One would like to be able to control for whether the pattern in the data of Figure 1 (left column) could find its origin in "lazy authors citing the most obvious papers" rather than "giants citing other giants".
Next to a Macbook Pro 15″ with Touchbar, the difference in resolution is obvious on paper — 2880 x 1800 on the Retina versus the Spectre's 3,840 x 2,160 — but in everyday web usage, document creation, consuming multimedia, projecting and the like, I found little difference.
I discovered that even the Website's digital proofing system, although quite good, still sometimes misses things that are glaringly obvious on paper, such as too-tight margins.
This is all so obvious on paper, because as soon as you stop to think about any of this, you understand immediately that allowing little pings and bloops to command your life is absurd.
"The government's grip on media is even tighter and more obvious," the paper continues: "Nearly all print and broadcast media outlets, internet service providers, and cable television services are either owned or controlled by the state or by companies with close ties to the PAP.
"It was obvious there was paper in the shredder," he said.
Having erected its paywall, it is obvious that the paper's future hangs on its ability to attract paying customers.
It is obvious that a paper trying to put a government under pressure can benefit from maximising its reach.
The obvious concern the paper raises is that climate change could disturb the existing pattern of winds and currents and shut down the hot spots, making the entire ocean less efficient as an absorber of carbon dioxide.
It wasn't just that Pura was mad obvious about the paper thing, dropping hints non-stop about her immigration status — how her life would be so much better, how her son's life would be so much better, how she would finally be able to visit her poor mother and her other son in Las Matas, if only she had papers.
