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I feel like this recent episode of Hidden Brain is a very relevant discussion about this topic.

Junior dev saw it as "we can do it ourselves" until they were reminded that time is limited and we have to choose what we do with it. Then they almost seemed to have a transformation/realization in that moment, but the unexpected twist was that they were still trying to take both paths, instead of picking one, which we all know means they won't get the best of either. Or maybe they're just coyly accepting the other path while trying to keep up the original appearance.

I've felt like Tidal has behaved exactly like Spotify in my use so far (which has only been a couple of months). I was doing side-by-side comparison of playing, adding to the queue, inserting next in queue, etc., and it all seemed to behave exactly the same.

edit: Oh, yeah, I only compared Windows, Mac, and Android.

Only which primaries you can participate in. It doesn't require you to vote in any particular way in the actual election. The public voter roll will show which primary you participated in, but your vote in the election is secret. So anyone who says they checked and confirmed their vote was counted wrong in the election is full of shit or confused by the public voter roll's representation of party selection during primaries.

edit 1: I think Texas Standard did a nice job explaining it.

edit 2: The Texas Secretary of State office has a good FAQ, too. Some other interesting points in there that I didn't know about. Specifically, that signing petitions for candidates also locks you into their party's primaries (if applicable) for that year.

6. What if I signed a petition for a candidate for a place on the primary ballot?

If a voter signed a candidate’s petition for a place on the primary ballot, that voter is only able to vote in the primary, or participate in the convention, of that candidate’s party during the voting year in which the primary election is held. For example, if a voter signed a Democratic candidate’s petition, that voter is ineligible to vote in the Republican primary or participate in a minor party convention. (§172.026).

7. If I signed a petition for a candidate for nomination in the Libertarian Party or Green Party, can I still vote in a primary election?

No. If a voter signed a candidate’s petition for nomination for the Libertarian Party or Green Party, that voter is ineligible to vote in a primary election or participate in the convention of a different party during the voting year in which the primary election is held. (§§172.026, 141.041).

The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.

-Douglas Adams

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(NCC-1701)

Does anyone not see a howling wolf there?

Macs are basically BSD, and Windows has WSL.

They might not talk, but they sure can send a message.

Febreezed? Yeah.

Fair question. I recall learning:

1. Unfertilized sex cells: gametes (egg and sperm).
2. After fertilization and during earliest cell divisions: zygote.
3. (something something): embryo.
4. (more something something): fetus.
5. (eventually): dependent you claim on tax forms.

Totally just my spotty recollection from school decades ago, but it seems to me like rudimentary biology classes have taught a distinction between fetuses, embryos, and zygotes for a long time.

The point I really want to make with my somewhat unqualified answer is that no one in my rural, conservative hick town was objecting to this knowledge back then. It was just stuff you learned, and most of us just seemed to take it as "nature is complex". I don't know why we try to simplify it so much as we grow up. Even agricultural types (farmers, ranchers) would probably not say a fertilized bovine zygote is already a hamburger.

Favorite convo from the last balloon:

"If that pilot (who shot it down) shoots four more of those, do they get to call themselves an 'ace'?"

"Uh, I think they just get a big stuffed animal."

Hot take? This should have been a major version update.

https://semver.org/

Every time a missile test fails anywhere, I wonder if another power's hackers were involved, like how stuxnet was this perfectly targeted worm that sabotaged a bunch of uranium centrifuges in Iran. I'd like to think either that hackers are keeping us a little safer from physical weapons or that governments are deliberately flopping tests to avoid escalation.

I think it's no surprise that each Trek, through its own lens, shows us some vision of a possible future. ST:D just showed us a future where living life means dealing with the whole mind and not treating it like a taboo. Considering all the recent buzz about not neglecting mental health, I think ST:D was really relevant in its time for exploring what could be different in a better future. It's not a documentary, it's a vision.

I wonder if that was meant to say our solar system. I'd check the original article for a hint if it wasn't paywalled.

Sounds like the foundation of the kind of thrilling story you can't just makeup.

Ah, I see. I was focused on the 80% limiter for that "Maximum" setting, which I think is not an option on Pixel. But I see now that "Adaptive Charging" sounds like it does what that middle setting "Adaptive" does.

You have an older Pixel or just rooted, maybe? My 7 on the latest vanilla Android doesn't seem to have it, and this thread seems to say it's not available in the stock os.

No wonder he didn't want to use the keyboard.