You know what? This code can wait. I'm going to take my son for a walk.
Yeah, I came straight home and took my daughter to the park. Perspective.
Daring Fireball: Universe Dented, Grass Underfoot
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#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
Funnily I got the exact opposite impression. I thought it was cheesy and kitsch.
If there ever was a time to be cheesy and kitsch, it's now.
Newsflash: People die.
Yes, it's bad, but they do. Deal with it. Stop being so pathetic. Did you even know him in person? If not, why do you think now is the right time for kitsch? Why not yesterday when lots of people - like everyday- died of hunger and poverty all over the planet? Yeah right, those people never sold you overprized gadgets made in Chinese sweat shops, where people commit suicide by the dozen.
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#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
This function has been there at least since Leopard and the old shortcut still works: cmd+shift+D. Saddens me that Chrome still doesn't support it at all, and it breaks in Safari when web-fonts are involved. With additional dictionaries, this feature is pure gold for language learners.
Works for me in the latest Chrome, except the shortcut is Ctrl+Cmd+D (I think it always has been?). For a long time it didn't work, though.
Thanks for both corrections. I just downloaded the beta and both methods of invoking the dictionary work. Great news, I am a happy switcher now.
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#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
First of all, if you know a little bit about Steve Jobs, you'll know he wasn't likely a big fast food eater. Secondly, I think Steve Jobs would have been much worse off if he had stepped down as CEO. Steve Jobs needed Apple as much as Apple needed Steve Jobs.
I don't know about his diet, but I do know it's virtually impossible to have healthy lifestyle with the responsibilities he has. He might have needed Apple, but there is a chance he put his body over the limit and ignored symptoms
> I don't know about his diet, but I do know it's virtually impossible to have healthy lifestyle with the responsibilities he has. He might have needed Apple, but there is a chance he put his body over the limit and ignored symptoms
How do you know? He is reported to have spent a lot of time with his family. It is, in fact, quite possible to lead a very busy lifestyle and still remain healthy. I'm sure many of us here do exactly that.
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#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
Most people are closer to the middle. The middle isn't what we need. Compassion, caring, and humility in our passions are.
I guess I considering myself in the middle. I'm extremely passionate about a handful of topics. But at the same time I've learned to not allow it to alienate myself from the majority. The alienation is where I consider the edge to start. It's counter productive because you're just viewed as a crazy. I think we agree but our scales of the edges and the middle might be different.
Without the edges, you don't have a middle.
Now I think of it though, I remember when the most fun you could have was standing in the middle of a see-saw whilst your friends sat on the ends.... I don't think it would have been anywhere as much fun if everybody was standing in the middle and there was nobody on the ends to upset the balance.
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#116"There is no grass in Moscone West." There's a gigantic grass lawn right next door, in Moscone Center. Steve Jobs was a great man, but this remembrance hit a sour note for me. It's not about Steve Jobs, so much as it's about an outsider's fantasy of what Jobs' (very private) inner life was like. And if this bears no resemblance to reality, it's not a remembrance at all. It could even be offensive to the people who kn…
Remember the man for the person that he was, not for the person that you imagined him to be.
Is this actually possible of anyone?
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#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
I hate this admonishment of fanboy-ism that permeates the discussion anytime MG or Gruber are mentioned. We need fanaticism to counter balance apathy. There is nothing more empowering than a belief in what you do, why you do it, or who you do it for. *said as someone who ran a fan site for 16 years
I wish more people could be closer to the middle.
They are. You only hear the loud ones.
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#118I've never read so many inspiring and life changing stories about anyone. Steve Jobs was one of the greatest men to have ever lived.
> Steve Jobs was one of the greatest men to have ever lived.
Don't you think that's a little over the top?
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#119And now "industry" analyzers making $6500 per post make a living trying to explain why Steve Jobs had dirty shoes.
Unbelievable.
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#120"There is no grass in Moscone West." There's a gigantic grass lawn right next door, in Moscone Center. Steve Jobs was a great man, but this remembrance hit a sour note for me. It's not about Steve Jobs, so much as it's about an outsider's fantasy of what Jobs' (very private) inner life was like. And if this bears no resemblance to reality, it's not a remembrance at all. It could even be offensive to the people who kn…
Which part Gruber's image do you think would be offensive to those that knew him best? The walking, being in the grass, or being with his family and holding hands? Or are you just you looking for a reason why it's wrong for Gruber to have written this?