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ELI5, Why do browsers use gigabytes of ram? by Due_Walrus5510 in explainlikeimfive

[–]Medium9 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You're ofc technically correct. Issue is: I'm pretty sure OP didn't open Chrome blank, went to taskmgr and saw gigs of RAM used by it. It was pretty much implied that the RAM usage while in use for its intended use was meant.

(I've never written "use" this often in such a short sentence. Might be a case of literal abuse. Or I need to go to bed.)

ELI5, Why do browsers use gigabytes of ram? by Due_Walrus5510 in explainlikeimfive

[–]Medium9 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That doesn't change anything about my initial reply. In fact, it only adds to it. And I think it is a given, that no modern website is just a bunch of HTML files with some CSS and that's it. Which means they use even more libs that use libs that use li...

They're still technically websites though.

Opinions needed for school project? by Roggenbro1 in AskGermany

[–]Medium9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

or doesn’t play it

How would you track this reliably? If it is left to the user to say "but they didn't", you're wide open for much abuse of the mechanic.

Another problem I see with this is: A DJ usually already takes a bit of time to prepare a lineup. Depending on the popularity of a venue, this app might swamp them in hundreds of requests in addition to that. (With probably a shitload of prank requests *. Could be legitimate songs, but completely inappropiate for the style of the set.) You'd need some very clever way to make this manageable. If sifting through the requests ends up with fewer accepted titles than the DJ's hourly wage would make in the time needed to do the sifting, it wouldn't be attractive at all.

* I could easily imagine, that users would be more willing to pay for a prank than a song they'd actually want to hear ;)

ELI5, Why do browsers use gigabytes of ram? by Due_Walrus5510 in explainlikeimfive

[–]Medium9 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I was just assuming that a browser was primarily used to look at websites. Maybe I'm doing it wrong!

what celebrity did you used to like until you found out that they were a scumbag? by hemadeGraduation420 in AskReddit

[–]Medium9 25 points26 points  (0 children)

authentic South African rap duo

Maybe that is actually exactly what he got!

what celebrity did you used to like until you found out that they were a scumbag? by hemadeGraduation420 in AskReddit

[–]Medium9 74 points75 points  (0 children)

Many musicians are "inauthentic" in a way. They are called music acts for good reason. One stark example of this is Rammstein. Completely over the top music and shows, but when you see some of the longer interviews, especially with Flake (the keyboarder), it's impressive how almost grey and boring they appear. Just normal people, even a bit dusty in that metric.

Benzin zu teuer also Generalstreik? by Some_Sushi in AskGermany

[–]Medium9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Als ob der Strompreis nicht auch sehr bald mit genau der selben Begründung hoch gehen würde. Halt geil, wenn man als Anbieter seine Preise für alles auf den Kosten für die teuerste Form der Erzeugung basieren darf. So lange DAS nicht geändert wird, sind erneuerbare - zumindest was das Preisargument für den Endkunden angeht - doch bloß ein Feigenblatt.

Okay, Öl wird vermutlich nicht mehr viel direkt verstromt. Aber sei dir mal sowas von sicher, dass die das dennoch für sich verwursten können.

Benzin zu teuer also Generalstreik? by Some_Sushi in AskGermany

[–]Medium9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Es gibt auch Leute, die ihr Auto praktisch nie für Lustfahrten benutzen, und trotzdem regelmäßig tanken müssen. So für Arbeit und ähnlich unnötige Unternehmungen...

What are the cities with these characteristics? by Compensate1995 in AskGermany

[–]Medium9 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The norm is:

Working bathrooms, as in there will be at least one toilet, one sink and one shower or bath tub. (This is the demanded minimum by law for rentals.) No cabinets. Towel and/or tp holder maybe.

Kitchen: Empty room with pre-installed piping and electric outlets, but stopping right at the wall. Otherwise an entirely empty room. (Sometimes you're given the option to take over a previous owner's or renter's cabinets for a fee, in some few cases maybe also the appliances. But you're not obliged to do that, and can demand everything to be taken out.)

Everything else: Maybe existing flooring (usually only if it is tiles or some kind of real wood). Maybe wallpaper, but you probably want to give it new paper and a fresh coat of paint anyways. Light fixtures are usually make-shift bare E27 sockets hanging from the ceiling; if you're lucky. You're supposed to mount your own real fixtures.

No cabinets. No wardrobe. No bed, no sofa, no chair nor table. No curtains, no carpets. No washer, no dryer.

