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by worrycue 5y ago
It’s basically like a version number now I suppose.
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by worrycue 5y ago
> 3nm is not actually 3nm To be fair, I read the Xnm labelling is pretty much pure marketing at this point - since 45nm; https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/technology_node#Meaning_lost
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by worrycue 5y ago
Sorry, should have been more careful with my words. I was talking about latency due to DirectX's render ahead queue. Not total latency.
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by worrycue 5y ago
> In case you are referring to pre-rendered frames, this only affects the amount of additional latency (not actual or total latency). Yes, that. Should have been more careful with my words - i.e. I meant latency of 1 frame due to the ren
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by worrycue 5y ago
It’s less that it’s toothless and more that Apple won the case - she ruled 9/10 counts in Apple’s favour.
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by worrycue 5y ago
> And what are the benefits exactly ? Slightly off topic but I wonder if WASM and the web can provide a “fixed” virtual platform for games. A lot of games are heavily platform dependent, when the hardware for those platforms die the game
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by worrycue 5y ago
Both Nvidia (and AMD?) have options to reduce latency to like 1 frame (edit: due to render ahead queue; not total latency) in their control panels. You probably pay for it with a bit of stutter when your system is pushed to the max - since
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by worrycue 5y ago
Can’t help but feel the golden goose is being gutted. The massive downsizing was the 1st step. Ads is part 2. The c-suite is paid millions all while their market share (their primary leverage and source of influence) slips towards nothing.
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by worrycue 5y ago
Maybe they can just … not promote stuff that they have identified as causing these unpleasant side effects - e.g. don’t promote political clickbait. In the worst case only promote things that they know are safe.
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by worrycue 5y ago
There are many things that are “relevant”. If you have an interest in retro Casio watch collecting, showing you review videos for retro Casio watches would be relevant. But … would it get you “engaged” as much as showing you biased politica
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by worrycue 5y ago
Or you can think of the trucking industry as subsidised. Trucks are used to haul goods to shops yes? Taxing them more will just increase the price of everyday goods and services (that depend on goods to function), it will unpopular among ju
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by worrycue 5y ago
People who go back and forth often, thus will usually be counted in the census, might not be able to or not want to do so. They might not want to risk getting lock out of the other country and there might be quarantine requirements they do
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by worrycue 5y ago
> Critical Role did a Kickstarter to turn the first season of the live DnD campaign into an animated show, which finished at over 10 million. Sounds like how Record of Lodoss War got started - RPG session gets recorded and it went from t
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by worrycue 5y ago
They are stuck aboard thus not counted, > “Travel restrictions during the pandemic was the main factor affecting the size of the (citizen) and PR population in 2021, as more (citizens) and PRs were staying overseas continuously for 12 mo
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by worrycue 5y ago
> but the loss of Permanent Residents (6.2%) and Citizens (0.7%). Seem like an artifact of the measurement system. From your link, > “Travel restrictions during the pandemic was the main factor affecting the size of the (citizen) and
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by worrycue 5y ago
Frankly, Facebook doesn’t need to censor. They just need to rein in their algorithm that promote posts to people’s feeds. Watching the shorten 60 minute’s interview, I get the sense that’s the main problem. The algorithm promote stuff that
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by worrycue 5y ago
“From 1 January 2019, as an FDW employer, you must not keep your FDW’s salary or any other money belonging to her, even if she requests for it. You must not keep her bank book or bank card.” https://www.mom.gov.sg/passes-and
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by worrycue 5y ago
I believe “maids” are “domestic workers” and don’t fall under the Employment Act but are governed by a separate set of regulations (best I could find): https://www.mom.gov.sg/passes-and-permits/work-permit-for-fo... An
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by worrycue 5y ago
I wonder how Facebook’s algorithm works. I know YouTube’s just recommends based on what you just watched/search (you can disable this aspect by clearing or disabling your histories), channels you have subscribed to, (I believe) videos
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by worrycue 5y ago
It’s available to turn on in Chrome 94 via Chrome://flags For Firefox you need the nightlies I believe - I had no luck with release Firefox 93.
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by worrycue 5y ago
There is a difference between being heard and having your real name and a photo of your face attached to what you said like in some cases on Twitter. I was wondering if social media has become so ingrained into the lives of the younger gene
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by worrycue 5y ago
Is it me or have things shifted from “prevent what you say online from being traced back to you as much as possible as it could be used against you” to “what you say online is now part of your resume and ‘leaving it blank’ is a ‘bad look’”?
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by worrycue 5y ago
Also when you are young you don’t know how much the world can suck. There is also the fact that when you are young the world is your oyster, so many possibilities ahead. Then you get old, you are now over the hill, your life has pass you by
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by worrycue 5y ago
> outsourcing their losses to the government. Didn’t the US government actually make a $109 billion profit from TARP when it was all said and done? https://projects.propublica.org/bailout/
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by worrycue 5y ago
Well, I think most people accept it because they really don’t have a choice when it comes to copyright, IP holders will bury them in lawsuits and YouTube will lose most of them.
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by worrycue 5y ago
> Controls should be exerted on companies and institutions, not people. Not sure there is a clear distinction. Companies and institutions are owned and ran by people. You can run a one-man corporation if you like.
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by worrycue 5y ago
> If that’s good news or bad depends on where you stand on said political spectrum. I think objectively it’s bad for everyone when free inquiry is hobbled by dogma. I think people should have the right to be wrong in academia. I can thin
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by worrycue 5y ago
In the worst case I can see a Taiwan getting nukes. Nukes are pretty old tech, if North Korea can get them I’m sure Taiwan who is vastly more wealthy can too.
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by worrycue 5y ago
China doesn’t have many allies either. They have managed to piss of just about everyone. There are few countries in Asia that wouldn’t be happy to see China taken down a peg or a dozen - and probably wouldn’t mind discreetly giving the US a
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by worrycue 5y ago
Correct me if I’m wrong, I did not study US history as part of my education, but wasn’t the attack on Pearl Harbour sold to the American public as “unprovoked”?

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