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New comment by warmjets222 in "The title cards in Blade Runner are amazing"

warmjets222 — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:48:36 +0000

Pretty much anything professionally typeset will use the appropriate dashes.

New comment by warmjets222 in "PC Engine CPU"

warmjets222 — Fri, 08 May 2026 18:57:31 +0000

My understanding was that after American retailers were burned so hard by the Atari crash, Nintendo wanted to position the NES as far from a 2600 as possible.

New comment by warmjets222 in "ASML became the chokepoint for cutting-edge chips"

warmjets222 — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:02:23 +0000

I've been reading Dashiell Hammett detective stories from the early 1920s and it seems like cars were almost exclusively referred to colloquially as 'machines' back then.

New comment by warmjets222 in "Online age-verification tools for child safety are surveilling adults"

warmjets222 — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:42:28 +0000

I mean, how much longer do you think VPNs will remain legal in the US?

New comment by warmjets222 in "There is no comfortable reading position"

warmjets222 — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 19:33:32 +0000

I read books on my phone while lying flat on my back in bed. I have a stand that holds the phone directly over my face, and a bluetooth page turner so I don't have to tap the screen. It looks ridiculous but I can read for hours like that.

New comment by warmjets222 in "The React Foundation"

warmjets222 — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 15:36:47 +0000

The alternative that eventually beat out jQuery was just better native javascript, though.

New comment by warmjets222 in "A receipt printer cured my procrastination"

warmjets222 — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:09:57 +0000

I made a strict rule years ago that I only listen to my favourite podcast while cleaning. This works for me surprisingly well.

New comment by warmjets222 in "A senior Apple exec could be jailed in Epic case"

warmjets222 — Thu, 01 May 2025 17:29:27 +0000

The difference is that Steam isn't the only way to install software on your PC.