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by criddell 3mo ago
Not sure if the numbers are correct, but it looks like the number of Russians killed in Ukraine is about the same as the number of Americans killed in WW2. Does it matter if the state uses a carrot or stick to send a generation off to die?
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by criddell 3mo ago
> send entire generations off to die methods of old Of old? Isn't that what Russia is doing right now?
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by criddell 3mo ago
I learned to drive in a drivers ed course at school in tenth grade. There's also home ec, wood shop, metal shop, auto shop, sculpture, choir, theater arts, marching band, phys ed.
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by criddell 3mo ago
I wonder what the non-subsidized cost is. Add in the electricity and water too. We may be boiling the oceans but at least we are finally getting some good SVGs of pelicans on bicycles.
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by criddell 3mo ago
If we had a probe in orbit around this planet, do we have a way to stream data across 48 light years with any kind of reliability?
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by criddell 3mo ago
Another Lisp of note is AutoLISP. Elisp::Emacs as AutoLISP::AutoCAD. AutoLISP was my first introduction to Lisp-style language. When I first started using it (1987) for macros in AutoCAD, I really had no idea what Lisp was. It was just a fu
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by criddell 3mo ago
> You seem to be stating a general rule I was trying not to. I thought saying "it might sound better to you" would make it clear that it's a subjective matter of taste.
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by criddell 3mo ago
Some people still use a PS1 for playing CDs. They came with a DAC that some people love.
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by criddell 3mo ago
I had some CDs that I couldn't get an accurate rip from so I took them to a used games store and they polished them for $1 each and all but one I was able to rip them all perfectly. I think the one that continued to fail must have had
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by criddell 3mo ago
I've been looking for a retro-style case. There are companies that make cases that look like 90's towers (Silverstone), but I'm hoping to find something more like a PS/2 Model 30 (or any PS/2 - so many beautiful des
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by criddell 3mo ago
When I was buying my last car, I was searching for something with a CD player option. Turns out there are no new cars with CD players and the last manufacturer to offer one was Lexus in 2022. I ripped my collection to my phone and I use Car
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by criddell 3mo ago
The Infocom games always had fun stuff in the box. https://gallery.guetech.org/hhgttg/hhgttg.html
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by criddell 3mo ago
The tactile experience is one thing, but if you are bothered by the heavy use of compression on CDs (the loudness wars), then vinyl might sound better to you. Now that people aren't listening to CDs in the car, it would be amazing to s
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by criddell 3mo ago
I was thinking more about competition with suppliers than consumers. If you are a games studio and have resources for three projects this year, do your investors want to see a phone, PC, or console game?
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by criddell 3mo ago
Sadly, the future might be phone gaming. The mobile gaming market is as big as the console and PC markets combined.
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by criddell 3mo ago
That's a pretty harsh take.
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by criddell 3mo ago
But it's fun to mod the car and you get to drive around in an art project. My dad did basically the same thing during the 1950's and 60's hot rod culture. This is more or less what his car looked like: https://www.
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by criddell 3mo ago
How do you reconcile this idea with the fact that marijuana is being legalized all over the place?
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by criddell 3mo ago
My Kindle Oasis might be the last micro usb device I own. I always said I’d buy the usb-c version the day they released one. Instead they discontinued it :(
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by criddell 3mo ago
Where would you put your money? Everything in the US seems to have exposure to the AI bubble. Is Europe sitting out of the AI race? Maybe some euro etf?
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by criddell 3mo ago
These results are way better than what Dan Luu measured almost a decade ago: https://danluu.com/input-lag/ Even if everything else is perfect, display latency on modern panels is 1-3 ms. So all of the input processing
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by criddell 3mo ago
Those are all pretty good. Some other reasons: - well written apps use less memory, battery, and bandwidth - security: apps go through at least some review while a web app could change with every reload - scripting: apps often expose more f
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by criddell 3mo ago
As someone who uses apps, the hoops you have to jump through are one of the reasons I prefer apps. I'm glad Apple knows who you are and have scrutinized (to some degree) your app. I have no interest in installing a web app that could l
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by criddell 3mo ago
What do you mean by outside entities? Foreign governments?
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by criddell 3mo ago
I think you underestimate just how much many people like their cars and enjoy driving. People generally spend far more on their vehicle than they really need to. If I lived in London or Paris I wouldn't commute by car. But I don't
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by criddell 3mo ago
It’s a tough sell. The impact of you turning your AC a little bit colder or having a bigger car is almost unmeasurable on a global basis yet the benefits to you personally are probably pretty big.
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by criddell 3mo ago
Very cool! Just out of curiosity, what word processor do you use today?
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by criddell 3mo ago
That hotel may have broken an FTC rule that's been in effect for about a year now. > Effective May 12, 2025, the FTC’s Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees, 16 C.F.R. Part 464, prohibits bait-and-switch pricing and other tactics used to
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by criddell 3mo ago
That's hilarious. Are you accusing dang et al of unscrupulously designing HN to maximize time spent on the site?
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by criddell 3mo ago
Who is "they" in your question?

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