The music is annoying, as music for such things so often is. (As it always is, for internet videos.)
And I'm only about a fifth-tier New York City fanatic. Sure, there are few things always to been seen during a visit: A̶ ̶p̶a̶r̶t̶i̶c̶u̶l̶a̶r̶l̶y̶ ̶g̶o̶o̶d̶ ̶g̶u̶i̶t̶a̶r̶ ̶s̶h̶o̶p̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶4̶8̶t̶h̶ (closed a few years ago); t̶h̶e̶ ̶I̶n̶t̶e̶r̶c̶o̶n̶t̶i̶n̶e̶n̶t̶a̶l̶ ̶H̶o̶t̶e̶l̶ ̶f̶i̶v̶e̶ ̶b̶l̶o̶c̶k̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶e̶a̶s̶t̶ ̶ (I can't afford it anymore); ̶a̶ ̶s̶t̶r̶i̶k̶i̶n̶g̶l̶y̶ ̶w̶i̶n̶s̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶l̶e̶g̶a̶l̶ ̶s̶e̶c̶r̶e̶t̶a̶r̶y̶ ̶a̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶R̶o̶l̶e̶x̶ ̶b̶u̶i̶l̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶5̶t̶h̶ (she threw me out of her life a decade back); and 30 blocks to the north of her office, the finest museums in North America, the Met and the Guggenheim (I'm still welcome there!).
But that's it.
Nonetheless, this is remarkably evocative film footage. A hundred years later, there are spots still recognizable from tourism.
Crid
at June 19, 2017 10:34 PM
Twitter is now randomly inserting other people's favorites (now called "likes") into my timeline. Not the retweets from the people I follow; merely their "likes."
Of course they'll swear up and down that their algorithm is anything but "random"... The boys in the lab have been putting in long hours, and they couldn't be prouder of their work.
I regard this as fraud. Basically, they all want to be working at Facebook, a reprehensible platform that feels no hesitation about directing their users to whatever information serves Zuckerberg's interests.
I just couldn't be more disappointed.
This is intellectual cancer. It's intellectual poisoning. These sources —from Facebook to Google to Twitter to the New York Times— are completely destroying the opportunity for their readers to have a shared, non-customized experience...
…Which is the quintessence of reality. Reality is the thing that doesn't go away even though someone you admire tells you it doesn't exist at all. These buffoon programmers can't imagine that you'd want to find out on your own what others are thinking.
J.F. Christ. Between this and the bedwetting college students who can't handle meen words, I just don't know what is happening in this culture.
But I know it ain't strength, intelligence, courage or kindness.
Crid
at June 20, 2017 12:47 AM
Worse then cancer, it's INCEST. These people want you to have no jarring experiences with the unfamiliar.
Crid
at June 20, 2017 12:48 AM
Than, not then. Look, I'm pissed off.
Crid
at June 20, 2017 12:49 AM
Apparently alphabetical order of surnames is discriminatory:
Alphabetism: The effects of surname initial and the risk of being otherwise undistinguished:
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers
at June 20, 2017 11:32 AM
Gog?
Who cares?
Or, to put it another way, does anyone care that your bacon cheeseburger is religiously/culturally offensive to billions of Jews, Muslims, & Hindus world wide not to mention vegetarians and vegans?
Grandmother boards flight with two-year-old, doesn't bring diapers or change of clothes. Pays for economy.
On the third trip to the first-class lavatory, the FA tells her that she and her granddaughter must use the toilet in their class, as is standard procedure.
Toddler subsequently pisses herself, and must sit in pee for the rest of the three-hour flight because Grandma didn't bring diapers or clothes.
"I was enraged," Grandma tells the media. She is demanding full refunds for the flight AND a personal apology from the flight attendant.
The music is annoying, as music for such things so often is. (As it always is, for internet videos.)
