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Comment Re:Maryland you say? (Score 1) 34

A direct line between County Cork and Loudon VA does not go through the east coast of Maryland on a spherical earth, that was the only point I addressed. Even if you wanted to maximize how much is laid in the ocean as opposed to land, there are still shorter distances that would land you on at least in Delaware. While I am sure there are logistical reasons to do it where they are doing, that is irrelevant to my point.

Submission + - Python Software Foundation refuses $1.5 million grant with anti DEI provision. (blogspot.com) 1

Jeremy Allison - Sam writes: The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program.

"We became concerned, however, when we were presented with the terms and conditions we would be required to agree to if we accepted the grant. These terms included affirming the statement that we “do not, and will not during the term of this financial assistance award, operate any programs that advance or promote DEI, or discriminatory equity ideology in violation of Federal anti-discrimination laws.”

Comment Are those solid state drives? (Score 1, Insightful) 23

At 2013, the disks in question were spinning disks. I didn't understand from the article whether the stats for 2021 and 2025 were about spinning or solid state drives.

Comparing reliability over time of spindles to solid states is almost meaningless. The failure scenarios are just not the same.

Comment Re:Something to improve consumer laws? (Score 1) 53

Two questions:

  1. Did you have a choice? Was there an option, maybe even a more expensive one, that did not include the lock-in?
  2. Is the company where you signed the contract a monopoly?

Because what usually happens is that you don't have a choice but to sign this contract, or you can't get the service at all.

Comment Re: Year Of Linux On The Desktop (Score 2) 183

Thatâ(TM)s not the only reason; the other two big ones are:

1. There is far greater parity between Windows and Linux in terms of stability and security over the past 15 years or so.
2. Linux has never had the software range MS
has had, and the best Linux software is also on MS plus a lot more.

Comment Re:Give it time (Score 1) 72

Thankfully, Duo is not the only way I'm learning German. I also have a private teacher, a class I attend (organized by my work place), as well as just trying to talk to people around me. Yes, I now live in a German speaking country (arguably. Opinions on what the German people of Switzerland speak vary). As such, Duo's way of teaching does not hold me back too much.

But, yes, I only recently figured out what "an" vs. "am" actually mean, and it was a lightbulb moment. Duolingo just asks you to translate stuff and they say WRONG!!!! without really explaining.

Comment Give it time (Score 2) 72

The anger over firing people may not affect their bottom line (though I, personally, avoided going paid for that precise reason), but the results AI produces may.

I'm studying German with it, and you can see the quality of the sentences slipping. It seems that they are stuffing their lessons, now that it's so cheap to produce more of them, and that affects how it feels to learn with the app. I've definitely started looking for other sources to learn German from.

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