Another year, another wheel reinvented.

I know you're being somewhat facetious, but have you considered how much the wheel has actually been reinvented?

The first wheels were probably logs under rocks. Then axles got developed, then spokes, then tyres etc.

Everything from the gyroscope to the LHC can attribute it's beginnings to the humble wheel.

Reinvention is, if not always good, always admirable.

Up to a point, I agree. Beyond that point it becomes churn and reinvention for the sake of itself.

On the downside, there's less cost for being stupid which I think is probably bad for influencing cause-effect considerations, even though one effect is potentially death.

When I was a kid there was no nerf-padded society (late 70's into the 80's). If you made a stupid move on a bike, you bled on the ground and thought it over for a while. From that you got a very real sense of the implications of your actions and relied on your wits more, as not doing so would get you really screwed up.

I don't think that's what he said or meant.

Find a place where you can actually download them and do so. You're still drawing from the cloud, albeit just not dynamically.

I love the trend of "Let's fix technology. With more technology!" The constant one-up-manship and the preposterous amount of options of all these tech companies makes me yearn for the days of DOS.

You're sure that's not a reflection of growing user diversity and mainstream technology adoption rather than over-engineering?

This is completely hilarious. Kudos!

The part with the kids was the best.

Yeah, the phone just sticking to the seat was surreal. It's hard for me to imagine that kind of acceleration (and I've owned some quite fast cars).

I liked the "oh, I probably shouldn't have been texting right there" look on the girl's face and the fact that her brother laughed at her for it.

I once owned a 1968 GTX with 635 HP. The closest thing I could compare the acceleration to was taking off in a jet. It would bend back the racing seats on launch so it may've been able to produce this result.

What most people call talent is just the byproduct of motivation and hard work.

Just watch "Sneakers" instead of that drivel of a movie.