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by spankibalt 1mo ago
Let me help you with that: 1. Trackpads. I hate 'em. Keyboard-integrated trackpoints and/or trackballs is what I need. Detachables with a trackpad are acceptable as one can bring a Bluetooth substitute (that's how I do it on
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by spankibalt 1mo ago
From the article: "It [the Robert Koch Institute] said laboratory tests to determine the source of the infections were not expected to be available for several weeks. [...] The [Robert Koch] institute said malaria in Germany almost exc
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by spankibalt 1mo ago
> Also, the change from dedicated charge ports to USB-C charging increased USB port usage considerably. I never needed one, but a good USB-C adapter (or maybe even small dock) with power passthrough should solve this. Burning through who
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by spankibalt 1mo ago
> We have those stupid regulations in Finland about how the outside of our apartments buildings should look - meaning you cannot put the condenser visibly on the outside of the building. Same for Germany, at least in many places. And if
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by spankibalt 1mo ago
> With Samsung devices (so no cheap crap), USB ports last me about three years of heavy use. What are you doing to these machines?! I work in the safety and security biz, including in the field , and my trusty HP EliteBook 2730p is stil
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by spankibalt 1mo ago
> Display quality, trackpad quality, overall form factor, and very high RAM space in a laptop would be the primary reasons I'd go with [an Apple]. Heh, that's precisely one grouping of reasons I avoid Apple, especially with r
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by spankibalt 2mo ago
Yeah... I still hope Motorola might add an "Ultra"-tier Moto G Stylus to their portfolio with more RAM, better CPU and all the other mentioned features. The stylus for me is not just a convenience; it's extremely handy for
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by spankibalt 2mo ago
A non-folder with a stylus option, an audio jack, microSD card slot and USB-C 3.2+ would be swell. In other words... a beefed-up update of the 2026 Motorola Moto G Stylus [1]. ;) 1. [ https://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_moto_
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The Lost Treasure of Sid Meier's Pirates(remapradio.com)
278 points by spankibalt 2mo ago|149 comments
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by spankibalt 2mo ago
> Why did many high IQ tech and science people vote for their own defunding? The list is long. First and foremost, it's never a good idea to forget that wherever there's intelligence there's always also stupidity. Then it&
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by spankibalt 2mo ago
Essentially Brandolini's Law with a serving of dumbed-down-for-managers OODA-loop in action; all together essential ingredients for any cook specializing in post-truth dishes. Shake it well with learned helplessness and plenty of distr
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by spankibalt 2mo ago
I find touchscreens vastly inferior unless they come with an integrated EMR digitizer layer (or something even more precise), especially on a device that has the form factor of a smartphone, but works more as a modular pocket computer. An a
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by spankibalt 2mo ago
> Physical keyboard combined with a touch screen [...] doesn’t make sense because it eats space you can’t reclaim. True, at least for horis; though on a vertically-shaped handheld it might make some sense. A traditional slab with a tray-
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by spankibalt 2mo ago
There's also a less flattering reading of the word, where Sitzfleisch means having a "flat ass" (from sitting too much, e. g. Sitzfleischparade describing a group of flat-arsed people, or something like Sitzfleischmaxxer
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by spankibalt 2mo ago
The $64k question! The very first title on the list f. e., Falcon 3.0, only requires it for the "hi-fi" flight model. Quake certainly needs an FPU. Don't know about the others. So or so, the info needs to be verified for ac
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by spankibalt 2mo ago
Mobygames got a list [1]. No idea on accuracy. 1. [ https://www.mobygames.com/game/attribute:115/include_dlc:tru... ]
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by spankibalt 2mo ago
No, please keep on track. "Mac-like" is a perfect fit for the "Daddy, what's (a) computer/programming?" vibe crowd. Even The Company itself thinks so, as evidenced by relevant advertisements of the not too di
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by spankibalt 2mo ago
> I suppose what I'm trying to say is that it's ironic that the one guy providing these consumer-friendly features is considered anathema by many of the people clamoring for those features. Yeah, I got that. I just don't t
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by spankibalt 2mo ago
> [...] if only for lack of two thumb sticks. Certainly one of the most devisive controller designs, but the lack of two thumbsticks is precisely what I like about it. The pad centers one thumbstick and the trigger on opposite sides of
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by spankibalt 2mo ago
> I am nuanced enough to appreciate that these qualities are present in the products being produced and still not buy from this producer because of their industry ties. ModRetro produces one thing I do have an interest in. A partly alumi
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by spankibalt 2mo ago
> So you know, either go all in and live like you mean it or stop pointing fingers at only very select individuals. Careful. You're one step away from playing out the "Yet you participate in society. Curious!" meme. Beside
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by spankibalt 2mo ago
> It's ironic, in another world HN commenters would be lauding Luckey and ModRetro for all these virtues. Lot's of HN (and "social" media) commenters in this world evidently are; nothing ironic about it. It's j
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by spankibalt 2mo ago
That is patently false as a look through the company's wiki page(s) will confirm [1]. 1. [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anduril_Industries ]
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by spankibalt 2mo ago
> [...] and it required a massive PC to run at all -- a Pentium with 16MB was entry level [...]. Minimum was a 386 (12 MB RAM, 16 MB RAM for the ASE); seems the recommended minimum for NT 3.5 (Workstation/Server) according to Germ
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by spankibalt 2mo ago
> [...] because I also feel dubbing in Germany comes out pretty much right. You've got to be kidding me, lol. Anyway, voice (character) mismatch is the first thing I often notice. How often have I heard a commanding adult in English
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by spankibalt 2mo ago
I wanted to leave this Faden for all the immigrant voices but this misinformation simply cannot stand, lol. Dubbing for foreign movies is an art long lost in Germany; the East Germans (DEFA) were especially good at it, my favorite being K
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by spankibalt 2mo ago
> Partially agree, but I also think that they were victims of the graphic cards revolution where each year you could have shiny new GFX and visuals, and that drove new games development (and funding). True as well; the race towards photo
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by spankibalt 2mo ago
> The famous post https://www.oldmanmurray.com/features/77.html illustrates how the genre became too contrived and self-referential (even poking fun at those who blame “television-atrophied attention spans”). That&#
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by spankibalt 2mo ago
If you have no serious problem to wrap your head around the columnar presentation of data than "intuitive" is not an unapt way to describe the whole deal. Say, where music theory and practice intersect with something like a spread
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by spankibalt 2mo ago
> I can verify that modern AI's, even the frontier ones, are absolute crap at producing ASCII art or ANSI art. That's good. > We need models to be better trained on digital fine art (digital graffiti). Only lamers need somet

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