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YiraldyGuber

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YiraldyGuber··on Housing costs are so high that divorced couples are still living together
He is Algerian, and was due for deportation years ago before NGOs intervened.
YiraldyGuber··on Housing costs are so high that divorced couples are still living together
Imagine saying that to the families of the victims in the couple high-profile stabbings in European cities over the last week, where foreign men set out deliberately and explicitly to kill White people.

I moved to a quiet country town, >99% White, and the worst part about it is that my arm is getting tired from waving back to all the lovely strangers who smile and greet me everywhere I go. I really can't imagine any of them wanting to kill me for my identity, which is more than citizens of diverse cities can say.

YiraldyGuber··on Physical attractiveness and intergenerational social mobility
So you're saying that all reddit users are incapable of dealing with generalisations!? This has been debunked by science experts. It's called reading a book.
YiraldyGuber··on Mapped: The Migration of the Millionaires in 2023
For many of the countries in these lists it might just be working class retirees who sold their modest family home in the suburbs.
YiraldyGuber··on Botlib: C Telegram bot framework
Wait, do you even realise how much slower and more resource-intensive Python is than a compiled language like C?
YiraldyGuber··on Botlib: C Telegram bot framework
>Whatever can be done in C in this case can be done with Python

This mindset is why, in a future not far away from now, we will have 20GHz 512-core IoT widgets with 8TB of RAM that still take 4 seconds to turn the lights on.

YiraldyGuber··on Cats that fetch are an evolutionary mystery
No matter how many times I read it, I interpret his Z as little more than a technical definition of Y. In both, Y and Z are the same actions.

Because we fundamentally disagree on the intent. I don't agree that a cat is engaging in parasitic exploitation of the human toy-thrower, and I don't agree that a dog is toiling in servitude to the thankless human who keeps throwing away the retrieved item. They both love chasing things, they both understand that to chase the thing again they need to return it to the human, and they both appreciate the positive reinforcement, bonding, petting, and attention when they do so.

YiraldyGuber··on Cats that fetch are an evolutionary mystery
Cats aren't breathing per se. They're inhaling air, and they relax their diaphragm so the air is exhaled again.
YiraldyGuber··on Population of England and Wales grows at fastest rate since 1962
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YiraldyGuber··on Population of England and Wales grows at fastest rate since 1962
Spoiler: They're not English or Welsh.
YiraldyGuber··on A gentle introduction to two's complement
I find it much easier to think of everything in unsigned terms. If I want 8bit -5, I really want 256-5=251. I've done plenty of that in my time but I don't think I've once consciously inverted bits and added 1.
YiraldyGuber··on How to attach logic probes to tiny SMD components (2021)
The magnet is very strong, no issue there.

I mean the 'bendable' part. The nearest consistency I can think of would be a bag of sand. They are weighty but not rigid. They are not designed to hold their shape. Unfortunately this means that it takes very little sideways force to make them "flop" over.

Still, I can't recommend them highly enough. I use them all the time. Seriously, a PCBite plate with probes on-hand is now a permanent fixture on my main desk. If you do half as much fiddly electronics stuff as I do, they will pay for themselves. But you will also occasionally find them infuriating.

YiraldyGuber··on FBI Crime Data Explorer
Have you ever stopped to consider how unlikely it would be that tens of thousands of years of divergent evolution, resulting in all manner of visible, tangible and quantifiable differences between the races, could somehow magically have absolutely no effect on anything beyond the superficial? That is an extraordinary claim.

Especially when we have so much data that confirms, rather than dispels, this inevitability.

YiraldyGuber··on How to attach logic probes to tiny SMD components (2021)
I have a bunch of these. They're great, except for being frustratingly "floppy" at times. Imagine huddling over a PCB carefully positioning all these probes, not daring to breathe... only for the slightest brush to send them all tumbling over like dominoes. More than a few curse words have been let loose over this gear, but I couldn't do without them.

It looks like they have new ones that address this: "The new SQ series of handsfree probes from Sensepeek have a lower point of gravity making them even more stable compared with the original SP series of handsfree probes."

YiraldyGuber··on Cybertruck buyers forbidden from selling for the first year
In the interim I wish they would stop beating around the bush and simply call it "not a straight White cis man". It's far fewer words with the exact same meaning as listing all the things that are 'protected', and has an air of honesty about it.
YiraldyGuber··on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
Is that what you want on the tombstone? Because that's where men who forfeit everything their ancestors fought and struggled for, and who treat strangers and enemies with equality or even preference over their own children, are destined to end up.
YiraldyGuber··on Home Assistant blocked from integrating with Garage Door opener API
Unofficial IoT software and integrations are not (much?) better. I wouldn't be at all surprised if this was partly due to a junk integration for this device cobbled together by an amateur and replicated by thousands more amateurs into their own ginormous pile of other junk YAMLs.
YiraldyGuber··on Website hosted on ESP32
Thank god someone said it. That poor ESP32 needs to be rescued from this sadist.
YiraldyGuber··on SBF Guilty on All Charges
I think it's more likely they were defending SBF due to shared ancestry rather than a shared interest in crypto.

I am very invested in "keeping the crypto grift going" and hope he dies in prison.

YiraldyGuber··on Friend's Chandler, Matthew Perry, died at 54
Beautiful, isn't it? I bet you don't even visit once a month. I bet you think it's boring when you're there. Probably busy, too.

I have it every time I step outside. Fresh air, birds singing, flowers and bees. Last week I held a tiny bird in my hands as we walked among the gardens and trees, until it regathered its strength and flew off.

I suppose I must be missing the appeal of living in a box above a kebab shop with a roommate who barely speaks English.

YiraldyGuber··on Friend's Chandler, Matthew Perry, died at 54
Never having a lawn. :(
YiraldyGuber··on Friend's Chandler, Matthew Perry, died at 54
I'd rather take my chances than live in captivity. Understand that many of us view the sardines crammed into apartments with pity and disbelief.