jack_pp

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by jack_pp 6y ago
Anyone know of a list of books that constitute the classics?
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by jack_pp 6y ago
People keep pointing this out but has Intel had such significant performance improvements since sandy bridge? With x86 it seems that lately you would be foolish to upgrade less than once every 3-4 years because the difference is just not th
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by jack_pp 6y ago
Haven't WC3 and SC2 been RTS engines themselves? People used them to make DotA and other mini-games, not other RTS games even though they could've. It just seems to me RTS games are like chess, not easy to get into, not easy to wa
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by jack_pp 6y ago
Or he could gift it and return it if she isn't happy
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by jack_pp 6y ago
First picture is low resolution and .jpg which defeats the entire purpose
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by jack_pp 6y ago
You are saying that there exists a segment of the college student population that will spend 100$ on a scientific calculator but does not own a smartphone?
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by jack_pp 6y ago
And here I was thinking that in today's surveillance ridden landscape it's far harder to get away with crime
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by jack_pp 6y ago
Let's not forget the super long battery. While I dislike apple and have never owned any of their devices I can't help but feel thankful to them because now that we know this is possible soon others will re-create their success and
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by jack_pp 6y ago
I'm not from the UK but assuming the grandparent is right, you're saying they should be thankful that their country isn't as corrupt as other countries even though there's blatant corruption in something as important as
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by jack_pp 6y ago
There are very reliable and durable machines for cheap, stuff like thinkpad t480+ or the x1 carbon 6+ gen. For example : https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-ThinkPad-X1-Carbon-6th-Gen-i...
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by jack_pp 6y ago
Could consider moving to a cheaper country for a few years if you're in the EU, 200k could buy you a very big house in eastern europe
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by jack_pp 6y ago
If you don't agree with your towns own risk management and you are in a life or death scenario why wouldn't you move somewhere else?
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by jack_pp 6y ago
Why does it take a lot of data? Afaik you can select lower quality in youtube-dl but you don't even need video do you?
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by jack_pp 6y ago
I'm assuming your use case doesn't require that much compute power so maybe you could use an old Mac just for work stuff and a Linux machine for everything else?
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by jack_pp 6y ago
Your own toilet is as clean as you keep it. Urine pools under your toilet smell which is why I also sit down at home.
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by jack_pp 6y ago
Considering there's no evidence it's toxic and you can do it every month because that's how long it takes for your tolerance to wear off, 3 months is a lot of time. Consider normal SSRIs where you feel like crap for a month,
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by jack_pp 6y ago
I was sarcastically pointing out the parent's ignorance.
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by jack_pp 6y ago
Penrose was on JRE too, they should've not given him the Nobel just based on that.
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by jack_pp 6y ago
No, it is a tale about our nature. Think about it, say you lost 20 bucks but later find it, aren't you happier that you found it than when your predictable paycheck arrives every month? You might be so happy as to celebrate and use tha
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by jack_pp 6y ago
What is actual science? Are studies asking people how many times they eat food X per week and correlating on that information science? The study in the link has a sample size of 14, is that ” actual” science?
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by jack_pp 6y ago
Maybe because the Qt one doesn't need any special Mac specific code. It's just another build target of the windows/Linux app
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by jack_pp 6y ago
Do you have any reading on the relationship between fasting and having had an appendectomy? Never heard of this before
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by jack_pp 6y ago
So a civilization thousands years more advanced than us failed to go to space (evidenced by the fact that they did not leave behind any space junk) but somehow produced energy from crystals?
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by jack_pp 6y ago
Enthusiasts that consider Linux plebian over Macs? You mean fanboys. I consider myself much more elite with my 500$ refurb thinkpad running Linux with i3 than anyone I would ever see owning a Mac. And it's far easier to show off with a
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by jack_pp 6y ago
Nope, even heads-up is boring live with people that play well because you are wasting more time shuffling than playing. Even on-line heads-up challenges are played on 2 tables in order to not be boring and that is 500-600+ hands per hour
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by jack_pp 6y ago
When those bad players stop playing badly the games die. It is super boring to play live poker with players that don't make mistakes. I know from experience
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by jack_pp 6y ago
Can they not force payment processors to stop doing business with them?
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by jack_pp 6y ago
Everyone says that people will use workaround like VPN's but if content creators can't make any money anymore won't that affect it? I guess there will always be content creators that don't care about money but I'd b
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by jack_pp 6y ago
They stop appearing if you specifically mark them as not interested
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by jack_pp 6y ago
Where I live pharmacies cut blisters with scissors

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