robmccoll

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Comment · 3 days ago
I'm still on Sequoia for this reason. I want a UI optimized for displaying text content and mouse and keyboard control. Mostly keyboard. I definitely don't want the larger border radius on the windows that would seem to be designed for touch.
Comment · 6 days ago
I fundamentally do not understand the direction of Xbox. Microsoft seems to lack the commitment to any strategy and seems unwilling to wait for investments to pay off before trying to cut perceived losses.
Comment · 25 days ago
Java has a slow iteration time - long compilation and slow startup. Common frameworks add even more time before the program does anything useful. A fairly complex Go web backend can recompile and completely start in under a second. A relatively simple Java backed can take more than ten seconds.
Comment · 1 month ago
The United States has both market forces and massive access problems. I'm not sure you can establish that causal relationship.
Comment · 1 month ago
My Nikon ZF transfers to my phone through Nikon's SnapBridge app automatically.
Comment · 2 months ago
Comment · 2 months ago
Huh 30% of our lumber just got 50% more expensive. Good thing we don't have shortages of affordable housing that need new construction to solve. Brilliant stuff Donald. Truly some 4D chess moves.
Comment · 2 months ago
Just had an HDD in my array die. Thought I'd replace it and add another spare. The prices are up 300% from 2 years ago. For spinning disks. Why?
Comment · 3 months ago
Non-nullable reference types at the language level? Null coalescing operator? Safe navigation accessors? Record composition?
Comment · 3 months ago
DXM may or may not suppress coughing relative to placebo - the study cited here appears to be have been written entirely by authors from drug companies, so perhaps there is some bias. Here's a meta analysis that favors honey over DXM https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32817011/, the original study that kicked off this idea that also favors honey https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18056558/, and a different meta analysis https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6513626/ which found little or no difference between honey and DXM. Whether its effective or not, to me there doesn't seem to be compelling evidence that it is more effective than honey.
Comment · 3 months ago
Not totally accurate - there are a handful of foaming agents and surfactants that are mixed and matched to make shampoos, so really it's nearly the same except that no one has ever overdosed on applying too much sodium lauryl sulfate to their scalp.
Comment · 3 months ago
Because I associate that style with "I have little to say, but I will say it in as many words as I possibly can"
Comment · 4 months ago
What does the actual startup latency look like? Does it depend on the size of the resulting image?
Comment · 4 months ago
The problem I have with Kunernetes in general is that everything is slow and configuring everything seems needlessly complex in common use cases.
Comment · 4 months ago
For reference, a PlayStation 5 is $600-650 for the base models (lower performance than Steam Machine) and $900 for the Pro model (likely higher performance). I know this is a PC and thus an open platform, but for most buyers in living room gaming, that's the competition. I don't think this will reach mass market success, but I'm not sure that was the goal. Who are they selling to?

Note: I ask as someone with a Steamdeck sitting on the desk in front of me and a custom-built computer under my TV running Linux.

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