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Re:South Africa is running out of Marmite
on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @07:11AM (#31095197)
Amazon is my hookup for the stuff in the US. This commercial is hilarious. Once, in my younger years, I too neglected a jar and man... that lid was stuck fast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79-sFaeLVJg
Re:In Response to My first impressions of Web3
on Saturday January 08, 2022 @08:29PM (#29858818)
Also, I want to note my favorite part of current blockchain apologists. Instead of presenting counter-arguments, they list projects working on that problem or working on an alternate solution to that problem. You say X is a problem, and it would be if XChain didn't exist, duh. XChain is removing the entire need for X. Are there lists of blockchain projects that the apologists memorize, or is being "into crypto" all about being familiar with a never ending list of projects? How many of these projects last a year? Ugh.
Re:'I hope the concept of cultural appropriation is a passing fad' (2016)
on Thursday January 23, 2020 @10:15AM (#22128147)
I'm all for interesting things. Lord knows I've found delightful, wondrous things on this site. This is posted to stoke a culture war debate.
Re:Hyperliterature
on Thursday November 29, 2018 @07:58AM (#18559836)
i haven't played this yet, but i think the game is about surfing an older styled version of the net. seems vaguely relative: https://aetherinteractive.itch.io/subserial-network
Re:The Ghost in the MP3 (2014)
on Saturday December 30, 2017 @08:22PM (#16038760)
The point is context. The technology wasn't created in a void. I wouldn't accuse the sentence of being well written, and the point could have been made more clearly. Simply saying that the developers used psychoacoustics were tested against the developer's own hearing preferences and tested against their music preferences. A wide range of different listeners were not consulted and a wide range of musical styles were not tested during the development phase. All technology has a context. Pointing out context isn't an attack.
Re:The Great College Loan Swindle
on Saturday November 04, 2017 @01:19PM (#15625976)
but also, if every single student majored in computer science, the market value of that degree would plummet. it's not like everyone will be rich if everyone does the same thing. also, a society without variety would be a sad thing.