justinlardinois

For "spiced" we also have the word "seasoned." It has a handful of meanings, but if you're using it to describe a flavor it should be clear that's the meaning you're using.

I've also heard foods described as having "bite" to indicate that they have a strong, spicy flavor, but not necessarily a "hot" one.

I'm curious, does anyone else have examples of #1?

I don't agree with this at all. Google's projects don't always make money, but I don't think it ever does something without an intention to make money. The idea that Google Fiber existed solely to further a political cause seems far-fetched to me.

Also, net neutrality being in the Democratic Party platform is a far cry from it actually being law. The election isn't over yet and so we don't know who the next president will be and which parties will control which houses of Congress.

> We began to see elevated bandwidth against our Managed DNS platform in the Asia Pacific, South America, Eastern Europe, and US-West regions that presented in a way typically associated with a DDoS attack. As we initiated our incident response protocols, the attack vector abruptly changed, honing in on our points of presence in the US-East region

Interesting. Much of the reporting on the day of suggested that the attack was felt exclusively in the United States, but this says otherwise.

> I'm beginning to think none of you have ever worked in companies that actually produce IP.

All software companies produce intellectual property.

Because executive orders have limited power and are controversial and possibly unconstitutional.

Almost all executive orders direct federal agencies, which are part of the executive branch, to take a given action. An executive order that attempts to compel a state to enact a certain policy is unheard of.

I'll take it.

Yeah, it's worth noting that "tree swing" isn't a common idiom; I only meant a swing that's set up on a tree. I just didn't want to call it a "tire swing" though because it only took that form in one panel. Maybe "rope swing" would be the best name for it?

> A famous comic using the attempt of building a tree as the analogy of what is wrong in each part of the traditional development lifecycle

The project in the comic actually appears to be building a tree swing. I'm sure this was just an oversight on the author's part but if anything it reinforces the point the comic is making.

Because it's dismissive.