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webkike··on Simulating an Entire Car Engine (yes, it makes noise) [video]
I haven’t played it but probably no and definitely yes
webkike··on Immortal Game – The next generation of chess platform powered by blockchain
With so many free online chess options I struggle to believe this will catch on
webkike··on The slow march of progress in programming language tooling
The reason is that JavaScript is not compiled and needs the dependency’s source files to run, and those files need to be there when packaged.
webkike··on Bill Watterson’s refusal to license Calvin and Hobbes (2016)
Here’s a panel that references it https://calvinandhobbes.fandom.com/wiki/Calvin%27s_mother?fi...
webkike··on Bill Watterson’s refusal to license Calvin and Hobbes (2016)
It’s hinted at throughout the series that Calvin’s mom was a much more difficult child than even Calvin was, and I always appreciated that touch.
webkike··on Woman ‘dehumanised’ by viral TikTok filmed without her consent
Mr Beast is making money this way for sure, but he’s also feeding that money back into being generous, so I think in this case it’s fine
webkike··on Elon’s Out
> It sure appears that Elons is just balking, but what is far more likely is that he has uncovered some deep Twitter bullshit and he plans to unveil it in court. Forced to air the dirty laundry by the court, he avoids defamation suits.

I have no idea how you can claim that that is far more likely. You think it is more likely that Elon is going to expose the numbers Twitter reports to the SEC as off by an order of magnitude than Elon just not wanting to follow through with this deal?

EVEN IF the numbers reported were off by a factor of 10, this would also have to cause advertisers to pull out! The revelations you claim Elon might make have to have material effect on the value of Twitter for them to make a difference in this impending court case. Yeah, it’s possible, I guess? But it’s definitely not more likely!

Think about it this way: what could Elon possibly reveal that would make advertisers pull out? They advertise on Twitter and make money already! Why stop now??

webkike··on Go generics are not bad
> so far I am giving go generics an A

I guess I’ll wait until the full review then

webkike··on We can't check the app permissions on Google Play anymore
I don’t think this comment is relevant to the discussion, which is google removing the permissions list for apps on the play store.
webkike··on Vim 9.0
You can argue that, but what would that even mean? Forceful requisition of his website and private keys?
webkike··on Compound pejoratives on Reddit
Thanks for the info, I had no idea
webkike··on Compound pejoratives on Reddit
I guess my unpopular opinion is that most of these sound pretty dumb, I personally prefer the ones like “shitdick”
webkike··on Web3 is the big idea customers didn’t ask for?
> Web3 allows us to experiment with alternative economic systems in a controlled fashion, and our imagination is the only limit in this realm. We can describe an economic system’s exact properties for the first time and then let the experiment run, learn, and adapt.

The idea that this is unique to Web3, crypto, or even decentralized systems is incorrect. MMOs do this all of the time with a SQL server.

webkike··on Energy crunch concerns lead Japan’s government to call for reduced AC use
When the power goes out in major cities during the hot months, members of groups vulnerable to heat die.
webkike··on I think the GNOME designers are incompetent
I love Gnome as well. I think partly because I only use three windowed programs on Linux - emacs, Firefox, console, and okay occasionally music. I really appreciate the nice eye candy and polish - especially for the music app
webkike··on Linus Torvalds: Rust for the Kernel Could Possibly Be Merged for Linux 5.20
How will it add new barriers? You can still program your drivers in C.
webkike··on Linus Torvalds: Rust for the Kernel Could Possibly Be Merged for Linux 5.20
Well, he certainly won’t lose that by switching to rust judging by the comments in this thread!
webkike··on Linus Torvalds: Rust for the Kernel Could Possibly Be Merged for Linux 5.20
Well, the OP took one of them away, and other people are pointing out other reasons. It’s just one reason.

But maybe I can elaborate a little further: it’s as fast as C, but more fun.

webkike··on Linus Torvalds: Rust for the Kernel Could Possibly Be Merged for Linux 5.20
Rust is more fun to program in than C. I was a pure C guy before I learned Rust.
webkike··on Linus Torvalds: Rust for the Kernel Could Possibly Be Merged for Linux 5.20
Okay, so?
webkike··on FDA to order Juul e-cigarettes off U.S. market
Don’t worry, I will defend your right to dealt it to death
webkike··on FDA to order Juul e-cigarettes off U.S. market
Then farting outside should be illegal
webkike··on Confess your love with zero-knowledge
What if someone has a list of possible crushes you may have? Social circles aren’t incredibly large
webkike··on The death of 'mandatory fun' in the office
If your employees are friends with each other, they very well may enjoy having a drink with each other after work for an hour despite seeing each other so often. The reason is that they don’t actually see each other that much while working. It’s like saying students would rather go home to their family because they already see so much of their friends at school. It is perfectly possible for coworkers to be friends with each other, and that DEFINITELY should be a goal for building a company.
webkike··on Picasso's self portrait evolution from age 15 to age 90
I really disagree. They probably saw one or two famous paintings by him that they really like. Here’s mine: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Guitarist
webkike··on Spreading rock dust on farms as a climate solution
Yeah, so, off by a factor of 6.75
webkike··on Single electrons trapped on solid neon potentially act as stable qubits
Making non-quantum computer components faster is already a problem that involves quantum physics; quantum computers are faster at specific algorithms, therefore it only really makes sense to use them for the things they are faster for.
webkike··on Does Time Exist?
velocity is defined as distance over unit time so I’m not sure how you square that circle
webkike··on How to professionally say
If someone said to me “As per my prediction, this outcome does not come as a surprise” I would not like them very much
webkike··on Musk's Twitter, First Comments
Source on that claim?
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