The rising tide of "healthy" anti-fat sentiment in the consumer space continued clamping down on pork producers until sometime in the late '90s or early '00s they decided to do something about it. They paired up with the fast food industry (that was suffering from a huge crush of its own because of some nasty food poisoning issues) and basically paid fast food companies to put bacon onto their menus.
@SaltyMonk I would be if I didn't think it heralded a never-ending stream of them.
Better would be a message saying "we have a new feature, click on this link to read about it" followed by an explicit "turn this on if you're interested".
It's not hard. Don't turn on a feature and give a "don't show again". Inform about the existence and give a "turn this on if you like it" button. THIS IS HOW CONSENT WORKS.
@zdl@jens That's fair. It would be interesting to see different interpretations: as accurate as possible (using contemporary pigments and techniques, trying to match extant fragments), versus the most realistic or aesthetically pleasing result that we could achieve today.
What I found intriguing about this is that this is technology, available in the 1950s, that was superior to its competition (78 RPM records): more durable, better-sounding, more convenient storage ... and yet it was incredibly short-lived while the lameness of flat disks with small amounts of music taking up more space and wearing faster dominated the music world for so long.
This is the power of marketing over technology, sadly.
So this little video is making the rounds in Chinese social media.
I'm calling it now: the Democrats have no hope in this election. They've alienated the demographic that they so desperately need the support of for calling them "anti-semitic" for...checks notes...opposing an open genocide.
The youth are not going to be voting Trump, but they're definitely not voting Biden either. Trump will win. Enjoy your next four years.
(Reposted because I forgot the actual video! I'm an idjit.)
Techbrodudes reinvent something that's been around for ages, only making it worse.
You know, public transit has been around for AGES before you got your grubby little rent-seeking mitts on it and tore it down, you festering horde of goblins!
You know how I get to the airport in Wuhan? I take the subway. ALL THE WAY THERE.
You know how I get to the three train stations in Wuhan? I take the subway. ALL THE WAY THERE for two of them. (For the third I have a half-block's walk because of some geographical issues.)
You know how I get to pretty much any concert venue? I TAKE THE SUBWAY AND/OR THE BUS. All the way there.
This is what public transit does for you: stops rent-seeking assholes from making your life shitty.
The list continues with public parks, temples, various markets (wet, dry, or super), shopping malls, university campuses, etc. etc. etc.
I haven't even owned a car in 20 years because it's a waste of money and time: public transit gets me where I need to be and, upon delivery of the subway, often faster than taking a car anyway.
And for those rare circumstances where I absolutely need a vehicle: the money I save from not owning one lets me hire at need for a net profit.