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Re:The title cards in Blade Runner are amazing on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @06:48PM (#49190107)
Pretty much anything professionally typeset will use the appropriate dashes.
Re:PC Engine CPU on Friday May 08, 2026 @02:57PM (#48067249)
My understanding was that after American retailers were burned so hard by the Atari crash, Nintendo wanted to position the NES as far from a 2600 as possible.
Re:The World's Most Complex Machine on Tuesday April 28, 2026 @11:02AM (#47935626)
I've been reading Dashiell Hammett detective stories from the early 1920s and it seems like cars were almost exclusively referred to colloquially as 'machines' back then.
I mean, how much longer do you think VPNs will remain legal in the US?
Re:There Is No Comfortable Reading Position on Monday January 19, 2026 @02:33PM (#46683413)
I read books on my phone while lying flat on my back in bed. I have a stand that holds the phone directly over my face, and a bluetooth page turner so I don't have to tap the screen. It looks ridiculous but I can read for hours like that.
The alternative that eventually beat out jQuery was just better native javascript, though.
Re:A receipt printer cured my procrastination on Thursday June 12, 2025 @01:09PM (#44260124)
I made a strict rule years ago that I only listen to my favourite podcast while cleaning. This works for me surprisingly well.
Re:A senior Apple exec could be jailed in Epic case on Thursday May 01, 2025 @01:29PM (#43860730)
The difference is that Steam isn't the only way to install software on your PC.