Recent content by VaughanJB

And how much research have you done into how it does that?

I can't help thinking, at the very least, there was a learning opportunity there.

Malls have been done for some time. In fact, physical shopping of any kind is already on life support. Physical stores will, at best, become showrooms. They simply cannot compete on price. Along with that, jobs associated with it will go. Malls inside residential zones will change over to...

The war for philosophy was fought some time ago. Otherwise, it's all about resources.

That sounds like a very simple thing... but I'm sure it's not. Natively, Windows 10 supports all the major email protocols. So if you can't "load" your emails, then the problem is elsewhere, not with Windows itself. Still, it depends how you're trying to load them. Via web? Via app? Do...

I strongly disagree - and in fact think this is the most dangerous belief in society today. In fact, much more of what you describe happen outside of "cable news". It's just that the narrative has changed, and people choose to believe an alternative just because. Nothing on so called...

I have a plastic peg solitaire game I hold dear. My parents had it many years ago, and they allowed me, as a child, to play with it. When my father passed away, I was clearing his things, and I found they owned two identical sets. I kept one. It means more to me than any photograph.

I'm going to say it. *sigh*. As Samuel Johnson (1776) wrote, ""patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel". I see "patriotism" used today, mostly, to justify heinous beliefs and acts. Morality is also problematic, since it's mostly - apparently - based on a Christian belief system...

I don't want to give you a definitive response. I'm on Windows 10. Microsoft says it can't upgrade to Windows 11. And you know what? That's fine by me. Operating Systems are there to support the tasks I want to do. Windows 10 does that. The downside is that we will reach a point where...

Not close. Sunset. I love the dark. We're entering the best part of the year to me. Sun rise is when I've stayed up too late.

Yeah, I think the boat has sailed on that. Simplicity? We're all hooked up with complex technical options that act as though it's simple. Noise, angst, diversion, false narratives are common, and even embraced. Peace? Politically we're now in an era when you don't simply disagree with...

I wonder if you know how dangerous such statements are? Is the US going to simply crush anyone smaller than they are? What's the end game? And.... we all know, the drug trade is largely coming from China..... what is going on there?

This is being hotly debated. You are correct, but there are questions about the people that analyze and report such data. The economy is not doing good. People can see it every day at the gas station, in the grocery store. The IT industry is contracting. There are mass layoffs. Yet...

I don't want to get too esoteric, but what is it that life can offer? I sincerely think people are becoming increasingly detached from real-life experiences. They're driven to beliefs and behaviors by algorithms, and group think. They wallow in silo's of opinion. This has been happening...