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Lidja, If this was only a product of financial concerns, this might be a solution. But, I think that the desire for relevance and attention is a driving motivation even in non-profits. As an example, NPR is not completely immune to the "click bait …

But fiction framed as truth leads to disrespect and the eventual collapse of credibility. It's like Mason Weems biography of Washington. When it came out, it was a best seller but in the long run it completely destroyed Weems's reputation as a …

Respectfully, I disagree. The topic is pandering versus unbiased reporting. It is not my purpose in this thread to discuss whether a certain set of "scriptures" is legitimate or not. My point is that if a group or a "preacher" claims that a …

In some ways the news media is like the internet. Both tend to contain the truth on a known subject somewhere, but the truth is hard to find because of all the misinformation. I did not mean to imply that in the early 1980s that no reporters told …

Background first; Point Later For several decades I have seen numerous examples of reporting by those who are outside of the interest on which they are reporting. Examples When Fantasy Role Playing Games first began to be popular, the news …

Knowing Brent Simmons and his years of experience, I am certain that he was not arguing for static HTML. Mr. Simmons has no objections to dynamic content. In fact, in the article he makes reference to an ad serving mechanism that is server side as …

I might add that if you don't get a response by Monday at the latest, I will be surprised. In fact, I suspect that you will have a response in less than 48 hours.

This is one of those subjects which is operating system dependent. The MacOS version of Scrivener uses the Operating System's own text editing engine. If Apple provides a new text editing feature when it upgrades the operating system then Scrivener …

@yaypie @Vilen I have looked at this post in two web browsers (Firefox and Brave Browser). The only graphic that is displayed in either browser is the bottom graphic. (MacOs 10.13.6)

I completely agree with these sentiments. http://inessential.com/2019/05/07/the_feature_i_most_want_in_web_browsers

Is AmyK Hutchinson there? I used to know her.

This material discusses Cain from the perspective of the "New Testament" teachings as well as the Old Testament. Therefore, there are statements in this material which would be rejected by those who believe in the legitimacy of Genesis but who deny …

@Rebeca Schiller has written an article on how to use the revision features in Scrivener to edit a manuscript draft while retaining the material previously written. Scrivener 3's revision features are one of the outstanding aspects of this …

Iron Phosphate is considered an ecologically friendly way of eliminating a slug infestation. If you want to deal with a specific individual slug, a few particles of salt is often effective.

No problem. I will say though that my attitude on this and many other similar subjects resembles the attitude which underlies the book of Koheleth (also known as Ecclesiastes which I think is a misnomer.) In other words, trying to resolve these …

I personally think that some of the forms of punishment which the American Judicial system has decided are "cruel and unusual" are a whole lot more humane than depriving someone of over 20 years of their life, especially is an age when technology …

I would like the ability to mute individual conversations. Currently when one subscribes to a topic, one sees all the conversations which are tagged with that topic. But there are often Cake conversations which show up in my feed due to one of the …

This illustrates one of the fallacies of the argument that "abridging the freedom of speech" includes the freedom of all forms of "expression". A photograph of anything other than words is not "speech" regardless of what the courts have …

🕊 Cake doesn't have a "Hey, no problem. No offense taken" emoji, so here is a dove with an olive branch. <grin>

Chris, While I am pro-vaccine and believe that the planet is a spheroid traveling through space as part of a star system which is in turn part of a galaxy, I am emphatically opposed to the idea that people who have views which I consider ludicrous …

Personally, I do not see this as a problem. When people engage in conversation, they often segue from topic to topic and may end up discussing several topics in the course of their conversation. It may be that a problem could develop if someone …

Genesis 3:1-8 The writer refers to the snake as being more intelligent than all the animals. He is not suggesting that all snakes are more intelligent than other animals but that this being is not like the animals. In later scriptures this being …

Regarding C.J. Cherryh: In my opinion her three best series are 1. The Chanur series (This is the earliest of these) 2. The Fortress series (This is in the Fantasy Genre.) and the on-going Foreigner series. Considering the level of writing which …

You do know that the one ring was corrosive and evil. Those who had received the other rings and chose to wear them became thralls to the ruler of Mordor. I sincerely hope that we do not end up in a one ring scenario.

I agree that the usage of the prefixes "kilo" and "mega" prior to the age of the personal computer was a poor choice. But just as a byte cannot be defined as 10 bits, so also a kilobyte is 2¹³ bits and the fact that it is not easy for the public to …