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ycombinatrix··on Helldivers 2 on-disk size 85% reduction
>The files would just be compressed for distribution and decompressed on download

All Steam downloads are automatically compressed. It's also irrelevant. The point is that playback of uncompressed audio is indeed cheaper than playback of compressed audio.

ycombinatrix··on Helldivers 2 on-disk size 85% reduction
"Don't 6x your game's install size for no measurable benefit to users"

Wow! It looks like I do indeed know better.

ycombinatrix··on Helldivers 2 on-disk size 85% reduction
All companies should also defraud & rug pull their customers.

It will make them a lot of money and is thus the right call. Who cares about customers am I right? They'd still be rolling in $$$$.

ycombinatrix··on Helldivers 2 on-disk size 85% reduction
Wasn't that Titanfall 1? I remember Titanfall 2 having a much smaller installation size.
ycombinatrix··on Carbon-steel knives are high-maintenance. And that's the point
>The attention that carbon-steel knives require also makes them wonderful gifts, because they represent a show of confidence in the recipient: I think you can take care of this without reducing it to a slab of rust.

I strongly disagree with this take. Gifts that require extra responsibility are the worst. Might as well gift someone a puppy to represent your confidence that they have the ability to take care of a dog.

ycombinatrix··on It's cheaper to buy a new printer every month
Do you have an example of an unfriendly model from Brother?
ycombinatrix··on Carbon-steel knives are high-maintenance. And that's the point
paywall
ycombinatrix··on US seizes tanker near Venezuela, Trump says
The USA is going to war over oil again.
ycombinatrix··on It's cheaper to buy a new printer every month
Why do you need to use a proprietary software driver? Brother printers support CUPS.
ycombinatrix··on Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio
That linked page says webgpu is behind a flag in Firefox for Android but the website worked for me.
ycombinatrix··on Google confirms Android attacks; no fix for most Samsung users
Play Integrity is just spyware - it does not provide any degree of security.
ycombinatrix··on IBM to acquire Confluent
Not by busy waiting in a loop on a database query though.
ycombinatrix··on Let's put Tailscale on a jailbroken Kindle
Been there before with the OG pixel.
ycombinatrix··on Copy-Item is slower than File Explorer
I'm going to keep bringing up that the curl alias is a dick move until Microsoft decides to fix it.
ycombinatrix··on Ask HN: Do you think you have your location services on?
Don't have any easy alternative afaik.
ycombinatrix··on Ask HN: Best tricks to make a PWA feel more native?
Electron?...
ycombinatrix··on Tiny Core Linux: a 23 MB Linux distro with graphical desktop
I set up a similar system using NixOS, no writes to the disk by default.

Though I don't explicitly load the entire userspace into RAM, since this is a laptop and I don't foresee a need to remove the SSD after boot.

ycombinatrix··on Copy-Item is slower than File Explorer
Not gonna respond to my point about you getting irrationally rude and upset over my impersonal complaint?
ycombinatrix··on Copy-Item is slower than File Explorer
I do still find Invoke-WebRequest useful for testing, because it is magically able to reuse TCP connections whereas curl always opens a new connection per request.
ycombinatrix··on Copy-Item is slower than File Explorer
It is still present in powershell on my up to date windows 11 machine today, so it is disingenuous for you to claim the alias was removed 9 years ago. It is 100% still being shipped today.

The alias confuses people that are expecting to run curl when they type "curl" (duh) and also causes headaches for the actual curl developers, especially when curl is legitimately installed!

Why the hostile tone? Pretty rude of you to claim I'm fixated on the issue for years and harassing the powershell development team with zero evidence.

ycombinatrix··on Copy-Item is slower than File Explorer
"curl" being aliased to "Invoke-WebRequest" is also a massive dick move
ycombinatrix··on Sam Altman’s DRAM Deal
16 gigs announced in the Steam Frame, hope they bought the memory already.
ycombinatrix··on Kohler Can Access Data from Toilet Camera It Describes as "End-to-End Encrypted"
>emails exchanged with Kohler’s privacy contact clarified that the other “end” that can decrypt the data is Kohler themselves

this is just embarrassing

ycombinatrix··on Ask HN: Which web browser are you using and why?
Firefox is a quintessential example of controlled opposition
ycombinatrix··on Ask HN: Do you think you have your location services on?
I share my location with family through Google Maps, so mine is intentionally always on.
ycombinatrix··on “Boobs check” – Technique to verify if sites behind CDN are hosted in Iran
I don't think that works in Iran either
ycombinatrix··on “Boobs check” – Technique to verify if sites behind CDN are hosted in Iran
I just tried this on a few Iranian websites and never got a 403, let alone an iframe.
ycombinatrix··on Ask HN: White Label Chat Apps?
Take one of the Matrix clients and swap out the backend?
ycombinatrix··on A cryptography research body held an election and they can't decrypt the results
2 out of 3 is arguably more secure. availability is important.
ycombinatrix··on Precise geolocation via Wi-Fi Positioning System
How come this project needs multiple Skylift devices to work best?

Since wifi antennas are generally not directional, shouldn't one Skylift device be able to broadcast each wifi beacon frame with a different transmission power?

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