benj111

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by benj111 3y ago
I would define 'general purpose computer' as something that is capable of doing general arbitrary computing. I wouldn't class calling or photo taking as general computing in that sense as the important bit is special hardware
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by benj111 3y ago
I don't think you can state phones are general purpose computers, and then complain about the 'vocal minority' that want the things that enable that. Try writing a document or do some programming on a phone. If it's a ge
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by benj111 3y ago
I'd say the self reinforcing element is a bigger phone allows for a bigger battery and other bigger numbers. It's easier to market bigger numbers so that's what gets prioritised. Re consumer demand. Would most care? I would g
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by benj111 3y ago
Car models have been getting bigger and bigger for 50 years. Probably because they want to show 'improvement' over the prior model, but we've had cars coming in to fill the void. Eg, the golf used to be a small car, now there
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by benj111 3y ago
Is FOLGARP an IKEA thing?
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by benj111 3y ago
"open your shell" can mean the same as "open your terminal". One always (?) Involves the other.
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by benj111 3y ago
Ish. A tty can refer to a device name, or a physical terminal. A terminal can refer to a physical or virtual terminal. A console could also refer to a physical device, although I'm not aware of it being used in this context. The proble
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by benj111 3y ago
Well they didn't mention 24000 teu. Or are you saying they wouldn't be limited by panamax, so could theoretically lower costs on the shipping portion?
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by benj111 3y ago
>"this story has been dug/made up purely to sell a product" No I said that's how it reads, Its why i suspect that people are saying it's click bait. My actual conclusion comes in the following paragraph. This is
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by benj111 3y ago
The sudden disjoint between story, and selling you a thing does seem very click baity. I think it's because they didn't stay in story mode. "So we decided to set up X..." To me it reads as if the company has been around
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by benj111 3y ago
Well we both seem to disagree with the current system, as we're talking about alternatives So in the hypotheticals we're discussing, why are you pointing out it isn't compatible with the legal concepts of the current system,
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by benj111 3y ago
I not wedded to this system. My personal standpoint is that copywrite should be the minimum necessary to encourage and allow people to create works. That would suggest to me somewhere south of 10 years, possibly varying with the specific ar
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by benj111 3y ago
Yes because the US had no influence on the current copywrite system... >Outside the U.S pay 1 dollar to own something you made is nonsensical Define 'own'. You aren't paying to own the thing, you're paying for legal p
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by benj111 3y ago
>Probably if they were smart they would just forego the risk of creating something in the first place as it would be a world with much less chance of a payoff. Do people create things on the basis that there might be a payoff 16 years do
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by benj111 3y ago
Shakespeare is still popular, should we extend copyright so that his great great great great great great great great grand kids get a pay out from film rights and the like? Further, you are still free to take that risk and pay the 64k. Just
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by benj111 3y ago
Why. 69 is a number, if your students happen to find it amusing surely that's good?
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by benj111 3y ago
Is that a binary search (other than literally being a binary search)? For a proper binary search you should right nextdigit+first digit/2, if you're going backwards.
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by benj111 3y ago
They may take issue. They can't take complete ownership over a number though
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by benj111 3y ago
Define boot. Booting doesn't require loading an os. And if we include dos as an os, I'm not even sure of the conceptual difference between booting basic and booting dos. The only major thing is device discovery and setup etc. But
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by benj111 3y ago
The extra 8kb wasn't even usable.
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by benj111 3y ago
Every hacker has to start somewhere. No doubt they will report it when someone does all this stuff.
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by benj111 3y ago
>elitism and ego You know those car guys who will rebuild their engine, just because? Or those retro computer guys that will recap an ancient board rather than buying a modern pc? For you it is a job, for me it is a hobby. I have no inte
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by benj111 3y ago
What happens if you don't need a filter???
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by benj111 3y ago
Except you're proposing a false dichotomy of no tech, and complete tech integration. Would you also propose a calculator as a valid alternative to a locked down tablet/phone/pc that you can't install your own software on
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by benj111 3y ago
I would say part of the problem is that they want the option of updating seat heating software, rather than actually properly testing the up and down buttons and the thermostat.
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by benj111 3y ago
>the market has spoken. In the sense that a market is made up of buyers and sellers, and the sellers have decided to offer no other option yes. I think the issue is more of the design and ownership of these things. No one wants an update
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by benj111 3y ago
The pi Pico would be an interesting comparison. It doesn't have an fpu, and not much ram so it might actually be a close race for some of these tests.
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by benj111 3y ago
That's very presumptuous of GCC to assume that it thinks it knows that what I think !0<t means is wrong. I wonder if NaN is larger then !0
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by benj111 3y ago
For context, in the UK we only broke the 20gwh (over a half hour period) in November/December last year. Yesterday we spent the entire day above that level.
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by benj111 3y ago
>cut into your bottom line? How does that work? Are you suggesting people will buy this book instead of lotr? But to answer your question. I'd be fine with my great grand kids making their own way in life rather than living off my c

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