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JoeyJoeJoeJr

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  • I have no insight into this specific event, and won't bother looking it up, but "no memory" here might not be like someone would say in a deposition to blow off a question - it might be that he was also injured in the crash, and legitimately has no recollection of the event.

  • Google ending Steam for Chromebook support in 2026

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  • Having daily driven Windows (6 years growing up), MacOS (8+ years for work), Linux (18 years on personal and (some) work machines), and ChromeOS (~2 years, on a cheap Chromebook used while I was traveling places I didn't want to take an expensive machine), if my options were Windows, MacOS, or ChromeOS, I would 100% take ChromeOS. Even on cheap hardware, it was a better user experience than the others... Though I will caveat that with: when I had to do work that required heavy lifting, I remoted into my Linux desktop. But that was a hardware limitation, rather than a software limitation.

    For people who know what they're doing, I recommend traditional Linux. For those who don't, I recommend ChromeOS. Mac and Windows are both also run by mega corps, they're all spying on users... at least ChromeOS is performant and stable.

  • Google ending Steam for Chromebook support in 2026

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  • Do you know if this means desktop Linux apps in general will no longer be supported?

  • I’m Leaving | Poorly Drawn Lines

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  • Y'ALL GOT ANY OF THEM HALLOPINYERS

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  • The gang must have let Charlie make the sign again.

  • The Reaper Clocking Overtime

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  • Malcolm Jamal Warner also died within the past few days.

  • [Video] Footage of journalists at the Trump shooting getting ushered in by security to take a picture

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  • Short clips is a common technique for spotting AI generated videos. It's computationally expensive to do more than that. Not impossible, but uncommon.

    https://youtu.be/M4TXO4kQwSQ?t=2m17s

  • What is a movie that "looks like" it would suck, but actually is well written and acted and a good time?

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  • They updated the ride after the movies, so... It's kind of circular at this point.

  • Why indeed

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  • Raster images do not need to be rendered - see Rendering:

    Rendering is the process of generating a photorealistic or non-photorealistic image from input data such as 3D models...Today, to "render" commonly means to generate an image or video from a precise description (often created by an artist) using a computer program.

    Note that "render" is a fairly generic term, and it is sometimes used like "render to the screen," to just mean to display something. Rasterisation may be a better term to use here, since it only applies to vector graphics, and is the part of the process I am referring to.

    In any case, except for possibly reading fewer bytes from disk, the vector case includes all the same compute and memory cost as the raster image - it just has added overhead to compute the bitmap. On modern hardware, this doesn't take terribly long, but it does mean we're using more compute just to launch/load things.

  • Why indeed

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  • It's also worth noting apps have to ship higher resolution assets now, due to higher resolution displays. This can include video, audio, images, etc. Videos and images may be included at multiple resolutions, to account for different sized displays.

    For images, many might assume vectors are the answer, but vectors have to be rendered at runtime, which increases startup time in the best case scenario, and isn't even always supported on all platforms, meaning they have to be shipped alongside raster assets of a few different sizes, further increasing package bloat. And of course the code grows to add the logic to properly handle all the different asset types and sizes.

    All this (packaging dependencies, plus assets/asset handling) to say it isn't always malware, ads, electron, etc. Sometimes it's just trying to make something that looks nice and runs well (enough) on any machine.

  • Why indeed

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  • Many apps ship both vectors and raster images. It is worth nothing that vectors save space, but increase compute (the image now has to be rendered at runtime), contributing to slower startup times.

  • How does this pic show that Elon Musk doesnt know SQL?

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  • Worth noting is that "good" database design evolved over time (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_normalization). If anything was setup pre-1970s, they wouldn't have even had the conception of the normal forms used to cut down on data duplication. And even after they were defined, it would have been quite a while before the concepts trickled down from acedmemia to the engineers actually setting up the databases in production.

    On top of that, name to SSN is a many-to-many relationship - a single person can legally change their name, and may have to apply for a new SSN (e.g. in the case of identity theft). So even in a well normalized database, when you query the data in a "useful" form (e.g. results include name and SSN), it's probably going to appear as if there are multiple people using the same SSN, as well as multiple SSNs assigned to the same person.

  • What's the best open source keyboard for android?

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  • I've had the same problem with HeliBoard learning garbage. I just changed my settings though, and I think it should help:

    1. Open HeliBoard settings
    2. Open Text correction settings
    3. Scroll all the way to the bottom, and turn off "Add words to personal dictionary"

    If you scroll all the way to the top again, you can manually manage the personal dictionary, including adding words you do want, and deleting any junk that was added by mistake, before switching that setting off.

  • Longevity-obsessed tech millionaire discontinues de-aging drug out of concerns that it aged him

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  • I think to be fair, you've got to compare his before and after, rather than comparing him to anyone else.

    I certainly wouldn't say he looks young, but I think he's on a better trajectory.

  • Longevity-obsessed tech millionaire discontinues de-aging drug out of concerns that it aged him

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  • Someone testing on themselves is how we learned what causes and how to treat ulcers (the researcher earned a Nobel prize for giving himself an ulcer, and then treating it), among other things.

    Controlled trials are great, but research has to start somewhere.

  • Curated list of banking app support for GrapheneOS

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  • You may have missed "also." The comment does not suggest replacing the current list.

    Worth noting, the existing list dies actually appear to cover both known working and known not working apps - apps that do not work have their names given in strikethrough.

  • [Question] What's the strangest bug you encountered that resolved magically by itself?

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  • In college, in my intro to Java class, I had a program I'd written that I was trying to show someone. Every time I ran it (in Eclipse) it crashed. It had worked earlier, but was then consistently crashing. Looked at the stacktrace, looked at the code... No issues I could spot. After quite a while of poking around, with the file reverted to its original state and still failing, I did a select all, cut, paste (into the same file), and it started working again.

  • Orcas start wearing dead salmon hats again after ditching the trend for 37 years

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  • Some people have posted pictures in the thread now, and it looks like you might be correct. Seems odd - the blowhole is analogous to a nostril. Sucking something against your nose a swimming seems like it would be uncomfortable.

  • Orcas start wearing dead salmon hats again after ditching the trend for 37 years

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  • Under water, with no hands, how are they getting the fish in place? And perhaps more difficult, how do they keep it there? Anyone aware of a video?