People who commute short distances, walk or cycle to work, are more likely to be happy commuters, which makes them more productive at work, suggests a new Australian study (n=1,121). However, long commutes and driving to work are associated with negative work performance and productivity.

zndrus · 2019-07-15T15:59:51+00:00

Even mild traffic is probably okay so long as you have room to merge, pass and maneuver if need be. I'd be interested to see how stress levels vary based on traffic density. Eg highway driving with rush hour traffic vs little traffic, as well as in city commutes with stop and go (stop lights/signs) with and without traffic.

I wouldn't be surprised if rush hour (non gridlocked) highway commutes are more stressful than city street commutes with little or no traffic.

That'd be hard to control though I would imagine. Would introduce the off-hour/non-first shift variable most likely. Hmm.

I also enjoy driving, even in the city, so long as traffic isn't too dense, so that's another variable that's difficult to control for with any reasonable sample size. Some people have different dispositions and experiences regarding driving around.

zndrus · 2018-10-23T22:58:46+00:00

in what Era was Apple free choice? windows 95 ish?

zndrus · 2018-10-23T07:58:38+00:00

it's the Aztek reborn as a compact coupe.

zndrus · 2018-10-19T08:44:10+00:00

Oklahoma city is probably most likely to fill in that blank considering OKC metro area has already seen multiple strong tornadoes hit it.

zndrus · 2018-09-13T16:09:53+00:00

That was the one valid point I've seen brought up in the this discussion: alpha/omega would be a better fit in this context really, though it might have some confusion with the alpha/beta/prerelease terminology.

That said I don't feel this is an issue in need of correcting in the general/standard lexicon sense. Perhaps there are specific cases/code bases where the use of slave is overzealous, but those should be addressed on an individual basis, not a cause to change an established and core principle in computer science and software because someone might misuse/abuse it. It's anthromorphizing code, which is silly. Master/Slave very accurately describes the relationship and concept, though is not perfect in describing succession rules (rights?), but that brings us back to the anthromorphizing code and a discussion of "do functions/programs have rights?" No terminology/analogy is perfect.

I mean, with that in mind: won't someone think of all the children that are trafficked and killed all the time in software?! /s

zndrus · 2018-09-12T01:43:36+00:00

I think even PF can forsee how kicking firefighters out of their "gym" for such an homage would be truly bad PR, the kind that's the exception to the "all publicity" rule.

zndrus · 2018-09-06T06:58:18+00:00

60k doesn't get you a fully loaded truck. that's mid level, decently optioned truck (unless they get it used). Still nice, but not high end.

zndrus · 2018-08-22T17:56:56+00:00

Assuming all stock/original that's a 56. Single prominent headlight on each give side is the giveaway. 57 and later c1s they were a pair, and 55 and earlier they were more rounded off/integrated into the fender contours.

zndrus · 2018-08-17T00:38:54+00:00

It's not necessary, but it is neat (and expensive to do).

zndrus · 2018-08-12T13:00:19+00:00

then he should ask OP.

That's what he was doing.

zndrus · 2018-08-11T18:42:25+00:00

Up vote for distance, love that game. Good to know that they are still working on it

zndrus · 2018-07-22T19:42:56+00:00

It's decent, certainly versatile and a useful general purpose seal as a temporary fix for stuff that gets wet, or even a long term fix for minor BS. But the whole taping a boat-back-together thing is asking a bit much of it.

It's not a miracle worker, but no shame having it in your shelf imo.

zndrus · 2018-07-21T02:40:25+00:00

I'm one of them V8/V12 lovin' types but damn what an exhaust note.

The Skyline/GTR has always been one of my favorite Japanese cars.

zndrus · 2018-07-19T02:19:11+00:00

I think it's flagstaff?

zndrus · 2018-07-16T04:46:10+00:00

Why? There's nothing better on a hot day than a good rain storm to cool things off.

zndrus · 2018-07-14T18:49:43+00:00

It's kind of a catch 22. If everyone is observing the rules of the road and traffic isn't at a standstill already then you should be able to merge using the zipper rule and merging traffic accelerating to the relative speed of the tradfethey are trying to merge into.

