SreudianFlip

u/SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works
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Print publishing has 500 years of convention built on trial and error.

As a person who learned to type on a typewriter, and then became a typesetter and publisher, and now does a lot of editing, double spaces are only of use in a monospace type face where there is no kerning possible.

Otherwise, type with variable spaces between the letters plus variable letter sizes is physically harder to read when there are extra gaps between the sentences, despite the way you were trained (by boomers, probably) to type.

"Reticent" used to mean 'reluctance to speak', or, 'holding your tongue', but in the last decade I saw it being used more frequently as a straight up synonym for 'reluctance'. I wonder if people maybe think it's a more authoritative sounding word?

It's not a change of convenience or cultural drift, just a sign of people reading less and subconsciously trying to hide it, I think.

Some trekker should correct me here, or clarify, but I'm pretty sure that in TNG the character Barclay used the holodeck to treat his crippling social anxiety, which involved holos of his crewmates and got into some very awkward situations.

If you can find a SparkEV with fast charging and the 130km range works for you, they are pretty great and quite small and should be pretty cheap.

Too much torque at low speeds, so you chirp the tires unless careful. So much torque that handling can be rough if you’re pulling too hard. That makes it fun, too. Nice steering wheel and OK heated seats but everything else is budget trim.

Only four seats, but surprisingly a tall-ish person can actually sit in the back. With the seats down you can put a lot in the back.

It’s a Chevy but really it’s a Daewoo, it’s a budget compliance car based on the Spark. A lot of regular Spark parts will work.

Battery system has good thermal management so L3 charging only takes 15 minutes. Battery will probably outlive the rest of the car if you don’t abuse it.

That, and the player base stuck around. 14 years old, and put out to pasture ("maintenance mode), yet daily logjn count is still a respectable ~250k or more.

The real answer may actually be something like the Whales are still addicted and buying lots of in-game silver. One viewer donated over $5k USD to Aztecross's stream during the announcement recap, then someone else threw in $500+. D2 has enough sleazy gacha mechanics going on that a lean dev team might be funded nicely by whales.

[edit, popularity.report daily logins around 250k in the last 24h, 40k in the last hour, and fluctuating from 20k to 75k per hour]

on Taco Shells · c/buycanadian · 2 pts · 2d

Try using soft shell tacos, they have more authenticity and aren't any tidier or messier than hardshell.

They should be easier to source from local producers, less packaging, and you won't have to go look for them in a way that feeds the Waltons, some of the worst of the American oligarchy.

I guess that depends on how you encroach on turf or interact with other buskers, but many cultures have a tradition of travelling performers, and the news is full of artists on tour.

I, for one, welcome performers from afar, whether they be famous or solo buskers or just rank amateurs who have an urge. Just don't be incompetent.