SmellyGeekBoy

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   by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

   I'm not sure where you got this idea but it's completely untrue.
2. 62.▲
   by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

   This sounds like the bar equivalent of the "I could build Twitter in my basement in a weekend" trope that HN is so fond of.
3. 63.▲
   by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

   Something similar to the web in the late 90s / early 2000s?
4. 64.▲
   by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

   I'm not sure why you've been downvoted for this. The fact that our consciousness is nothing more than the emergent behaviour of various ongoing chemical and electrical processes doesn't sit well with some people, I guess. Per
5. 65.▲
   by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

   There's also no reason to believe that our own "consciousness" is any more than a significantly advanced algorithm. It's a very human trait to put ourselves on a pedestal.
6. 66.▲
   by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

   The invention of conscious AI could spawn a whole civil rights movement. Is a computer capable of consciousness entitled to the same rights as a human? Obviously this has already been pondered in depth by various sci-fi writers over the yea
7. 67.▲
   by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

   I personally don't think so. A computer could simulate / emulate itself, for example.
8. 68.▲
   by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

   This is one of the reasons I'm considering switching to iPhone for my next phone, FWIW.
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   by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

   > My experience with Amazon, in this regard, was an eye opener. Today I do not buy anything on Amazon that isn't marked as "Sold and Shipped by Amazon". That'll show them!
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    by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

    > If I buy an Apple USB charger, I expect to get an Apple USB charger. I don't have the equipment to check it for loaded voltage sag (check out some videos of knock off USB chargers for examples). However fast it charges is however
11. 71.▲
    by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

    Atari's early arcade cabinets used gutted consumer TVs around the same time.
12. 72.▲
    by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

    Often it's just a case of tweaking the focus knob on the flyback.
13. 73.▲
    by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

    Drifting convergence is usually caused by failing (if old) or poor-quality (if new) capacitors.
14. 74.▲
    by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

    Hook it up to a RetroTINK-2X in passthrough mode and you'll get lag-free composite and s-video too!
15. 75.▲
    by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

    As someone who spent a few years working in home entertainment retail I can confirm that Trinitrons were by far the heaviest CRTs of any given size. They were truly excellent, though.
16. 76.▲
    by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

    I recently purchased a RetroTINK-2X, which is an inexpensive FPGA-based line doubler. It works on a line-by-line basis (as opposed to frame-by-frame like most upscalers) and so lag is virtually nonexistent. I don't have any experience
17. 77.▲
    by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

    Sounds like a DSTN screen, as used on early ThinkPads: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_Scan
18. 78.▲
    by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

    How many people use HN over other tech news aggregator sites specifically because it's so lightweight? I know I do.
19. 79.▲
    by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

    Last time I worked with Python or JavaScript I was using a very basic text editor. I'm not sure I'd be quite so brave with Java.
20. 80.▲
    by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

    > They get the most hate for their best reporting, not their worst. If the Mail's celebrity gossip and baseless muck slinging constitutes their "best reporting" I'm even more glad that I proactively avoid them.
21. 81.▲
    by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

    Indeed. This joke doesn't really work written down- it's absolutely possible to say "yeah, right" in an entirely positive way. It's the sarcastic tone when spoken that makes it negative.
22. 82.▲
    by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

    I wouldn't be so sure, passenger comfort was a big selling point of the 787 and the A380.
23. 83.▲
    by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

    > In terms of their space program, they are close to testing their manned capsule and just got a light touch program review, while SpaceX got put through the ringer. I'm sure this will end well for them...
24. 84.▲
    by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

    Not a Settler of Catan fan, then?
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    by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

    I also assumed it was one of those "acquired taste" things - like as a teenager I really couldn't stand the taste of beer but I drank it because all my peers did. Now I love the stuff. Unfortunately the same can't be sai
26. 86.▲
    by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

    It could be that the backups were "online" and therefore also wiped out by the malware.
27. 87.▲
    by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

    What if you use Google's DNS servers? (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) Would Google log and hand over all DNS lookups too?
28. 88.▲
    by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

    What are you saying? Don't bother?
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    by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

    If IBM is a "300ish year old vampire", Nintendo is basically God.
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    by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

    Buy a Kindle? I always use long flights as a great excuse to catch up on my reading.