corkybeta
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Comment · 1 month ago
I think the Glorious Revolution in 1688 normally takes the title of last successful invasion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution
Comment · 4 months ago
Could we have the option of straight lines and 90 degree angles? I’ve never really liked the bendy ones. Looks cool, good job!
Comment · 5 months ago
Four and twenty blackbirds, baked in a pie.
Comment · 1 year ago
Maybe there are plenty of art projects going on nearby.
Comment · 1 year ago
Mention of Richard Carrier was odd. The mythicist angle of Gospel accounts seems the least worthy of mention, even when the author encourages taking his work with the proverbial sodium. I like watching Tim O'Neill angrily refute everything Carrier says - he really doesn't like the guy.
Comment · 2 years ago
Shinzo Abe was great at doing this - timed some early elections perfectly.
Comment · 3 years ago
Unity 7 HUD could search the menubar of any application. I was quite good at guessing the name of the function I wanted, far better than I was at finding it in menus. It looks like MATE, XFCE and i3 still have this.
https://github.com/ubuntu-mate/mate-hud
https://jamcnaughton.com/2015/10/19/hud-for-xubuntu/#jp-caro...
Comment · 3 years ago
cardholders Mastercard thinks will be “high-value”—predictions used to target certain people and encourage them to spend more money.
Sorry, I don't understand, perhaps because I am in the UK not US. My bank issues my Mastercard, so I don't have a direct relationship with them. How would they target me?
Comment · 3 years ago
I'm using a Fossil Hybrid. A nice analog watch with an e-ink display for notifications. https://www.fossil.com/en-gb/products/neutra-gen-6-hybrid-sm...
Comment · 3 years ago
I think the bigger intended effect of this choice of marketing is to try and stop Windows users moving to Mac for the excitement of the M1 chip.
Comment · 4 years ago
What threshold has to be met to be substantive due process? Does Loving meet that criteria or is it a lesser due process ruling?
The Wikipedia page also mentions the equal protection clause; will the ruling survive if only one basis of the ruling falls?
Comment · 4 years ago
The main alarmist assertion has been rebutted by @Botanygeek on twitter. I tend to turn to him whenever a newspaper reports on any environmental story, the same way we have to show scepticism every time a newspaper reports on any "x cures y" story.
Here are his thoughts in The New Scientist:
[1]: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24232291-100-the-idea...