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The Song Said Weep — The Video Said Aerobics

Hi 👋 There is an unwritten law in the entertainment industry. It states, simply — the more emotionally devastating a song is, the more aggressively its music video must contradict it. Nobody signed this law. Nobody enforced it. And yet, for roughly a decade, Hollywood obeyed it with the discipline of a Swiss watch. In pop. This is the documented evidence. EXHIBIT A Don't Speak — No Doubt (1996) What the song is about : Gwen Stefani's seven-year relationship has ended. She would like you to stop talking, please. What the lyrics say What is happening in the video Don't speak, I know just what you're saying Realm One: Gwen stands in a polka-dot tube dress in a... place. She is composed. This is misleading. I know what you're thinking, I don't need your reasons Still Rea...

Windows 11: CTRL + SHIFT + ESC

The Task Manager On Windows 11, the CTRL + SHIFT + ESC keys combination is a shortcut to open the Task Manager. But of course, Task Manager can be accessed through other methods: Right clicking the taskbar ➡️ we will see Task Manager option in the context menu. The CTRL + ALT + DEL ➡️ we will also see Task Manager in the menu. Well, assuming the user is given privilege to access Task Manager. Let us assume the user is ourselves, the owner of the computer, an administrator on Windows 11. The Background: Emoji Picker I frequently use the emoji. For our information — to access the emoji picker on Windows 11, we do: Windows key + . (dot or period) It will bring the emoji picker dialog: Now, the background — why I post this Windows 11 Task Manager shortcut. My problem was when I opened the emoji picker the search box was MISSING! That's comparable to when we're on bada Bing bada boom, there's NO SE...

How Does a Search Engine Work, Roughly?

Nostalgia Back in the early 2000s, when I first got my hands on a proper internet connection at university — studying Electrical Engineering, no less, with a focus on Control Systems — I genuinely believed that typing something into a search engine meant it was out there, live, rummaging through the actual web in real time. Embarrassing, really. Like sending a little scout off into the wilderness and waiting for him to come back with news. — Quite, honourable user of search engine. Please give me a moment to fetch the exhilarating answer of your... sort of... question! — Skittering about with his tiny legs and coming back with information. Indeed, I thought it was like that! Well, I didn't discuss it with anyone back then. Just searched for materials from the internet, went back glaring at the books and screen, no — Prithee, good fellows, when I didst query Yahoo!, was it truly scurrying about the great web, fetching results in earnest? ⬆️ No. Absolutel...

Front Door Dilemma

Hello I heard a line from a YouTube video "G.I.JOE Operation Dragonfire: The Movie!" Here's the YouTube link . It starts at 25:20 . The original line: Well guys, we can't go in the front door because it's protected by the force field. I thought the line would go: Well guys, we can't go in the front door because there's a DOOR. It's locked, guys. 🤔 Comparable to: Well guys, we can't go through the wall because there's a wall. Quite solid, that. It's protected by the force field of concretes.

The Trumpet Emoji

Hi. 👋 You know the trumpet emoji. This exhibit below: 🎺 Lovely little brass instrument. Iconic. Cheerful. The Lineup Let's take a tour, shall we. Windows — upward. Proud. Dignified. Directionally makes sense. Sound travels upward, bounces off the ceiling, fills the room. The audience hears music. Completely alone in this position. ✅ Trumpet emoji on Windows (Linux distros.) OpenMoji — horizontal. Anatomically accurate actually. Precisely correct. Also alone in this. ✅ Trumpet emoji on OpenMoji (Linux distros.) Noto — downward. And before you ask — yes, Noto is Google's own font. Trumpet emoji on Noto Apple (iOS, macOS, iPadOS, every device with a bitten fruit on the back) — downward. Beautifully rendered. Photorealistic. Lovingly crafted in exquisite gold detail. Aimed squarely at the floor across every single Apple device on earth, with magnificent, unwavering consistency. Trumpet emoji on various Apple platfo...
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