Rexelpitlum
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- Comment on Unicode 16.0 release with new emoji brings character count to 154,998 2 months ago:
l am thrilled.
Suppose I will be using the “face with bags under eyes” _a lot _ once it has been rolled out.
Just what I always felt to be still missing!
- Comment on YouTube starts showing ads when you pause a video on TV 2 months ago:
That shouldn’t be a problem for adblockers, should it?
Speaking of which, Youtube also planned embedding ads directly into the video stream, rendering adblockers useless.
I haven’t seen that so far… Have any of you?
- Comment on FTC urged to make smart devices say how long they will be supported 2 months ago:
Regarding the video games and if you are an EU citizen:
- Comment on Curse of Knowledge 2 months ago:
You might be interested in this TED talk:
- Comment on Ikea is testing a secondhand marketplace, but only in two countries 2 months ago:
Thanks for neutralizing the clickbait!
- Comment on Trump campaign reportedly hacked by Iranian government 3 months ago:
So, Trump is proposing to back Israel even more?
I thought, he was more like “MAGA and let the rest of the world do whatever it wants but without us.”
Or am I getting this hack thing wrong?
- Comment on 8 Minutes 3 months ago:
I thought the same after writing the gravity wave comment. Really not sure what the effects would be and the equations involved are far from intuitive…
Is Randall doing new What-If stuff? I have only seen old articles on his website recently.
- Comment on Why do people complain about multiple streaming platforms existing? 3 months ago:
Your description fits, though.
Back to the old, but still very true quote:
“Piracy is a service problem.”
- Comment on Why do people complain about multiple streaming platforms existing? 3 months ago:
No, they would put on a pirate hat and hit the seven seas again.
I mean, that is basically where we are coming from. And the record companies still remembering this is the reason we still have usable music streaming services. Might change again as time passes though…
- Comment on 8 Minutes 3 months ago:
I wonder if you had the opportunity to do so leisurely.
A suddenly vanishing sun would also mean a spectularly high energy gravity wave hitting the earth. You might be dead before even realizing that anything is off…
- Comment on 8 Minutes 3 months ago:
There is a really great short story by Larry Niven based on a similar topic:
“Inconstant Moon”
There is also an “Outer Limits” episode based on this. I watched that before knowing the short story and is one of only 2 or three OL episodes that I still have an active memory of…
- Comment on Actually had to use this old friend at work the other day 9 months ago:
Well, you just have to not use the internet. Just like in the olden times…
I also have an old XP laptop stored away. Its only purpose: Talk to my old photo negative scanner whose software won’t run on more recent OS’s. Only communication with the outside world is by USB memory stick.
- Comment on Actually had to use this old friend at work the other day 9 months ago:
I still have my old Lenovo X61T which is nearly as old. With maxed out RAM (4GB) and an SSD it is actually still quite usable (running Linux). I love its great keyboard, that’s the reason I kept it. At some time my kids discovered that it is still able to run Minetest at reduced settings and so it now is part of the occasional LAN-Party when friends are over. Opens my heart to see the old buddy right in the middle of action being used by a bunch of kids that are only slightly over half its age!