JeremyHuntQW12
@JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world
- Comment on Linux royalty backs adoption of Rust for kernel code 2 weeks ago:
Theres heaps of stuff that is under-developed or mssing, but they prefer to rewrite working code in Rust, because ideology.
We are witnessing the death of Linux here, no less, replacing a working kernal with an still undefined language that everyone will have forgotten in 5 years.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Debs should work just fine on a Debian based os like pop.
hahahahahahaha
Downloading the .deb from the website is very hard? Not being sarcastic, hoping to understand
It has to be specific to your distro, and your version of the distro, and compatible with any modules you’ve added. Ain’t gunna happen.
- Comment on What 5 Megabytes of Computer Data Looked Like in 1966 ~ Vintage Everyday 2 weeks ago:
The IBM 503, the last valve computer, that Cobol and Fortran, the first languages were developed had 20 bit words.
So an 80 column card could fit 4 words across. Thats why terminals had 80 coulmns of text - so they were the same size as punch cards.
Fortran only used 72 columns, so the last 8 were unused.
- Comment on Why is it called Lemmy 🤔? 4 weeks ago:
In a 2020 post, Lemmy’s co-creator Dessalines wrote about the origin of the name Lemmy. "It was nameless for a long time, but I wanted to keep with the fediverse tradition of naming projects after animals.
- Comment on Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a halt 4 weeks ago:
Everything is a turbo now which is “more efficient” but there is no way they will last as long as the naturally aspirated V6 or V8s that would go for 400-500k miles.
You do know that turbocharged engines don’t rev as much don’t you ? They last longer.
A 1.8L NA Atsra put out 92 kW at 6000 rpm. The 1.6L turbo version put out 134kW at 2800 rpm.
- Comment on Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a halt 4 weeks ago:
I wouldn’t say it was a failure.
It sold quite well considering its price.
The original specifications and price were never going to be met,
- Comment on Current day America has proven beyond a doubt, humanity is the only animal that wouldn't jump out of a slowly boiling pot of water. 4 weeks ago:
They jumped into the pot.
- Comment on So… Australia Just Banned Kids From the Internet 2 months ago:
They haven’t been banned yet.
The law doesn’t come into effect until the end of next year after the govt determines how the ban will be enforced.
- Comment on Australia’s social media ban for kids under 16 just became law. How it will work remains a mystery 3 months ago:
I’m guessing that, like GDPR in the EU, it will apply to any and all social media website on the internet, but for practical reasons, can’t really be enforced outside of the legislating authorities’ jurisdiction.
The legislation specifically gives the Act extra-territorial powers to enforce the ban against foreign websites.
Reddit is specifically targetted ; it will definitely include Lemmy.
- Comment on Australia’s social media ban for kids under 16 just became law. How it will work remains a mystery 3 months ago:
Now, if a parent helps their child do it anyway, the parent and child can’t get in trouble, but the platform can, because platforms cannot knowingly allow children to use the app, even with explicit parental consent and supervisio
Not correct. The act itself is not illegal, but circumventing the telecommunication controls is a criminal offence under the Telecommunications Act, with penalties up to 20 years imprisonment.
- Comment on The World’s First Laptop? Data General One DG-1 (1984) 3 months ago:
The screen was only in that position or closed. There was no friction joint. You could only view the screen if you were sitting on the floor !
- Comment on Elon Musk Says He Owns Everyone's Twitter Account in Bizarre Alex Jones Court Filing 3 months ago:
Really ? I think you’ll find that clause means you do not own copyright to anything you post on X.