zymhan

14 ms·

1. 181.▲
   by zymhan 4y ago

   Anyone familiar with the first SimCity would be well aware that it both launched decades ago, and was not a disaster.
2. 182.▲
   by zymhan 4y ago

   CS has never captured the "soul" of a city though. Your city doesn't feel alive at all. But it's a great city building simulator.
3. 183.▲
   by zymhan 4y ago

   Because of the need to convert between the two systems. It's not just about keeping time on the moon. It's reconciling that with other places in the solar system
4. 184.▲
   by zymhan 4y ago

   I presume meaning "fast turnaround on producing a design", i.e. less time needed to setup tooling. Like the concept of Fast Fashion
5. 185.▲
   by zymhan 4y ago

   Wow, I actually had forgotten that.
6. 186.▲
   by zymhan 4y ago

   > I'm happy someone is poking the bear > Competition and diversity of browsers is good Someone doesn't remember the early days of Internet Explorer
7. 187.▲
   by zymhan 4y ago

   Then it's not actually an equivalent solution. L2 connectivity is still quite useful, even if you don't have a need for it.
8. 188.▲
   by zymhan 4y ago

   > The point of large open source projects like this is to parlay it into career opportunities Yeah, you are in the minority with that belief.
9. 189.▲
   by zymhan 4y ago

   > Actual Thunderbird users don't care about the UI Because it runs so many potential users off. Obviously the only folks using it don't mind the antiquated UI. I think that's called a tautology?
10. 190.▲
    by zymhan 4y ago

    > I am using ModernDeck 2 as Twitter client Isn't Twitter banning 3rd party clients?
11. 191.▲
    by zymhan 4y ago

    Aha, thanks for the correction
12. 192.▲
    by zymhan 4y ago

    FlightAware was less skeezy before they were bought by L3 Harris. I'm not in this hobby to help out defense contractors. ADSBx are still far worse, since they built the site as an "open community".
13. 193.▲
    by zymhan 4y ago

    > Why would you avoid something as trivial L3 cache is orders of magnitude faster than using RAM. You're talking a maximum of 50GB/s for DDR5, versus 1500GB/s for L3 cache https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2F
14. 194.▲
    by zymhan 4y ago

    Greece has 10 million people. It seems ridiculous to expect every profession could be maximally employed there, especially given the geography. It's like an American expecting no one to ever leave the US state of Georgia to look for a
15. 195.▲
    by zymhan 4y ago

    This is a surprisingly in-depth article, I found it very informative.
16. 196.▲
    by zymhan 4y ago

    I do think we'd all benefit from second-guessing that arrogant part of us before we speak.
17. 197.▲
    by zymhan 4y ago

    Surely you realize that this is not their only article on Malaria? https://www.economist.com/search?q=malaria
18. 198.▲
    by zymhan 4y ago

    This is specifically about channeling and storing water _in_ the ground, not piping it above the ground. This also requires far less resources than building an aqueduct.
19. 199.▲
    NPR (National Public Radio) Has a Text-Only Website(text.npr.org)

    7 points by zymhan 4y ago|0 comments
20. 200.▲
    by zymhan 4y ago

    There's probably something to be said for the easy of editing a markdown file and pushing it to github, versus using some crummy blog platform. In addition to the fact that folks can submit a PR (or fork) to update the instructions if
21. 201.▲
    by zymhan 4y ago

    Creative is still marketing them to gamers, amazingly. Can't say I haven't been tempted.
22. 202.▲
    by zymhan 4y ago

    > One occupant was seriously injured, and two of the three occupants received minor injuries. https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20220909-...
23. 203.▲
    by zymhan 4y ago

    Based on the preliminary report, it seems like bad weather? https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20220909-...
24. 204.▲
    by zymhan 4y ago

    I pity the fool still programming in ANSI C
25. 205.▲
    by zymhan 4y ago

    Firefox Focus also has an adblocker for Safari that works well IMO
26. 206.▲
    by zymhan 4y ago

    False dichotomy alert
27. 207.▲
    by zymhan 4y ago

    Who said anything about that? Besides Viktor Orban.
28. 208.▲
    by zymhan 4y ago

    Indeed, as if the Elizabeth line hadn't just opened up this year! It took them a while, and tons of money, but they made it happen. Which is more than most of the US can say.
29. 209.▲
    by zymhan 4y ago

    Since no engine for it exists yet, no one knows.
30. 210.▲
    by zymhan 4y ago

    They still don't have an engine that allows them to fly supersonic...