And I'm only about a fifth-tier New York City fanatic. Sure, there are few things always to been seen during a visit: A̶ ̶p̶a̶r̶t̶i̶c̶u̶l̶a̶r̶l̶y̶ ̶g̶o̶o̶d̶ ̶g̶u̶i̶t̶a̶r̶ ̶s̶h̶o̶p̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶4̶8̶t̶h̶ (closed a few years ago); t̶h̶e̶ ̶I̶n̶t̶e̶r̶c̶o̶n̶t̶i̶n̶e̶n̶t̶a̶l̶ ̶H̶o̶t̶e̶l̶ ̶f̶i̶v̶e̶ ̶b̶l̶o̶c̶k̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶e̶a̶s̶t̶ ̶ (I can't afford it anymore); ̶a̶ ̶s̶t̶r̶i̶k̶i̶n̶g̶l̶y̶ ̶w̶i̶n̶s̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶l̶e̶g̶a̶l̶ ̶s̶e̶c̶r̶e̶t̶a̶r̶y̶ ̶a̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶R̶o̶l̶e̶x̶ ̶b̶u̶i̶l̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶5̶t̶h̶ (she threw me out of her life a decade back); and 30 blocks to the north of her office, the finest museums in North America, the Met and the Guggenheim (I'm still welcome there!).
But that's it.
Nonetheless, this is remarkably evocative film footage. A hundred years later, there are spots still recognizable from tourism.
Crid at June 19, 2017 10:34 PM
Twitter is now randomly inserting other people's favorites (now called "likes") into my timeline. Not the retweets from the people I follow; merely their "likes."
Of course they'll swear up and down that their algorithm is anything but "random"... The boys in the lab have been putting in long hours, and they couldn't be prouder of their work.
I regard this as fraud. Basically, they all want to be working at Facebook, a reprehensible platform that feels no hesitation about directing their users to whatever information serves Zuckerberg's interests.
I just couldn't be more disappointed.
This is intellectual cancer. It's intellectual poisoning. These sources —from Facebook to Google to Twitter to the New York Times— are completely destroying the opportunity for their readers to have a shared, non-customized experience...
…Which is the quintessence of reality. Reality is the thing that doesn't go away even though someone you admire tells you it doesn't exist at all. These buffoon programmers can't imagine that you'd want to find out on your own what others are thinking.
J.F. Christ. Between this and the bedwetting college students who can't handle meen words, I just don't know what is happening in this culture.
But I know it ain't strength, intelligence, courage or kindness.
Crid at June 20, 2017 12:47 AM
Worse then cancer, it's INCEST. These people want you to have no jarring experiences with the unfamiliar.
Crid at June 20, 2017 12:48 AM
Than, not then. Look, I'm pissed off.
Crid at June 20, 2017 12:49 AM
Apparently alphabetical order of surnames is discriminatory:
Alphabetism: The effects of surname initial and the risk of being otherwise undistinguished:
http://www.colorado.edu/Economics/Zax/workingpapers/Alphabetism.pdf
Snoopy at June 20, 2017 7:59 AM
Ah, Bali.
Warm ocean, white sand beaches, intriguing culture. A wonderful place to sip exotic cocktails under a tropical sky.
FIDO should probably avoid visiting, however. Just for safety's sake.
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at June 20, 2017 8:35 AM
Feminism, not even once:
https://mobile.twitter.com/Bmac0507/status/876965959193341952
Sixclaws at June 20, 2017 9:09 AM
https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/267974/
I R A Darth Aggie at June 20, 2017 9:14 AM
I'm left wondering why Petula Dvorak hates brown skinned undocumented migrants. Is it racism?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/nabra-hassanens-death-may-not-legally-be-a-hate-crime-but-it-sure-feels-hateful/2017/06/19/19454a8e-552b-11e7-a204-ad706461fa4f_story.html?tid=pm_local_pop&utm_term=.56d8b38172ad
I R A Darth Aggie at June 20, 2017 9:20 AM
Apparently the airlines not only hate your guts, they want them destroyed from within.
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at June 20, 2017 11:32 AM
Gog?
Who cares?
Or, to put it another way, does anyone care that your bacon cheeseburger is religiously/culturally offensive to billions of Jews, Muslims, & Hindus world wide not to mention vegetarians and vegans?
lujlp at June 20, 2017 12:18 PM
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/toddler-sat-in-pee-air-canada-grandmother-says-1.4166122
Grandmother boards flight with two-year-old, doesn't bring diapers or change of clothes. Pays for economy.
On the third trip to the first-class lavatory, the FA tells her that she and her granddaughter must use the toilet in their class, as is standard procedure.
Toddler subsequently pisses herself, and must sit in pee for the rest of the three-hour flight because Grandma didn't bring diapers or clothes.
"I was enraged," Grandma tells the media. She is demanding full refunds for the flight AND a personal apology from the flight attendant.
I think they should bill her for the pissed seat.
Kevin at June 20, 2017 12:50 PM
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