I dunno. I’m getting a charge out of it.
I dunno, the challenge doesn’t seem very current to me.
Pretty sure. I’m kinda amped up.
It’s troubling how many people resist the arc of progress that the democratization of the internet is
For a different joke, I’m sure nearly fault-proof driving cars and automated restaurants are still just around the corner.
Thrag
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This thread has potential.
It’s kind of shocking that I’m short of jokes related to electrical concepts. Maybe I should switch to a different field.
CraigM
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No matter how you spin it, it is hard to resist the field of electrical jokes.
I think we are making the same point with wildly different phrasing here. Let me try again in a more straightforward fashion.
I agree it would be a better world if there was some sort of agency that made sure technical standards were meaningful, adhered to properly, and clearly explained. There is no such agency in our current US of A. There is no general desire for such an agency in the general population, so there’s not going to be such an agency anytime soon.
In the absence of such an agency, the hardware manufacturers get together and form their own standards bodies. These bodies are funded by the manufacturers and prioritize the interests of manufacturers over consumers. Every single time. This is regrettable. It is also to be expected, because the people working for the organization funded by manufacturers would lose their jobs if they didn’t do what the manufacturers wanted. Even if such things are at the expense of the consumer.
This HDMI 2.1 confusion is very bad for consumers, but mildly good for manufacturers as shiny new standards cause consumers to desire upgrades. The savviest of enthusiast consumers will realize this is more confusing scam than upgrade, but those are the consumers that manufacturers can most afford to alienate as they are the people intensely interested in upgrades who WILL be back as customers when all the features of HDMI 2.1 do materialize.
The entire situation is unfortunate, but as the entire system is working-as-designed from the perspective of the standards bodies (and the manufacturers who fund them), nothing will change in the near term. Nobody will be fired. The only takeaway is that customers should be careful and do a lot of homework prior to committing to a big-ticket electronics purchase.
What kind of snake was that? It was quite pretty, though I still would not want it in my house.
I would burn that hat.
Dude will be employed forever if he just lets the stuff loose outside of the house.
It looks like a little Carpet Python, one of the most common snakes around here.
The spider is a Huntsman, also very common.
This was from a couple weeks ago, our Health Minister had one crawl on her during a Covid press conference!
Hidden for arachnophobes
Huntsman spider crawls on health minister during Covid press conference in Queensland, Australia - YouTube
Both are harmless to humans! ;)
Cool, thanks. Australia: Trying To Kill Humans Since Forever! (at least, scare them)
Sharpe
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Florida man sticks hand in tiger cage, gets bitten. The real tragedy imo is that a deputy sheriff then shoots and kills the tiger.
Deputy sheriff shot the wrong target.
Eko is a critically endangered species. There are fewer than 200 in the wild left, according to the zoo’s website.
Damn right he shot the wrong target.
