Viewing profile — mtVessel

| Now you can do something with your time besides writing pointless one-off doo-dads. ...thus eliminating all the tedious chatting, relaxing and making friends that people were pre…

I dunno. I'm in the US and I feel that those saying they wouldn't expect to be liable for services they consume beyond free tier limits sound awfully entitled. I mean, it's a sleaz…

All mice supported scrolling. In the before times, you use the mouse to drag the scroll thumb, which was located on the scrollbar. And you'd drag it down to see information further…

I applaud their restraint. Me, I would've been compelled to title it, "Kniterate Knotes".

When I saw the article (which, for some reason, I had no trouble finding) I felt the same way, but then remembered I could adjust the font size myself with a few keystrokes.

| I assume nowadays it's much better... It's not, but the Linux weenies won't hear of it. Maybe it's a great choice on Linux, but on Windows, it often renders things much worse tha…

What was the reason?

Please always explain what things are. All day long I'm following deep links, and nothing bothers me more than people assuming I have perfect context.

At least there's a way out of scrollbar madness (at least, for now): Settings -> Accessibility -> Visual effects -> Always show scrollbars No such luck for title bars, though, or t…

I feel vaguely vindicated that the agent can't figure out how to use the modern Save as workflow, either, and reverts to the traditional dialog.

| > What actually prevents bugs at scale is boring stuff: type systems... | Nonsense. The most widely-deployed software with the lowest bug-count is written in C. Type systems coul…

Sure, but don't forget to look for posted signs, like: "In Upper Manhattan, downtown 1 skips 137 St-City College, 125 St, 116 St-Columbia University, Cathedral Pkwy (110 St) and 10…

It likely doesn't make any money by itself. It's a loss leader to entice companies into its enterprise offerings.

On FF (similar on Edge): Secure Connection Failed An error occurred during a connection to reverse-pacman.staticrun.app. PR_END_OF_FILE_ERROR

"Wanda, do you have any idea what it's like being English? Being so correct all the time, being so stifled by this dread of, of doing the wrong thing, of saying to someone 'Are you…

| I don't know what the legal definition of Enemies is, but I would imagine it would involve a declaration of war. These days, some vague tattoos will do it.

Serious question: how did you envision "wide-scale deportations" playing out, prior to these events?

I didn't realize they were still in print!

So far, it's no HAL 9000. Uploaded video dialog: Bowman: You know, of course, though, he's right about the 9000 series having a perfect operational record. They do. Poole: Unfortun…

The post doesn't explain how the niches themselves come into being, so an equally logical assumption could be that creating a person also creates a new niche, and their task is sim…

Common term in North America for elementary (usually ages 5-12) and secondary (age 13-18) education. What do you call it where you live?

My partner has been volunteering at a food pantry here in the US northeast since mid-2020. The numbers have remained fairly constant, aside from regular seasonality.

Alt: https://archive.is/C28c3#selection-527.0-527.73 What I don't understand is the emphasis on the robustness of tech such as floppies. I remember them being quite fiddly and easi…

That couldn't be further from the truth. They're so different one would never confuse the two, or believe them related.