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@mmetcalfe Where is that?
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@amerpie I’m not sure I’d say common, but they’re not unknown. You used to see a big jar of them behind the bar in old pubs. Don’t think I’ve seen them anywhere else, and I’ve never seen them with added colour.
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@wfm Fantastic news! What a debugging job those NASA people have.
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@kimonostereo Honestly, this kind of BS is why I sometimes think the whole ‘intellectual property’ idea should just die.
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@petebrown On hundred percent agree. I didn't experience this myself when my kids were young, but the idea of it — of parents behaving like that — horrifies and disgusts me.
What are they like at the school play? "Act better, Tyrone! You missed your cue!"
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@JohnPhilpin Left for back and right for forwards, of course.
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@JohnPhilpin That's cool, thanks. Just a further note: for the third highlight on that page, where the highlighted text ends with a link, clicking on the annotation bubble actually takes me to the link. Namely this one: <blog.zgp.org/ad-suppor...>.
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@jeannie Oh, no, can we have a sweet dough day, instead? Or, I mean, savoury dough? I've had it with all this sourdough. Who wants bread that's sour?
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@JohnPhilpin I also tried on the Mac, in Safari, Firefox, Chrome. I see the highlighted sections, the cursor changes to a finger over them, but clicking does nothing. I'm expecting a popup with your comments?
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@JohnPhilpin I tried tapping on your annotated parts, but nothing happens. iPhone, Safari.
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@Annie Just got that out the library. Don't know if it's the Enhanced Edition, though.
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@patrickrhone I read this while having an afternoon playing old singles. Vinyl, not CD, but I approve of this message.
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@jeannie To quote Brent Simmons:
Please let's stop using the word "consume."
I eat spaghetti, watch a TV show, use an app, read an article, sip a Scotch, drink a beer, down a shot.
Not "consume."
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@elaine1helen I could knock one together out in the shed for a couple of million. It wouldn’t work perfectly.
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@jsonbecker Though a quick duckduck reminds me that I'd forgotten entirely the term 'political hack', and that Wikipedia article even refers to 'hack gap'.
Not a term we use on this side of the pond.
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@jsonbecker I followed the link, and I understand the article. I just don't understand the use of the word 'hack'. He doesn't repeat it after the title and the opening paragraph, and he doesn't define it. So I don't understand which part of liberals being 'barely willing to wholeheartedly defend even the things where they legitimately have the better of the argument' is a 'hack'.
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@bsag In case you'd like a Micro.blog comment, to see how it works, here you are.
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@jabel SF very much doesn't have to be dystopian! I've been a fan all my life and I don't really care for dystopian stuff either.
I've read Becky Chambers's first book, and it's great.
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@jsonbecker Sorry to raise a terminology question, but what does 'hack' mean in this context? My best guess is the journalistic meaning, but I don't see how it applies. Certainly doesn't seem to be anything to do with cracking computer systems. So is it another meaning I'm not familiar with?
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@adoran2 Cool, sounds like a great idea.
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@jayeless I've been to a couple of sessions as a critiquer, and so far everyone has been very positive, with constructive suggestions for the writer being critiqued. So here's hoping!
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@adoran2 I don't really understand what that site is for. It shows us an album, and then… what?
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@jayeless Well done for working up the courage. I’m going to be having part of mine discussed at an in-person critique session on Wednesday. It’s quite daunting.