This is rich coming from “let’s stuff AI no one asked for into Firefox” Mozilla.

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That took entirely too long.

Some opinions aren’t worth publishing.

“Donald the dove. Hillary the hawk.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/01/opinion/sunday/donald-the-dove-hillary-the-hawk.html

Shampooing your hair pretty much cleans behind your ears.

Finishing up “Fast Forward” by Robert Sawyer. It’s not very good. Lots of filler. One of the main characters finds out her young child has died and she just continues to mutter about like nothing has happened. One of the villains gives a long rambling speech about his motivations before shooting someone, like he’s a Bond villain. No one does this in real life.

I hear the TV show based on the book’s premise is much better. One of those rare instances where the tv show or movie is better than the book.

The Peter Ustinov film of this book is quite fun (as are the other Christie/Ustinov films from this era).

It’s amazing that even after books like 1984, Handmaid’s Tale, and Fahrenheit 451 are well known, that we still keep barreling head first into acting them out.

I’m trying to read “A Perfect Day” but so far I cannot get into it. The original movie of Stepford Wives with Paula Prentiss and Katherine Ross is great, and encapsulates the 1970s tug of war over women’s roles and Valium tranquilizers perfectly. I recommend it if you haven’t seen it already.

When I worked in the electronics industry, the cutoff for service parts was five years, except in California where it was seven. Are other industries (like cars) different?

Or put another way, people would rather retreat into a fantasy world than deal with reality.

That would require public education and critical thinking. Something the US seems to be getting rid of. We don’t even have PSAs anymore.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_service_announcement

Not with that attitude you don’t.

I think I’d rather just risk it with normal bread. The additives and preservatives are probably worse for me than the toasty bits.

Sounds like the world shouldn’t be so dependent on a single region for so many important things. Especially when there are other places to source this stuff from.

For some reason I read this as “Jonathan Harris” and it made it even better.

The problem is market consolidation. There’s less competition, fewer voices, and more concentration on high budget blockbusters.

Look at the independent film movement in the 1970s before Star Wars as an example of what we used to have. See also the Paramount decision — studios shouldn’t own the theaters, tv channels, or steaming outlets. It’s starving the market of competition and creative content and driving up prices.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Paramount_Pictures%2C_Inc.

Every Sonicare toothbrush I’ve owned has torn itself apart after a year of use.