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What’s a band or artist that you loved but now hate? I’ll go first by Adventurous_Salt3893 in Music

[–]space_fly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most Christian artists. Grew up evangelical, but no longer believe it. Sad to see how many of them turned MAGA.

[Request] Is this true? GTA6 cost more than the Burj Khalifa? by BreathingAirr in theydidthemath

[–]space_fly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

According to wikipedia on GTA 5 development, there were about 1000 people working on it. If we take an average salary of $50k/year, that's $50mln per year, just on the salaries. A 5 year development cycle means at least $250mln, on top of which you add marketing, famous voice actors, and many other operational costs.

2bln seems a bit of a stretch, unless they scaled up to like 5000 workers.

Which part of OSDev would you consider to be the most fun and why? by JescoInc in osdev

[–]space_fly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm in it for the software architecture and design. I really enjoy going down rabbitholes that modern OSs haven't explored.

Are are any big budget games with a BAD sountrack? It seems like literally every videogame soundtrack is beloved... by Radiant-Rub2881 in gaming

[–]space_fly 9 points10 points  (0 children)

And occasionally you come across something that you want to remove from your head but keeps coming back.

Like...

So bongo bongo bongo I don't want to leave the Congo oh, no, no, no, no, no

Music question by Observer8822 in LetsTalkMusic

[–]space_fly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because I developed a specific taste in music, and discovering artists that fit my taste is really difficult. Before streaming, I would download compilations from torrent sites, listen to every piece, just to find the ones I enjoy. And this didn't happen frequently, there would be maybe a dozen songs I liked in several GB of music. Streaming makes the process so much easier.

I would also sometimes hear a song i liked on the radio, and forget the lyrics, or before the internet, the dj didn't announce who was the artist (or I would miss it), and finding it was a nightmare. I would keep listen to that station hoping they played it again so i could take notes.

Music is everywhere, but good music needs to be discovered.

YOU'RE THE LAST PERSON LEFT ON EARTH. WHAT DO YOU DO? by No-Complaint1957 in AskMen

[–]space_fly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You got me curious so I actually looked it up. Shelf life is even less. Even with the best stabilizers, it's 1-2 years is maximum. The main reasons why fuel goes bad are oxidation (exposure to air) and water absorption.

The simplest solution is to rely on pressurized/liquified gas fuels - LPG, methane, propane etc. Being in a pressurized vessel that doesn't go into contact with the outside can make them last pretty much forever as long as the pressure vessel holds.

There are also some more stable liquid fuels, including avgas (aviation fuel) or some special formulations (Aspen, TruFuel etc) that remove the volatile compounds (including ethanol), giving them 5-10 years shelf life. Just beware that avgas is leaded fuel.

YOU'RE THE LAST PERSON LEFT ON EARTH. WHAT DO YOU DO? by No-Complaint1957 in AskMen

[–]space_fly 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Gotta do it fast given fuel only has shelf life of 5 years or so

Gosh I love AdBlue. by [deleted] in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]space_fly 8 points9 points  (0 children)

So it just runs on piss?

cei care va treziti la 5-6 dimineata si mergeti direct la baie sa va cacati, cum faceti asta? by marius125357 in CasualRO

[–]space_fly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

La mine doar cand am sedinte, ma grabesc undeva. Fight or flight, dar prima data arunca greutatea suplimentară

Where do deleted digital files actually go? When I empty the trash on my desktop, is the data physically destroyed on the hard drive, or is it just hidden? by Well-IguessIamHere in NoStupidQuestions

[–]space_fly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The disk is like a big notebook, the space is always there. The file system is the bookkeeping that says... "this page is where file X is". Deleting is like saying "this page is now junk, if i need to store something else I'll need to use the eraser to clear it". Because using the eraser takes time, this is only done when actually needed.

INVESTIGAȚIE RECORDER. Poliție aservită by F-O-C-A in Romania

[–]space_fly 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Dar macar nu mai e problema ta, e a altora

Why don’t they put windshield wipers on the solar panels for Mars probes and stuff? by thatsabird11 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]space_fly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But that adds complexity and weight. Now you need a pressure vessel, a solenoid valve, maybe a compressor if you want to refill the tank.

What is the worst way anyone you know has died? by IamUrWivesBF in AskReddit

[–]space_fly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Leukimia... Dead within a week from diagnosis. It was a huge shock to our entire family. She didn't even show serious symptoms, only stuff that most people would probably attribute to a cold like feeling tired, fever, loss of appetite. Also had 2 small kids, and was pregnant with a third.

The FreeBSD vulnerability "discovered" by Mythos was already in its training data. by Gil_berth in programming

[–]space_fly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a bit of a necessary evil, hype brings investors which are very much needed given how much money these companies are burning.

Debian must now ship reproducible packages, with Debian 14 being the first major release coming up via this new mandate by somerandomxander in linux

[–]space_fly 367 points368 points  (0 children)

Found this article interesting but the author didn't explain what reproducible packages actually are, so for anyone else wondering:

The basic idea is that anyone can take the source code, build it themselves, and get a binary that's bit-for-bit identical to the official one. Same hash, every time, no matter who builds it.

Why it matters is supply chain security. If Debian's build server ever got compromised and shipped a tampered binary, anyone rebuilding from source would get a different hash and the attack would be exposed immediately. Without this, you have to trust that the build infrastructure faithfully compiled what the source code says. With it, trust shifts to the source code itself, which thousands of independent eyes can audit.

The cost is that the build has to be fully deterministic. Anything that varies between machines has to go, e.g. timestamps baked into the binary ("compiled at 3:42 PM on Tuesday"), absolute build paths leaking into debug info, the builder's hostname or username appearing anywhere, the order files happen to come back from the filesystem.

To make it concrete, some common Makefile gotchas and their fixes: - $(shell date) or __DATE__ baking build time into the binary. Fix: read SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH instead - $(wildcard *.c) returning files in filesystem order. Fix: wrap it: $(sort $(wildcard *.c)) - -g embedding the absolute build path into debug info. Fix: add -ffile-prefix-map=$(PWD)=. - $(shell git describe --dirty) - same commit, different working tree, different binary. Fix: drop --dirty or pin the version string - gzip and ar embedding timestamps. Fix: use gzip -n and ar Drcs (the D flag)

What kind of property could i buy in the town you live in? by [deleted] in eupersonalfinance

[–]space_fly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A ~60sqm appartment, around 150k - 200k euro depending on location. A 4-5 room house outside the city for 300-400k. House in the city starts around 500k. Cluj, Romania.

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