Absor's comments

On: Ugliest Airplane Ever Built Predicted the Future

[Absor]

Too bad it wasn't in The Wind Rises, some other model are though [1]. The studio's name is also inspired by Caproni Ca.309 'Ghibli' [2].

[1] https://ghibli.fandom.com/wiki/Caproni [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caproni_Ca.309

On: Tobii Pro Glasses 3

[Absor]

It is very uncomfortable looking at these from the front as the cameras and illuminators look like spikes aiming for the eyes.

[Mistletoe → Absor]

All I could imagine is ad companies looking at these and envisioning their Clockwork Orange dream of eyes with the lids held open.

[azinman2 → Mistletoe]

Probably less useful than a google search, which shows explicit intent. If you followed me around all day long you’d have an overwhelming amount of noise.

[zestyping → Absor]

They could have fixed this easily by running all the wires horizontally. Seems like a surprising oversight. First impressions matter.

[DonHopkins → Absor]

Not quite as uncomfortable as the earlier Clockwork Orange glasses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSQApGLbgNg

[Kiro → Absor]

Not really. You probably suffer from aichmophobia.

[goldenkey → Kiro]

I don't suffer from that ailment and agree with OP. Looks like a bunch of needles all an incident away from going straight through my eyeball.

On: The Spinner

[Absor]

The site took so long to load that I thought it was for showing the loading spinner tab icon, which also fit the name of the site. I had to go wait it out after reading the comments which seemed unrelated to the first experience.

On: Emperor Norton

[Absor]

I first learned about him from The Sandman comic book series, it is a nice take on the real story.

On: New Dell XPS 13 developer edition now available

[Absor]

On xps 13 9360 you can disable adaptive brigthness with an update that is available for windows. On xps 13 9370 you can disable adaptive brightness through bios if your bios is new enough.

On: The Oldest Building in Every US State

[Absor]

Would be interesting to see a similar list for every country in the world.

[lamper → Absor]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_buildings#By_ag...

Europe's building are just a little older.

[jhbadger → lamper]

Well, like the saying goes "In America they think 100 years is a long time. In Europe they think a hundred kilometers is a long distance"

[pjc50 → lamper]

An interesting subset, the oldest continuously operating pubs: http://home.bt.com/lifestyle/travel/uk/britains-best-oldest-...

("oldest pub in scotland" has two different disputed entries ..)

[danesparza → lamper]

The oldest 'man-made structures' in America are much older: http://articles.latimes.com/1997/sep/19/news/mn-34091

[JdeBP → danesparza]

North America. The other Americas have ones that still have the title of oldest, such as Sechin Bajo.

[danesparza → JdeBP]

:-) You are absolutely correct. I also like the 'tongue-in-cheek' phrase 'the other Americas'.

[adwww → lamper]

I'm currently sat in a not particularly noteworth house in England built in 1770 that is apparently older than anything in 22 US states..!

It's cool to think of former inhabitants hearing tales from the New World.

[irrational → adwww]

"apparently older than anything in 22 US states" Um, you do know that in 1770 hardly anything west of the mississippi and east of the cascades was settled, right?