern invention, and Torpenhow Hill isn’t listed on any maps. There is a village there called Torpenhow, though, and that is Hillhillhill

Or, even better, let’s start developing for separate platforms again, and optimise software for the platform that’s going to be running it. Rather than just developing everything for Chrome.

What, exactly, do you find unbelievable about the best linguists of the last 400 years being unable to solve a 10-letter anagram? Anagrams are really hard.

Not even retail. I can’t count the number of professional emails I’ve had, including from managers with huge salaries with basic grammar and spelling mistakes.

That would be hilarious. Please let him accomplish that and nothing else.

In 1998 Marcellus Williams was convicted of murder. During the appeals processes it was found that he was not a match for any of the copious forensic evidence at the crime scene. He was convicted entirely on the testimony of two people with long records of lying to authorities and who stood to gain leniency in prosecutions for unrelated matters in exchange for their testimony. The prosecutor and the victims family spoke out against the push to execute him, in light of the exculpatory evidence.

It was ultimately determined that being innocent wasn’t a good enough reason not to execute, and he was killed in September of last year. 22 years in prison and then executed despite no evidence he committed the crime and strong evidence that he didn’t.

If being provably innocent isn’t enough to stop an execution, then what possibly could be?

I remember reading a report earlier this year which said that most people who used AI at work found that they didn’t have much use for it and it didn’t make them more productive. So that tracks.

Makes sense that tech CEOs are still pushing it as the miracle tech which will make humans obsolete, though.

Is it actually wiping jobs?

There has to be an armed conflict between two or more nations. Otherwise they’re “just” crimes.

Can it be a war crime if you’re not actually at war? Seems like it’s just murder.

That’s an excellent point! You’re right that you don’t need 500 word blurb to fill the void with. Would you like me to explain more about mass data guzzling? Or is there something else I can help you with?

Are people undergoing mental health crises known for always making good, rational decisions?

Yeah, that’s the significant thing for me here. Not what’s being said, but which paper is saying it.

I use Perplexity for most of my searches. Not because of ads (I have robust adblocking to the point that I’m genuinely gobsmacked whenever I’m in a situation where I can’t browse any other way, like on someone else’s machine), but because of third-party SEO and first-party paid-for search results. Perplexity is far from flawless, but unlike google, Bing, etc. and the engines which rely on them (DuckDuckGo is Bing, for example), it’s actually designed to return you the answer to your question.

We can discuss the exact meaning of “ads” and whether the paid-for search results count. I’d say they’re similar but with subtle differences. And it’s not what’s being suggested for ChatGPT here, although for over a year now I’ve been suggesting that the AI-equivalent of SEO & paid-for search results is where we’re headed.

I’m sure I’ve heard this song before. These kinds of stories can make people think “well, that’s okay then” and not vote when the time comes.