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Qantourisc··on VW sees EVs making up 90% of Norway sales in 2021
Depends on why these C1 classes exist. But I reckon there is a difference between driving a heavy van, and driving a heavy loaded van. Or maybe they need to make a C0 ;) that has just enough of C1 to make it "safe" again.
Qantourisc··on On WD Red NAS Drives
For some reason I remember most HDD customers are more technical people. So I wonder how much this is going to cost them long term.
Qantourisc··on Python programming is drowning in red tape
You know what I lack most in this entire discussion and github conversation/bug ? Basic boundaries.

If someone says "no thank you". You can maybe try to ask if there is any wiggle room, or good will possible. But if there isn't, then that's the end of it. Leave the other person in peace.

If you don't like it, then fork it (if allowed). Or get your needs met another way. But trying to enforce them on someone else is not very respectable.

And if someone continues to try and bother you into doing what you want. You say no one last time, and stop communicating.

Qantourisc··on Learning Acrobatics by Watching YouTube
Do I detect a fellow partner acrobat ? But that would be nice indeed. The problem however is we work on contact area between each other (the 2 acrobat partners) that isn't perfectly stable. (For example handstand in hands.) Or there might be a way to abstract it away.
Qantourisc··on Make your own sourdough
My brain seems to recall you want to keep your sourdough for 2 weeks before using it, to make sure there are no harmful strains left in your culture. But I cannot find the resource atm.
Qantourisc··on After Surgery in Germany, I Wanted Vicodin, Not Herbal Tea
I agree on the stress, you can however remove some of the stress. It's not because you are in pain you have to suffer. I know it's not entirely true, but it is to some extend.
Qantourisc··on A convicted felon who became a Georgetown law professor
debt? sounds like you want retribution. As long as your mindset is on punishment, rather then to fix (if possible) what drove the person to such undesired behaviour, it's going to be hard to forgive. You want to lock up people because you have to, either as a WORKING deterrent, or to keep people outside jail safe.

And in some cases the debt is not repayable.

Qantourisc··on White House Looks at Replacing Social Security Numbers
Basically you give the user a device that has the private key, but never exports it. eID uses this: https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.slid...
Qantourisc··on Top medical experts say we should decriminalize all drugs (2016)
cannibal card -> I'd say this is mostly about others people discomfort with it. As this seems to boil down to suicide / cult suicide + meat consumption of a uncommonly consumed animal (humans in this case). The main problem lies in the reason for suicide. (There might also be health problems with eating certain meat, I don't know.)
Qantourisc··on Which job skills are most employable?
Which is very likely affected by how much you like/trust the person, as such not an objective way to measure ?

So then the employability might just read "how much people like you".

Qantourisc··on Right to Privacy a Fundamental Right, Says Indian Supreme Court
There is still the option to mandate both. (No unfair tried, and a fair trial.)
Qantourisc··on Let’s hear it for the four-hour working day
Rent is indeed the real killer, it takes waaaay to much of the budget. It's the only thing that has not gotten more affordable. Maybe even worse over the year.
Qantourisc··on Why the Brain Needs More Downtime (2013)
It's not because the model is broken / wrong. That it no-longer holds any information.

Example: witches didn't float, yet you can probably assign some properties that would cause people to label them as such.

Qantourisc··on Real-time 3D visualization of geospatial data with Blender
I don't think it's the equivalent, I suspect it's the exact code being ran.
Qantourisc··on Hidden benefits of gossip, ostracism (2014)
s/applaud/appalled Sorry I never write this word in English.
Qantourisc··on Hidden benefits of gossip, ostracism (2014)
Rules to live by for strangers. Rules to die by for keeping/making friends.
Qantourisc··on Hidden benefits of gossip, ostracism (2014)
Sure: discredits other (an thus increases your status), people like complaining (increase your like-ability), feeds people interest (people return for more) -> better relationships. More chance to live.

Personally I am applaud by such behaviour. Even telling second hand is a no-go unless you know the source would be willing to tell the other person.

Qantourisc··on I hacked my body for a future that never came
Nice list.

BTW the current models often fail practically at #3 getting a repair would often be easier, instead of a long road to recovery ;)

Qantourisc··on Some doctors think EHRs are hurting their relationships with patients
Has shipping patients with the required information been considered ?
Qantourisc··on Eating Clean is Useless
Possible problems with GMO: - Harder to digest proteins - Possible new allergies for some people (because if slightly different proteins, or mixes from other plants) - Plants with build in pesticide - Patents - Plant monoculture - Plants that grow faster and are cheaper, but not optimized for taste.

Is the above list inherit to GMO's: no. Do I know if the GMO I am eating is suffering from this: no. As such until I get detailed information about your GMO, I prefer to avoid it.

Qantourisc··on AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and 1950X CPUs Announced
BTW I had to move to tmpfs to keep this CPU busy when building Gentoo stuff.
Qantourisc··on Linus: “I no longer feel like I can trust ‘init’ to do the sane thing”
Indeed your last argument is my beef with systemd as well. I describe it as:

"Systemd is great! But it's an inconsiderate piece of software!"

Meaning it work nice, it does it's job it does it fast. But if you want to things your way, or want to run something not-systemd standard, you are in for some fun.

Qantourisc··on Linus: “I no longer feel like I can trust ‘init’ to do the sane thing”
I still hear a friend complain he often has to restart pulse because sound just stops working for him. And IIRC there is still no way to set the maximum amount of audio-buffer (for the end-user, not from the applications; some people prefer the occasional buffer under-run over the higher delay).
Qantourisc··on What happened to Steam Machines?
I think most people do not want to get away from good management. (Not to restrictive, not breathing down your neck, allocating time to do things right, some freedom, giving direction/focus to your company and projects, ...)
Qantourisc··on Loudness (2007)
In my opinion this is a software problem, you just need some automatic gain control (automatic volume adjust).
Qantourisc··on Defending a website with Zip bombs
Yes, but your decompression middle ware might need an update/change: When you ask for a decompress, you specify the max size (if you are asking it to decompress everything).
Qantourisc··on 14 People Make 500K Tons of Steel a Year in Austria
Some people also get a human.
Qantourisc··on Is the x86 Architecture Sustainable?
You could also use some form of pre-compiled-non-platform specific system, which you then compile/optimize to the current platform.

Ideally we should also be able to decompile and recompile code. But this might be hard for x86 die the complexity.

Qantourisc··on The Old Are Eating the Young
I don't know who to blame here: the people for allowing this mismanaged of future problem, or the politicians doing the mismanagement.

As I just said this morning: "The reason you have to work longer before you get to retire is because the state failed to save and put aside the money required. And they have known for years this was coming." Lets hope we do better on global warming or other catastrophes.

Qantourisc··on Five years of IPv6: whither the next five?
Been 5 years already ?; still not a word from my ISP :/
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