I wondered if the common shortening of anchorman/anchorwoman/anchorperson to anchor happened after the time of this comic, but apparently it’s from the 1950s or 60s.

Because the timing of her death triggered the court to (eventually) go majority bonkers.

I don’t doubt that, I haven’t looked into it, but her life didn’t affect me as strongly as her death.

I don’t know any details, but I know some devices can run on capacitors (for a while)

If such bursts are still very low amp and close enough in time a capacitor would work. If not, self-discharge would be its main enemy.

Taking the question literally, I’ll say Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Whoa, half an entire microwatt? /s

Seriously though, that should be enough for the sensors and stuff in hard to reach places that the article is about. They could last much longer than the devices that would communicate with them.

Huh. I would have guessed that they would try to get consumers to subscribe to as many providers as possible and constantly suggest new ones (social media style)

I think this one is interesting because it seems rare for the Far Side characters to actually acknowledge the absurd element like that.

Perhaps fanatic.

Did you end up using adhesive or suction cups or something?

I definitely can’t prove that it isn’t gnomes. You have me there. (I prefer KDE though)

My theory is that I still hit all that stuff and make a bunch of noise when not trying to be quiet, but it isn’t notable then so I just forget about it immediately.

Also the usual time I’m trying to be quiet is sneaking into bed in the dark after staying up too late, so I’m hitting stuff because I can’t see it.

When was this originally published?

That’s a reason why I much prefer the term “machine learning” (and cringe a bit at even that) to AI for anything short of AGI.

I do certainly think it’s a great achievement to have computers able to ‘hear’ and ‘see’ for example, but I don’t think that was ever properly “intelligence” on its own.

And don’t get me started on pathfinding/combat algorithms for NPCs in games.

It’s pretty metal though:

“There’s a world outside your window
And it’s a world of dreaded fear
Where the only water flowing
Is the bitter sting of tears
And the Christmas bells that ring there
Are the clanging chimes of doom”

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

We know with great precision what they are now.

At least its twin the alphabet song is actually quite useful to have memorized.

There’s the option to login with caution, but what if I want to login with reckless abandon?

This makes so much more sense than the Windows behavior.

If you include movies, The Ring has just about the only accurate depiction of Seattle area weather I’ve seen. (No thunder)