NeatNit

@NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve long since decided that these are probably fake, but that doesn’t make them any less entertaining. Keep them coming!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨10!=10*9*8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Fine, I’ll do the math:

  60 seconds in a minute (10 × 6)

  60 minutes in an hour (9 × 5 × 4 / 3)

  24 hours in a day (8 × 3)

  7 days in a week (7)

  6 weeks (3 × 2)

  The bold 3’s cancel out and become × 1, and then it’s easy to see each integer from 1 to 10 appears exactly once when it’s all multiplied together.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We All Know This Guy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Your sacrifice is greatly appreciated! Also, what the hell, since when can tweets be novels?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We All Know This Guy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I want to see the rest of that quoted tweet. There aren’t a lot of ways to finish that sentence that would make sense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that treatments for back pain can cost thousands. But some of the best fixes are actually free⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To be even more pedantic, I don’t think “up for debate” applies here when the only possible point of disagreement is the very definition of “wet”. Any specific definition would either mean water is wet or water isn’t wet, so there isn’t any debate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We're just scanning for the bear...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn’t be looking at any of that, where’s the smartphone showing dumb memes?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What television series in your opinion had very good writing and character depth?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been rewatching Community recently and it definitely fits the bill. It has incredibly good writing.

  But more than that, Community gives me the impression that is has an infinite budget. Not a ridiculously big budget like some shows and movies do… an infinite budget. The difference being that they don’t waste a cent. There isn’t a single thing on screen that doesn’t serve a purpose. No ridiculous effect or expensive crane shot added in just to flaunt their budget. But if an episode’s script actually called for a particular shot to be done, they would move heaven and earth to make that happen. That’s what it feels like.

  In my head I compare it to having unlimited vacation days at work. Case studies have shown that workers take fewer vacation days when they can take as many as they want, compared to when they have a set number per year. So in the analogy, a show with a set ludicrously high budget will use every last cent of it even for pointless frill, whereas a (hypothetical) show with an unlimited budget would only use however much money is necessary to create the show. Somehow, Community became that show. … It probably has to do with how frequently they actually went way over budget in practice.

  I fucking love Community.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨misleading cover⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is fantastic. Thanks for posting the reddit link, which has now been edited further:

  EDIT 2: Apparently I also owe an apology to the small (but vocal) contingent who really wanted this to be minotaur smut. I’m doing my part. Now get typing.

  Be the change you want to see in the world.

  And the linked thread is basically a writing competition that the author is hosting with a $100 prize. The title is “Announcing the 2026 Beefhammer Prize For Excellence in Minotaur Erotica”. Lovely!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spray n Pray⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not American. I know he didn’t handle it well and spread misinformation, but how much worse did the USA have it compared to the rest of the world? We all had it rough regardless of our leaders, so can any of it really be attributed to him?

  To be clear, I think he’s incompetent in so many ways and is perhaps the worst thing to happen to world politics since WW2. I’m just saying covid was out of everyone’s hands, how different could it have really been if he handled it better?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3208: SNEWS⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I imagine “snews” would be pronounced kind of like “snooze”, so it’s funny that it’s intended to be the polar opposite of an alarm snooze :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨everywhere⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you watch enough Only Connect, this becomes trivial :P

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨everywhere⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If they’re as useless and ambiguous as they are in English, we’re doing fine without them, thanks :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨everywhere⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sure all languages get proportionally similar amounts of flak, but crucially it’s in their own language. You don’t see anyone making fun of Korean because you (presumably) don’t speak Korean and don’t go to the same kinds of forums where such mockery is more likely.

  Source: I speak Hebrew and we make fun of Hebrew all the time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i need sleep⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Incandescent bulbs like that in the picture don’t really flicker. They might pulsate a little bit but even at their faintest they would still have significant light output.

  Some LED bulbs do flicker though, it depends on how they implement the AC to DC conversion. If they flicker, it is easily noticeable to the human eye, especially when looking at motion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LG joins Sony and TCL in abandoning 8K TV market⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I highly doubt they were talking about gaming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Before social media/internet/cell phones/landlines/payphones; how would 2 friends living across the same city arrange in person meetings and stay in touch?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Your message might be correct (maybe) but the way you wrote it could not be wronger.

