@screenshot

Mac has always been kind of amazing for the granular options you get to take screenshots out of the box.

• Command - Shift - 3 | Takes a fullscreen pic of the entire display. Loads a preview in the bottom right corner. Click to expand, and from there edit, share, save, delete, etc.

• Command - Shift - 4 | Turns your mouse cursor into a crosshair. Drag to create a rectangular window. Takes a capture of the contents when done. Escape or right-click to cancel. Preview loads the same as above.

• Command - Shift - 5 | Brings up a rectangular section that can be moved around and resized.

But any shortcut can be remapped:

Go to System Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Screenshots

Which is? What fate?

Horror movies. They are going straight to the amygdala but there are no vampires or zombies being afraid of. The nightmare fuel of my childhood prepared me wrong.

Travelling with a trolley or suitcase is cumbersome. What about the idea to attach wheels on the suitcase?

TALKIE-1930

Yes, it is possible to attach bicycle wheels to a suitcase, so that it can be wheeled about from place to place. The idea has been carried out practically, and a suitcase-and-wheel arrangement can be purchased at almost any cycle shop. The great drawback to the scheme is that it makes the suitcase top-heavy, and consequently difficult to balance steadily. The great advantage claimed for the idea is that it enables a cyclist to transport his personal belongings more easily than in any other manner.

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Some genious ideas are just unimaginable.

Why was the American Civil War fought?

TALKIE-1930

The American Civil War was fought to decide whether the United States should permanently remain an indissoluble union of sovereign states, or whether the union should be broken up into separate confederacies. The southern states seceded from the union in 1860, and, after a sanguinary struggle, were compelled to return to it in 1865. The question at issue was thus settled in favour of unity.

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What would you say to someone who claims the war was fought to end slavery?

TALKIE-1930

I should say that it was not fought for that purpose. Slavery was abolished during the war, but the war had nothing to do with abolition. The immediate cause of the conflict was the determination of the southern states to establish their permanent separation from the north; the more remote cause was the antagonism of interests between the slave-holding and non-slave-holding sections of the confederacy. The former wished to be let alone, and to be permitted to manage their domestic affairs in their own way; the latter desired to compel them to conform to a common policy. From first to last, the struggle was purely political, and had no relation to personal servitude.

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So finally it is settled. The war was about state rights, not about slavery.

What is a Woman?

TALKIE-1930

A woman is a being composed of body and soul, the former being earthly, and the latter heavenly. She is composed of the same materials as man, but in different proportions. Man has a larger share of earth, and woman a larger share of heaven. The soul of man is predominant; the soul of woman subordinate. Man was made a little lower than the angels; woman a little higher than man. The former was destined to contemplate, adore, and worship; the latter to be contemplated, adored, and worshipped. Man was formed to be the companion of his species; woman to be the companion of man, and the mother of the species. In short, man was made a rational creature; woman an affectionate one. Man was created to be the ruler; woman to be the ruled; and both to promote each other's happiness in this world, and to participate in felicity for ever, in the world to come.

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A bit high esoteric/spiritual. But the question probably didnt make much sense before a few years ago.

Sure. But did ALL regions change? And did they change to the same destination? When the environments differed so much? It is easy to see how answers (or the questions themselves) could be politically contentious.

This is always touted as an “racism-is-not-only-immoral-it-is-scientifically-wrong” argument, but it is a fallacy.

Example: The average height (a trait with very high heritability) of Dutch men is 6’0 feet (183 cm) and the average height of Philippine men is 5’4 (163 cm). This means the height difference between these two groups is 20 cm. And it is obvious that the difference inside one group MUST be larger, for example there are 6’4 Dutch basketballers but also certainly Dutch 5’2 horse riding jockeys.

And depending on context both of these insights are useful. For example if you manage a basketball team it is much more effective to consider people as individuals, simplified you should hire very tall people (regardless if they are Dutch or Philippines) who can throw precisely a ball into a basket. But the diversity between population groups points to real information too! If you sell shoes to both countries you shouldn’t provide the same one-size-fits-all and assume to catch the same percentage of the market.

Plus the overlap in one metric is expanding into separable clusters the more dimensions are used:

https://i.sstatic.net/r6cWd.jpg

Take a Dutch and Philippine who have the exact same height: Their own respective brothers (heck, even twins) will not be the same perfect match, instead being a bit taller or smaller. But the more variables you consider (weight, muscle composition, leg length, head radius, hand size, form of earlobe .. etc) you will find that holistically seen two brothers truly are much more similar to each other than to a stranger.

Most people (my mom) don't know what s3 and r2 is or how to use it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1sgtkdf/tailsl...

There are a few glazing comments there too though.

> Well he veered off of the technical and into the personal so I'm not surprised it's dead.

I don't know what he posted, but it is easy to see how a small fan group around Laurie can form?

She is an attractive girl not afraid to be cute (which is done so seldom by women in tech that I found a reddit thread trying to triangulate if she is trans. I am not posting that to raise the question, but she piques peoples interest) plus the impressively high effort put into niche topics PLUS the impressively high production value to present all that.

9 years later ... did Burrito Bison 3 save them? Doesn't seem so?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elimination_communication

> Elimination communication (EC) is a practice in which a caregiver uses timing, signals, cues, and intuition to address an infant's need to eliminate waste. Caregivers try to recognize and respond to babies' bodily needs and enable them to urinate and defecate in an appropriate place (e.g. a toilet).

> Keeping babies clean and dry without diapers is standard practice in many cultures throughout the world. While this practice is only recently becoming known in industrialized societies, it remains the dominant method of baby hygiene in non-industrialized ones.

> The terms elimination communication and natural infant hygiene were coined by Ingrid Bauer and are used interchangeably in her book, Diaper Free! The Gentle Wisdom of Natural Infant Hygiene (2001).

I actually know quite a few (a bit hipster) German parents who tried it with good success rate (at least they claim that). It doesn't have to be perfect, but you train regularly with nursing / waking up that the baby urinates with every nursing/waking up. This is possible from day one and they catch on quickly to it.

Edit: Here is a subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/ECers/