Otaku - Lost in Translation

Okay, so I have a bone to pick. I'm just going to drop it here in the dumping grounds that is O-Lit instead. It seems that everywhere I look, if it's related to proper desktop or windows software there is a HUGE amount of bloating. Things that should fit in ~10MB are 100, and 100 ends up in the 1000. Or in the case of instagram. An app with less features, is approx 6 times the size. Going from a 36ish MB download on Android to over 220MB on windows 10. The user experience was also sub-par. I understand this from the perspective of "Phones have limited space, desktops have that exponential amount more". But I'd argue that it's not only a lazy assumption that the next end user actually has that space to spare but it's also a major inconvenience to someone like me who is using that space to create content. Putting in that extra mile to optimise that content so that you can put it on your phone and enjoy it without spending heaps on your data bill, or deletin...

So this one came up whilst I was writing something for the other blog over at Drinks with Rob What is a draft? well, if you asked me I'd tell you it is a copy of writing that hasn't been edited yet, a writeup before you go through and edit it. it's likely got errors or concepts that need to be edited or re-written before you send it out into this lovely big wide world. The world wide web. And what about a Draught (spoken the same)? Well, a type of beer. like Guinness, right. well. More than that. According to quickly available sources. Draft has way to many meanings. Not only that but it's used interchangeably with Draught. My beer example is wrong. It's actually about the serving system for the beer rather than the beer itself. Probably why very few beers are called draught. My example of Guinness is commonly served on tap in Ireland to the best of my knowledge. Locally, something similar happens with Carlton Draught (that's the actual name of the beer t...