  For starters, it’s not an unusual problem at all: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loneliness_epidemic?wprov=s…

  Secondly, your whole comment is really aggressive, from “Um, excuse me?” to “you should work on it asap” it’s all just attacks as if it’s as simple as that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ex-kakapo⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Its name is “poo” twice. Fitting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Check mate, Libertarians⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you sure nothing moved? Perhaps they saw a twitch that was enough to confirm for them?

  I can easily cause this reflex to myself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK the four rules of firearm safety⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re talking about the illegal settlements in the west bank, you’re damn right they should stop. It’s been a point of contention within Israel since it began, and I think it should be stopped, and should never have started to begin with.

  If you’re talking about the entire country of Israel, kindly fuck off. This is an old nuanced and complex issue, your reductionism of is only making it impossible to talk about it realistically. No, the entire Jewish population of Israel is not going to just leave the only country they’ve ever lived in.

  I do believe it is possible, in the far future, for us to coexist peacefully here. Sadly everything seems to be going in the opposite direction.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK the four rules of firearm safety⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Terror attacks. Every now and then someone tries stabbing people with a knife or running over people with a car. Sometimes they are successful. Most incidents like this end with the terrorist getting shot, usually by a nearby police officer or soldier (on- or off-duty at the time).

  Political shit

  Of course, I was talking about terror attacks by arabs against jews, but there’s no shortage of terror attacks by jews against arabs. These, “naturally”, usually end with no charges. Yeah, this place is fucked. This asymmetry is obvious enough that it’s even brought up and criticized often in mainstream media. But with the current administration it’s unlikely anything will change, and who know what the hell is going to happen in the upcoming elections. Cult-followers outnumber sensible people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK the four rules of firearm safety⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Which country are you from?

  I live in Israel, where there’s actually valid reasons to own a gun for defense, and I still hardly ever see one except on soldiers or police. I can only recall a single time I saw a civilian’s pistol, which they only showed me because we were having a conversation on the topic.

  Granted, soldiers with guns is an everyday occurrence on pubic transport, so maybe you have a point. But still, gun safety/violence is not even remotely as big an issue as it is in USA.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mount an ISO in Linux?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Unimportant nitpick: Linux Mint 22.3 was released this week. There is no Mint 23 yet.

  (it was OP’s mistake but they at least added “(?)” to indicate they weren’t sure)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what happens when you cut something?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think so, but if I’m honest, there’s a chance I’m just imagining it 😅

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what happens when you cut something?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m pretty sure that generally some particles break off from either side whenever you cut something in half. When I cut paper with scissors I get a distinct smell, that’s clearly paper particles that have escaped into the air. Under the right conditions you may even see some dust.

  When using a saw it is very explicitly removing material to create a gap between the two sides. You can see this clearly in a lot of woodworking videos on YouTube. For other tools like a knife, it’s not as obvious, but I still think some material will inevitably be lost no matter what you do.

  Maybe some extremely specialized nano-scale methods can cut things without losing material, but I doubt that’s something you can do on an everyday life scale.

  Disclaimer: I’m not an expert and I did 0 research, just giving my opinion and personal knowledge (which may be wrong).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Transliterated country names into Chinese Language use pre-existing characters that already has its own meaning, therefore native Chinese speakers have a subconcious impression based on country names.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Israel?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is in your pockets?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Everything else looks pretty real to me that that’s a sign this might be AI

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Good point, I edited that in :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Look, I happen to know what this is but I really hate posts that just assume everyone knows what they’re talking about.

  So for everyone else: this is the newly announced Steam Machine, a gaming PC/console that will run SteamOS (Linux) and overall looks freaking awesome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨green salad fingers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s obviously been painted over and the word “Copper” in the text is replacing some other word that was there before. But I have no idea what it was before.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would one run faster without arms?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I assume Windows is inexplicably a typo of QI?

  I totally agree. I believe they make some effort to get their facts right, but it’s not their highest priority by any stretch. I also suspect they might sometimes leave crucial details on the cutting room floor.

  In this instance I get the impression that Sandi actually meant the arms are still swung but just kept straight, like a Minecraft run. But then Bill interpreted it as the arms kept straight and motionless, like that one Seinfeld episode, and Sandi didn’t correct him.