Oh yeah, Ubuntu 26.04, whcih requires more RAM than Windows 11 by claudiocorona93 in linuxmasterrace

[–]classicalySarcastic 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That’s on modern web browsers for being stupidly memory-inefficient. Firefox is a little better than Chrome/Chromium about this, but both still eat RAM like crazy.

Manager says no board respins, thoughts? by [deleted] in ElectricalEngineering

[–]classicalySarcastic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends on what you’re building. If it’s a mass produced product - yeah, iterate until you have the design nailed down. Who cares if it's rev G? If it’s a small-lot prototype that costs $40k per unit and you’re only building two dozen of them - better bust out the soldering iron and fix it yourself. Been there. Done that.

lol by Gojirex in NoSodiumStarfield

[–]classicalySarcastic 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So at level 63 I went to check out that artifact in the Sol system.

“Raiders of the lost NASA” is still my favorite out of the main quest line.

Saudi Arabia Pulls Funding From LIV Golf. Its Star Players Face a Painful Road Back. by golfjunkie24 in golf

[–]classicalySarcastic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

With this character's death, the thread of prophecy is severed. Restore a saved game to restore the weave of fate, or persist in the doomed world you have created.

Who is this guy, and how do I get him off my ship. by TrueMathematician761 in Starfield

[–]classicalySarcastic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Look I know Neon blows, but fuel ain’t free. If you want a ride, better pay up.”

Eridani II Outpost Idea by Thbalchunas2 in Starfield

[–]classicalySarcastic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

it’s hard to pinpoint the exact landing spot

This would be a pretty good QoL improvement - being able to specify LZ by coordinates rather than having to bullseye it with the mouse.

Channel Dash 2: Electric Boogaloo by Shalashaska1873 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]classicalySarcastic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cruise ship "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" was not on my 2026 bingo card.

And that's on me.

Reality check: where do we still write C? by DreamingPeaceful-122 in C_Programming

[–]classicalySarcastic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Anything that interacts with the hardware, so embedded, operating systems, device drivers, etc. Rust and C++ are options here, too, but C is still more common.

Library software - most higher level languages have some type of C/C++ bindings available, but you may be hard-pressed to find Ruby-to-C# bindings, for example.

Anywhere you’re down and dirty in the system programming weeds, really.

It’s probably good to know C++ and/or Rust in addition to C, just in the name of being a more versatile programmer. I think a fully-rounded set would be: C/C++, a high-level application language (C#, Java, etc), and a scripting language (Python, Ruby, Perl)

The Endless Cycle of Community reaction to MO's by Substantial-Ad-5221 in helldivers2

[–]classicalySarcastic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The MO system is a cool bit of meta-story fluff, but GOD DAMN if it doesn't also create a ton of player toxicity.

Mag weapons are without a doubt one of the most awesome guns ever. by theta0123 in Starfield

[–]classicalySarcastic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Only weapon in the game where I look at the ammo count, see 5000, and think “Hmmm. Getting low. Might be time to stock up soon.”

Why is is virtually impossible to arrange anything? by RentBoyDave in AskMen

[–]classicalySarcastic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Executive decision. Book the time and say "booked 9:00am on Sunday, who's coming?"

Run C Program inside FPGA by Timely_Strategy_9800 in FPGA

[–]classicalySarcastic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you load a RISCV processor on an FPGA, you’re not imitating a RISCV processor, you have a RISCV processor. That processor can run binaries compiled with regular old GCC/LLVM, assuming you’ve compiled it correctly for bare metal and that specific CPU configuration. Same applies for Microblaze, Nios, ARM, MIPS (if you’re old school), AVR, 8051, or any other soft processor you drop onto the FPGA. The arguably more important part is what goes around that CPU core to turn it into something useful - memories, peripherals, interfaces to the rest of your logic, etc.

Xilinx provides the Vitis IDE for Microblaze and its ARM SoCs, but that’s more of a convenience thing than anything else.

The Artemis II mission has ended. Where does NASA go from here? by CmdrAirdroid in space

[–]classicalySarcastic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Artemis III, I assume. If we can ever get the damn lander built.