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swebs··on Epic’s decision to bypass Apple’s App Store policies was dishonest, says judge
The Wii Shop Channel predates it by a few years.
swebs··on Boeing cuts flight training pilots, will outsource jobs overseas
Do you even get a choice if you need to book a flight?
swebs··on Major Changes to Student Visa Rules Proposed
Getting the first visa was pretty difficult and required a lot of paperwork. The renewal process was much easier as you just had to prove your studies are progressing on time and that you have a source of income and private healthcare (you're not eligible for public healthcare). It takes a few months for them to process the decision, which makes it pretty stressful.
swebs··on Major Changes to Student Visa Rules Proposed
4 years doesn't sound bad to me. I studied for a MS in Finland and you have to renew your student visa every year.
swebs··on MacOS-like Fonts on Manjaro/Arch Linux
Eh, I don't get it. When looking at the before and after screenshots of Wikipedia, I greatly prefer the "before" fonts. It looks easier to read and less squished. Though they both suffer from the much bigger problem where the lower case L is indistinguishable from the capital i.
swebs··on MacOS-like Fonts on Manjaro/Arch Linux
Whenever I'm sent a screenshot from a Windows user, the the text looks quite janky, with a red and blue blur around letters. Though I don't know if that's actually what they see on their screen.
swebs··on Assange Hearing Day 17
What does MSN stand for?
swebs··on Luna – Cloud gaming service
America is just a goldmine. 300 million people with GDP comparable to Norway and Switzerland, that all speak the same language, and are covered by a single set of federal regulations. Plus taxes are much lower and there are fewer consumer protection laws in general. It's a businessman's dream.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)...

swebs··on Windows XP source code has leaked
Here's the original source: https://boards.4channel.org/g/thread/77879263

And the archive when it gets pruned: https://archive.is/eg9nw

swebs··on Windows XP source code has leaked
Because non-technical people probably don't even know they have a choice in the matter. Macs are too expensive and they've probably never heard of Linux.
swebs··on Climate Disruption Is Now Locked In. The Next Moves Will Be Crucial
>How long will it take to build all those nuclear plants?

About 7.5 years if you start them all at the same time.

http://euanmearns.com/how-long-does-it-take-to-build-a-nucle...

How long would it take to deploy that solar energy system, as well as figuring out a storage solution to overcome the problem of the duck curve?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_curve

swebs··on Wikipedia is getting a new look
And for the love of god, don't add anything that will require a cookie pop up.
swebs··on Wikipedia is getting a new look
Sounds like you want the responsive design version of Wikipedia.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org

swebs··on Climate Disruption Is Now Locked In. The Next Moves Will Be Crucial
Alright then. Let's start shutting down fossil fuel power plants and replace them with nuclear.
swebs··on Climate Disruption Is Now Locked In. The Next Moves Will Be Crucial
>(based purely on what they're saying)

Compare that to what they've been doing since 2000.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...

swebs··on Over 90% of Indian techies in the US are upper-caste Indians
That sounds exactly like the issue in the US.
swebs··on Swift on Windows
Yes, it had official Linux support since 2015.
swebs··on Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks for $7.5B
Coincidentally, they're all games that work very well on Linux.
swebs··on Show HN: Control Chromecasts from Linux
That would be cool. Roku boxes actually come with a headphone jack in the remote so you can do just that (but not through bluetooth).
swebs··on Mouse found atop a 22,000-foot volcano, breaking world record
>It’s incredible that anything could live that high, at 20,340 feet—there is no vegetation, and seemingly nothing to eat.

There's clearly vegetation in the background of the photo.

swebs··on U.S. Adult Obesity Rate Tops 42 Percent; Highest Ever Recorded
That's what I meant. Western European countries rely extensively on public transit and walking, much like Japan. Yet their obesity rate is several times higher than Japan's (though still lower than the USA).
swebs··on U.S. Adult Obesity Rate Tops 42 Percent; Highest Ever Recorded
>Average Japanese diets are much healthier than American diets; there is less of a car culture, public transport is common.

The same can be said about most western Europe countries, yet they still have obesity rates above 20% compared to 4% in Japan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_obesity_r...

>But do go on about fat shaming being effective.

It looks like the most likely explanation here.

swebs··on U.S. Adult Obesity Rate Tops 42 Percent; Highest Ever Recorded
It is a very effective method. It's common to do in Japan, and they have one of the lowest obesity rates of any first world country. No overbearing government regulations necessary.
swebs··on First time in 175 years, Scientific American endorses a presidential candidate
So people who believe in nuance?
swebs··on Arm Announces Cortex-R82: First 64-Bit Real Time Processor
Faster latency, not faster throughput.
swebs··on Noita – roguelite where every pixel is simulated
Source? The only ones who seem to publicly release these numbers are Humble Bundle Inc. And in the sales that offer Linux games (mostly the indie bundles), Linux sales account for 5-25% of revenue.

https://cheesetalks.net/humble/

swebs··on Expressive Pixels
So it's a Timebox clone, but without the hardware and Windows only? Seems pretty useless. Why does any old thing from Microsoft always get upvoted here? Do they have have marketing bots or something?

https://www.divoom.com/product/timebox-mini.html

swebs··on Digital pregnancy tests have an internal paper test
Non-reddit link: https://i.imgur.com/3eGaQZT.jpg
swebs··on Show HN: Single neuron neural network written in COBOL
Yes, a single neuron is just logistic regression.
swebs··on Anxiety, depression, and PTSD may be adaptive responses to adversity: study
He's a pretty agreeable guy if you ignore all the bombings.
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