skyyler

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   by skyyler 2y ago

   >self-driving lanes where cars could safely go 100+ mph Japan is building a bunch of these! They're called rails.
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   by skyyler 2y ago

   > This is true only for contrived examples comparing the vehicles directly. Comparing the real-world throughput of a highway vs. a rail line (in the US) and the density advantage goes away. Does it? Can you post some information to back
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   by skyyler 2y ago

   Trains and busses are far denser than cars, and that's part of the appeal. You can move more people around with less space needed. "Train brain" is working just fine for China and Japan, I think it would work great in the US.
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   by skyyler 2y ago

   "rouge" means red "rogue" means rascal
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   by skyyler 2y ago

   Is woke in the room with us now?
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   by skyyler 2y ago

   If the US being a villain to most of the world is a surprising concept to you, I highly suggest you read about the original 9/11 in Chile.
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   by skyyler 2y ago

   The Microsoft support page you linked says that it's unsupported. I don't know what point you're trying to make here, but it's falling flat.
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   by skyyler 2y ago

   I consider the WinBootMate thing suggested in your second link to be similar to OCLP. Third party solutions to enable installing on hardware the vendor doesn't want you installing it on. Did you even notice that the link marked as solu
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   by skyyler 2y ago

   I don't think you can update any 10-year-old windows computer to the latest version of windows (11) with all security patches via official microsoft channels. (Also, lol @ "via official Apple channels", you're aware Open
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    by skyyler 2y ago

    Copy paste was added to like, iPhone OS 3. It is technically incorrect to say that iOS could not copy paste at any point, as the copy paste feature was present in the first version of the software called "iOS". To use a version of
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    by skyyler 2y ago

    >Yes, the UN has attempted many more resolutions against Israel than against China for its treatment of millions of Uyghurs, North Korea for enslaving its entire population, Russia for murdering tens of thousands, Iran for its direct ter
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    by skyyler 2y ago

    I just looked into it and wow, that movie depicts him killing a farmer after failing to steal supplies from his family. Kind of surprising. Might have to check that out.
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    by skyyler 2y ago

    Maybe you have. Either way, I don't feel a conversation with you is going to be productive. Have a nice day! (Or don't, I'm not your boss)
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    by skyyler 2y ago

    >and not the raw material extraction and solar panel production I see stuff like this often and it always leaves me wondering. Does equipment for coal power generation fall from the sky? Raw materials need to be extracted for coal power
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    by skyyler 2y ago

    If you spent as long reading search results for "Balatro" as you did writing this comment, you would have enough context to understand what localthunk and balatro are. I find your musing on the topic interesting, if only as a remi
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    by skyyler 2y ago

    A large contingent of the US has been tricked into thinking that the centre-right establishment is somehow left wing...
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    by skyyler 2y ago

    It's for Nathan Myhrvold
18. 318.▲
    by skyyler 2y ago

    Phase 1: Argue online Phase 2: ??? Phase 3: Profit
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    by skyyler 2y ago

    Ad block: https://ublockorigin.com/ Skipping sponsored sections: https://sponsor.ajay.app/ Remove shorts: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/remove-youtub... Retu
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    by skyyler 2y ago

    Yes. It removes ad elements that Google / Youtube don't consider to be ads, like channel stores and that sort of stuff.
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    by skyyler 2y ago

    Just so you're aware, you're responding to a reference to a crude animated TV show featuring children that swear. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnomes_(South_Park)
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    by skyyler 2y ago

    I use Youtube Premium, plus an ad blocker, plus an extension that removes shorts, plus an extension that skips sponsored segments. Soon, I'm going to need an extension that removes the AI stuff I don't want and didn't ask for
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    by skyyler 2y ago

    How do the underpants fit into this?
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    by skyyler 2y ago

    I proudly block ads while giving directly to the people that make the stuff I like. I know I'm in the minority, but I block ads because of memetic hygiene. I don't want to deprive artists but I'm not sitting through adslop fo
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    by skyyler 2y ago

    That sounds like an excuse.
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    by skyyler 2y ago

    I'd like to take a moment to appreciate how cute the name is. Love stuff like that.
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    by skyyler 2y ago

    >To me there is a market for this kind of product, and it hasn’t been addressed properly yet. Because the market you describe has very heavy expectations, and very exacting taste. (And critically, the capability of building one themselve
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    by skyyler 2y ago

    LPCAMM2 memory is the answer, isn't it? It's just not catching on, because of course it isn't. Manufacturers have no incentive to let you upgrade parts on your own.
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    by skyyler 2y ago

    DFW's shorter stories are also incredibly accessible, compared to Infinite Jest.
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    by skyyler 2y ago

    James Joyce I agree with you about, but Moby Dick is great. Maybe you need to have a yearning for the sea inside of you for it to connect?