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Here’s my question: what possible reason could they have for removing the option for a vertical taskbar? Ultrawide monitors have never been more popular.

Soap was invented in 2800 BC

Has anyone else noticed that Google’s image search, but the standard one and the visual search, have decreased in quality in the last few months? I’ve switched to Bing for images.

Well, painters have been using varnish for centuries to add gloss and a protective coating, so clearly they had some considerations about longevity.

I’m an agnostic, but I believe there are three commandments that must be followed every day: Kindness, Honesty, and Humility.

You’re entitled to your opinion and there’s no definitive answer, I suppose, but I just googled: “Is fashion art?” and virtually every result on the first page said yes.

Fashion is art. Just happens to be art you can wear. Art is generally considered to be good culturally and economically for a society. But anything can be corrupted. Fast fashion is an especially dele…

Here's a partial list: - Dark Night Mode - FireShot - Force Background Tab - Google Docs Offline - Google Mail Checker - Hacker News Enhancement Suite - Image Downloader …

I use Chrome for everything. I have 27 plug-ins running right now. But if Manifest 3 turns out to be as bad as predicted, I’ll abandon ship for Firefox without a second thought.

My response to the question “why does reality exist?” has always been: “I don’t know, but we might as well check it out.”

Do you ever marvel at the fact that we have learned and continue to learn so much and yet still really understand basically nothing about why this universe exists, what its limits are, what’s driving …

I follow the maxim: “The downvote is not a disagree button.” I don’t downvote differences of opinion. I downvote trolls and outlandish and objectively false lies (e.g. Bill Gates put microchips in the…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Build_a_better_mousetrap,_and_... …

I don’t think I felt dumb for not getting it. I did feel confused. It was like those magic eye stereograms. I used to not be able to see those (still difficult, but I get one now and again). But befor…

I used to not get the appeal of Rothko. I had one of those "my kid could do that" reactions to his work. But years back, I started working in an office that had a bunch of his prints on the …

I dont dispute that repetition does work to ingrain information. All educators, marketers, and propagandists know that. But changing a deeply held belief, one tied to a person’s identity, is different…

> It's a fact he's a journalist. We've all read his journalism or at least know of its existence. That's circular reasoning. He's a journalist because we read his journalis…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dToNqP7mtwU

Some of the images they generated are beautiful. I wish they hadn’t compressed them so heavily. They would have made lovely phone wallpapers.

> “he’s a world famous journalist with prior work” That’s a claim not a fact. It’s also possible he was an asset for a hostile intelligence service posing as a journalist. I’m not normally one to s…

The best technique I’ve heard of for nudging someone away from a deeply held (but maladaptive) belief is called deep canvassing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_canvassing The…

It is. The question is how much freedom and liberty should a society give up in exchange for it? I don’t think there is any one right answer… but no chewing gum is a bit extreme in my opinion.

This move says to me that Lego, like many companies today, doesn’t want to position itself in the market as a mere purveyor of a good or service, but rather as a “lifestyle brand.” They don’t want cus…

This goes beyond human culture. Virtually all primates hug. Humans are primates. Heck, I think most mammals are into cuddling.

So is society. When you’re a kid, it seems like everything is incredibly well organized and orchestrated. As an adult, you realize the world is a patchwork of semi-functioning systems and it’s a mirac…

Corded Wahl professional hair clippers. It’s the AK-47 of hair styling products: indestructible, never jams, and incredibly low maintenance. Clean out the detritus and give it a little oil now and the…

True, but ice cream is expensive. Soda and fries are cheap. Burgers and ice cream get people into the store where they buy soda and fries. And I’m sure many a person has gone to McDonalds wanting ice …

There's an old episode of the Simpsons (can't remember which), but something is wrong and Moe's Tavern is suddenly filled with noxious fumes. Barney inhales it and starts getting loopy,…