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Comment · 21 hours ago
I'm not sure you have understood me correctly.
Comment · 1 day ago
And they still do. That's partially my point.
Comment · 2 days ago
It's a poor dunk anyway. The crypto space is vast and has many kinds of coins and communities/people. Some people seem to think it's still 2012.
Comment · 2 days ago
Meanwhile, as said, well-meaning people get essentially harassed and silenced for allegedly being trolls if they are not aware of all the intricacies and differences in how people may view some words. Or they just make a mistake. That may push them away, but there will likely be room for different kinds of spaces and different kinds of cultures, just like today.
Comment · 4 days ago
I'm assuming new is the default, so that.
Comment · 4 days ago
As it happens, today I stopped in awe about the slowness of right-clicking Windows 11 desktop on my work laptop. It consistently took over ~500ms to open the menu. I think one can get used to the slow response times after a while, but I probably won't since I only use Windows for work.
Comment · 8 days ago
It's an interesting topic. So let's say many people get laid off as automation takes over. If we have UBI that covers mostly bare necessities (as an example), shouldn't supply and demand stay basically the same? Or demand even lowers if people can't afford what they previously did.

If people have more money (or population grows) so that demand grows while supply stays the same, prices will rise and find a new equilibrium where people can again afford less and therefore buy less.

I'm not sure if it's an option to just leave most of the population to starve either so what's the alternative to some kind of social security or UBI? Long ago, a factory called "nature" used to provide relatively more of our needs, but that's not feasible today. But this quickly gets philosophical and political, of course.

In any case, finite resources are finite regardless if we have UBI or not.

Comment · 9 days ago
> The amount of deforestation discussed in this article is miniscule compared to the global amount.

By that logic, why not cut half of Finland's forests? I'm sure they won't mind since it's such a small area globally after all. And I think there are also other nuances than just net loss of forest.

Comment · 10 days ago
systemctl mask/unmask
Comment · 23 days ago
Right, almost forgot IPS glow. I have probably gotten a bit accustomed to it and if I'd use OLED monitor for extended period, I'd probably start noticing issues with IPS more. That said, I think this current IPS panel is also better than some other Dell IPS monitors I've used at work previously and has less noticeable glow.
Comment · 23 days ago
Touted by who, though? Proper reviews and tests will catch such things quickly.
Comment · 23 days ago
Have you had IPS panels? I have a similar Alienware ultrawide monitor but with IPS panel. IPS still remains my favorite. Didn't dare to get OLED for computer monitor since I expected burn-in over the years. OLED could maybe have a little bit better colors, but I got LG's OLED TV a few years back and was a bit disappointed to see that the image isn't perfectly even (more clearly visible with grey image) and sometimes with dark areas there's some kind of barely noticeable weird edge effect. Kind of like the OLEDs just lighting up after reaching some threshold. And some other very minor effects like little uneven flickering of a fire in a dark scene.
Comment · 24 days ago
Caffeine is an interesting one, maybe it caused unnecessary muscle tension?

I've tweaked my keyboard layout so that caps lock is left ctrl (with KDE this is just one click away in the settings). I never need caps lock anyway. That helps a lot with different keyboard shortcuts. The default ctrl position is awful.

Comment · 1 month ago
Is that actually a high review rate? Especially if you know the language and domain. Sure, initially there's a learning curve for a new codebase structure, but lots of lines will also be trivial and many changes might also be similar to each other.
Comment · 1 month ago
In technical contexts it's often still important to use words accurately so in that sense it might not lose it's original meaning completely. I've come to accept that everyday language can be messy and inaccurate and one can't always get it right especially if they're not familiar enough with the topic. You can still get the meaning across well-enough.

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