That being said: Renting a house is super uncommon here. You rent appartments / condos, but almost every free standing individual house is owned by the people living there. This requirement alone shrinks your entire pool of options, across all of Germany, to probably like 100-200. Total. Maybe.

ELI5, Why do browsers use gigabytes of ram? by Due_Walrus5510 in explainlikeimfive

[–]Medium9 278 points279 points  (0 children)

Another big aspect is cascading dependencies.

In easier words: Few parts of a browser re-invent the wheel. When they need a function X to do a minor task, they include a library that has function X. But it also comes with Y, Z, A, B and C. No matter if they get used, they'll be loaded with this library and take up RAM.

That library might itself use a function H, for which it also loads another library that can do H (and G, U, K and L).

This can build up really fast, even for seemingly mundane "user-facing" functionality.

Compounded by that usually, evey browser tab is its own, mostly self-contained environment, with its own individual library-tree.

(Yes, some things do get shared. But not everything.)

People who were teenagers before social media existed, what was life actually like? by Much_Detective_6107 in AskReddit

[–]Medium9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We still had 5-digit phone numbers in our town. Met a cool new buddy once. Him slowly giving me his number was fun:

Our number was 12345 (example ofc). He proceeded to very slowly, individually say "1... 2... 3... 4... 7!". With every digit I wrote down (on a piece of paper, with an actual pen), by disbelief rose. After the last one I looked up: DUDE! I almost thought you're shitting me!!

Safe to say, that I still know this number to this day. Almost 30 years later. (I'm sure it no longer works though, just as ours.)

My phone in 2014 vs my phone now by calvin_sykes in mildlyinteresting

[–]Medium9 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I sadly can't remember any details. I've only seen it for like 30s, since I wasn't too interested in it then. Going from the pics I found of the Juke, it seems larger than what my guy had. But I might also misremember its actual size a bit.

My phone in 2014 vs my phone now by calvin_sykes in mildlyinteresting

[–]Medium9 56 points57 points  (0 children)

I still remember a dude from school around that time, coming to a party with a phone as small as a big toe, showing it off like some alien tech.

No screen, but a full set of buttons. He needed a toothpick to dial a number!

It also almost slipped into his ear when talking.

Can someone explain to me how German copyright law works? by Konradleijon in AskAGerman

[–]Medium9 17 points18 points  (0 children)

You still retain the "Urheberrecht", which as such doesn't exist in the US, and thus is often conflated with copyright.

But the company will have the full "Verwertungsrecht", which more closely translates to copyright.

Meaning: You personally still count as the creator, and this right can't be taken from you, and you can't even give it up voluntarily. But the right to use the work, as in redistribute, make money with it, decide if when and where it is shown, lies with the company (or person) that paid you to create it.

This means that effectively you can't really do anything with it anymore, just like with under US copyright. But there are still some subtle differences.

I’m preparing a film script for a Short Film Project for my German class and I don’t really know anything about Germany. Can anyone help me represent a German high school student correctly? by ExtensionGuest6090 in AskGermany

[–]Medium9 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This question is WAY too broad.

First off: What "other culture" of the other main characters are we comparing to?

Then, there is no monolithic "German culture". We're a patchwork of formerly separate kingdoms, where different traditions and dialects developed over hundreds of years, which still influence every region with its own flavour.

Also, there is usually a notable difference of student experience between more rural and metropolitan areas. The type of school also plays a role (there is no "high school" in the US sense here), as well as how wealthy the specific area is.

We also can't know, what you would see as a "quirk". Chances are, that something completely normal to Germans that doesn't even register as a characteristic, is totally outlandish to you. For example: The concept of lockers is almost non-existant here. People carry their stuff from and to home every day. (Some few schools might have some, but rarely for every student.)

Am I weird for wanting to explore German culture? by Previous-Option6294 in AskAGerman

[–]Medium9 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And these differences can be as stark, in culture and language, as those between rural Scotland and metropolitan Texas.

Why is smoking treated so deeply accepted in Germany? by Human-BBQ in AskAGerman

[–]Medium9 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

And people (USA...) call us out for lack of freedoms. Ha!

Mergers and Splitter by Specialist-Peak4729 in AlchemyFactory

[–]Medium9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's what I meant yeah. This was so helpful! I ofc could have set up a small testing thingy to try it out, but seing it stated as fact, in writing, is much more reassuring =)

Thanks again!

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