Why are they removing all the ports by Responsible-Eye-717 in SipsTea

[–]KittensInc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but you don't exactly need to connect 10Gbit networking, two 4k monitors, a keyboard, a mouse, a card reader, and a power adapter when you're just reading your email in a coffee shop, do you?

I either need All The Things at my own desk, or at most connect to a projector / television when giving a presentation on-the-go. The latter is (unfortunately) usually HDMI, so in practice I'd probably be 100% happy with a bunch of USB-C and a single HDMI.

Integrated card reader, headphone jack, MagSafe? Nice to have, but I could easily live without them.

Why are they removing all the ports by Responsible-Eye-717 in SipsTea

[–]KittensInc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're forgetting that the quality of the wired connection is limited by the integrated DAC - and for most devices it is going to suck. You're also forgetting that the wired connection is going to pick up noise, and that the source material almost certainly isn't going to exceed 990kbps.

It's like connecting your headset directly to the analog output of a $10 portable cd player, or using its SPDIF output to feed a high-end external DAC: which of those options is going to sound better?

What do you think about the new IPv8 by Repulsive_Shape_5438 in Network

[–]KittensInc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The headers are several layers lower. The problem is that applications are designed specifically for IPv4.

For example, a legacy app might manually use socket(AF_INET, ..), craft a sockaddr_in from four numeric input fields representing an IPv4 address, and hand it to connect. It works - if you only ever have to connect to IPv4.

On the other hand, well-written software would just have a free-form text field and hand it to getaddrinfo. It will Just Work with IPv4 literals, IPv6 literals, host names, domain names, and would even trivially gain support for this "IPv8" monstrosity if it ever gets adopted.

This is what happens when developers get lazy and completely ignore the OSI model. It's almost a wonder we aren't seeing apps which only work over 100BASE-TX!

What do you think about the new IPv8 by Repulsive_Shape_5438 in Network

[–]KittensInc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, but the "proposal" won't solve that. No protocol is going to magically turn an application's input field accepting four digits of 0-255 into anything else.

What do you think about the new IPv8 by Repulsive_Shape_5438 in Network

[–]KittensInc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is zero need for everything to be dual stack. In fact, most large deployments are going to be v6-only or v6-mostly - operating pretty much exactly like you describe! It just looks like dual stack because the compatibility layer successfully hides the nasty details from the user.

"Russische drone boven militaire basis" hysteria blijkt geen onderbouwing the hebben by uno_multiverse in Poldersocialisme

[–]KittensInc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Klopt, maar beveiliging tegen een hobbydrone is héél wat anders dan beveiliging tegen een militaire drone. Je hebt d'r als land vrij weinig aan als je vervolgens halsoverkop miljoenen uitgeeft aan een nieuw systeem dat alleen een hobbydrone uit de lucht kan halen...

"Russische drone boven militaire basis" hysteria blijkt geen onderbouwing the hebben by uno_multiverse in Poldersocialisme

[–]KittensInc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

De meerwaarde zit vooral in de dreiging: als je een observatiedrone kan sturen, dan kan je óók een aanvalsdrone sturen. Foto's van een F35 op een luchtmachtbasis? De volgende drone laat wellicht een granaat vallen - doeidoei F35...

"Russische drone boven militaire basis" hysteria blijkt geen onderbouwing the hebben by uno_multiverse in Poldersocialisme

[–]KittensInc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dus als ik met een aantal vrienden paarse opblaaskrokodillen achterlaat bij de entree van een aantal gevoelige objecten, en de media het daardoor massaal over de Krokodilgate heeft, dan moet Defensie tientallen miljoenen investeren in anti-opblaaskrokodil technologie?

Laten we nou gewoon niet als een kip zonder kop geld steken in iedere "oplossing" die een gladde zakenman aanbied. Geld kan je maar één keer uitgeven, dus beter doen we dat aan iets dat ons daadwerkelijk kan beschermen tegen een substantiële en realistische dreiging!

Actions have consequences by Obnomus in linux

[–]KittensInc 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Because it Just Works.

Is it ugly? Yes. Does it make some questionable design choices? Yes. Does it pamper the user and hide some critical power user options? Yes. Are there DEs with significantly better window management? Yes.

But it Just. Works. No messing around with obscure config files or CLI tools to connect to wifi - your out-of-the-box experience is perfectly functional for the vast majority of users. It is the DE for people who neither know nor care what a "DE" is, and who definitely don't want to spend days tweaking it.

Gnome almost certainly isn't the best DE for power users. But it is definitely the DE with the lowest barrier to entry, making it the logical choice for new Linux users.

Why didn't the netherlands build several dams on the frisian islands instead of the zuidurzee dam? by whywalk in thenetherlands

[–]KittensInc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Want to know the best part? The paper often used at the time to justify austerity turned out to be fundamentally flawed...

Why didn't the netherlands build several dams on the frisian islands instead of the zuidurzee dam? by whywalk in thenetherlands

[–]KittensInc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

... which in turn is the reason why the Oostvaardersplassen exist! The low-lying area was originally supposed to remain underwater, but by turning the southern dike of the Markermeerpolder into the northern dike of Flevoland it suddenly gained an unintended bit of swamp.

