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"OMG, how many people do we have to kill around here to finally get our message across?"
One laser-guided question I've yet to see answered by the libtards is "What would an attack that is to do with religion look like?"
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One laser-guided question I've yet to see answered by the libtards is "What would an attack that is to do with religion look like?"
If by "laser-guided" you mean "totally ass-backwards and of zero value"...
What would an attack that is to do with American patriotism look like? What would an attack that is to do with video games look like? What would an attack that is to do with riding an unicycle look like?
If someone started murdering people in the name of American patriotism, video games or riding an unicycle, we'd throw them into the loony bin and seal the case. We wouldn't (well, shouldn't) start debating whether murdering people is actually what American patriotism, video games or riding an unicycle is really about, because duh, of course it's not, the guy was just some crazy fuck that tried to use it as an excuse to murder some people.
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If someone started murdering people in the name of American patriotism, video games or riding an unicycle, we'd throw them into the loony bin and seal the case.
Do any of those explicitly say to go to kill others? OK, American patriotism does for America's enemies.
If by "laser-guided" you mean "totally ass-backwards and of zero value"...
Bullshit.
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What would an attack that is to do with American patriotism look like?
Many incidents of terrorists shouting USA USA USA Ackbar before blowing themselves up, then their PR quoting passage from constitution that asks every patriot to do the same (maybe?).
What would an attack that is to do with video games look like?
Many incidents of terrorists shouting GW2 Ackbar before blowing themselves up, then their Blakey quoting passages in a YouTube channel about how shitty everything is.What would an attack that is to do with riding an unicycle look like?
Many incidents of clown terrorists shouting Chaos Ackbar before blowing themselves up, then their joker quoting passages from the dark knight.
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“Histography" is interactive timeline that spans across 14 billion years of history, from the Big Bang to 2015.
The site draws historical events from Wikipedia and self-updates daily with new recorded events.
The interface allows for users to view between decades to millions of years.
The viewer can choose to watch a variety of events which have happened in a particular period or to target a specific event in time. For example you can look at the past century within the categories of war and inventions.Kind of fun to poke around.
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That doesn't answer the question I wanted to know, which is what makes the difference between a guitar playing a middle C and a piano playing a middle C and a singer singing "a" at middle C sound different when underneath it's all frequencies and vibration.
It's the timbre, this image should make the difference more understandable:
http://www.musictheoryis.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/timbre-of-the-instruments.png
Found in a google image search. Source page has an explanation on timbre: http://www.musictheoryis.com/timbre/
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Needs more JPEG compression.
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Needs more JPEG compression.
As you wish.
TRWTF is that the original was saved as a PNG
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saved as a PNG
from a jpg. Of course. Because merely converting a file to a higher-quality format makes the quality itself higher, right?
Filed under: 4k release of the original footage for the Apollo missions
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“At Yahoo, we are continually developing and testing new product experiences,” Anne Yeh, a Yahoo spokeswoman, said in a statement. “This is a test we’re running for a small number of Yahoo Mail users in the U.S.”
TR is of course using Yahoo! Mail in 2015
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What about the of using AOL mail in 2015? (Family member, not me)
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Anyone wanna start a deadpool on how long til the users revolt?
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It'll be like that "open source success story" in Germany where the deployment runs like 6 years late, then they just declare it's done even though like 60% of employees still use Office.
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That's exactly what I was thinking of.
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###Redditor with a colorful username explains symbolism behind the ending of the "Black Adder" TV show.
I understood this, but was reminded of how much enjoyed this show back in the day. Tried rewatching it recently, but got bored a few episodes into the session 1
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/21/government_signs_deal_with_libreoffice_open_sourcer/
This probably won't survive its first mail merge.
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... it needed to be explained?
It always amazed me how fucking ignorant people are of history.
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It'll be like that "open source success story" in Germany where the deployment runs like 6 years late, then they just declare it's done even though like 60% of employees still use Office.
This office - libreoffice thing is a false Dichotomy. I'm happy with VIM+Latex
edit: tried sending some specs in markdown once, but they asked me to copy that in a docx
edit2: they keep using Office because the option was available. the way to go is not giving a choice. that is how the company got me into using word
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I'm happy with VIM+Latex
One time, my professor emailed the class in unparsed LaTeX. The first line of the email was
Let $\sigma_\mu = \mathtt{this}$ be the defining occurrence of this
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Redditor with a colorful username explains symbolism behind the ending of the "Black Adder" TV show.
<aside class="quote">tigergrass:I liked your very articulate and moving analysis there. Well done cuntpieceofshit :)
</aside>It's this sort of humor that makes me love the internet.
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Everything old is new again:
Sinclair was a horrible computer with the cheapest bottom-of-the-barrel hardware you could find at the time. The keyboard was especially atrocious.
Why would anyone want to recreate that?
Oh right. Nostalgia.
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Nostalgia is the only reason you'd want to have it on hardware anyway.
Running an emulator is a much better alternative.
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At one point in the early 90s, I had a 1.44MB floppy disk which contained emulator images of every spectrum game I ever played as a kid, and probably a couple hundred more. That was my first practical introduction to Moore's law , actually...
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Rare released a game disk on Xbox One that is like 45% Spectrum games.
https://store.xbox.com/en-US/Xbox-One/Games/Rare-Replay/367297b7-c6a3-4496-83ad-cb70c52ce8cd
Cobra Triangle is less fun than I remember it being.
It also contains many games that are XBox One emulations of Xbox 360 emulations of Nintendo 64 games. BLEW MY MIND.
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http://retrospec.sgn.net/games/hoh/
Couldn't find one for Nether Earth that looked finished...
