Ten Things That Occurred to Me #39
I submit to you that the only time anyone should be “thrilled” to announce something is if that announcement is the arrival of a baby or the announcement of an engagement or marriage. No one in any company is thrilled to announce anything that any company is doing at any time.
As a Tesla owner, I can tell you this: There is no point in implementing a ban on internal combustion-powered cars. Electric vehicles are so good that people will buy them without being forced to.
I wonder how much time has been wasted in the tech/coding world battling between the use of “update” and “upgrade”.
I am of the opinion that BitTorrent is a dramatically underappreciated technology.
I wonder if, because of digital photos, the number of actual photographs hanging on the walls of houses is less.
No one can preach to you without your permission.
If someone is an upstanding citizen, doesn't harm anyone, minds their own business, and pays their taxes, that is fine with me. And if they happen to think they are Abraham Lincoln, well, that's none of my freaking business. And frankly, it is none of yours, either.
Pet Peeve of the Week: “Keep me signed in” checkboxes that don’t actually keep me signed in.
I am legitimately shocked at how much I like plain old, straight-up, cooked oatmeal.
I'm at the "I need to make the mouse cursor big and a bright color so I can see it on a Hi-Res monitor" phase of life.