thescriptkiddie
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Re:Study shows cannabis is not associated with better sleep quality
on Sunday October 18, 2026 @12:57PM (#50142875)
also many people who use cannabis regularly report that they no longer dream. kinda spooky, but could be useful if you suffer from night terrors.
Re:macOS 27: Workaround to avoid downloading AI models and save storage
on Monday September 21, 2026 @12:14PM (#49789229)
safereddit.com
Re:If a Tesla Cybercab fleet were profitable, Tesla wouldn't sell you one
on Monday September 07, 2026 @02:47PM (#49601601)
actually most franchise restaurants are not profitable and eventually go out of business. subway is famous for being basically a pyramid scheme that only makes money by fleecing aspiring restaurateurs. mcdonald's is an exception because they are primarily a real estate company and commercial landlord.
Re:When is NVLink worth it?
on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @03:22PM (#49012079)
nvidia supported it for 17 years and amd still supports it but only on older cards
Re:Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of cons...
on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @03:12PM (#49011954)
> Imagine you’re a boomer and you just figured out how to store your passwords
i'm gonna stop you right there
Re:Is The Economist Always Wrong?
on Sunday July 05, 2026 @04:19AM (#48792290)
rare example of a question in the headline where the answer is yes
Re:Why have papers by one of history's most famous physicists been ret...
on Friday June 26, 2026 @05:09PM (#48691990)
wait, springer as in axel? the guy who was in the nazi party?
Re:No-One Escapes the Permanent Underclass
on Friday June 26, 2026 @12:08AM (#48682220)
really funny to propose that The Guys Who Are Doing This might hypothetically stop it
Re:Half-Life 2 in a Browser
on Thursday June 25, 2026 @02:01PM (#48677063)
WOW64 is not emulation, it's just a second set of libraries exactly like the ia32-libs package on linux. OSX used to have this too but i guess apple got tired of maintaining it
Re:Failing grades soar with AI usage, dwindling math skills in Berkele...
on Thursday June 04, 2026 @10:22PM (#48407206)
people thinking california universities are discriminating against asian students is really funny
Re:Rivian allows you to disable all internet connectivity
on Thursday April 30, 2026 @05:44PM (#47968613)
how would that even work? even if you could generate accurate maps of lane markings, non-differential gps in not accurate enough
Re:The operating cost of adult and gambling startups
on Friday April 24, 2026 @02:52PM (#47894345)
one of those things is not like the other
Re:All 12 moonwalkers had "lunar hay fever" from dust smelling like gu...
on Friday April 17, 2026 @04:33PM (#47810274)
the exterior of the ISS is constantly exposed to small mounts of atomic oxygen, which is an incredibly strong oxidizer. probably in addition to ozone there is a huge variety of organic and inorganic oxides that get tracked in through the airlock.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materials_International_Space_...
Re:IPv6 Traffic Crosses the 50% Mark for the First Time
on Thursday April 16, 2026 @03:22PM (#47798222)
interestingly my ISP, at&t, quietly turned off ipv6. not sure exactly when it happened, i should get around to complaining about it but i hate making phone calls
Re:Backblaze has stopped backing up your data
on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @09:47PM (#47773719)
my parents also lost data that was supposed to be backed up on backblaze because they didn't use that computer for a month and when they turned it back on the hard drive was dead. apparently backblaze silently deletes backups more than 30 days old even if they are the newest backup and then happily keeps billing you for not storing your data.
Re:81yo Dodgers fan can no longer get tickets because he doesn't have ...
on Monday April 06, 2026 @05:30PM (#47667417)
you can very easily prevent scalping by checking IDs at the door. they don't want to prevent scalping because it makes them more money
Re:Show HN: A game where you build a GPU
on Sunday April 05, 2026 @02:31PM (#47652424)
i was too clever by half and tried to make a NAND gate by combining an AND gate with an inverter. after about 15 minutes i realized that i had it backwards, an AND gate is actually a NAND gate combined with an inverter
Re:Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at kernel with massiv...
on Thursday March 26, 2026 @11:29AM (#47531735)
that leaves out every mac made before 2014
Re:Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at kernel with massiv...
on Thursday March 26, 2026 @11:25AM (#47531679)
that's backwards compatibility. forward compatibility is being able to run new apps on an old operating system. the latest version of the SDK builds apps which only run on big sur or newer.
Re:Sodium-ion EV battery breakthrough delivers 11-min charging and 450...
on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @06:31PM (#47524157)
note that the quoted 170Wh/kg is about the same as currently available LiFePO4 cells and half that of the best available NMC cells
Re:Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at kernel with massiv...
on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @04:37PM (#47508843)
what about mac os?
Re:Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps
on Friday March 20, 2026 @02:10AM (#47451090)
a few years ago the vending machines in my office building started accepting credit and debit cards for an extra fee of $0.35 per transaction. just recently they stopped accepting bills and coins leaving cards as the only option, but are still charging the extra fee.
Re:Pretty soon, heat pumps will be able to store and distribute heat a...
on Monday February 02, 2026 @06:56PM (#46864162)
one difference is that a phase change stores energy at constant temperature, which may be desirable given that heat pump efficiency is inversely proportional to temperature output temperature
Re:What a year of solar and batteries saved us in 2025
on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @12:06PM (#46603923)
battery life span is defined as when the reach 80% of their original capacity. it's possible that the decline will accelerate after that point but they aren't suddenly useless
Re:IPv6 just turned 30 and still hasn't taken over the world
on Saturday January 03, 2026 @08:39PM (#46483897)
i was using ipv6 at home for years but then one day at&t broke it and never fixed it
Re:The e-scooter isn't new – London was zooming around on Autopeds a c...
on Wednesday December 24, 2025 @08:14PM (#46381186)
it takes surprisingly few trucks to keep stores stocked. most of the trucks you see driving around are either delivering packages or hauling bulk cargo that used to go by rail
Re:We replaced H.264 streaming with JPEG screenshots (and it worked be...
on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @06:20PM (#46370664)
> it likes to change the content while keeping Content-Length intact
thanks, i had repressed that memory
Re:I didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off Live ...
on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @06:12PM (#46370595)
hulu's live tv feature uses commercial detection to stop you from from fast-forwarding through commercials in recordings
Re:CO2 Batteries That Store Grid Energy Take Off Globally
on Monday December 22, 2025 @03:23PM (#46358561)
of course they are not throwing the energy away. but by using a working fluid that changes phase they are trading away energy efficiency for power density, for the same reason that steam engines are less efficient than stirling engines.
Re:CO2 Batteries That Store Grid Energy Take Off Globally
on Monday December 22, 2025 @03:09PM (#46358403)
i didn't do any math tbh, i just took the 25% number from the wikipedia page for cryogenic energy storage. i assumed their efficiency would be lower of the smaller temperature differential, but maybe it will be higher because they are storing part of the energy as pressure rather than temperature