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by katastic 9y ago
Which is pathetic and absolutely inexcusable. The internet and computers keep getting faster, and instead of the web getting MORE responsive, thanks to jackoff web developers, it's getting SLOWER and SLOWER. I'll never forget the
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by katastic 9y ago
Tell that to McAfee
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by katastic 9y ago
Do they not teach critical thinking at ALL in K-12/colleges? I mean, it honestly feels like the world has gotten... dumber... since when I started using the internet to discuss and debate topics. I keep seeing this trend of "it&#x
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by katastic 9y ago
>. It’s not shocking that Country and Sector are important variables but “founding_year” is intriguing. It could mean that it may be getting easier or harder to build a sustainable business. It should be pretty obvious that LUCK is a hug
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by katastic 9y ago
I've been told it's always good to have counter-offers to proof to your boss your worth X dollars to the industry. OBVIOUSLY we're all talking about different corporate cultures and you have to play whatever strategy is best
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by katastic 9y ago
I tried it. I personally didn't find it very intuitive.
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by katastic 9y ago
Don't forget MSpaint which is the "go to" place to dump a screenshot after pressing PrintScreen or ALT-PrintScreen (window capture) and pasting into it. And also quick annotations. God forbid people have useful, compact tool
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by katastic 9y ago
In otherwords: Minecraft.
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by katastic 9y ago
I agree they're a gen behind. However, my thesis statement would be, that's not that big a deal for 99% of people: - CPU speeds aren't increasing quickly anymore. Last gen and current gen are often like 20% different. - Most
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by katastic 9y ago
"The best gaming CPU you can buy"--if you've never heard of AMD or even looked at other Intel CPUs. It's basically just an ad.
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by katastic 9y ago
Or, perhaps, the insiders are the ones with the skewed perceptions since the majority of all of our rights are still intact. I mean, do you guys ever actually follow the end result of your logic? If the USA was as tyrannical as you think, y
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by katastic 9y ago
Yep. ONE wrong president and the entire system comes crashing down. We'll all be dead before we can elect another guy. If the world is over, why are you still showing up to work?
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by katastic 9y ago
It's always impressive to me that it takes a 233 MHz(+) processor to emulate a 1 MHz one. I think modern N64 emulators need at least a 2 GHz processor. (Less for ARM ala RPI, IIRC due to similarities in the instruction set.) And there&
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by katastic 9y ago
Windows 7 is still supported. Geez. It came out in >>2009<<. Also, Windows 10 bricks every one of my lower end computers. Windows Defender, Telemetry, and more eat 100% disk usage. It's indefensible. Worse, Windows 10 refus
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by katastic 9y ago
I know. Just because you're not dead, doesn't mean you're not affected in a way that matters to you.
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by katastic 9y ago
And how many ways can a float blow up? NaN. Global state flag registers than destroy multi-threading. Propagation of errors. Casting errors. etc. And that's just one variable!
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by katastic 9y ago
I'd say it's a lot easier to create a website than it is to create a computer in the 70's.
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by katastic 9y ago
Speaking as a mechanical engineer: Another issue is simply encapsulation. You can encapsulate physical problems to reduce their complexity. A spring is a spring. We "could" use finite-element-analysis to make a spring that is also
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by katastic 9y ago
> Losing a few million passwords is not. Just because you've never been adversely affected doesn't mean other people's lives aren't ruined. What about people who have unsavory things leaked about them? (Gay people sti
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by katastic 9y ago
I don't man... have they ever driven one of my Chryslers? I joke but after (being under) four or five Chryslers, everyone in my family treats it like a four-letter-word and will never buy one again.
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by katastic 9y ago
Check out The Intelligence of Dogs. It's literally what the title implies, and a good read.
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by katastic 9y ago
Well, flashing is pretty slow compared to modern computers. You have to load it from flash (no pun) memory and Altera are the only ones (AFAIK) that support only changing subsections. (Which could be great because you can change only a half
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by katastic 9y ago
That didn't work for me. Was it patched already? {"status":400,"statusText":"Bad Request","errors":[{"field":["url"],"location":"query","message
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by katastic 9y ago
I know right? I don't feel like my opinion was really that controversial. Ars Technica has been a bittersweet story for years in all of the communities / circles that I hang out at. Some of their articles are great journalism. Oth
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by katastic 9y ago
Journalists.
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by katastic 9y ago
I hope this doesn't come off as dickish but it's not intended as such: I was really expecting more... well... history. As soon as I get interested "he's gotta upgrade for the onslaught of users! How will he handle it?&qu
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by katastic 9y ago
You seem to write almost exclusively CPU and tech articles. Good for you. I wish your co-workers would stick to technology and lay off pushing politics. [edit] Wow, the moderators couldn't even tell I was complimenting the guy.
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by katastic 9y ago
I think you have it backwards... Wouldn't black market identities be worth MORE if they weren't so easy to get? So the more we tax / regulate it, the harder it is, the more valuable they get. Win-win for everyone.
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by katastic 9y ago
Wow they're not even trying to hide their collectivism and statism these days. All individuals must bow down before the great state! And this statement: >The villain, after all, must get his comeuppance. Is completely orthogonal and
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by katastic 9y ago
You guys keep saying that silly myth. They don't have a BRAIN but they have nervous system. A nervous system creates waste and that waste needs to be reclaimed. What's a brain? An exotic collection of neurons... that create waste.

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