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by fl7305 3y ago
> ART, Swift/Objective-C runtime, and stuff like Grand Central Dispatch I don't know these, but from a quick googling it still looks like explicit multi-threading? Albeit with higher level primitives than in older languages, bu
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by fl7305 3y ago
> They are mostly programmed in managed languages, where the respective runtimes and OS collaborate, in order to distribute the computing across all available cores in the best way possible, with little intervention required from the dev
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by fl7305 3y ago
Yes, 0.01 crowns are still used for bills in Sweden. The sender can elect to round them to the nearest crown, but that is optional.
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In Sweden, ~10 cents (1 Swedish crown) is now the smallest coin. Swedish coin, year taken out of circulation: 0.1 cents, 1972 0.2 cents, 1972 0.5 cents, 1985 1 cent (penny), 1992 2.5 cents, 1985 5 cents (nickel), 2010
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by fl7305 3y ago
Was there an "accepted scientific theory" on metallurgy in the 1800s when gigantic metal ships were built? Were they not designed by engineers?
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by fl7305 3y ago
The DCS AJS-37 plane is based on the official declassified pilot's manual. The DCS manual contains many diagrams taken from it as well. https://tanks.mod16.org/2016/08/29/saab-aj-and-ajs-37-viggen...
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by fl7305 3y ago
> when these sims get too complex they also seem like work The A-10 plane in DCS seems to be as complex as the real plane (?) I think that's where I saw a hilarious video of a poor guy trying to get it started and taxiing to the run
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by fl7305 3y ago
> It's basically just trying different approaches until you come up with something that subjectively seems good enough. > let's not confuse the issue by labeling it as engineering. In my view, "trying different approach
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by fl7305 3y ago
xsnow even works well under Windows WSL. The whole screen was full with snowflakes, birds, etc. Impressive that the X11 XShape (Nonrectangular Window Shape Extension) works so well.
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by fl7305 3y ago
You can theoretically do the 22 light-hour trip in 1 hour of subjective time if you travel at 99.9% of light speed. At least if my math is correct (?) Now, if the time is measured from standing still, it will take a lot longer. At least at
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by fl7305 3y ago
> Some banks are hundreds of years old. Since the post is about a Swedish bank, it might be interesting to note that the central bank in Sweden was founded in 1668. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveriges_Riksbank Ki
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by fl7305 3y ago
Sure. I've used home computers since 1979. The graphics were instantaneous back then even on a few MHz and 16 kBytes of RAM. We don't want slow and laggy UIs because the software is bloated. But I responded to this part: > The
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by fl7305 3y ago
> infotainment systems are underpowered, because they’re considered an afterthought. Also, cars sell in the millions. Car manufacturers will redesign a circuit board if it will save them cents on each board. So it is always a struggle to
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by fl7305 3y ago
Du har inte läst vad jag faktiskt skrev, vilket gör att begreppet "kasta sten i glashus" ligger nära till hands. Jag har inte skrivit något på svenska eller ens riktat till en svensk. Jag skrev "Southern Sweden" till en
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by fl7305 3y ago
This is about mass layoffs, not terminating individual employees for "personal reasons". I am not an expert, but I think the union claims that this is one thing that is now worse for the Spotify employees who are laid off? Meaning
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Imagine a country where there is a law against private companies delivering mail to your mailbox? Luckily, I think such Soviet-type laws are a thing of the past? No? Oh, wait: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Expre
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by fl7305 3y ago
Does Tesla have a binding agreement with the workers on how to handle layoffs when business is bad?
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by fl7305 3y ago
> Here in Austria they are mandatory between November and April even if you live in places that don't see much snow. That does not seem to be correct: "Die Winterreifenpflicht gilt für Pkw und Lkw bis 3,5 t nur bei winterlichen
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Come to the nerd side, we have cookies... Source data: https://www.scb.se/hitta-statistik/regional-statistik-och-kartor/regionala-indelningar/digitala-granser/ https://www.statistikdat
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by fl7305 3y ago
E' du go eller? I am 100% Swedish. Men absolut inte en 08 / Tjockhultare, har i princip bara varit i Stockholm när jag gick högvakten. Again, reading your comments it looks like you're translating Swedish words directly to En
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by fl7305 3y ago
In Swedish, "Sydsverige" often just means the very southern tip with Skåne and Blekinge. I never hear people say "Stockholm is in 'Sydsverige'" in Swedish. But that wasn't the context in this case. I descr
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by fl7305 3y ago
Turns out the law is the same in Denmark and Sweden for this.
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> You could probably get a fine for driving without them if the weather makes it unsafe, but that would be because you're not driving according to conditions. That is exactly how the law is written in Sweden too: "During the pe
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by fl7305 3y ago
And if we divide Sweden into southern/middle/northern, Stockholm would still end up in the southern part. ChatGPT: "Stockholm lies approximately 28.87% of the way north when considering the span from the southernmost to the n
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by fl7305 3y ago
Dang it, I got nerdsniped ( https://xkcd.com/356/ ). With the help of ChatGPT, I crossreferenced two lists of all municipalities (kommuner) in Sweden to place them in an increasing latitude order (south->north), and c
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by fl7305 3y ago
Southern Sweden with 80% of the Swedish population rarely sees much snow. A few centimeters can cause big problems there too.
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I think they even put the prompt as the image caption?
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Doesn't the image caption contain a prompt? When i use it in DALL-E 3, I get similar images. "The image depicts an experiment in which heavy particles(illustrated as the moon), cause an interference pattern (a quantum effect), whi
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by fl7305 3y ago
I'd argue that you see the same thing in Sweden as in Norway, but without the oil in Sweden's case. The music industry in Sweden is huge. Check out who wrote and produced many of the US top hits over the last 30 years. Not to spea
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by fl7305 3y ago
> The war elephants weren’t so veteran and so the Roman’s were able to scare them off as they charged Just smear a bunch of pigs with flammable grease, set on fire, and send off towards the elephants who will promptly panic. Super easy,

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