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oblak··on The growing inequality of who gets to work from home
Eh, your initial argument sounded neutral enough but this is bad. Would you jump this hard on the support person if the noise was a office cacophony?
oblak··on Web Components Eliminate JavaScript Framework Lock-In
I've been fought by people insisting that if we're using a framework, we should be using it for everything, if it has it, even when both agree that doing it natively is actually less cumbersome. All that in the name of consistency. I think middle ground is a good solution.

On topic: I don't think WebComponents are going to "make it" until someone builds a nice framework on top of them. React, Vue, Svelte, etc. solve a number of problems that are not directly solved by Web Components. State management, rendering, routing - right now, these are, imho, the high level areas that need solid solutions for an UI app to function in any sane way. How much of that is solved by going Web Components?

oblak··on Whisky: Wine supercharged with the power of Apple's game porting toolkit
But what does "excellent" mean? Can you play any game with modern graphics at native resolution with at least 60 fps? That's barely happening on gaming laptops so I am kind of wondering if maybe the reason this sort of vague praise never mentions any particular games, settings, frames per second, etc. You know, the useful information.

I am writing this on a light Linux laptop with a Ryzen 6800H APU. It is somewhat capable for a laptop this small and light but it is no match for my gaming PC. Kind of doubt my m2 max is going to offer better gaming experience.

oblak··on Top Russian rocket scientist dies from ‘mushroom poisoning’
Your counter example is one guy dying from poisoning, in a country that does a lot of shroom foraging (берем гъби у гората).

The Russia rocket expert was likely killed.

oblak··on Doing laundry on campus without a phone
Just today I went into a Xiaomi only store, branded as Mi store something.

After spending a few minutes looking around, I finally asked the guy if there's ANY product that works without an app. Surprisingly, there was - an electric shaving device (razors?). I couldn't stop laughing. Even things as simple of cheap pole/standing fan require apps.

oblak··on x86 is dead, long live x86
1. Build a pipeline with macOS in mind (because "All engineers I know have Macs")

2. Complain when the macOS-oriented process doesn't work for everyone.

oblak··on Free Public WiFi
That's pretty cool. Curious what their telecoms think of this development.
oblak··on Hacker News needs a Dark Mode
I understand not trusting random developer, which means your only option is to create your own extension. Shouldn't be that hard, considering the scope of what's needed.

Provided you're a web developer, of course.

oblak··on Serotonin booster leads to increased functional brain connectivity
Sadly, what we have is bro science vs super cozy doctors and pharma industry. One group is largely ignorant, while the other wants to make money. You shouldn't trust either one blindly.
oblak··on Was modern art a CIA psy-op? (2020)
Every game is probably exaggerated but I've watched enough sports as a kid. Even back then it was clear to me that big, especially international, events are highly orchestrated. Yes, including outcomes.

I've been watching F1 for several decades and some key races are jazzed up to the point that one must actively suspend their disbelief. Not to mention Bernie Ecclestone straight up saying who's going to be champion and who isn't ever going to be one. It's all fake, dude. Unless you really believe some countries are thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat much better at sports (and everything else) because they're just that awesome in every respect.

oblak··on React is 10 years old
Vue 3 + pinia is simply an amazing experience. Nothing is shoved down your throat

I tried getting back to React but Vue makes so much more sense. Feels like in the old days because all you do is write your code instead of dealing with a library and its ways.

oblak··on Health officials delayed report linking fluoride to brain harm
This has to be satire. What sort of incredible self control does something like this require? Where does it end?
oblak··on TV doctors say annual checkups save lives – real doctors call bullshit (2016)
Even the title is baffling to me. It has "TV doctors" in it. TV doctors!

I can't even begin to imagine all the possibilities, almost none of them good, of having such a thing in the first place. This has to be on the same level as tv shamans and what not.

[proceeds to the article, finds about they mean "tv show doctors", then realizes this changes nothing. literally nothing]

oblak··on Is history written by the winners?
Concludes with

> So yes, of course history tends to be written by the winners. But luckily there is a dedicated band of highly trained, poorly paid and badly dressed historians out there trying to circumvent that.