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Pictured: literally everything you can do with it.
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Basically, an ugly-ass case for Raspberry Pi. Doesn't sound like you get any special software for it.
Hell, the screen isn't even touch-sensitive. You can get better androids for that money.
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Pictured: literally everything you can do with it.
Yeah you can not run your GAMEZZ with itDoesn't sound like you get any special software for it.
That is not the point. It is for tinkerers who like to build a computer from scratch, and learn to hack.
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That is not the point. It is for tinkerers who like to build a computer from scratch, and learn to hack.
"from scratch" = taking a pre-built Raspberry Pi, plugging it into the back of a pre-built LCD monitor, then adding a keyboard and mouse.
Hey do you want to try my chicken recipe? I make it from scratch. Step 1: go to KFC, grab a bucket of chicken, step 2: tell everybody I made it from scratch
Have I told you guys about my Ford Fusion Hybrid? I made it from scratch. (Screwed on the license plate cover.)
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That is not the point. It is for tinkerers who like to build a computer from scratch, and learn to hack.
Those people should buy the bare Raspberry Pi and package it themselves.
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If you want you can get their design and 3D print it, but it helps to have one pre-built for the class to show them how the end product will look like.
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I'm just saying calling that "from scratch" makes the term "from scratch" meaningless. You realize the word "scratch" in that context means "nothing"?
You're not starting from nothing. You're starting from a Raspberry Pi (already a full and assembled computer) and adding a pre-made screen and a pre-made keyboard and a pre-made mouse. Nothing here is "from scratch".
And unless you have a miracle 3D printer that can print LCD screens, whether or not you use a 3D printer makes no difference to the "from scratch"-ness of this contraption.
EDIT: and I don't see how the fuck this could POSSIBLY teach someone "how to hack". That's utter gibberish.
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And unless you have a miracle 3D printer that can print LCD screens, whether or not you use a 3D printer makes no difference to the "from scratch"-ness of this contraption.
Yes, and I wont expect the term to include building the processor chips either. I always wanted to build my digital camera, but sure as hell I am not going to CNC my lenses (unless it is free of course).and I don't see how the fuck this could POSSIBLY teach someone "how to hack". That's utter gibberish.
It is closer to bare-bone than an iPhone. You were lucky enough to be born in a time that PCs were tinker-able, it is not the case anymore. New generation will not know anything about computers by looking inside an iPhone. And unless it is one's profession, soon no one buys PC anymore.
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I always wanted to build my digital camera, but sure as hell I am not going to CNC my lenses (unless it is free of course).
Fine; build it. Knock yourself out.
Just don't call it "from scratch".
It is closer to bare-bone than an iPhone.
Okay.
You were lucky enough to be born in a time that PCs were tinker-able, it is not the case anymore.
Blatantly untrue. Unless you have an extremely weird definition of the word "tinker".
New generation will not know anything about computers by looking inside an iPhone.
Ok? Are we talking about PCs or phones? You keep switching.
And unless it is one's profession, soon no one buys PC anymore.
Haha right. I'm not holding my breath for that prediction to come true.
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You're not starting from nothing. You're starting from a Raspberry Pi (already a full and assembled computer) and adding a pre-made screen and a pre-made keyboard and a pre-made mouse. Nothing here is "from scratch".
Building a PC is more involved than that.
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Building a PC is more involved than that.
Building a virtually anything is more involved than that.
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Blatantly untrue. Unless you have an extremely weird definition of the word "tinker".
Tinkering can be simple. In a PC it is common to change the graphics cards, RAM, CPU, disks and OS of course. Did you never try overclocking? Messing with the BIOS then resetting it by pulling the battery? Buying a motherboard and trying to figure out why some cards do not work and what in the hell those jumpers mean. Using LPT to turn off and on some simple motor and burn the motherboard
I did all of that as a kid, I bet you and many people in our profession did that too, because it was simple thanks to PC's modular design and large space to be hands-on.
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You can still do all of that.
The only computer I can do all of that on is the only one not related to my profession.
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On a PC yes, but my bet is on the demise of PCs. I would hate to see that day, but it will happen. PCs will be expensive professional tools, everybody else will buy tablets and phones.
You can still do all of that.
No more LPT btw. I could no longer control a motor with it.
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Did you never try overclocking?
Yes. It's stupid and I don't do it now.
Messing with the BIOS then resetting it by pulling the battery?
? Why would you need to pull the battery?
Buying a motherboard and trying to figure out why some cards do not work and what in the hell those jumpers mean.
That's not tinkering, that's just poorly-designed annoying shit you have to deal with.
Remember how the plug for floppy drives wasn't keyed? WOW THAT WAS SURE TINKERING! Oh wait. No. It was just shitty.
I did all of that as a kid, I bet you and many people in our profession did that too, because it was simple thanks to PC's modular design and large space to be hands-on.
PCs haven't changed.
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Remember how the plug for floppy drives wasn't keyed?
Yeah, that was highly annoying.
Now, not so much, as I can use that knowledge to cut the cord in half for my Floppy Drive Synth project!
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Yes. It's stupid and I don't do it now.
Easy to say now that you have had your fun with it.
Why would you need to pull the battery?
To reset the BIOS to factory reset.PCs haven't changed.
They have changed least, that is a sign of aging. Where is my LPT port? For all that matters where is my COM port?
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Where is my LPT port? For all that matters where is my COM port?
Oh, you need to solder on some headers and plug in a cord to get to those.
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On a PC yes, but my bet is on the demise of PCs. I would hate to see that day, but it will happen. PCs will be expensive professional tools, everybody else will buy tablets and phones.
Professionals and Discourse users will remain on PCs
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