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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Avatar (film): antigravity and unobtanium.No. eReader. Can't stand audio. I knew by the time I was was five years old that I was a visual learner not an audio learner. Story... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Avatar (film): antigravity and unobtanium.Emboughtened. Thanks.
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Sure. The Atrocity Archives. EDIT: But seriously. That Swarm story is a fast read and both deep and, as I said, dark. -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Avatar (film): antigravity and unobtanium.A pity it doesn't seem to be available in Kobo Books. [ EDIT ] It was a lot shorter than I expected. And yes, quite dark.
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Avatar (film): antigravity and unobtanium.Cool. I've been in a dry spell sci-fi and have been trying to expand my authors and genres. Have read some of Lovecraft's required...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Avatar (film): antigravity and unobtanium.I've never heard of him. And I've read a fair bit of science fiction. What do you recommend as his top must-read?
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Avatar (film): antigravity and unobtanium.Yup. There are well-established Laws in the science fiction community that define this. "Any sufficiently efficient means of propulsion...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Avatar (film): antigravity and unobtanium.Films always do, but thats not the point. The point is: is this a plot hole? A major one - because if my supposition were true, the...
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DaveC426913 reacted to Borg's post in the thread Plumbing How to remove a seized toilet tank bolt? with
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Screw two nuts lightly together near the top. Put a wrench on the top one when you try to turn the butterfly fastener and it should bite... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Site Usability nitpick -- Hyperlinks should be underlined.OK. I give up. It seems as if to enact even the slightest change and accommodate a wider audience, apparently it will require PF to...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Site Usability nitpick -- Hyperlinks should be underlined."Blue hypertext is a good design decision: no perceptual disadvantage in reading and successful highlighting of relevant information"...
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Site Usability nitpick -- Hyperlinks should be underlined.Which is why I said: "[they have] ...actually done ... government-mandated and funded research and acquired data on billions of user...
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OMG. Don’t get me started on CSS. Talk about battles you can’t win! :woot:
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Site Usability nitpick -- Hyperlinks should be underlined.That's literally all it took to implement - and literally all it takes to remediate it.
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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Site Usability nitpick -- Hyperlinks should be underlined.Official standard: WCAG (Web Content Accessibilty Guidelines) published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), widely recognized...