Duh. But these unsung heroes don't have the means to pump out an endless amount of hollywood movies, cop dramas, and historical pieces. Even if one is educated and smart, they don't get to decide what society, at large, has accepted as truth. Even these days, I'd think propaganda is most potent once it reaches word of mouth.

oblak··on Killer whales wreck boat in latest attack off Spain
Maybe they don't appreciate the over-fishing and attacking these boats is all they can realistically do. Would anything even change if they were to write a formal letter to the "apex predator"?
oblak··on Comb jellies proven to be the sibling group to all other animals
That's great.

This thing has the coolest warp bubble I've seen.

Wish I knew more about biology. I tried a couple of introductory molecular biology lectures and while I found them very interesting, both times I started feeling quite lost by the 3rd hour. So much chemistry and physics to learn. I wish I was smarter and better educated

oblak··on Noise is all around us
I'd bet these sort of people derive their pleasure almost exclusively by knowingly annoying others. Power and speed are just bonuses. The main thing is annoying everyone else.
oblak··on Modding Age of Empires II with a Sprite-Diffuser
Just FYI: that old trick is definitely not a mac or Safari thing
oblak··on JavaScript state machines and statecharts
With Vue and Pinia, one doesn't even have to bother with patterns. Frankly, I think Redux does more harm than good. Their borderline incomprehensible documentation is a testament to that.
oblak··on TikTok Owner Had 'Backdoor' for CCP Access to US Data, Lawsuit Alleges
Has anyone noticed that at least 99% of any "news", forum posts, etc. containing "CCP" are pure regurgitated political garbage? It cannot be just bots and psy ops. Real people do this sort of thing, too. Quite impressive how an entire population has been whipped into parroting this crap while pointing the finger. It wish it was funny but it isn't.
oblak··on First clean water, now clean air
I use mostly chairs and pillows to prevent doors from slamming. What challenges did you meet at your place?
oblak··on Dethrace: Reverse engineering the 1997 game Carmageddon
Impossible? Clearly you haven't been paying attention. Plenty of modern games have been created by a team of 1, let alone 10 guys. Not everything is AAA
oblak··on 'Indiana Jones 5' will feature a de-aged Harrison Ford for the first 25 minutes
At best, we might get another awesome south park episode out of this
oblak··on AMD Ryzen 7000 Burning Out: Impacts all 7000 processors
Spending a month desperately trying to kill a CPU that is known to be extremely sensitive to over-volting finally nets a result. Congrats to the Intel shill Der8auer.

I am glad there are armies of tinkerers but this guy knows damn well these CPUs should not be overclocked. He was trying to kill it

oblak··on iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe
Are you sure they can legally break my games without due compensation? For any reason whatsoever? I find that hard to believe.
oblak··on The Sudan crisis and the Sahel gold rush
I read the article and while I have little reason to doubt what's been reported, it strikes as the usual one-sided US trying to do do good things while $competitor doing bad things. What is this, Hollywood? Or do I have to read between the lines?
oblak··on iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe
They have no right to delete installed games, do they? How, exactly, is steam going to prevent you from accessing the files on your computer? They are always there and ready to be archived by you and even Steam itself.

Now, some, or even many, new games may refuse if they are somehow extremely dependent on the service. The ones that I have tried run fine. Most old stuff, though.

oblak··on iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe
Not yet.
oblak··on iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe
Are you seriously arguing that ToS somehow override laws?

Since you're not a lawyer (your words) and seem to care about US laws (I don't), I am not sure what's the point of this response to a topic about digital purchases in the EU.

oblak··on Ageing studies in five animals suggests how to reverse decline
Makes a ton of sense, doesn't it. We're attributing our preferences - biological, cultural, etc. - to the good stuff, then later on "discover", piece by piece, that we're not that special. I know many truly intelligent people who do feel humans are special and it's been blowing my mind for decades
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