Rat Bastard

How hard can it be to catch a rat? With peanut butter, aged cheddar and sunflower seeds as buffet, how does this little Focker outsmart me and my tech?

Fighting Post Truth #5: Unbox Therapy on Equality

I recently watched a video from Unbox Therapy where the guy explains why you should not buy the iPhone X.

His main reasons are:

  1. Face unlock is not as good as Touch ID, it is not "enjoyable" according to him.
  2. The phone is double as expensive as a supposedly similar phone, but not twice as good.
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Client Logic

Some days I question the very roots of logical reasoning. It is said that if everybody is not normal, then there is no such thing as being normal. Ergo, the very definition of normal is based on an average of the sum of the behaviour of all people. Thus people define what is normal, people do not fall into a category we created called normal.

So if a client tells me this:

You know, that's why I said right in the beginning, I said: Tell me what I am not going to get. And everyone said "Ah you can't do it like that, I've got caught again, you've got to spec it". Now, I am in such a quandry now I don't know what I am getting.

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Brilliant Comment

A recent Slashdot article claims that the markup on the new iPhone X is way too much.

Be that as it may, this comment from a reader made my day as it is so true:

A Plumber Goes on a Call to Fix a Leaky Faucet...

When he arrives at the customer's house, he inspects the faucet, installs a new rubber gasket, and gives the customer a bill for $100.

"This is outrageous," says the customer. "I demand an itemized bill."

The plumber quickly writes up an itemized bill:

Rubber Gasket: $0.50

Knowing where to put it: $99.50

You Have Nothing To Fear From A.I., Yet...

Why, Siri, are you so dumb?
Why, Siri, are you so dumb?