towerful

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[–] towerful 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

HDD, SSD and NVMe all have different versions. Later generations are normally 2x faster than previous version. Comparable generations are normally an 8x speedup. (Later generations are in parentheses).

HDD to SSD is like 80(160)->300(600).
SSD to NVMe is 300(600)->2400(4800, 14000).

So, it's likely a similar upgrade, unless you did HDD-g1 to SSD-g2 to NVMe-g1 (using G1/G2 to simplify).
It's also likely possible that your computer is running so fast that a doubling or quadrupling in speed is a diminishing return as you don't notice the difference.

[–] towerful 1 points 1 month ago

You kinda made my point with the whole "try and find another operator to send 2400bps to" part. The digital communication is not conventional, it's revolutionary.
Analog communication is conventional. And radios and their components aren't exotic.

Yes, modern communication is fantastic. But analog will still be more reliable

[–] towerful 8 points 1 month ago

Eventually you will get used to it.
You have 3 options.

  1. normalise to OSX shortcuts (and concile your Linux shortcuts to those). You are more likely to encounter an osx machine "in the wild", and if you have to get a new Mac then everything is instantly comfortable. Linux is also easier to customise.

  2. normalise to your Linux shortcuts. Figure out how to script osx to adopt those shortcuts (so you can quickly adopt a new work machine), and accept that you won't always be able to use those shortcuts (like when using a loaner or helping someone).

  3. accept the few years of confusing Osx Vs Linux shortcuts, and learn both.

Option 3 is the most versatile. Takes ages, and you will still make mistakes.
Option 2 is the least versatile, but is the fastest to adopt.
Option 1 is fairly versatile, but probably has the longest adoption/pain period.

If OSX is in your future, the it's option 1.
Option 3 is probably the best.
If you are never going to interact with any computer/server other than your own & other Linux machines, then option 2. Just make sure that every preference/shortcut you change is scriptable or at least documented and that the process is stored somewhere safe

[–] towerful 4 points 1 month ago

It's all from Latin mintus Vs minuta.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/minute

My-noot for small.
Min-ut for time.

[–] towerful 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (13 children)

I don't think smart phones are conventional communications. The are smart. They are still the "tech of tomorrow".
Smart phones use conventional communications to do very clever things. But those clever things are range limited and require specialised equipment. They also have absolutely no "hackability" without specialised equipment (easy to get, sure... But still pretty much single purpose)

AM is literally a couple caps, inductors, resistors (edit: and diode) then an amplifier (a couple transistors and resistors). And the range of lower frequency radio waves is (or can be) phenomenal.
It's just that it takes some experience to operate on these frequencies, and their bandwidth is limited.

Smart phones do away with the experience requirements, and trade higher frequencies & higher data rates for range (and I guess trade digital encoding for simplicity)

I see parallels to software.
People are nervous to "side loading apps" on their phone, but have no issues downloading and installing an exe on windows.
Smart phones give you the "this is how" kind of experience, and abstract away the sheer amount of technology they leverage. Which is amazing, and is what makes them smart!
But the underlying technology is phenomenal. And I feel it's a shame that the majority of people don't have any understanding of "installing an app" or similar (like calling internet access "WiFi".... 2 distinct things!)

[–] towerful 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] towerful 1 points 1 month ago

Nononononono, controlling the weather is how democrats keep power.
Like when Trump redirected that hurricane (with a Sharpie), but it continued on its predicted path. Fucking democrats, man.

(I hope this is obviously dripping with sarcasm, incase not...

/s
Trump & a lot of republicans taking the spotlight are idiots. Humans can control the weather: unfortunately that's from greenhouse gasses and global warming)

[–] towerful 13 points 1 month ago

That's fascinating! You should update the Wiki on trebuchets.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Trebuchet

Clearly someone has pulled a Scots Language Wiki and has been writing bullshit on that article for years

[–] towerful 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Brollywood is an excellent pun.

British Hollywood - a portmanteau.
Brolly Wood - brolly is an umbrella in British slang.

Sorry for dissecting this frog. I just want to make sure everyone can appreciate how delicious the pun is.

[–] towerful 17 points 1 month ago (3 children)

As a hobby developer, I feel like I'm just gluing libraries together to get what I want.

[–] towerful 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

PowerPoint actually has decent live captioning built in.
Just have a green slide, then chromakey it out.

There are plenty of web services that do a similar thing for a fee.

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