even better yet, make that durable phone shell user-replacable! you can even have those shells in different styles and colours so users can accessorize their devices any way they like! this would also give birth to a thriving industry of aftermarket shells for your phones, where small makers can even 3D-print their own shells for sale.
because we sleep at night and are active during the day, and so we need to track that in a way that is universal. if i mention 12:00, people understand that it is noon where i am, and if i mention 22:00, they know it's bedtime.
the whole point of time zones is to have time cohesion in a wider region within margin of error of solar noon, so people on the far east and far west of a time zone are close enough to solar noon at 12:00. you can take a train to a neighbouring city without having to worry about needing to adjust your timekeeping devices by a few minutes.
to put your scenario into perspective, china has already done what you suggested on a smaller scale: the entire country is on UTC+8 for the sake of "unity" and "national cohesion". beijing loves it; 12:00 is still noon there! except it ain't in xinjiang and tibet. xinjiang has its own unofficial xinjiang time zone of UTC+6, and so people have to specify which time zone they're talking about and convert times between the two time zones in conversation because the uyghers use xinjiang time and the han chinese use beijing time, and you can imagine the confusion and also technical issues that has arisen from that.
imagine that, but 12 times worse. no thanks, i'll do the simple math of converting time zones if i ever need to communicate internationally.
because we sleep at night and are active during the day, and so we need to track that in a way that is universal. if i mention 12:00, people understand that it is noon where i am, and if i mention 22:00, they know it's bedtime.
the whole point of time zones is to have time cohesion in a wider region within margin of error, so people on the far east and far west of a time zone still see the sun at roughly its highest point in the sky at 12:00. you can take a train to a neighbouring city without having to worry about needing to adjust your timekeeping devices by a few minutes.
to put your scenario into perspective, china has already done what you suggested on a smaller scale: the entire country is on UTC+8. this is great for cities like beijing and hong kong
"AI" has been a very common and very old term used in video games to refer to NPCs that react to player behaviour. It's also sometimes used to refer to bots that emulate player logic to play a game, such as in this CB video.
If you missed that much and yet still know about machine learning: welcome back to society!
he should be the one wearing headphones. you do not deserve to be gaslit into suffering through this poor excuse for "accommodations" for him.
multipoint bluetooth headphones exist. open back headphones exist. make him use them.
if he's not willing to budge, you'll need to separate the TV from your PC; one has to be relocated to a different room, preferably as far as possible. that plus shutting the doors should be the maximum amount of effort you'll put into accommodating your partner. if that is inadequate, i recommend couples therapy; or just dump him.
It's because the comic strip's style and history didn't fit the story being told. If anything, it was a massive tonal shift compared to previous comic strips in the whole webcomic.
The author was used to the 4-panel comic layout, which was great for comedic setups and punchlines, and didn't know to switch to something more appropriate for such a somber subject in Loss. That's why Loss feels lifeless, rather than sad.
There are so many great ways to add tension and emotion in comic form through panel layouts, compositions, style, and shading; if Loss had employed any of those to convey a compelling emotional story, it would not have been so badly received, even if posted in the same webcomic series.
gender is a societal role, stuff like "males are supposed to be strong and emotionally distant" and "females are supposed to be beautiful and submissive to males".
one does not necessarily have to lead into the other equivalent. why can't men wear dresses and makeup? what makes something "boyish" or "girly"? why does a "male" or "female" label define what a person can and cannot do for the rest of their life? do they not get a say in what they want to be defined as?
the only, only useful thing about biological sex labels is for medical and sexual purposes, and yet we base almost everything else in life and society around it. that's just an inefficient use of space on an ID card.
Oh man, I had that phase in my teenage years where I was absolutely obsessed with all that EDM music. My tastes are more varied now but I still enjoy those absolute headbangers.
I.Y.F.F.E - Jurassic
Lock N Bounce - Illusions
Rameses B - Full Force
xKore - Full Russian
RIOT - Overkill
Monstercat Uncaged is still a great label to search through if you want more of this high energy stuff.
oh boy, yeah no don't do that. fermented anything should be used in small quantities to flavour a much larger quantity of stuff, like rice.