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Thank-you for your reply.

I was glad to see that somebody understood the point I was trying to make, and expanded upon it.

That actually might help me!

You do not need emoji.

You need to communicate. Clear, concise, eloquent, and precise use of english* allows this to occur. The reason that this breaks down is because too often people resort/revert to using slang or not thinking before they write.

You end up with text equivalent of 'verbal diarrhea'.

I do not know what 99% of those "pacman" faces are supposed to mean. Maybe it's because I'm on the Autistic scale and I have trouble reading expressions, maybe it's because I'm an 'old fart' and these kids need to get off my lawn.

I understand that emoji are just a simple evolution from emoticons. I do not understand why we needed to expand on:

=) or =(

TFA posits that emoji are "body language" for internet communication. If people just wrote what they fucking meant this wouldn't be an issue. (Look at the constant misunderstandings that arise from sarcasm or lack thereof, for an excellent representation of poor writing.)

*Disclaimer about my own ignorance: I don't know if non-english speakers suffer the same follies as english. English is a sloppy, imprecise language. It takes effort to clearly convey a message that cannot be misconstrued.

I've upvoted you, but this has bugged me for awhile.

While I understand that we should be calling it a DDOS, it isn't an 'attack'; so that seems a little severe.

Can't we just go back to calling it 'slashdotted'? =)

Not pyro-based fun, BUT a fun project nonetheless. Take a laser-pointer(s) and at multiple intervals map the trail of the reflection. Find out where the focal point is, and post for fun.

For bonus geekiness use some dry-ice to better illuminate the path.

This was a touching story. Thank-you for sharing it.

Actually because I use NoScript, nothing at all shows up when I visit that URL.

Empty white page.

Defective site design.

It's really inspiring and impressive the stability of these kites. The weight to lift ratios are also fantastic. The linked National Geographic articles are very informative and interesting.

Methinks this would make an excellent platform for a kite-antenna.

Point taken and acknowledged. I was on a bit of a rant.

Question regarding the "loss" of the oceans:

Won't that turn the atmosphere into 'soup'?

When will people stop with this hyperbole?

The planet; as-in this rocky, water-world orbiting Sol, will exist for BILLIONS of years.

The _life_ on this planet AS WE KNOW IT is dying, along with ourselves. That is a huge difference and one that needs to be repeated with as much clarity as possible.

Will homo-sapiens still exist in 10,000 years? maybe. 100,000 years? doubtful. 1,000,000 years? nope.

Will single-celled life forms, virus, prions, etc still exist? Probably.

This entire pyramid that we have existed at the top of is brutally fragile and will not continue as it is forever. To repeat one of most favorite quotes: "Nature is in a constant state of recovering from the previous disaster."

This is the distinction. Something as immutable as granite can't die. We can barely wrap our brains around the concept of water being able to erode such permanence. How can you expect them to believe such histrionics? But life, that is more delicate and temporary then a snowflake in the Sahara.

Am I the only person who thinks that the UI peaked at Windows2000?

It seems to me that in Win2000 the entire 2D interface/look was perfect, it refined the Win95/98 interface. Sharp lines allowing for easy visual separation between elements. Excellent colour scheme. Buttons were buttons and an obvious visual clue that they were 'clickable'.

(Disclaimer: I use i3 exclusively.)

This is default behaviour in i3.

No, I have no public sources I can share. Just relaying what our CDN's have shared with me. I also can't provide anything specific. Sorry, I know it's unreliable and rumor but it's all I can provide.

It looks like Telia is apparently the issue.

Our CDN's are having problems all over the place. No indications of what shit the bed, but this is more then Cloudflare

It looks like Telia is apparently the issue.

Our CDN's are having problems all over the place. No indications of what shit the bed, but this is more then Cloudflare or Level3.