A “modern” design, the current trend of shitty suburban layout that seems to be the alternative to the grid layout complained about.

Not better:

I think you might be thinking of databases… Access (barf), not Excel.

I do think databases and tables are a useful thing but most database systems require over-specifying fields via esoteric “column types” while spreadsheets underspecify them via formatting (and extremely limited formatting at that)

Some happy medium must exist out there, but I haven’t seen it. Notion and Google Docs (Format /Convert to Table) approach this but don’t quite get there.

What do you mean? I hear that “SFC /SCANNOW” fixes everything!

You are correct but every little barrier helps.

Hate to just keep throwing out links to Wikipedia but … these techniques have been used to some success in the fight against fascism before.

It is much better if Linux and systemd say “oh gosh we’re not ready to implement that for at least another 2-3 years and even then only in preliminary implementations” instead of “yes sir right away sir we have that all ready to go at a moments notice, let me put that boot of yours right down my own throat”

Hey I’m not gonna disagree. I just provided an answer to what that person meant about “glowing”.

I’ll add another link that you might want to consider though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticipatory_obedience

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/glowie

Nah, it’s Martin Shkreli

Nah they called that out separately.

an unidentified McElree approached students while in plain clothes

Sure, it’s just very odd phrasing.

Better as something like “McElree approached the students without identifying himself”

It reads like “I don’t know what that is but I’m sure it’s a McElree!”

Sounds pretty identified to me.

What is a “McElree”?

an unidentified McElree approached

But January 29th was over a month ago, and you can bet that this plan started before the news noticed and reported on it.

Right, and the massing of troops on the Ukrainian border by Russia was not a prelude to that invasion either. /s

This was in no way a bolt from the blue. People knew this was coming. Did you even read the linked article?

This was a months- or weeks-long preparation. It’s been known for a while that the US was moving aircraft carriers towards Iran. This absolutely did not happen overnight.

The BBC from 2026-02-20

Edit: and earlier, Military.com from 2026-01-29

It’s always been wild to me how the seemingly-simplest change (“what is the name of this computer”) has so many little gotchas and quirks.

It is as long as you pay attention to who is in a group chat

Ah I am not bothered by the cryptocurrency … thing. It’s pretty well buried in the app, and doesn’t seem like anything they’re particularly trying to push. More like a failed experiment.

Why do you say signal is not the best option? My only discomfort with it is the phone number requirement (and I think they maybe relaxed that)

Thanks for reminding us.