I am familiar with the phrase. And I was correct assuming you were referring to chromium as the culprit.

In case anyone didn’t know, you actually can polish a turd.

https://youtu.be/yiJ9fy1qSFI

How would you say it’s a turd? I assume because it’s still chromium based, but I don’t want to put words in your mouth.

It’s my browser of choice for my work computer but I do run Firefox at home and on mobile.

I’m guessing because onyx doesn’t have a book store to subsidize the price with like Amazon.

I tried the “New Outlook” a few months ago. There was no longer a Save As option for attachments. All attachments were downloaded to the default downloads directory.

I immediately uninstalled and didn’t look back.

This is an article about the transmission with more details for those interested. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-tech-demo-streams-first-video-from-deep-space-via-laser

That was the day I cancelled.

Photos as an online photo gallery is their implementation yes but they bought up Picasa the desktop gallery early on. That software included tagging and I believe face recognition by the end.

Finally got around to reading this today. 7th guest holds a special place in my heart as a gaming core memory. The game was very out there for me at 12 years old but the puzzles were great. I remember being at school, ignoring class, drawing chess boards and trying to fit all 8 queens on there. I had no idea about the drama that went on behind the scenes for Trilobyte. I always thought a realtime free movement version like the treatment RealMyst got, would be a lot of fun for revisiting this game but I suppose you’d lose the FMV charm in the process.

For those like me who hadn’t seen this before, this time lapse gif was recorded in 2014. The Rosetta spacecraft had a fascinating, 12 year long mission to get this imagery.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_(spacecraft)

I’ve revisited a lot of childhood games over the years thanks to mods but I don’t think I’ve ever thought about seeing where JPT ended up. Thanks for the suggestion. I think I have my weekend rabbit hole.

The good thing about GOG is basically everything retro doesn’t need that launcher if you don’t like it. 8 myself, haven’t had any problems with it though.

I have so many fond memories of Jurassic Park Trespasser. I remember my dad picked it up for me right around launch time. I had read the previews in PC Gamer magazine and was fully into the hype.

The game was really attempting VR before we had VR. There was no HUD. Your lifebar was a heart tattoo on your chest that emptied as you took damage. There was no ammo counter for your guns. Your character would say things like, “feels full” or “feels a little light” to give you an estimate of ammo remaining.

The biggest flaw, apart from the broken AI for dinosaurs, was just like VR, you had to aim manually. You could turn and twist your gun freely which meant you had to aim down the sights. In VR, in 2023, with motion controllers, this is amazing. But in 1998, with a mouse and keyboard, it was really awkward. It’s a game I never finished.; Probably never even got close to finishing. But I was still in awe of the world they built and freedom offered in 1998.

While I agree with the sentiment, doesn’t your own article state that immediately after the incident, multiple countries launched a group search and rescue mission which saved a lot of the victims?

The story about the millionaires, at least to me, is less about the fact that they’re millionaires, and more about the fact that we have tourist visits to the remains of the Titanic. At this point I don’t know who was on that tiny submersible but I’m intrigued with the tech and what could have gone wrong.

I feel like, for the 35-54 bracket at least, this must be less about giving up all the modern conveniences we have today but more about wishing they could raise their children in that simpler time. You don’t want your kids to be left out of what’s new and cool but you also don’t want them exposed to EVERYTHING these platforms bring. It’s a tight rope to walk and I’m not looking forward to it when my kids are older. I know a lot of people who have gone down the road of, “I didn’t have a cell phone growing up, my kids won’t either.” But it’s not very realistic in today’s world.