Legends of the Fall

Better wear protection.

— Brought to you by Mullvad.

Yes, thankfully. Unfortunately, it’s rarely accompanied by (nearly) infinite undo.

User Interface.

Two examples:

• Simple vs. Easy: Taking away all the buttons and menus makes the software (look) simpler, but having those where I can get to them and use them is easier. Easier still: keyboard shortcuts for everything! Not as simple, but way easier.

• Save, Save As, and Undo: Save needs to go away. It’s unnatural. You don’t save in the real world. Any change just stays. If you want it different, you undo the change. Undo needs to be near infinite. Save As can stick around since sometimes you want to branch your progress.

I wrote “for” not “to”

I meant, it’s a religious gesture.

It could be a soldier praying for a safe tour.

But see my edit. If the artist meant it to be a fallen soldier as the reason, I could believe it. I don’t think it’s the only possibility though.

The argument was made that the kneeling was for a fallen soldier. I don’t think that interpretation is correct. You, too, seem to agree that that’s not the only reason to kneel for the cross.

Edit: Upon a bit more reflection, this particular graphic for this saying could mean a dead soldier since it’s a soldier praying. And crosses are sometimes used for soldiers’ grave markers. But not always. And you can find soldiers praying in front of other crosses. And soldiers don’t pray only for the dead when kneeling before a cross. I’d have to ask the artist her intentions.

A cross can be a grave marker, but so can a tombstone. The phrase is “I kneel for the cross.” The cross symbolizes a religion, not dead people.

The whole saying, “I stand for the flag. I kneel for the cross,” is used by many more people than just soldiers.

People kneel to pray for all sorts of things.

That soldier is kneeling for religion, not a fallen peer.

Yeah, this one specifically had a chance of deciding to avoid attacking humans since this attack didn’t pay off.

we don’t talk about Bruno

A major one.

A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don’t do one.

https://xkcd.com/37/

Can it though?

Voyager, too

The traditional way to learn about Google services is from the shutdown announcement.

I couldn’t be more sarcastic.