SpecialistK

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by SpecialistK 8mo ago
Even if there were no other smartwatches in existence and it was iPhone + Apple Watch or Android + a Casio F91w, I would still take the Casio. The iPhone experience is simply too inferior [for me / my uses] that even if I did encounter
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by SpecialistK 8mo ago
If you think that quote above is at all proportionate or justifies your toxicity, we have nothing else to discuss.
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by SpecialistK 8mo ago
What in the sweet chili dipping sauce did I walk into? drnick1 says why "Zig" not C? [I took the quotation marks as dismissive of Zig, but I could be misreading that] 6r17 says why do it in C? lelanthran says the language is mostl
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by SpecialistK 8mo ago
Love to see it :)
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by SpecialistK 8mo ago
I've been thinking about this recently and I disagree. Keep biometrics and know how to disable them quickly (usually 5x power button) I think the most likely case where you'll be compelled to hand over your device is an airport im
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by SpecialistK 8mo ago
Until one person or one CCTV camera catches the code over your shoulder and you're done.
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by SpecialistK 9mo ago
Of all the projects which may benefit from a rewrite or re-imagining in a memory-safe language, I'm really puzzled why it's heavily-tested, near-universally-deployed software such as sudo (use oBSD doas instead?), the coreutils, a
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by SpecialistK 9mo ago
Is it? I haven't been following too closely, although I did see a headline quoting some AMD exec claiming that Intel are fudging examples to hide that they're not in the same league (as AMD would, because they've never shown
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by SpecialistK 9mo ago
Funny enough, reading this makes me feel a little more confident and less... shame. I've been deep-diving into AI code generation for more niche platforms, to see if it can either fill the coding gap in my skillset, or help me learn mo
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by SpecialistK 9mo ago
Not to mention that AMD likely has a much stronger semi-custom infrastructure (they've been doing it for over 10 years, and the PS4/Xbone chips helped to keep the company afloat during the FX years) plus an existing relationship w
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by SpecialistK 10mo ago
The leap from a leftist take on vaporwave straight to "fashwave", as if it is a binary, is certainly something. > even young people who aren't very "woke" can tell something's wrong at the heart of capitalis
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by SpecialistK 10mo ago
I've been around the vaporwave scene (of which these other nostalgic aesthetics are adjacent) for years and let me tell you... for an art movement which seems to celebrate the consumerist childhood of millennials exploring shopping mal
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by SpecialistK 10mo ago
No no no, some random American diplomat told a random Soviet diplomat during the East Germany negotiations that NATO wouldn't extend east at all. No, it wasn't put on paper anywhere. No, it wasn't mentioned (much) when the co
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by SpecialistK 10mo ago
I think it's your English-language comprehension which needs some brushing up. The only change here is that the Japanese government is moving to the same romanization system that most people and businesses already use. And if you'
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by SpecialistK 10mo ago
Others in the thread have suggested that Hepburn works quite well for German and other European languages ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46286292#46286611 ) But it's a reality that English is the primary (if not
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by SpecialistK 10mo ago
I prefer home cooked meals, but sometimes a candy bar is nice.
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by SpecialistK 11mo ago
The machines are quite expensive, especially the NetMD models with USB. And for the best choices you need to order from Japan.
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by SpecialistK 11mo ago
It's the smug superiority too many "tech smart" people have. "Why would you buy HP? Everyone knows that it stands for Horrible Product." "Serves you right for getting a TV with built in Netflix, everyone kn
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by SpecialistK 11mo ago
I'm in no place to pass judgement there. I'm a European immigrant to Canada, in a suburb of Vancouver which is plurality Chinese with Europeans at about 30% and its totally cool and normal. But I'm also typing this from vacat
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by SpecialistK 11mo ago
He's conservative in a European ethnonationalist way which is very common in Denmark (seemingly a majority position.) - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1mgkd93r4yo But it's anathema to the cosmopolita
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by SpecialistK 11mo ago
The section on cyberharassment is really troubling, although with the current vitriol on AI I'm not surprised. Do wish the author mentioned the name of the site though, if only so I can avoid it (and not in the Always Sunny "oh no
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by SpecialistK 11mo ago
I'm confused by the first half of your first point - I understand frustration at Apple's constant "throw it out and move on" attitude, but if that did not exist I would still want software to be compiled for the CPU I&#x
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by SpecialistK 11mo ago
It's both technically and economically unviable for Apple. For one, Intel's x86 IP is covered by lots of patents and licensing agreements (including with AMD) and Apple wouldn't want to encumber themselves with that. Hence ma
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by SpecialistK 11mo ago
That sounds like a failure of the state to me.
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by SpecialistK 11mo ago
In context, (Snow) Leopard was almost definitely the peak. Windows users were struggling with Vista (UAC, DWM, and Windows Update taking up an entire CPU core (of which most people had only 1) or the security issues of XP. Meanwhile Mac use
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by SpecialistK 11mo ago
Is it possible to use PS1 games and USB simultaneously? I thought the USB was handled by the B/C chips.
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by SpecialistK 11mo ago
USB on the PS2 is limited to 1.0 or 1.1 speeds, so a disc may work better anyway.
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by SpecialistK 11mo ago
The US and Canada (and to some extent elsewhere) have been experiencing a lot of homelessness and open air drug use due to fentanyl, housing unaffordability, and "community" mental health treatment rather than "mental hospita
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by SpecialistK 11mo ago
> They're libertarians-light, believing that everyone should be free to do whatever they want, be it economically or socially, and there should be minimal impediment to doing so. Your comment is a (reasonable) critique of libertaria
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by SpecialistK 1y ago
I truly believe it's 75% the name. If the changes in W11 (Electron Start button, tabbed File Explorer, new context menu, etc.) were just included over a few semi-annual channel Windows 10 updates then the push back would be a lot less.

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