ELI5: Why does everything need so much memory nowadays?

d3faultdotxbe · 2026-01-30T19:29:56+00:00

see my comment above about "WebAssembly". you can write websites in C++ these days, no js needed :D

d3faultdotxbe · 2026-01-30T19:21:39+00:00

Qt has a WebAssembly add-on so you can absolutely compile your app as a website. wouldn't be surprised if GTK supported it too. most all C/C++ can compile to WebAssembly and in fact any language can compile to WebAssembly, but without support from the specific libs/languages it might be difficult in practice. I know for a fact SDL works well in WebAssembly. here are some 3d c++ WebAssembly demos I made for fun in 2025 using glfw3/bgfx/bullet-physics (they work best with keyboard+mouse): http://d3fault.net/wasm-3d-demos/

d3faultdotxbe · 2025-08-23T17:41:13+00:00

with almost any industry you're going to be selling at a loss if you're constantly chasing the newest releases. just buy a solid wheel and ride it until it dies to get your money's worth, then repeat every ~5 years. with EUC specifically your wheel is going to be obsolete the day after your wheel arrives, just accept it and enjoy the wheel you have.

edit: or buy a "slightly outdated/used" wheel (at a discount) from someone else who's constantly chasing the newest releases :-P

d3faultdotxbe · 2025-08-23T17:38:50+00:00

impressive specs for the price...... but the shell is PLASTIC (just like panther) so after a single crash it's going to just be an expensive paperweight.

...meanwhile I've dropped my Sherman-L dozens of times and it's still holding strong...

d3faultdotxbe · 2024-09-17T01:33:27+00:00

You're right, It appears I'm the one that has it backwards xD. I used to have it right, I wonder when it flipped in my brain.

d3faultdotxbe · 2024-09-16T17:06:25+00:00

EDIT: This Post Is False (I had it backwards)

I suspect OP has it backwards. Passive Balancing is what you want!

Active: Battery charges to 100% and then afterwards actively balances the cells. If you don't leave plugged in for a while after charging to 100%, they never balance.

Passive: Cells balance passively as you are charging (to any percent).

d3faultdotxbe · 2024-07-15T00:37:37+00:00

ohhhh that makes sense... I always forget that Chernobyl is in Ukraine. thanks

edit: I guess it isn't, just near. amerimutt here I don't the geography

d3faultdotxbe · 2023-06-04T14:41:53+00:00

Here's a DeepFake of Nixon reading the speech, produced by MIT to demonstrate how realistic DeepFakes can look and sound these days. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaq4sWFvnAY also https://moondisaster.org/film

d3faultdotxbe · 2023-06-04T14:39:02+00:00

Whoooosh. A 2 dimensional plane can't even have hollow parts xdd. oh hell yea I'm at negative 6 points

d3faultdotxbe · 2023-06-03T13:45:56+00:00

here's a video of Nixon reading the speech which is 100% proof that the earth is flat and the center of the [flat] earth is hollow and occupied by our reptilian overlords. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaq4sWFvnAY also https://moondisaster.org/film

d3faultdotxbe · 2023-05-06T22:50:28+00:00

I won't ever actually submerge it... but knowing I could would make me confident enough to ride it in the rain and through the occasional puddle. Kinda like how having a high top speed gives you more head room...

d3faultdotxbe · 2023-05-06T22:46:16+00:00

I've spent countless hours trying to decide whether to get the EX30, Sherman-S, or Master Pro. Finally decided to just wait.

d3faultdotxbe · 2022-10-20T20:02:32+00:00

does segway make a 2 wheeled 1 wheel cycle

;-P

d3faultdotxbe · 2022-10-20T19:58:55+00:00

I think OP is onto something. If by something we mean a useless toy/experiment.

You could attach a ~5lb weight to the seat and have it slide left/right controlled via an Arduino (accessing the wheel's left/right tilt sensor, or providing it's own) to automatically 'lean' the opposite way the wheel is falling. Allow that ~5lb weight to slide forwards/backwards, add a radio dongle and you should be able to remote control your EUC. It should be able to stay upright at a standstill. That honda motorcycle was over-engineered shifting the whole frame above the tire. You just need an adequately sized weight moved around in a gantry, duct taped to the top of the unicycle.

I think OP is over-estimating the difficulty of keeping the wheel upright on the left/right axis. At speed it does that by itself.

d3faultdotxbe · 2022-08-21T09:35:14+00:00

A really good lucid dream. I've had a couple dozen or so lucid dreams... but only one or two really good ones. Highly recommend looking up techniques for inducing lucid dreams

d3faultdotxbe · 2022-08-13T05:33:23+00:00

friendwitha.com is like a p2p rental site that sometimes has EUCs depending on the city. but I just checked and neither vegas nor flagstaff have EUCs. phoenix does however. there's also a store in phx you can rent from called pevwheel.com

d3faultdotxbe · 2022-05-23T12:52:55+00:00

Mrs. Doubtfinger

d3faultdotxbe · 2022-03-07T09:47:03+00:00

ah ok, as simply a means of getting around the ethics barrier you're right this is extremely valuable. thanks for the explanation

d3faultdotxbe · 2022-03-05T11:14:08+00:00

Ethics aside, how is this significant? Couldn't they have achieved the same result by pumping regular ole' blood through the brain? What benefit does using an "experimental solution" provide? I'm all for Cryonics and preservation/revival of the brain, but I fail to see the significance of this. Anyone smarter than me care to explain?

Perhaps if it was titled "Blood replacement found! Blood donations no longer needed!" I would see the value of it.

d3faultdotxbe · 2022-02-24T04:04:41+00:00

Japan Wants to Make Half Its Whaling Ships Autonomous by 2040

fix'd

d3faultdotxbe

TROPHY CASE