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by smcl 4y ago
I recall seeing some issues with performance on some older games - do you know if this is still the case, or did you not try it? I'm not in the market for a graphics card at the moment, but if there's another competitive company i
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by smcl 4y ago
There is an enormous difference in standards and expectations for language in professional or academic settings and random internet message boards. The fact that I am using the word "dude" or that I just ran "git checkout mas
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by smcl 4y ago
It still has this message edit: actually I'm on Windows 10 still, maybe it's different in Windows 11
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by smcl 4y ago
Dude write "slave" in your code all you want, I don't care. Your dev lead might though, you can have that fight with them.
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by smcl 4y ago
Yes it doesn't sound crazy because you're not describing reality - you're describing the fictional world where you are being victimised because you're not a minority. This line of reasoning is a favourite with white supr
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by smcl 4y ago
You're missing nothing, it's a non-issue. You can use master or main and neither git nor GitHub care, employers might have some guidelines but they generally have a bunch of things like coding conventions, codes of conduct or othe
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by smcl 4y ago
Most organizations have some document describing acceptable coding standards that cover things like whitespace/indentation, brackets, idioms and naming conventions. It is so bizarre how many people draw the line at master/slave -
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by smcl 4y ago
The problem is that many of the same people who rail against guidelines that encourage more neutral language also dislike things like affirmative action, scholarships for minorities, investment/stimulus in poorer areas or other gover
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by smcl 4y ago
Or reprecated :D
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by smcl 4y ago
It's funny that there is a use for the word "un-deprecated" but that's good news! Now that I think about it I guess I'm glad that they didn't remove or replace the original tools - I could still use them.
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by smcl 4y ago
Yeah, I use the Python REPL for any quick calculations - it's usually already open, it's fast and it is more flexible. I still think the default calculator should be quick and functional for those of us who don't do developer
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by smcl 4y ago
Microsoft also seem keen to deprecate two other simple Windows applications - Paint (being replaced with "Paint 3D") and Snipping Tool (to be replaced with "Snip & Sketch"). I don't understand it, it feels like
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by smcl 4y ago
9front springs to mind
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by smcl 4y ago
I had one of these guys during my Medium Format days in addition to a Kiev 6C and a Holga (lol). Wonderful camera, but I really suggest anyone into photography give MF a shot, even a little Holga can be fun (I would say "cheap" bu
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by smcl 4y ago
This is what I meant, “implemented in C” and “use the C API” are basically the same thing at some level - if they depend on the C/Python interface at all
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by smcl 4y ago
Right this is what I thought - a small number of popular ones, rather than an overall majority across pypi packages
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by smcl 4y ago
Oh I’m not downplaying them, if they were small in number and minor then I’m sure CPython would’ve happily dumped the GIL already.
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by smcl 4y ago
Are there really that many Python libraries implemented in C? Genuine question - I thought there were a few very high profile ones, but I always figured there weren't many (like 10% or less, total finger-in-the-air guess)
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by smcl 4y ago
That’s a very odd way to look at it. Seems like he’s been trying to find out whether he’s been fired for nearly 10 days, and as a last ditch attempt contacted Musk, and was quite courteous about it until Musk decided to suggest he was let g
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by smcl 4y ago
[Raises hand] I spent countless weekends and evenings in my mid-20s to help the company meet a delivery deadlines (earning the company X million pounds each time) or to untangle some production fuckup (saving the company from having to “bes
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by smcl 4y ago
They all make $300k and can all go wherever they want and do whatever they want? Are you certain that is the case? > ... like working hard and making their lives better It's true that work can be very rewarding - "Find a job
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by smcl 4y ago
Maybe better to block him. I did so because I was a bit sick of seeing his tweets - some of them are borderline offensive, some are him cosying up with far-right but the majority are just a bit try-hard, unfunny and ultimately sad. I'm
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by smcl 4y ago
It may even vary depending on the game, the settings, whether D3D, OpenGL or GLide were used or which versions of the drivers were installed.
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by smcl 4y ago
> ATI’s Radeon and NVIDIA’s RIVA TNT2 were now offering higher performance at roughly the same price Minor nitpick - Voodoo 3 and TNT2 weren't competing with Radeon . Among that generation were the 3dfx Voodoo 3, NVidia TNT2, S3 Sa
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by smcl 4y ago
I feel like 3dfx still had a slight edge until the tail end of the Voodoo3 era (when the GF256 came out and blew everything away). But I think it depends what you prioritise. Like here, the V3 seems to have a pretty handy lead in most cases
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by smcl 4y ago
Oh me too - my motherboard had no AGP slot (hence the V3 2000 PCI). If I was smart I would've saved up for a few months, bought a more future-proof motherboard (I was on the dying Socket 7 platform, with an AMD K6-2 466MHz) and I would
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by smcl 4y ago
It's at least good that they're moving in this direction at all. Maybe the pricing isn't spot-on, or the capacity isn't there, or there are debates over the ticketing or there are some other issues. But it seems to me th
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by smcl 4y ago
And the Voodoo Rush was a 2D/3D card that came out a little before that (August 1997, compared to the Banshee in late-1998). I didn't own either, mind, my only 3dfx card was a Voodoo 3 2000 PCI :D
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by smcl 4y ago
There's honestly too much to go into here. I feel like you're just fucking around with me if I'm honest, if that's true then congratulations I've spent about ~30 mins typing out and reading comments :-/ > so
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by smcl 4y ago
I am not complaining - I don’t have reason to, I earn the local currency - I’m just amused they even exchanged Scottish notes at all, and even more so that explicitly stated that they would.

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