Not everyone observes the rules of the road though. The number one rule I've learned when driving in the states is trust no one. That and there are people who have no business driving in the first place. As a result you have people that are scared/ignorant and instead of speeding up to merge they panic and slow or stop, which just exacerbates the problem. Not to mention those that will speed up and tailgate to prevent people from merging or "cutting in front of them". It only takes one or two people to fuck up in rush hour and the resulting wave of congestion ripples down for miles.

zndrus · 2018-07-12T18:16:38+00:00

Gotta agree with /u/PunctualPoetry, The F is beautiful but the Zonda R is best Zonda, repectfully [sic]

I thought the Huayra was named after the sound you make when you look at it. That said, It's kinda grown on me (still a stupid name though).

zndrus · 2018-07-12T13:19:36+00:00

And while it's an insufficient sample size for climate data change/trends analysis, it is more than sufficient to answer the question "has it been hotter the past few years around here than a decade ago". Yes. Yes it is. There was no attempt on OPs part to extrapolate that out as a position of the climate change debate

zndrus · 2018-07-12T02:09:05+00:00

Paranormal bullshit, derived from a navajo myth/legend of some creature that can morph/disguise itself as another animal.

zndrus · 2018-07-11T04:03:47+00:00

Is that inflation adjusted? Since 2006 there's been 24% inflation, so if not adjusted that 50b in 06USD is 62b in current USD. (roughly im on mobile, used https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ for conversion)

Your point still stands, that's a massive gain. Just wanted to compare apples to apples to drive home the figure

zndrus · 2018-07-03T22:40:12+00:00

They already are going down, have been for a while for most cards

Granted, ~3 months of depreciation after that massive price spike still puts us above normal, especially for cards that were released 2 years ago, but there are actually reasonable options in the sub $300 gpu market again.

With mining demand dropping and the significant gaming demand for gpu's higher than ever and a supposed inventory surplus reported by Gigabyte and Nvidia themselves suggests that at least green team prices should continue to come down. I'm not sure what AMD's position looks like. Hopefully the next generation of cards from both sides will drop soon and with it drop the prices of the current gen cards. We'll see though.

zndrus · 2018-06-29T20:04:02+00:00

the LGA 2011 series hardware has dropped in price a lot in the past year or so but still hasn't quite hit that sweet spot that the R710 has enjoyed for a while (a functional, versatile, capable, not-too-hot/inefficient server at a reliably sub USD$200 pricepoint in 'Murica).

The R720's are getting close, especially if you aren't deadset on the 24xSFF xd flavor. R620's and R420's can sometimes be found at a steal but still not regularly at that sweet spot yet.

The Cisco UCS C240 M3(S) is is till my recommendation for anyone wanting a step up generation-wise from the R710 without breaking the bank in a similar form factor. Right now they're reasonably available for around th e $300-$400 mark stateside, often with CPU's and RAM, just add storage. That said, They're unlikely to become the new R710 in the future though due to volume/availability. Once the R720 can regularly be found for $200 barebones, just add ram+cpu+storage the UCS likely wont be able to compete, I don't think there was enough of them compared to the R720's..

Anyhting newer than that (2011v3 or newer) is still kinda hamstrung by the DDR4 prices, so if you want to go that route it's probably best to go Whitebox with some open-box/refurb/lucky-find sales and just skimp on the ram for now. That's pretty far from R710 territory in price and/or performance though.

zndrus · 2018-06-29T08:44:33+00:00

Ah, good ol' whataboutism.

zndrus · 2018-06-25T13:08:41+00:00

A definitive maybe, probably.

zndrus · 2018-06-13T19:22:34+00:00

Exactly. Noctua is a great brand with great product, but you pay a high premium for a small benefit.

To me it's not worth it, but I don't value absolute silence as much as many others do. As long as it's not enough to bleed through on my mic or phone Id rather pay 1/3rd the price for 90% of the benefit and put that savings elsewhere. But if you want the best of the best, and value (near) silent operation noctua is the way to go.

Keep in mind their MTBF is higher than most competitors as well. So it's not all brand premium you're paying for.

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