rvschuilenburg

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Comment · 3 months ago
I think it's interesting how we went from 4:3 to 16:9, and are now back to something very close to 4:3 again. And both changes were sold as "you can now see even more of the movie".
Comment · 10 months ago
I'm not from the US, so please correct me if i'm wrong. My understanding is that the Social Security in the US is more comparable to our "AOW". And our AOW is not changing. Our pensions are more comparable to the 401K in the us.
Comment · 1 year ago
Aesthetically, great. But i can't help but find it harder to read this font. Probably cool for things such as a poster or album art, but not something i'd enjoy using in my code editor.
Comment · 1 year ago
Zen was a bit rough around the edges when it first launched, but it's a solid replacement to Arc now. Honestly don't miss Arc anymore.
Comment · 1 year ago
I don't see it happening. What's in it for the average user to self-host? Why would they put in the effort (even if it's a very small effort) if their cloud option just works for them?
Comment · 1 year ago
Haha, i was also somehow expecting this article to be about the fact that he used a Nokia that could conveniently only store 20 text messages, turning his message history into unobtanium.
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
By that standard we would have "lifetime" warranty on everything sold in The Nederlands, since by law we require warranty as long as you can reasonably expect a product to last.
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
> and macOS users

I'm not sure if this changed with Sonoma, but i'm using the lcd-rainbow-d.jxl as my wallpaper right now. It still weirdly cannot be opened with Preview, but it can definitely be set as a wallpaper!

Comment · 2 years ago
I don't think anyone from Europe would be against fining EU companies operating in the US that are violating US laws.
Comment · 2 years ago
>If anyone wants to reply that "I've just dodged a bullet thanks to EU blocking unethical websites" then all I can say is I know how to dodge bullets by myself, thanks.

These websites did not get blocked by the EU. These websites chose to block themselves because they did not want to put in the effort to be GDPR compliant.

Comment · 2 years ago
Isn't Steam itself also DRM?
Comment · 2 years ago
The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is - whichever is greater - it obtains a difference or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position that it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is is now the position that it wasn't, and if follows that the position that it was is now the position that it isn't. In the event that the position that the position that it is in is not the position that it wasn't, the system has acquired a variation. The variation being the difference between where the missile is and where it wasn't. If variation is considered to be a significant factor, it too may be corrected by the GEA. However, the missile must also know where it was. The missile guidance computer scenario works as follows: Because a variation has modified some of the information that the missile has obtained, it is not sure just where it is. However, it is sure where it isn't, within reason, and it know where it was. It now subtracts where it should be from where it wasn't, or vice versa. And by differentiating this from the algebraic sum of where it shouldn't be and where it was, it is able to obtain the deviation and its variation, which is called error.
Comment · 2 years ago
I'm not from the US, so i'm honestly curious, does sales tax really change that often?

The reason i'm asking this, is because here in The Netherlands there was some news a couple of years ago about changing tax on fruit and vegetables. Our tax authorities basically said: Nope can't do, we need a year to adjust our software for this. This should give you an indication of how often our tax rates change here.

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