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Hate to say it, but most likely the reason is "just because". I'm guessing they assume people will use 4k now and 8k a little later. Anyone not on those is using HD at the amazing 1920x1080. Phew! They sell TVs. Do their TVs commonly support those 1440 resolutions?

Related gripe about Sony: they lost my business when they scrubbed the dev kit for the ps vita. I wanted my own games on there. Even preordered a book. Then when I finally had time and some tutorials and discovered I needed a key but the key server had been taken offline. So Xbox it is and not so much Sony. I don't buy anything Sony now. Its been so long but I'm still salty about it.

Those silly apes leaving good food on the ground! That's quality aged meat!

Thanks for your 'answer' then.

Glad about the explicit exploration of "extra" versus "more".

Extra to me is often about your development. Learn now to do it next time either better/faster/smoother etc etc. I'll agree with that idea.

The issue of extra is often then who pays for it. That can really make you enemies. People like free. Also, being over eager about improvements can put you on people's radar as a threat depending on how dysfunctional either they or the organization are.

As a contractor the extra means you can get the same output faster or with less effort because you improved your process. Or you can charge more.

Now differentiate this from "more". If you do more you over deliver. Instead of two deliverabkes, you do three. I'm ok with that if you get paid for it. It might even get you promoted if someone notices. Be careful that when it doesn't help it might actually hurt you later. Expectations from not-so-good bosses can be subject to inflation when they see you provide more than they pay for.

There are pros and cons to both. Its not an either/or situation either. You can use both to advantage.

The way you wrote it made it seem like you thought the program wasn't an emulator or that the machines it emulated weren't real. So you quoted it for emphasis. That's why I asserted that it was by writing that the machines it emulated were real.

Follow up: I couldn't figure out exactly why this bugged me so I looked up and found this grammar rule around quoting.

https://writing-center.phsc.edu/grammar/punctuation/quotatio...

Why did you put emulates in quotes? The machines were real.

Thats probably for the best.

Ok, I know nothing about nuke power. That said, I have a few questions:

Nuclear power is just about making steam isn’t it? Its ultimately about using heat to boil water, isn’t it?

Why can't they continue making steam from this reactor? Its not exactly cooling down, is it?

Plenty of what we eat isn’t that great for us either.

Humans are complex critters.

Unpopular opinion: I'd not let either side off the hook. Politics caused multiple screw ups in the pandemic response. Still is.

Partisan politics aren't a good idea when forming public health policies. Nor is fear. Especially the fear being used for political gain.

The most enlightening aspect of the whole COVID debacle was just how bad politicians are with science. Democrats criticised vaccines just for political reasons. Republicans did also.

As for censorship, that never leads anywhere good. If the public discourse cannot openly mock bad content because it has already been "disappeared" then we are not better off.

I'm just hoping this pandemic doesn't cause a meltdown into outright authoritarianism. We've already seen what nazism and communism did and I'd rather not have society try either of them again.

It's not that people are "nuts" as such. They're scared and, more often now, terrified. Scared people aren't known for their ability to reason.

Its why governments often abuse fear for political means. Its rocket fuel for propaganda.

Windows telemetry controls seem broken/incomplete by design. We should be able to turn it off by describing the process over the phone to a 80yo relative. It needs to be simple but not simplistic.

I like the utility of small scraps of paper with custom printed designs on them. Tangible todo lists etc have a sense of existence that is quite different to pixels on a screen.

That said, don't these printers use the same rolls of thermal paper that leaks Bisphenol A (BPA) like all the other cash register/credit card receipt printers?

I'm assuming the levels are low but if youre using them daily maybe the levels aren't low anymore. On the other hand, people who issue CC receipts are also routinely handling these as well.

I wonder if there are recent studies around this.

I like it but still want multiplayer. Any ideas around abstractions to support that?

I'd fully expect to need a websocket server and interconnect etc. eg on physical hardware this might be a serial port.

Does the gamepad support also allow real gamepads or would this be injected directly into the memory map io locations?

I wonder how hard to get it to output lua code?

I have a set of runtime environments that only support lua but this Ć language looks interesting.

Obvious aside: I do agree with the many others that the funky line accent above the C doesn't help with typing during either discussions or searching, I'd expand the name purely for clarity. This isn’t actually bikeshedding - a name is used many many times in many contexts. It matters.

Those who disagreed with my comment very obviously haven't had to counsel men going through family court. Multiple relatives have needed assistance to do so. Family court and everything around divorce is entirely made more difficult than it ever should be. Broken is an understatement.

Quite a variety of rules, laws and regulations. I'm fairly sure there are errors in this list but the effort to compile it must have been significant. Kudos.

Its so strange to think of rainwater collection as illegal. That is utterly dystopian. But there it is across multiple areas.

Rules against solar? Wow! That's backwards and just screams stupid. On the flip side, I fully get regulation for any connection to the grid as with some kind of permit for the house wiring in general. House wiring should be up to some agreed upon code so its not made of sticky tape and extension cords.

You seem to have a complicated relationship with your past self. I foresee further trouble in your future. Its best if you take a torch or you'll be eaten by a grue.

Don't forget to write for future you. They'd appreciate some consideration as well. Mostly along the lines of "wtf does this module do?"

I use one big monitor. Like the rest of my little bubble. Those bevels from multiple monitors get boring.

Drinking water excessively is often an indicator of illness eg diabetes. Other reasons exist. The "its a hot day" reason is better than most but cold non-sugar drinks are usually more refreshing.

Family court, alimony, child support, paternity, the list of broken systems goes on. Essentially, if you're male in the US the disincentives around getting married are strong and real. Even cohabitating has serious risks associated with it.

The pew research didn't mention any of these issues. It's almost as if they think marriage/partnering is a solution. I saw wording multiple times almost suggesting that.

I'm not surprised people aren't partnering. Its a mess. The system is broken.

Maybe. You can't generally unsubscribe without the demons offering you temptations and otherwise stealing your time. Except that one case back in 2016, but that's just a legend.

There's probably a startup idea around unsubscribing from difficult companies but legislation and rules in general are likely more effective.

I'm fairly sure plenty of folks don't even take those two weeks off. Plenty are still contactable. Plemty are actually contacted during vacation. Quite a few "come in just to sort out a few fires" or, even worse, are "encouraged to come in or don't come back".

I answer and make calls on a frequent basis. People expect me to be able to do both. Its not actually weird or old fashioned.

That said, there are a few caveats.

Unknown callers? I'd better have an appointment with you at that time. Otherwise off to voicemail with you!

Junk calls? Spam calls? I'm on various lists. Some of thise lists have teeth. Others not so much. Either way, you'll end up on my list and you'll vanish from my future.

Is there a petition to make this permanent? Asking for a friend

The article itself was a good exploration of the impact of BGP and what happens when network advertisements stop and the associated network disappears in a puff of global forgetfulness.

Might be time to poke around BGP as well. A lab setup might be a good toy.

This console doesn't have network support does it?

I like the absence of globals that so often litter vm interpreters. This makes it great for embedding.

Is there a structural reason why its slower than python or is it just a temporary lack of optimisation?

What is this? Why would I want this? What purpose does this serve?

I thoroughly have no idea what this is for. Or even what it is.

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