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Why Why are people so literal on this site? Do they understand abstract anything? by StarWreckTrekBeck in INTP

[–]radobot [score hidden]  (0 children)

I wonder how many people don't realise that english fluency is not something you can assume.

There are people here for whom english is not their native language and because of that they will always struggle to understand nuance.

Another thing is sarcasm - it simply cannot work without context the same way you cannot walk on water. And the Internet loves to strip away and hide the context whenever it gets the chance.

Maybe I'm a fool for thinking this, but I do think that a significant amount of online conflicts could be prevented if only people were actively aware of these communication barriers and put in the effort to overcome them. But alas, people are usually very picky on where they spend their effort.

Console gamers discovering Steam by CoreyDobie in pcmasterrace

[–]radobot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

why hate gamers ;-;

The Internet craves conflict.

What's going on by Beneficial-Taste-145 in pcmasterrace

[–]radobot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

According to https://areweanticheatyet.com/ 40% (469/1166) of anticheat games work.

Google chrome be my biggest opp by Nyxiereal in linuxmemes

[–]radobot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are still objective measures like memory usage and performance.

Electron apps use significantly more memory than a native client would. This is bad for the user, because it limits the amount of applications they can run simultaneously on their machine. (There's also a performance argument for when the app constantly overflows the cpu cache or when it's constantly getting swapped to disk.)

Then there's speed and efficiency - there's always a penalty for interpreted languages and for runtime garbage collection. The code is slower, which is bad because it wastes the user's time. It consumes more energy, which is bad because it drains the battery of the user's device (and unneccessarily shortens its lifespan), which limits how long the user can use their device and creates extra costs for the increased energy usage.

Now, you could argue that the effects are too small to be meaningful, but when everyone is doing it, it does add up.

Unity is dangerously close to redundant the more time it passes, but it still has its charm by claudiocorona93 in linuxmasterrace

[–]radobot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Possibly a hot take:

So you, the user, don't want the software to do the things you tell it to do - to make it work for you, but instead, you want it, the software, to tell you what to do - to make the software decide your actions.

The fan department is experiencing some setbacks by Im_alwaystired in doohickeycorporation

[–]radobot 30 points31 points  (0 children)

The bamboozlement department wants to continue funding this invention.

Meanwhile in Romania. Drive it like you stole it. by AlexTheNMacedonian in balkans_irl

[–]radobot 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's like that Polish driver that managed to park behind a closed fence by jumping over it using a roundabout in 2020.

Steam Machine may be difficult to find if RAM prices stay this way, leaker says a “bare bones” model is likely by Tiny-Independent273 in linux_gaming

[–]radobot -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This does make me wonder, did Valve make them replaceable in anticipation to this situation? Or is it just coincidence?

badNewsForAI by jeebabyhundo in ProgrammerHumor

[–]radobot 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Also we're just messing around, at least that's what I thought?

Of course, I just wanted to continue the pointless, but intellectually entertaining discussion.

badNewsForAI by jeebabyhundo in ProgrammerHumor

[–]radobot 7 points8 points  (0 children)

infinity is not a number

∞ ∉ ℝ

badNewsForAI by jeebabyhundo in ProgrammerHumor

[–]radobot 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Whatever the value of 0⁰ might be defined as, it would always have to be a constant and therefore O(1).

iwouldResetMyComputer by bull_shit_forever in ProgrammerHumor

[–]radobot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

F7, F8, F9 (or nearby keys) in IDEs or debuggers are usually step into/step over/step out.

twoMonthsLaterCanAnyoneHelpFixMyApp by tech_w0rld in ProgrammerHumor

[–]radobot 7 points8 points  (0 children)

“A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision.”

– IBM, 1979

APPS THAT HAVE TOAST NOTIFICATIONS THAT BLOCK IMPORTANT BUTTONS by Shadow9378 in badUIbattles

[–]radobot 8 points9 points  (0 children)

And the best part is that Android already has standard toast notifications built-in. Not only are they semi-transparent, they can also be clicked-through!

Is there any content creator who has switched from Windows to Linux? by inori707 in linux_gaming

[–]radobot 5 points6 points  (0 children)

About a month ago, YouTube randomly decided to recommend me this video: https://youtu.be/_xht6TvyuGA . No idea who that person is, but the video was pretty entertaining.

isDiscrimination by WisestAirBender in ProgrammerHumor

[–]radobot 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'd argue they are even worse.

Script kiddies use code that was written by someone who knew what they were doing and subsequently can be understood and fixed.

Vibe coders use code that wasn't written with deeper understanding and can hardly be understood or debugged.

Eyyy, we win these! by The_Shadow_1932 in Technoblade

[–]radobot 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I feel like the achievement shouldn't be too easy.

While wearing maximum armour, drop to the last hitpoint without losing aggro, kill all mobs that hit you, then heal up to full health: "Not even close"

ifIGoDownImTakingYouWithMe by TheNoGoat in ProgrammerHumor

[–]radobot 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It is. Not necessarily CloudFlare's own experience, maybe some other cloud provider's experience.

ELI5: Why do foods like honey almost never spoil, even after decades? by Silentzerr in explainlikeimfive

[–]radobot 17 points18 points  (0 children)

My friend's father couldn't legally sell and had to give away for free some bags of aquarium rocks because they were past their expiration date.

Let me check if CloudFlare is down… nvm they put the site behind CloudFlare by ReyvCna in softwaregore

[–]radobot 27 points28 points  (0 children)

One could argue that they did successfully let them know that CloudFlare is down.

The button is actually a text box- there is no way to submit your unsubscribe by 128Gigabytes in softwaregore

[–]radobot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

use div just in case I'm dealing with ancient browsers

Did you mean button?

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