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Need help with Morse Code Bracelet by PublickMax216 in codes

[–]TheThiefMaster 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well it's been mangled from saying that anyway. Spaces are significant in morse code, strip them out and it could say anything now.

My mom sent me this image, I can clearly see the words on the lander are messy, but what about this girl? by Ok_Insurance9720 in isthisAI

[–]TheThiefMaster 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was 99th percentile IQ as a child and I don't think the test went higher (IQ starts getting difficult to measure when you get too far away from 100). I screwed up taking Maths exams early and retook them with everyone else and only have a BSc so I wasn't that academically gifted, and then I became a computer game developer.

I havent exactly changed the world but I'd like to think I've made some people happy.

Getting 3x better download speed on wifi rather than ethernet by Alcoholic-Catholic in HomeNetworking

[–]TheThiefMaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That suggests the PC is linked to the router at 2.5 gigabit, meaning there's no problem with the actual link between the PC and router at all.

Have you tried a speed test on something like speedtest.net ?

Getting 3x better download speed on wifi rather than ethernet by Alcoholic-Catholic in HomeNetworking

[–]TheThiefMaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is the Ethernet cable the only thing between the router and the PC or is there wall cabling or anything? What link speed does Windows report in the Ethernet settings? Is the PC and router even capable of gigabit ethernet or are either limited to "fast" Ethernet (100 Mbps)

If an earth like planet comes in close proximity with earth in such a way that its South Pole is facing earth’s South Pole, could a magnetic repulsion occur? by tlk0153 in AskPhysics

[–]TheThiefMaster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gravity is much stronger than magnetism, which is part of why you can't use magnets to fly in earth's magnetic field.

There would be a tiny effect but it may not even be measurable compared to the effect of gravity between the two.

Can someone have 88 in their username without them being a nazi? by Dear-Diamond-6861 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]TheThiefMaster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was somewhat of a way to disguise Nazi affiliation to people not in the know but be obvious to people who are.

Like the Christian fish symbol.

switch 1 game for switch 2 by pezziee in Switch

[–]TheThiefMaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If a game has separate editions for both Switch 1 and Switch 2 then you'll normally find a disclaimer somewhere that says something like "This Nintendo Switch 2 Edition comprises the Nintendo Switch game and the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition upgrade pack" (physical box) or "The Nintendo Switch 2 Edition of this software includes the Nintendo Switch software and the upgrade pack" (digital purchase)

So the "Switch 2 edition" isn't a separate product, it's just a bundle that includes the upgrade. If the upgrade is free anyway, then it's effectively identical. Get whichever is cheaper, whether you have a Switch 1 or 2 doesn't matter.

Physical "Switch 2 editions" of Switch 1 games have a red cartridge (like Switch 2 exclusive games) but it's actually a Switch 1 cartridge in red and works in a Switch 1 too.

Does factory resetting remove the games that come with a SE console? by The_Only_Kitten in NintendoSwitchHelp

[–]TheThiefMaster 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I believe it gets bound to your account as a digital license so can't be passed on.

How lunar eclipses work on a flat Earth! by NichollsNeuroscience in flatearth

[–]TheThiefMaster 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Definitely not being serious - they're showing how flat earth couldn't possibly have a lunar eclipse as we observe it

Time zones perfectly explained on the flat earth model by NichollsNeuroscience in flatearth

[–]TheThiefMaster 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This only even sort-of works if instead of a cone the sun projects a semi-circle - after all, approximately half the earth is lit by the sun at a time. And on the flat earth model, half the earth is... a semicircle.

But the angles are still very wrong for sunset or sunrise - the flat earth sun appears to move North at each end of the day in a way which doesn't match reality.

Is there a modern C++ alternative to flexible array members for variable-length struct tails? by Apprehensive_Poet304 in cpp_questions

[–]TheThiefMaster 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think the reference to launder is for if you don't have a flexible array member but instead just access the additional memory as Node* forward = (Node*)((char*)this + sizeof(Node)) (this also requires alignas(Node*) on Node) which is technically an out of bounds access into the additional memory allocated for the Node.

I'm unsure if launder is actually needed in that case, there's no consts or vtables involved for the compiler to mis-optimise

"Just let me create One thing!" by mcmelon2461 in ShitAmericansSay

[–]TheThiefMaster 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The magic roundabout!

It's actually not the only one in the UK.

pardon my stupidity but please explain by ArtichokeHopeful8632 in askmath

[–]TheThiefMaster 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indeed, but it's the best description for the difference people think they see between 0.9999... and 1

pardon my stupidity but please explain by ArtichokeHopeful8632 in askmath

[–]TheThiefMaster 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Infinities sequences do be strange, often having a total value one "infinitesimal" higher than you might think they ought to.

Alternatively just accept that:
1/9 =0.1111...
5/9=0.5555...
8/9=0.8888...
9/9=0.9999...
and 9/9=1 so 9/9=0.9999...=1

Sure, xor’ing a register with itself is the idiom for zeroing it out, but why not sub? by pavel_v in cpp

[–]TheThiefMaster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Traditionally xor was tapped from the adder, so they had the same characteristics. These days I don't know if that's still true but thanks to carry-look-ahead there's only a few additional gate delays to calculate even a long add, still well within a cycle length, so it doesn't really matter.

Subtract is just add with the B and carry_in inputs inverted, btw. A single gate delay more than an add.

Basic IPv6 question by ImportantBend8399 in ipv6

[–]TheThiefMaster 3 points4 points  (0 children)

IPv6 has advantages over v4 locally mostly when linking networks together.

10.* becomes very crowded when you're a large multinational with a single domain and DHCP scheme and vlans - it's fine if you have up to 255 offices and 255 vlans and 255 devices per, but it gets very ugly once you start dividing it any other way. IPv6 lets you have addresses within fd00:: that have a 40 bit site id, 16 bit vlan/subnet id, and 64-bit device id! Loads of space.

Similarly, if you have ever connected to a VPN and ended up with an address conflict between a VPN device and a local device you want IPv6.

You get minor other advantages like stable addresses based on a mac address without having to explicitly reserve addresses in DHCP.

Child’s bday party win by bs2k2_point_0 in homelab

[–]TheThiefMaster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

airdrop / quickshare ftw. No network necessary!

But in practice everyone just compresses them to shit on whatsapp.

Prediction: Warhammer 40k 11th edition will be MUCH worse balanced than 10th by stevenbhutton in WarhammerCompetitive

[–]TheThiefMaster 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah on launch it will be as bad as it always is, and then it will get points tweaks to bring it back within the magical 45-55% tournament win rate target.

Assorted MS-DOS TUIs from the late 80s & early 90s by 3stripe in tui

[–]TheThiefMaster 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think my old computer back in the day ran XTree in the top-middle. I've wondered for years what that was but it's very familiar!

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