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Comment Re:Why (Score 2) 20

So instead of fixing the constant bugs and crashes, you're hardcoding a "feature" we already had with plugins? This isn't an improvement; it's a step backward. We used to have the *choice* to add these effects. Now you're forcing them on us and removing customization. Focus on making KDE stable, not on trivial visual garbage.

Implementing features through plugins is one way you get bugs. And the WM without plugins is generally how new users (who might not stick around) experience it.

And I'm sure they were working on bugs as well, it's just the eye candy is what got the headlines because it's what people see.

Comment Re:Is this an ad? (Score 1) 71

Or more likely, trying to source smaller memory chips would cost more. And as C64 already uses bank switching, there's no reason to not allow switching to more banks. Like, C128 shipped with 128KB, could be easily extended to 256KB, and its CPU could handle up to 640KB.

As 128MB = 32768 4KB pages or 65536 2KB pages (I don't know the granularity of the I/O port used for bank switching), I suspect this limit is due to bank numbers not the memory chips' size.

And the fun thing being, original software that was able to handle different memory sizes (64/128/256/640) might be able to use all 128MB without modifications.

Comment Re:More things wrong with the world. (Score 1) 37

given current divorce laws, she will wind up with the house and most of his money

That depends on jurisdiction. Community property states have more reasonable divorce laws.

The community property states are Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin.

If you don't live in one of these states, you can move there, live for six months, and then file for divorce, even if your spouse lives elsewhere.

Kissgate was in Boston, so Byron is screwed if his wife files first.

Comment Re:Easy fix ... (Score 2) 29

So containerships are a problem, so the green thing to do is build products on the continent they will be sold on.

To counter your top-down slightly moralistic solution, a fairly standard economic analysis is that this effect is an externally borne cost (a negative externality), and it should be taxed equal to the amount of harm done, and the tax should be distributed to the ones that are harmed (in proportion to the harm). This is a logistical nightmare, requiring agreement from multiple governments about what the harm is and how the proceeds should be distributed. But it's a tidy theory because shipping would be less attractive, costing more in a fair/accurate way (the shipping cost would accurately reflect not only the fuel cost and opportunity cost of the ships, but the costs borne by farmers and coastal dwellers affected by global warming), and there would be no net harm done because everyone would be paid in a way that matches their harm.

This is totally impractical at this time--first because of lack of agreement, second because of imprecise modeling--but it's less absurd than the idea that we will stop shipping across oceans. Btw, this type of tax is called a Pigouvian tax, if someone wants to dig deeper.

Comment Jesus fuck everything wrong with the world here (Score 5, Insightful) 37

First of all no you didn't code anything you had a AI crap out a cookie cutter game.

And fucking nfts? Are we going to bring back that tax dodge? Because that's what those were going to be until the IRS said no, you couldn't use the art loophole anymore and you certainly couldn't use it on nfts.

I cannot go a single day without this God forsaken world reminding me that the entirety of human civilization is collapsing. At least not without turning off the internet and any other media device.

Comment Not worried one bit (Score 1) 49

I have a long-haul flight booked on a 787 coming up in two months. I'd like to get some definitive answers.

Me too...in three. And I'm not worried one bit. Do you know why?

Because there's over a thousand of them being used by airlines every year, and hundreds flying above your head as you read this. And there's not a single report of any of them having engines that flame out.

Furthermore, I've not seen any reports today of anyone dying in a commercial airplane crash. Meanwhile, about 3,260 people die every day around the world in road vehicle accidents. If you're not afraid to get behind the wheel, stop all the fear mongering with commercial aircraft.

Comment The idea of giving your genetic data (Score 2) 17

To anything not protected by HIPAA is nuts to me.

That data could easily be handed to the police and they could use it to tie you to a crime. You're then going to have to spend tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars fighting them off while a prosecutor tries to get a notch in his belt for his upcoming political run.

Every year crime goes down but every year we put more cops on the street and give prosecutors more money.

Voters expect results but if crime is going to keep going down the only way to get those results is to start locking up innocent people.

I'm sure they will start with minorities but well, they are a minorities by definition that won't be enough so they're going to start harassing The general public.

You can already see it with DUI stops where cops are pulling people over who are perfectly sober but the way the laws are written you're guilty until proven innocent.

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