The point is to prevent "tearing". A lot of effort has been put into solving that problem.

If the pixels were updated in some random or semi-random pattern on the screen it would probably be unnoticeable, but I suspect that either a lot of architectural changes would be needed both in software and hardware, or you would effectively have to achieve a 480Hz full-screen refresh rate to achieve it without doing things like attaching an address to each pixel output so the rendering device didn't need to assume sequential pixels should be drawn sequentially.

Tell us you don't know any old people without saying you don't know any old people.

I'm starting to believe that Joe Biden is exactly the president we need right now. Yes, he hesitates in speech sometimes. Yes, he's old. But in most of the world, age is actually respected. And most important to me, he has demonstrated actual character over the years. You can't fake that. Right wing jackoffs hate it when a leader shows character, and watching them make fools of themselves over Biden is an added benefit.

I think he's doing fine.

Trump DID dispute the election. He did it over and over and over in court. And lost in court.

That's when he started breaking the law. He had no obligation to break the law and took no oath swearing to break the law.

Can we also have compulsory voting like Australia?

Naturally the PIN for a bank card should not be kept with the card.

I tattooed mine on a very sensitive part of my body. The only problem is having to explain myself when I walk up to an ATM and drop my pants.

Oh, and it's a 14 digit PIN.

TruthGPT

20% of Wyomings power is from wind. 75% is from coal.

And 90% is from right-wing bullshit that the faux "cowboys" eat up because they think it makes them look manly, when it fact, they're some of the biggest welfare queens in the country. Their government ranks #5 in the states most dependent on Federal money, then they brag about not having a state income tax.

https://wallethub.com/edu/stat...

Are they also going to investigate why the owner of FTX was the second largest democratic party donor, next to Soros?

Will they also investigate why the CEO of FTX gave $24 million to Republicans?

https://www.politico.com/news/...

"Bankman-Fried was among the most significant donors to Democrats during the cycle, distributing more than $40 million through direct contributions and super PACs. Salame gave roughly $24 million to Republicans."

Os Os baby.

"You know you're a nerd when you store DNA in your fridge,"

Real nerds store DNA in their tube socks.

This is just a brief clip, but let's hope it's a sign of things changing.

https://twitter.com/DSchwammen...

Nothing will change in Iran until the police or army defect. So far, there is no sign of that happening.

This morning, footage leaked out of Iran of police marching with protestors, so there may be some signs.

Without prominent podcasters, could you make a case for Spotify over say Amazon Music or even iTunes?

There are a lot of Spotify users who do not use the service to listen to podcasts. Making it a pure music platform and investing that podcast money into better recommendation algorithms and paying artists could appeal to those people. Me, I get tired of seeing podcasts getting pushed on me every time I start Spotify.

There are better platforms for listening to podcasts anyway, and one of the big draws of podcasts in the first place has always been to find voices that were not "prominent".

It isn't about evil. It's about overreach. Did anyone in an EU nation imagine, when the EU was formed, that the EU would dictate to all its members what sort of chargers or adapters they could use for electrical devices?

The US has had standard plugs for electrical devices for decades. What was the last time you bought a microwave, or television, or toaster and it had a non-standard plug to go into the wall?

If the government can standardize the plugs on the wall side of the power cable, why shouldn't they standardize the plug on the device side of the cable? There may well be a good reason, so I'm asking sincerely.

Since "His main role was to negotiate with suppliers to keep the price Apple pays for computer parts down" and he's no longer there, does this mean Apple will pay more for parts and pass on those costs to the consumer?

It's funny that you think the price Apple pays for computer parts has anything to do with the price you pay for their products.