The weirdest thing to me is how some people brag about how many tabs they have open as if it’s a competition. Like, it shouldn’t be a point of pride, it just shows you don’t know how to use bookmarks.

I think it’s closely related to people with tens of thousands of emails in their inbox, and people who keep all their files on their desktop. Some people just live in chaos.

Yes, but I was specifically talking about the way usage has shifted over the last 20 years.

It’s interesting how quickly they evolved in the last ~20 years.

From :-) to :) to 🙂

UK here. Pretty similar to the US in most respects, I think? But we have Christmas pudding, the queen’s king’s speech on telly, and Boxing Day on the 26th.

My wife is Belgian, so in our house we combine the otherwise conflicting traditions of when to open presents: most stuff gets opened at midnight, in the European fashion, but then we save the smaller ‘stocking filler’ gifts until the morning. Best of both worlds!

Hallucination

In no world has Apple ever been the cheaper option

Am British, can confirm: the bonnet is the door you open to access the engine bay. The space for luggage is called the boot, and the door you open to access it is called the boot lid.

No need to speak for the USA, Rockstar North is British

Perhaps of note that the pronunciations of some penny amounts are not intuitive, e.g.

• 2d = tuppence
• 3d = thruppence

In all cases, the ‘pence’ is commonly squished together so it sounds more like ‘pns’ (like in comeuppance).

FYI you can just post the link without shilling for your preferred search engine

People who came to Steam later on probably don’t realise that when it was new it barely fucking worked.

Downloads crawled, games refused to launch because of authentication issues, friends/chat was offline for literally months, etc.

The only reason it became widely adopted was because Valve forced you to use it if you wanted to play the latest CS or, later, HL2. Everyone hated it.

I feel like the people complaining here have no idea how much work is involved in compiling and maintaining the OED.

This is a full reference of the English language intended for academics and professional contexts, not just a place to check spelling.

Yep, exactly this.

I use OED as my standard reference when writing - I can log in from anywhere with my library card number and get full access without paying a penny.

At killing batteries faster - the wasted energy creates heat, which degrades the battery.

Non-magnetically-aligned wireless chargers are far worse than fast charging.

Hey, it worked for Sega

No they don’t? The games are only sold on physical cartridges (or built-in in some models).

There’s no online store or downloadable games, besides the ‘game of the month’ trial thing they occasionally run.

Mandarins or clementines last for ages in the fridge, don’t bruise, and taste amazing when cold.

Obviously you’ll want to start with absolute basics like mouse and keyboard navigation.

Beyond that? Maybe something involving a ‘treasure hunt’ to learn about navigating files and folders, renaming files, and copying vs. moving them.

Anecdotally, I’ve heard lots of kids coming up now really struggle with the concept of file systems, so it’s definitely something worth teaching early.

If you mod it enough, sure. Out of the box it’s dismal.