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by timw4mail 2y ago
What does touch have to do with making the visual interface worse?
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by timw4mail 2y ago
Where am I on this page, and how long is it? No idea until I find the invisible scollbar! That really is an irksome trend.
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by timw4mail 2y ago
It still exists!
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by timw4mail 2y ago
It's not about convenience above all else, it's about that practical balance that allows for the best practical security.
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by timw4mail 2y ago
Gentoo's packaging system is much more flexible. There are USE flags, which allow you to compile the package with whatever set of features you want.
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by timw4mail 2y ago
It was really both. The rudeness certainly escalated the issue.
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by timw4mail 2y ago
I think this really highlights the difficulty of squaring software with a lot of configuration options and one-package-per-program binary package management. Sometimes a pretty good compromise is found, like with PHP, where there's a c
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by timw4mail 2y ago
I'm pretty sure every Mitsubishi car sold in the US is imported, and there are quite a few Mirages and Outlanders on the road.
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by timw4mail 2y ago
My understanding is that CVTs are more like a chain, i.e. a segmented metal belt. It sure seems like they would be great for large trucks if they could be made beefy enough.
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by timw4mail 2y ago
How many more hoops do I have to jump through to get my desktop like Windows 98 in this version of Windows?
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by timw4mail 2y ago
I kind of miss Windows 7 visually. Even if it was just a polished version of Vista.
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by timw4mail 2y ago
Basically exclusively at this point.
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by timw4mail 2y ago
Splitter length is very strictly regulated, as is every part of the stock car. There have been big penalties for much more subtle infractions, especially in the last few seasons with the current car design.
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by timw4mail 2y ago
...and completely changing how everything works on each major version change.
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by timw4mail 2y ago
The lack of cached dependencies is an advantage in most non-compiled languages, though.
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by timw4mail 2y ago
Absolute security means you can't do anything . Too much security friction can easily lead to *much more insecure* workarounds.
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by timw4mail 2y ago
It's not like most the popular existing ones are really good (or feel good to use). They mostly have the benefit of momentum. I almost think there's no way to make a good build system...without making it far harder when you need
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by timw4mail 2y ago
Last I checked (a month or 2 ago), Steam still works on Windows 7, but is unsupported.
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by timw4mail 2y ago
...and you have to know those exist to find them.
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by timw4mail 2y ago
You can't take OpenRC away from me!
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by timw4mail 2y ago
It really is more related to Sturgeon's law (90% of everything is crap). My complaints are about that 90%, not the 10% that actually is done well.
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by timw4mail 2y ago
The biggest offense to me (as a web developer, even) is the jank of js-rendered websites. This commonly means a blank, or (in slightly better cases) a skeleton page, which then often makes more network calls to get page content, which then
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by timw4mail 2y ago
Cyrix before the VIA buyout was competitive on integer performance. VIA (via Centuar, the CPU design firm), focused on low-power, lower-performance chips. They only used Cyrix for the name, and not for very long.
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by timw4mail 2y ago
That can't be the case, as the Zhaoxin CPUs have the same kinds of instructions as similar Intel chips, including those cross-licensed from AMD, like the 64bit instruction set.
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by timw4mail 2y ago
I've played modern games on CRTs through HDMI->VGA convertors, and still felt lower latency than LCD. OLEDs will eventually catch up, I think, but LCDs are always going to have some lag. And it's not the refresh rate, it's
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by timw4mail 3y ago
If there's one thing I hate above all else its those stupid scrolling auto-playing videos on news sites! I'm trying to read text, the video pops on top, I scroll, it gets in the way again...aaughgh!
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by timw4mail 3y ago
IBM had at least two computers that used this concept: The PCJr, and the IBM Convertible "laptop". One of the many problems with sidecars is that they make the computer footprint larger. While it hypothetically allows for unlimite
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by timw4mail 3y ago
It really is that simple.
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by timw4mail 3y ago
Food and drink are allowed in the cockpit, especially for longer flights.
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by timw4mail 3y ago
Even LaserDiscs, which are probably the format most prone to "laser rot" are mostly fine. Laser rot is kind of a non-issue: it's generally down to manufacturing defects.

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