TaldenNZ

Shhh.

Now if the phoenix had a link to someone named Jones we’d really have something here.

Thanks. I hate it.

Instead…

1. Have a shaded zone at the left of the brightness bar (which most people will have auto-managed).
2. If the user drags into this zone auto-brightness is suppressed and the user can select an amount of extra dim.
3. If the user drags out of this zone, and auto-brightness is enabled, allow to take over. Otherwise use the brightness at the users point of release.

No need for a magic setting. Brightness control is all in one place.

Sheepdog trials. Though mostly it’s about making things go through the gates.

I had the ZX80. It was terrible.

“eliminate”… They’re really making full use of dropping the “don’t be evil” clause aren’t they.

Indeed they are - to a reserve here

The mere thought hadn’t even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind…

(Credit to Douglas Adams for the quote… But I’m taking the credit for personally dodging the FB platform)

Are they kidding.

This is slavery, not even indentured servitude, let alone a fair exchange of labour for compensation… There is no point at which the slave is released to make use of those skills.

Any and all skills gained are either used as tools by the owner, or as coping/survival mechanisms by the slave.

Slavery is, in all ways, an abhorrent exploitation and degradation of a human being.

That there is even the slightest tolerance for this curriculum change is appalling. Is Florida really so filled with the morally bankrupt and apathetic that this can pass without ending the careers of the contributors?

How can we ever expect greater progress on stamping out the ongoing modern forms of slavery, when things like this can make its way into the classroom.

I really hope this change is crushed before it reaches the ears of impressionable children. But the fact that it got this far means that this is the kind of thinking that too many already get at home.

Definitely B5. For all of its issues it’s one I still enjoy.

Well. It’s certainly close. Still looks a little tight.

Maybe the upcoming Samsung 57" 32:9 2160p will finally get us there…

I have a Note 10+

With the way it’s measuring up today for performance and battery life, if it were going to keep getting OS updates and security updates it’d keep being a great phone for another couple of years yet.

…And compared to some I know, I’m updating frequently.

I really do wish they’d squeeze another 1-2 OS updates into it’s life-span. But at this rate I’ll still be replacing it with whatever its up-to-date peer is in another year or so…

…and re-purposing this one - it’s still awesome (awesomer if it allowed root without losing updates and pay-services)

Maybe they go skiing the other months.

Yeah. I’m not a fan of this “in name only” practice. And being a fan of the books, and the greater Asimov universe, I did struggle at first.

Once I accepted how completely they were going to abandon the original, I did manage to enjoy what they did produce. It wasn’t weaker so much as just a completely different beast.

Going into S2 with this expectation, if the quality is as high as in S1, it should be well worth a watch.

(I can’t say the same of Wheel of Time. The TV series is just weaker, it’s a mess, a bigger mess than the first book which definitely had its issues. Damn shame, I really was hoping for an attempt to stay closer to the source without Rafe ‘updating it’ for what he thinks Jordan would have written today)

All large shops in England have been legally required to charge for single-use plastic shopping bags since 2015 - a move that has seen bags drop by mor then 95 per cent, according to the government. The legal charge was initially a minimum of 5p, but this was raised to 10p in May 2021 in a bid to further reduce usage.

Doesn’t this approach risk promoting elitism by wealth? Past a given income level that fixed overhead becomes irrelevant.

So those on a lower income, who are more cost-sensitive, are made to be more responsible for reaching pollution-limiting targets than the wealthy.

I prefer the level-playing field better I think (if only we were applying that to more things here).

I poured way too much time into Rogue, Moria, Angband and Zangband back in the day… Sad to see Zangband completely disappeared - no idea if there’s a similar flavour floating around.

Played a couple of newer more graphical (and probably better balanced games) but I actually found them less engaging.

My son was madly into Shattered Pixel Dungeon for a while.