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- Comment on Clevo reseller wants get coreboot ported, ends up throwing a temper tantrum and banning Germany, Texas and AMD over unsatisfactory experience 4 weeks ago:
According to their TOS the state of California is also banned, and you can’t use their website using Google or Apple hardware, Web browsers or email accounts
- Comment on Sympathy for their PTSD 4 weeks ago:
Anyone who runs is Hamas. Anyone who stands still is well disciplined Hamas.
- Comment on Be an influencer. 💅 2 months ago:
Why be a Youtuber or a Tiktoker when you can be an Elsevierer
- Comment on Commentary, behind-the-scenes features, bloopers: What did we lose when we said goodbye to DVDs? 2 months ago:
480i blown up on a 4k 50 inch display is going to look terrible compared to native 4k content, but on a 30 inch CRT it looked just fine
- Comment on Rabbit R1 is Just an Android App 6 months ago:
At least this one:
- Comment on How does ripping a CD/DVD work exactly? Is it similar to copying or does it leave the CD/DVD unusable? 10 months ago:
Writable CDs don’t store data on microscopic holes, they instead have a layer of pigment that changes color when heated by a laser.
“The writing process does not produce indentations (pits);” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-R#:~:text=The writing pr…
CD-RWs have a coating that can change to its original when the laser heats it to a specific temperature (high heat to write, low heat to erase)
“To erase the disc, the write beam heats the amorphous regions with low power to about 200 °C.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-RW#:~:text=To erase the ….
- Comment on ifn't 10 months ago:
Some C++ style guides suggest the following naming convention for functions that crash on any error
OpenFileOrDie() - Comment on Apple has seemingly found a way to block Android’s new iMessage app 11 months ago:
Back in 1999 MSN messenger had support for chatting with AIM users, it was quickly blocked by AOL and for a while there was a game of cat and mouse between Microsoft and AOL until Microsoft quietly dropped the feature