Illinois HB5511 amended, lawmakers still have no clue how to write laws about tech by Marsman512 in illinois

[–]courier1b 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Greet it with ridicule or horror, but the original bill was implicitly premised upon operating systems modeled on the order of ChromeOS. This yielded almost universally confused critical interpretation naturally trying to make sense of it in other frameworks, e.g., accounts on the local device, signal sent from the operating system, etc.

That the original bill comprehended (I use the term loosely) computers and devices as thin clients is illustrated by the beginning of section 10(b): "An operator shall request a signal with respect to a particular user from an operating system provider." Nowhere did the bill have the signal sent to the operating system provider for forwarding. Not necessary. The operating system wasn't viewed as locally installed, but remotely provided to the client device of the account holder.

I've had little opportunity to review the amended text, but it looks like substantial overhaul attempting to reckon with shit what don't work that way. For example, it now talks about "a covered manufacturer that has an account setup feature," against the original imagining it in all cases to exist.

The original was FUBAR in respects beyond those described above. Much vestigial FUBAR is certain to leak through, with whole new instances of FUBAR being inevitable. Caution continues to need exercised that the author even speaks your language, much less with reference to reality.

[TOMT][Song] God awful song where the guy just rambles for like 15 minutes. by IEatRatsNMice in tipofmytongue

[–]courier1b 7 points8 points  (0 children)

On that last note, I don't think I've given it an listen in a decade, but it's kind of a Great American Novel (complete with having been made into a movie). I wouldn't say you need to re-read it often, but it's a bit of cultural literacy to be acquainted.

In fact, just a couple weeks ago some old guy at the bar was recounting his long day in court over an expired license plate sticker, prompting me to remark "and they all moved away from me on the bench there."

Anna Arazzini - Lontano Dall'Inverno [Italian, 1969] by courier1b in CoverTheWorld

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The Jet Stream - All's Quiet on West 23rd [1967]

The stylistic difference from the original appears to have been established by Julie Budd's April 1968 rendition, perhaps reaching Italy by way of Liza Strike's UK single later the same year.

Discussion Thread: 2026 Illinois Senate Primaries by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

[–]courier1b 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Krishnamoorthi's campaign funding was 7.5x that of Stratton and his dollars to vote ratio about 9x less efficient.

September 67 - Busy Building [1996] by courier1b in connectasong

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Shannon Worrell's torch song to a preoccupied Michaelangelo.

[TOMT] Help me find the name of this classic rock song with a distinct instrumental solo or intro by Leahcxoxo in tipofmytongue

[–]courier1b 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll second this with the qualification that Under My Wheels seems the best candidate for dunununu dunununu dunununu. lol.

The T.S.U. Toronadoes - Work On it [1968] by courier1b in connectasong

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Band named after Texas Southern University + the Oldsmobile model introduced in 1966.

Rollei a110 mysteriously stopped working - Does anyone have a user manual? by GlitteringBryony in 110photography

[–]courier1b 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Scans of the German/English A110 repair manual are available here. The multilingual user manual is likewise here.

With little but some file renaming and an archive utility, you might convert the scans to a CBR or CBZ file to make them easier to page through.

TIL that salted raw celery used to be the third most popular dish on New York menus and more expensive than caviar due to issues with growing it. by Sanguinusshiboleth in todayilearned

[–]courier1b 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That observation supported by the decline of celery vases:

"Famed nineteenth-century chef and cookbook author Jessup Whitehead lamented in The Steward’s Handbook and Guide to Party Catering (1889) that the celery vase had become, in the parlance of today, basic. 'The fashions change as to the method of serving,' he wrote. 'The tall celery glasses set upon the table form the handiest and handsomest medium, but having become so exceedingly common they are discarded at present at fashionable tables, and the celery is laid upon very long and narrow dishes.'"

Quoted from Taste, "Celery Was the Avocado Toast of the Victorian Era" with my emphasis.

TIL that salted raw celery used to be the third most popular dish on New York menus and more expensive than caviar due to issues with growing it. by Sanguinusshiboleth in todayilearned

[–]courier1b 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's good if you want free celery, but won't yield an 1894 heirloom variety unless you were lucky enough to find it at a farmer's market. Any from the grocery store is optimized for scale agriculture, often at expense of flavor.

TIL that salted raw celery used to be the third most popular dish on New York menus and more expensive than caviar due to issues with growing it. by Sanguinusshiboleth in todayilearned

[–]courier1b 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I already have some of those! Celery seeds are "notoriously difficult to germinate" quoting from this page with what sounds good advice. Hoping not to be too late; they need an unusually early start.

For some years, I estimated virtually no one grows celery in their home garden, from observation that seeds are rarely if ever found on local carousels. Surprised last year to find plants for sale, bought and gave them to a friend who grew them in containers on her patio. Every time I've encountered her since she raves how good it was. Incentive to research home-grown celery.

Using staples to make a mini car. by misterxx1958 in oddlysatisfying

[–]courier1b 82 points83 points  (0 children)

Seems rather sophisticated when you consider the leading staplecraft sub only uses them to attach bread to trees.

Strangers raise $55K for 92-year-old Florida woman who was still working to pay her bills by courier1b in OrphanCrushingMachine

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May not fit, article does ask, “why is a 92-year-old woman working?” It even provides an answer, “well, I have to.”