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Wohlf··on Case against OOP is understated, not overstated (2020)
In my experience many game companies were never big on OOP in the first place.
Wohlf··on Intel Launches $1B Fund to Build a Foundry Innovation Ecosystem
This stuff takes years to turn around, before Zen AMD was in an even worse spot. Intel is down but not out, they have capital to spend and are making the right moves to get back on track.
Wohlf··on Zoroastrians make a comeback in northern Iraq
This seems like a means to introduce atheism/agnosticism in a more culturally acceptable way, I may be reading too much in to it though.
Wohlf··on Norway Is the Only Country with Public Tax Returns (2018)
Wouldn't even need to be that much, some people have been amazed that my 401k is a bit over the recommended amount for my age and income.
Wohlf··on New York City will make it mandatory for companies to post salaries on job ads
It is, and that's already been addressed for decades. The employment laws and income tax of the state you're employed in apply in these situations.
Wohlf··on Celebrity fascination tied to lower intelligence
Based on the methodology this should not be used to draw conclusions, this study is at best an indicator to conduct further research on the topic. The title of this post is too strong for the conclusions:

> These findings *suggest* that there is a direct association between celebrity worship and poorer performance on the cognitive tests that cannot be accounted for by demographic and socioeconomic factors.

Wohlf··on A record 4.5M workers quit their jobs in November
Where is this happening? Even fast food places in my area are starting at $15 an hour, and paying people to show up to interviews.
Wohlf··on A record 4.5M workers quit their jobs in November
You're assuming every person who took a new job is staying there, but there could be a large number of people switching several times.
Wohlf··on Jerrycan
You can thank the US government for that, it's a federal requirement on all new gas canisters. It's supposedly to prevent accidental gas spillage but in my experience it makes the problem far worse. You can still find traditional spouts, but don't use them for gas they're for water only ;)
Wohlf··on Subsea Cable to Connect Asia, Europe, and North America Through the Arctic
Your intuition is correct, undersea cables are close to direct connections while overland routes are interconnects so you'll have tons of hops. What we have for overland gets the job done so it's hard to justify the massive cost of installation. Plus there's likely competing business interests at play.
Wohlf··on Internet Movie Firearms Database
It's also easy shorthand to signal "this is an action movie".
Wohlf··on Western Digital HDD boss mentions archive disk drive idea
This kind of exists in LTO tape drives, typically used in businesses/government due to retention requirements. They definitely aren't cheap setups though.
Wohlf··on Intel seems awfully scared of Graviton2. Why pay for this ad on Google?
They are, it takes years to make meaningful changes meanwhile a marketing campaign can be done in months.
Wohlf··on Lead poisoning among US children
The states and larger cities have their own sets of regulations and enforcement agencies so it's not a simple question, but as best I can tell COVID restrictions and hiring issues have been a bigger blow to regulatory enforcement than the past administration, any changes they made would be marginal in comparison and are likely already undone by the new administration.
Wohlf··on A submarine's weakness: its software?
Because even if true neither country wants to go to war, countries test each other's military responses all the time and it never goes much further than sending in jets/ships to watch each other while some diplomatic phone calls take place.
Wohlf··on The American prison system’s war on reading
Private prisons are terrible but they're a tiny minority. Governments run the vast majority of prisons and also are responsible for outsourcing to private prisons.
Wohlf··on Octopuses, crabs and lobsters to be recognised as sentient beings under UK law
Because dairy and meat cows literally would not exist if not for human consumption, their evolution and continued existence is not natural. Their wild cousins is a different story though.
Wohlf··on Swedish study finds discrimination against men in female-dominated occupations
You could make this exact same argument to justify racism in hiring cleaners as well, so probably not one you want to make.
Wohlf··on My experience of losing a friend to heroin (2020)
>I believe it's quite unusual to die from an overdose; my understanding is that nearly all "OD" deaths are not poisonings, but the consequence of inhaling your own vomit.

This is probably true but it's true of most anything. People rarely die of stabbings and gunshots but the blood loss, shock, and organ failure they cause.

Wohlf··on Half of American kids have lead in their blood, doctors say
In my experience it's even worse than being too centered around the white male, it's too centered on a fictional 'average' person and if you fall outside that you have to research and advocate for yourself. If I have to do that as a mildly neuro-divergent white male then people less privileged than I am must be in real trouble.
Wohlf··on Your face is not a bar code: arguments against automatic face recognition (2001)
People have been policing themselves since the invention of tribal societies, and monkeys probably do the same as well.
Wohlf··on Game Engines on Steam: The Definitive Breakdown
It's incredible that it functions as well as it does considering it's on Unity.
Wohlf··on Publication of Hiroshima in the New Yorker (1997)
This was not possible, the Allies had all agreed on unconditional surrender so no separate peace could be carved out.
Wohlf··on S.Korea parliament committee votes to curb Google, Apple commission dominance
How is he defining market share? I find that number hard to believe simply because Steam doesn't have some of the most popular PC games like Warcraft, Fortnite, and League of Legends.
Wohlf··on They thought they were going to rehab but ended up in chicken plants (2017)
>lots of social activity, lots of play, lots of good food, lots of exercise

This sounds exactly like a rehab program to me.

Wohlf··on A bike parts company ditched Amazon to support indie shops instead
Yes, if the effect/methods is the same.
Wohlf··on The Coronavirus Is Here Forever
The US isn't even the most anti-vaccine country in the developed world, that goes to France.
Wohlf··on FTC files new antitrust complaint against Facebook
It would be great for shareholders, much like splitting Standard Oil was.
Wohlf··on OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October
Patreon already exists for exclusive SFW content, and with exclusive Discords you can also interact with other fans of the same content. Not sure where OnlyFans would fit in other than "different Patreon".
Wohlf··on It’s official: July was Earth’s hottest month on record
These people don't matter, a single day of traffic in LA does far more damage than they could ever do.
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