Dalewyn

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901.
by Dalewyn 2y ago
I'm not sure how much clearer I can be about it: The more loudly someone complains about racism, the more likely they are racist. Likewise the other -ists and -isms.
902.
by Dalewyn 2y ago
I had to witness my mother suffer through stage 4 gastric cancer before inevitably passing away. My grandma on my mother's side also passed from gastric cancer, and my grandpa on my mother's side suffered from complications of col
903.
by Dalewyn 2y ago
Note: I'm Japanese-American. >I find this to be the highest form of hypocrisy I've come to find that the best people are the guys who say "good afternoon" and "god bless you" to me when we're just rando
904.
by Dalewyn 2y ago
>I would really like it for them to spell it out what DEI means for them Dividends and Equities with Interest for Mitchell Baker? Look, this was such a cheap shot I would be offending Mozilla to not take it.
905.
by Dalewyn 2y ago
>glass containers are fragile and they are very dangerous to handle if and when they break. Plastic containers are much more durable, and even if they break they are seldom as dangerous as broken glass.
906.
by Dalewyn 2y ago
IANAL, but I'm going to chime in as someone familiar with one significant aspect of how the Japanese patent system is used. It is very common in Japan for large companies like Nintendo to file and hold patents for smaller companies, th
907.
by Dalewyn 2y ago
I've seen and had alcohol in plastic. They generally seem to do fine. But damn did it feel cheap in a bad way. Being cheap is obviously one of the reasons we use plastic containers, but the feeling associated with plastic alcohol is
908.
by Dalewyn 2y ago
I am of the impression that Synology is pivoting away. >Starting from this version, the processing of media files using HEVC (H.265), AVC (H.264), and VC-1 codecs will be transitioned from the server to end devices to reduce unnecessary
909.
by Dalewyn 2y ago
Apologies accepted.
910.
by Dalewyn 2y ago
>We should go back to glass bottles, whenever possible. There are very good, very practical reasons we moved from glass (and metal and other materials) containers to plastic. Unless those factors are sufficiently addressed, plastic is he
911.
by Dalewyn 2y ago
US sanctions prohibit transfer of goods, technologies, information, etc. to Iran. As a company, this means BSTS (better safe than sorry) CYA (cover your ass) measures for good or worse.
912.
by Dalewyn 2y ago
>Any better than 'good enough' isn't rational and the people running that company should be fired. This is kind of the reason the Japanese economy is stagnant and continues to fail in winning global marketshare. Businesses
913.
by Dalewyn 2y ago
As a Japanese-American, please stop saying I'm a crayon.
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>The college vote has little to do with population. You do realize the majority of electors are allocated by population, right? Specifically, the Electoral College mirrors the allocation of Congress with D.C. added at the same allocation
915.
by Dalewyn 2y ago
And we saw the Powers That Be(tm) ("elites") pull every single card in their playbook with wanton abandon to take him out, this still remains the case. One of the things I thank Trump for is making me realize democracy is really j
916.
by Dalewyn 2y ago
>just conducts DNS queries Queries that will ignore configurations you set. If I see something ignoring/evading my configured DNS server, that shit is fucking malware.
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
Not only is it potentially cheaper, it can be better than rolling your own stuff in-house. Kadokawa can tell you all about how their in-house shit (literally, Japanese suck at computers) got pwned while the stuff they had in the cloud (I ha
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
Seeing this getting downvoted is fucking wild. I remember 20+ years ago when one of the most commonly seen attacks was malware configuring a proxy server in Internet Explorer which by design overrode the operating system's configuratio
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
This assumes time is an infinite and valueless resource. Unfortunately for most people, time is a finite and precious resource that is already wasted far too much.
920.
by Dalewyn 2y ago
Investing in and holding low-cost broad index funds like the S&P 500 is both Boglehead and Warren Buffet approved. Trading in individual stocks is how you slay countless grandmas, please don't do it for your grandma's sake: h
921.
by Dalewyn 2y ago
Look, I'm just curious if this guy will ever make his grandma proud: https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/1ehjuzj/i_b...
922.
by Dalewyn 2y ago
It's worth considering if the people complaining are the actual people so concerned or just Social Justice Warriors bitching for attention. If it's the former, it is obviously and absolutely necessary to listen to their concerns a
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
I am going to have a field day with that site. Thank you.
924.
by Dalewyn 2y ago
This. Moving from Windows to Mac because you hate updates is like moving from Ubuntu to Red Hat. It's more of the stuff you hated except you don't realize it; ignorance is bliss?
925.
by Dalewyn 2y ago
>I'd be curious if this advice would scale to genuinely deep content. For sale: Baby shoes, never worn. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_sale:_baby_shoes,_never_wo...
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
Using sophisticated words doesn't make your thoughts sophisticated. Sophisticated thoughts make your words sophisticated. You learn a wide vocabulary so you know how many words of the right kind to say. Or in other words: A dumb man kn
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>It is dumbing down. A dumb man says little with few words. A smart man says a lot with many words. A wise man says the least.
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
>For the longest time people were saying it was the wrong move, I detested Firefox from v4 onwards and finally got off the crazytrain at 12. Other than the version numbering becoming vapid, the browser itself became vapid. No longer was
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by Dalewyn 2y ago
A scam implies an element of deception and malice, which is not the case. The games are clear in what they sell (particularly Fire Emblem Heroes after they got burned once by the players). I am acutely aware what I am buying, and what I
930.
by Dalewyn 2y ago
I keep a journal of my spending there since I know it can be addicting. I usually spend somewhere in the neighbourhood of $2000~$2500 annually on them overall, which sounds like a lot but actually isn't when averaged out. As hobbies go

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