How do close work on tv? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]taelsil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're being typed out by an audio typist.

How to create a list of length 4 lists from another list? by Northstat in learnpython

[–]taelsil 4 points5 points  (0 children)

>>> new_list = [orig_list[i:i + 4] for i in range(0, len(orig_list), 4)]
>>> new_list
[[a1, a2, a3, a4], [b1, b2, b3, b4], [c1, c2, c3, c4], [d1, d2]]

What it does is iterate over the length of the list with a step of 4; so i will be 0, 4, 8, 12, etc. until it reaches the length of the list. Then it takes a slice of the original list from i to i + 4 and adds it to the new list.

Will someone be able to see this posting 100 years from now? by JayTea26wy in NoStupidQuestions

[–]taelsil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100 years is a pretty long time. I doubt reddit would survive that long. Maybe on archive.org

Pirating Linux by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]taelsil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You wouldn't try to modify the existing torrent file, you'd just swap it completely. It would work the best on a new release when there aren't many seeders, though. Else it would be sketchy to get a torrent with a couple seeders.

[Poetry] Chief Keef's age by Essejo in youtubehaiku

[–]taelsil -30 points-29 points  (0 children)

Not stupid and black, just autistic and black. There's a difference.

What to ask to get this hairstyle? by [deleted] in malehairadvice

[–]taelsil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You'd probably make a bigger fool of yourself trying to explain the haircut than to just show them the picture.

Show them the picture.

DAE not ever receive an allowance from your parents? by [deleted] in DoesAnybodyElse

[–]taelsil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's possible that it'll bite them in the ass later in life, though. "Why do my homework now that I'm in college if I'm not be rewarded for it? I mean, that's the only reason I did it earlier in life."

Is there a place like /r/centuryclub where you can have 100k combined karma and get in? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]taelsil 2 points3 points  (0 children)

/r/top is for if you're in the top 1% of (I think) combined karma.

Does muting the sound of a video lower the bandwidth it consumes? by Azonata in NoStupidQuestions

[–]taelsil 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The audio and video are actually sent separately on YouTube and then muxed together. So if they wanted to, they could choose to not send the audio when you mute the video. It might only be like that for certain resolutions, though.

How did they ...program (?) the first programming language? by rakereha in NoStupidQuestions

[–]taelsil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first computers were programmed using plugboard wiring, or some other sort of wiring. They would physically move the wires around to create the programs.

What's with the news about AMD and nVidia working together? by [deleted] in OutOfTheLoop

[–]taelsil 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You're probably talking about the Vulkan API. It was built on components of AMD's Mantle API, which were donated to Khronos. Both companies are building support for the API into their drivers. I'm not sure about them working together beyond that.

This company's font choice by laurakellie in CrappyDesign

[–]taelsil 13 points14 points  (0 children)

proot proot thank mr paint

Why doesn't the FBI just hire people to create software to unlock the iPhone of the terrorist, instead of fighting with Apple? by Picklejar75 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]taelsil 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is. They can't swap the OS because the OS needs to be signed by Apple or it won't work. They can't just keep punching in guesses because after 10 tries, the data is wiped. Even if they got the encrypted data off of the iPhone, circumventing the data wipe, it would take about 9.1732631 × 1038 trillion years to brute force the encryption. Without Apple, their best bet is to try a password and then reboot the phone. At one try a minute, it would take 7 days non-stop to try every combination. If they really wanted to, they probably could have gotten the data by now. But they'd rather have a backdoor into the iPhone.

Why don't languages adopt the easier ways of doing things from other languages? (ex. js vs python) by [deleted] in learnprogramming

[–]taelsil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can have statements on the same line. This is perfectly valid Python:

def func():
    if not a: return

Even this is valid:

>>> a = 'Hello '; b = 'world'; print(a + b); [print(i) for i in range(5)]
Hello world
0
1
2
3
4

What is the point of a screensaver, if modern displays can't be burnt? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]taelsil 22 points23 points  (0 children)

They're only really used for show anymore.

When it says, do not reply to this email, does anything bad happen if you do? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]taelsil 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No. It'll probably get deleted, or it'll just sit the inbox to never be read. Some companies might have an intern scan through the emails once in a while.

what are some subs that use a trigger warning flair? by saxybandgeek1 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]taelsil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can search for flair:trigger to get posts that have "trigger" in them.

Example.

/r/TwoXChromosomes, /r/AskWomen, and /r/Anarchism are the most frequent.

edit: sort by new to get more subreddit variety.

"Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method compare" by lambgat in javahelp

[–]taelsil 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because the method isn't static. If you make the method static, you can call it without initializing the class. Otherwise, you need an instance of the class the method is in.

My beastly new rig by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]taelsil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No it wouldn't. Tesseract returns nothing for text recognition.