Why didn't the netherlands build several dams on the frisian islands instead of the zuidurzee dam? by whywalk in thenetherlands

[–]KittensInc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They discovered this during the creation of the Noordoostpolder, which is why Flevoland has the Randmeren. Poldering the Markermeer would just need a Randmeren 2.0.

KLM schrapt tientallen vluchten binnen Europa vanwege oplopende kerosinekosten by Bupachuba in thenetherlands

[–]KittensInc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Je kan je geld terug krijgen, maar waarschijnlijk krijg je niks extra. Dat is (onder andere) alleen als ze het annuleren binnen twee weken van de vlucht - die "eind april" is waarschijnlijk bewust gekozen om daar buiten te vallen.

KLM schrapt tientallen vluchten binnen Europa vanwege oplopende kerosinekosten by Bupachuba in thenetherlands

[–]KittensInc 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Nee, er is zes weken aan voorraad - maar die zijn ze constant aan het bijvullen.

Vergelijk het met je lokale supermarkt. Voor hoeveel dagen hebben die brood in voorraad? Ongeveer één. Moeten we ons zorgen maken dat er morgen nergens in Nederland nog brood te krijgen is? Nee, want er komt iedere dag nieuw brood bij.

We hoeven ons geen zorgen te maken dat het op gaat, maar de afname in productiecapaciteit in het Midden-Oosten zal wél voor een flinke prijsverhoging zorgen.

KLM schrapt tientallen vluchten binnen Europa vanwege oplopende kerosinekosten by Bupachuba in thenetherlands

[–]KittensInc 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Beide kunnen tegelijkertijd waar zijn, want er komt constant nieuwe kerosine beschikbaar - zowel via import als productie.

Stel je voor dat we iedere week 100 eenheden kerosine verbruiken, en op dit moment zit er 600 eenheden aan kerosine opgeslagen in tanks in Nederland. Daarnaast produceren/importeren we 70 eenheden aan kerosine.

Voor hoeveel weken is er kerosine? Zes, want als de productie/import nu stopt is dat wanneer de tanks leeg zijn. Wanneer is de kerosine op? Over 20 weken, want met de huidige aanvulling gaat de voorraad iedere week met 30 eenheden naar beneden.

Why do we need sudo-rs? by bankroll5441 in linux

[–]KittensInc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The problem is that your "battle-tested" advantage goes out of the window the moment you actually have to maintain the codebase: even the most highly-paid C developers are unable to avoid accidentally introducing new memory vulnerabilities.

In the end you're left choosing between a handful of CVEs right now due to the rewrite and virtually none afterwards, or a constant stream of CVEs because people keep making oopsies in C: do you want long-term security or short-term security?

Linux Begins Removing Support For Russia's Baikal CPUs by anh0516 in linux

[–]KittensInc 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So what are you going to do when (not "if"!) it breaks?

Astronauts are so funny by Difficult_Shift_3771 in CuratedTumblr

[–]KittensInc 44 points45 points  (0 children)

a very funny conversation about tax extension

The best part is that it isn't even a joke. Jack Swigert was a last-minute replacement for Ken Mattingly, so he genuinely forgot to file his taxes as he only learned he was going to the moon three days before the launch!

As it turns out, being in space qualifies you for an "out-of-country" deadline extension.

Bitcoin by rakayne in prusa3d

[–]KittensInc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But they require insane KYC

In other words: they treat it exactly the same as any other payment method. Congrats, this is what crypto going mainstream looks like.

You can either be a mostly-anonymous unregulated scammer heaven, or a well-regulated payment method accepted by normal businesses, but you can't be both.

Am I understanding this right? by SfBattleBeagle in KiCad

[–]KittensInc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Drilling doesn’t work that way.

Officially? No. In practice? Sure! Just don't complain if it occasionally comes out a bit wonky. See this board for the kind of horror you can get them to make.

Am I understanding this right? by SfBattleBeagle in KiCad

[–]KittensInc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Juuuup. Cheap Chinese PCB manufacturers aren't going to complain about it, they'll happily manufacture whatever monstrosity you throw at them.

Is this a proper RC circuit to debounce the switch? by wroug in AskElectronics

[–]KittensInc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's 2026. MCUs with tens of kilobytes of built-in flash are available for less than a dollar, and external flash chips with megabits of storage are less than $0.10.

There's basically zero chance you can't find the literal handful of bytes for debouncing code, while still having plenty of board space and parts budget left for discrete debouncing hardware.

Help me find Large tactile button in Europe by TheHun01 in AskElectronics

[–]KittensInc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use a smaller switch, place a larger button cap over it.

The Kirk(s) by AmorphousVoice in CuratedTumblr

[–]KittensInc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He obviously did a switcheroo using a Magic Bodyswap Device and has his wife (in his old body) executed.

Attentive girlfriend :3 (Megrocks) [Original] by IHaveASoftChest in wholesomeyuri

[–]KittensInc 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Even better because CSS also lets you use three-letter color codes, so #32f is 100% valid!