I heard that they were the first test-audience Apple used to test their new product, the IRope. Apple designed it to go around their user’s necks. The other end of the IRope is designed to attach to a proprietary cryptographic dongle to work called the Lynch-Key. Apple says it’s like a lynch-pin because it’s critical to the function the IRope.

Apple never did hear back from the test-audience. -I think this product will be a real winner!

I like the part where it shatters/explodes.

envy.

I got news for you. The Republic of China also uses that same language.

I’ve seen similar reports. They are said to have the highest proportion of military aged men in their population between now and the early 2030’s before a big downwards population-trend for the next several generations as a result of the ol’ limited children policies. After that it’s suspected their resources will be too constrained caring for a ballooning elderly population.

-I’ll be curious to see how it all plays out.

There’s also a non-financial cost to keeping up with beauty standards via plastic surgery. Madonna is a perfect example. As soon as someone gets a facelift the ageing-clock speeds up and repeated lifts have diminishing returns until a person is left with an unexpressive piece of pleather for a face. Michael Jackson’s nose was also a good example of such issues.

I still say that all of the time. Along with I can’t believe gas is over $1 a gallon now.

nobody referred to videos as “VHS” unless they were explicitly trying to distinguish the medium from betamax. They just called them “videos” and “tapes” or “videotape.”

for example: Hey can I borrow that tape?

That movie just came out on video.

Be kind, rewind your videotape.

System76s’ (at least used to) use rebranded Clevo laptops with their own flashed motherboard firmware. I’ve replaced parts on mine with direct Clevo spare parts.

Celebrated a bday today, so I got to have Cioppino, and then Creme Brulee Crème brûlée* for dessert

I wondered this too, but she’s already in Moscow. Any care she can receive there, is still equal to or better than what the average Russian can get.

After reading the article, she is in Russia. I’m sure she will receive the best care moscow has to offer, which is still better than a lot of people.

Now imagine you knew nothing of the outside world and your only experience with it was a hostile one.

The article claims that the likely motivation was to protect their families from reprisals.

I could swear there was a wildly similar version of this particular comic that was even more on point with reference to assembly call codes.