Posts by Harmon20

Meta killing off Instagram, Messenger cross-platform chatting

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The headline punctuation is all wrong. That comma makes it look like it is saying that Meta is killing Instagram, and it is killing off Messenger cross-platform chatting, two things. I clicked into the article to try to understand why I did not hear the deafening roar of the masses at the death of Instagram this morning, only to find out that it was just some mechanical tidbits in the FB ecosystem getting killed off. That comma should have been a hyphen to indicate one thing and not two: "Meta killing off Instagram-Messenger cross-plaform chatting"

Obscure internet boutique Amazon sues EU for calling it a Very Large Online Platform

"Amazon was among the first 17 companies to be..."

"Amazon would be unfairly singled out ..."

"...17 companies..."

"...singled out..."

"17"

"singled"

17

singled

They keep using that word, "singled". I don't think it means what they think it means.

US Navy turns to hull-climbing bots to combat maintenance backlog

From the video: "Mission readiness is critical for the United States Navy."

But isn't that the HMS Queen Elizabeth on the screen at 0:12 just as the narrator finishes saying that, and the RFA Tidespring alongside her?

Central bank: Crypto 'derives value based on make believe', threatens financial stability

"Anything that derives value based on make believe..."

"Hey Kettle, sure are black, ain't cha?" - The Pot

Chinese whispers: China shows off magnetic propulsion engine for ultra-silent subs, ships

Wait...

The shipbuilding company is C-SIC? Are they avin a laff?

User thanked IT department for fast new server, but it had never left its box

Mmmm, new couch for a job well done.

My heart's cockles have been warmed by On-Call. How unusual.