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In the early 1960s, a new generation of car designers began rejecting the traditional rounded shapes and copious ornamentation that had dominated automotive design since before World War II. Looking to redefine “forward thinking” with fresh forms, they built upon earlier experimentation with triangular design features by stylists such as Virgil Exner and Virgil Exner, Jr., and began incorporating flat planes, sharp edges, and pointed, tapering front ends that looked as if they could cleave through the air like a blade. By the end of the decade, the novel look had taken on a distinct identity: the wedge.

…this is where font-size-adjust comes in. If I specify

font-size-adjust: ex-height 0.5,

I ask the browser to scale the font such that the letter “x” is exactly half of the box. This makes the fonts comparable…

But I think the core of what pisses me off is that selling this magic machine requires selling the idea that doing things is worthless. Because if doing something has some value, then it must be somehow better than pushing a button and receiving Whatever for essentially no cost. If you’re some assclown like Sam Altman, whose graph-go-up depends on convincing you to replace all your employees with ChatGPT, you have to destroy that idea. It is the greatest threat to your business model. You have to destroy the idea that things are worth doing.

…That’s why we created X1, a sleek device that attaches under any watch, turning it into a smart companion. With X1, you get notifications, fitness tracking, and more—all while keeping the watch you already love.

Lorde fans are clearly struggling to play the CD version of her new album. Customers who purchased the special edition of Virgin released on a transparent plastic disc are reporting on Reddit and TikTok that many CD players, car stereos, and other sound systems they’ve tried are unable to play it.