Dalewyn

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4051.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
It's not exactly paranoia given there have been many examples of the fear becoming true.
4052.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
I've seen behind-the-scenes stories of how those burger shots are made. They are very real photos of very real burgers, what isn't real is how the burger is assembled for the shot as compared to the burgers we eat.
4053.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
Similarly the Windows XP hill, which everyone thought was just pretty CG until it turned out it was a pretty photo of a very real hill.
4054.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
Why, you might ask? Because why the hell not? This kind of maximal efficiency attitude is precisely why programs aren't "fun" anymore. Oftentimes, taking the scenic route instead of the highway is how you awe and inspire peop
4055.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
>Do you not think websites test into the optimal performing layouts and content distribution? No, I think most website devs left to their devices optimize for least effort to create and maintain.
4056.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
Indeed. Science "chasing the gods out" is merely a consequence of science not finding any evidence for the existence of god(s) so far . If we ever find evidence for the existence of god(s), science will happily accept it like any
4057.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
As a Windows wizard, the first thing I do in any browser or text editor is change Consolas to Courier New. I fucking can't stand Consolas, give me Courier New because that font is readable literally anywhere.
4058.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
Table layouts are still superior to CSS in that they achieve the Holy Grail layout. As far as I'm aware, CSS still fails to achieve the Holy Grail within any reasonable realm of effort. Hell, the entire reason the internet moved from H
4059.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
I know whitespace is "wasted" file size for transport purposes, but god damn that HTML on Better and Best are unreadable without proper indentations.
4060.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
One measure of likelihood for success is how well the name rolls off the tongue.
4061.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
USB is a data connection, you're telling me to just stick my thing in there? Who knows where that hole's been or what it is.
4062.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
>Hotels and many other places have started offering USB A and USB C ports. I think we're close to the point (5-10 years away?) where you could go to the US from Europe with just a laptop, for 2 weeks, and you'd be able to charg
4063.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
>I've never met anyone of any age who doesn't have it. Now you have.
4064.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
The point I am making is that America knows how to execute and succeed with engineering, unlike Japan. Look at Kioxia, formerly Toshiba Memory. Neglected and laid out to rot under Japanese hands, bought by Americans and immediately became o
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by Dalewyn 4y ago
The United States of America is host to: * The forefront of IT engineering (Intel, AMD, Nvidia, IBM, Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, Micron, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Seagate, Western Digital, Cisco, etc.). * The forefront of aeronautics and s
4066.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
That is tangent to whether Japan can bring projects to fruition. The recent termination of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet is a perfect example (among many others) of what I'm sick and tired about with Japan: Lots of bold claims to start,
4067.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
If you really need or want an entire physical CPU core, you pay extra for physical hardware instead of a virtualization. Yes, it's expensive, but the performance of your server is a simple question of how much money you're willing
4068.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
The United States of America. Yes, I'm being 100% objectively serious.
4069.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
Also loggers, quarrymen, miners, hunters, fishermen... Naw, clearly the world is a metropolis measured in tens of square miles large with fiber internet, supermarkets that spawn stuff on shelves, and electricity dyed green.
4070.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
I am speaking strictly in regards to the human system of sending away children to become clergyman, which is a way of dealing with future inheritance problems regardless the sexual fitness of a given child. That is to say, the family picks
4071.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
I reflected on this once before[1], but basically I've seen Japan design great things only for them to fail on execution time and time again. I'm sick and tired of them at this point, so I simply refuse to hold my breath on anythi
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by Dalewyn 4y ago
>The fundamental argument between jackson1442, Dalewyn, and giraffe_lady is this argument as to whether a "good neighbor" can exist if a community does not exist. Dalewyn is saying "yes", jackson1442 and giraffe_lady
4073.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
Or to put it another way: A hyperthread logical processor is a way of obtaining better efficiency by using surplus resources left on the table by the "real" logical processor that otherwise would remain idle (read: waste). Conside
4074.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
Considering this comes from Japan, I'm going to lean on hot air exaggeration until demonstrated otherwise. Not taking away from the fact this is an interesting achievement in the science of nuclear fusion, of course.
4075.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
Forest fires have nothing to do with global warming and everything to do with changed and/or insufficient forest management policies. You want less forest fires? Fucking remove all the overgrown underbrush and older trees that have ove
4076.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
When you, as head of your family, end up with multiple inheritors (read: more than one child), there is a very high chance your inheritors will fight each other, sometimes violently, for the inheritance. This is still a problem today, too.
4077.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
I once saw someone describe evolution as a lazy man. Because evolution doesn't optimize for "the best", it optimizes for "good enough".
4078.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
>I've seen NEC violations galore and general bad practices on some of the larger DIY/contractor channels. For an example more relevant to the IT crowd here: Linus Tech Tips and pretty much all their videos concerning "upgr
4079.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
Your needs are none of my concern. If you want something from me, pay up.
4080.
by Dalewyn 4y ago
Every 15 years we have someone who says globalwarmingclimatechange will make Earth uninhabitable in 15 years.

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