Seriously, people shouldn’t throw words like “colonizing” around. It’s actually rather disrespectful to people who have lived under real colonization, and it also paints a false picture of the former colonizers in an extremely unhealthy way. Allow me to show you what real colonization looked like. This was British India, a relatively gentle form of…
What are the least successful rebrands?
American Airlines: iconic branding that turned into a modernist strange shape. 2. Pepsi: pointless design change at the tune of $1 million for the logo alone. 3. GAP: so bad the company had to revert back to original branding asap. 4. UBER: company subtly changing logo already, regrets making it too busy. 5. Instagram: lost…
How do computers work the way they do? When does electricity become executable logic and how?
How do computers work the way they do? When does electricity become executable logic?Answer by Shubhojit Chattopadhyay:This is a great question. I asked this myself when I used to play FIFA 99 on PC as an 11 year old kid and went on a 6-year long college journey trying to find an answer to this.Its…
Was Lebanon intended to be a Christian version of Israel?
The short answer is 'Yes, but it was a coincidence.' Read on for details. Why was Israel established? Israel was established by Zionists in 1948 to serve as a homeland for the Jews where the Jewish peoples could live in safety & security without threat of pogroms (like in Russia), persecution (like in France) or outright…
Why did Altavista search engine lose ground so quickly to Google?
I was a dyed-in-the wool AltaVista user. I learned the syntax for advanced queries, and was totally amazed by the power of the search engine. It was definitely my favorite. You had to think about and carefully craft your queries, because each query would take a few seconds, sometimes more. Then someone told me about…
Who are some famous people whose careers got ruined because they are jerks?
Who are some famous people whose careers got ruined because they are jerks?Answer by Corri Minadeo:I’ll mention this one because it was one of the most ridiculous things to say but also because the memes that followed it were probably the best memes of the past five years.Natalia KillsShe and her arrogant POS husband (Willy…
Does autistic functioning take more energy, or is the same energy distributed over a larger network?
No, it is in many ways superior. The de-localization of processing above all sensory data is one of the things that account for the very high incidence of high intelligence among autistic individuals and might explain why we are over represented in the arts and scientific fields. The main problem with understanding this is based…
What was the most amusing conversation that you ever heard?
Some 20 years ago, I was working as Level 2 support for a small ERP software vendor: “Now you have to press F5” “What?” “F5, please press F5 on your keyboard” “F5? What's F5?” “If you look at the top row of your keyboard, where the function keys are, one is labeled F5” “I don't…
Can you tell if someone is slow?
Let's pretend you don't know who this guy is. But at first glance in public, many people would think this man is incapable of intelligent thought. Because he can't speak, and looks different, some people would think that he probably isn't the brightest person in the world. But, he is. Stephen Hawking is the most…
What is the nature of a pitbull dog?
Pitbulls, to me, are an American tragedy. Up until about 4 months ago I was a die-hard advocate for pitties and a proud mother of two of my own pitties , one beautiful male that I named Chappie , and a gorgeous little red-nosed female named Winnie. I have known and owned many pitties since…
