jean23

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   by jean23 7y ago

   My favourite example is number theory, which was either hailed or ridiculed for millennia as being pure mathematics that can and will never be applied to real life problems. Today number theory is the basis for several important fields of
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   by jean23 7y ago

   Bitrate isn't the problem. Modern codecs like Opus achieve transparency at around 100-120 kbit/s. Even uncompressed CD audio (at 1.411 kbit/s) could be streamed over Bluetooth 5 Low Energy – just (about 1.6 Mbit/s usable
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   by jean23 7y ago

   With a 5,400 rpm, just the slow rotation can introduce a wait time of 11 ms. Seek time from moving the arm can incur up to 20 ms (although some of that might overlap with the rotation time). And if it's a ten year old HDD, there might
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   by jean23 7y ago

   When all you have is a single user machine, and "gain root from my regular user" is all you want, su is enough. Yes, sudo has a few more features, but just because you don't need them doesn't mean they are necessarily &q