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by JohnClay
Wed Oct 25, 2023 8:44 am
Forum: World
Topic: Child labor vs effective education - which is worse?
Replies: 6
Views: 11946

Re: Child labor vs effective education - which is worse?

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Neil-Postman#ref1198654 In The Disappearance of Childhood (1982), Postman claimed that childhood is essentially a social artifact. Its origin was closely linked to the printing press and the growth of literacy, which made possible the segregation of groups into c...
by JohnClay
Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:23 am
Forum: World
Topic: Little Rants
Replies: 378
Views: 271359

Re: Little Rants

Chatting to my "friend" on Facebook Messenger: Me: a couple of nights ago it looked like you stayed up to 4am B: That's when I woke up Me: but then at 2pm it said you hadn't checked messenger yet B: U can hide that info Me: you can stop it saying things like "active now"? B - [stopped showing "activ...
by JohnClay
Sun Jun 18, 2023 10:52 am
Forum: World
Topic: What are you watching?
Replies: 1005
Views: 454724

Re: What are you watching?



It was interesting and had a happy ending. It mentioned Steel Magnolias and then I watched that movie.
by JohnClay
Sun May 14, 2023 10:07 am
Forum: World
Topic: What are you watching?
Replies: 1005
Views: 454724

Re: What are you watching?

I just finished watching the first episode of the Mandalorian. It has 20+ episodes so I thought they'd stretch it out a lot - but they packed so much stuff into the episode. I think they went onto at least three planets and there were lots of characters. Then the episode finished with the guy meetin...
by JohnClay
Sat May 13, 2023 2:40 am
Forum: World
Topic: So I Self Published a Book Today
Replies: 16
Views: 62316

Re: So I Self Published a Book Today

Here's my self-published book from 2017.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUoEx2xdL7c At the time I spent many hundreds of dollars on illustrations but could afford it because I was working 30 hours a weeks as a programmer. Now I'm struggling to break even. It is available to read online for free:...
by JohnClay
Mon Apr 03, 2023 10:27 pm
Forum: World
Topic: Using OpenAI for erotic purposes (NSFW)
Replies: 47
Views: 106244

Re: Using OpenAI for erotic purposes (NSFW)

@Catoptric:
Well it's here - only about 2 years after DALL-E was released....
by JohnClay
Tue Feb 21, 2023 10:41 pm
Forum: Meta
Topic: Contrived quotes optimized for header placement
Replies: 91
Views: 158750

Re: Contrived quotes optimized for header placement

That inline CSS is really bad.
by JohnClay
Tue Feb 21, 2023 4:41 am
Forum: Meta
Topic: Contrived quotes optimized for header placement
Replies: 91
Views: 158750

Re: Contrived quotes optimized for header placement

I'm not sure if H5 is a header.... it seems to involve paragraphs...
by JohnClay
Tue Feb 21, 2023 3:33 am
Forum: Meta
Topic: Contrived quotes optimized for header placement
Replies: 91
Views: 158750

Re: Contrived quotes optimized for header placement

But is it really H1 to H6 in the source code? H3 looks bigger than H2.... BTW I can't seem to find that webpage when I search for phrases from that low-res screenshot....
by JohnClay
Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:17 am
Forum: World
Topic: Seen on the internet
Replies: 118
Views: 225145

Re: Seen on the internet


From a TikTok excerpt in this video...

"yt" is pronounced "white" ("y" + t). That's pretty clever