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Electric USBoogaloo
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@dcon said in In other news today...:
(retroactive name for USB 3.2, all gens)
Those are differentiated by non-printing characters before and after the decimal in "3.2"
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@hungrier said in In other news today...:
@dcon said in In other news today...:
(retroactive name for USB 3.2, all gens)
Those are differentiated by non-printing characters before and after the decimal in "3.2"
Oh, no. They went for true ambiguity - there's only the one true standard!
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@hungrier said in In other news today...:
@dcon said in In other news today...:
(retroactive name for USB 3.2, all gens)
Those are differentiated by non-printing characters before and after the decimal in "3.2"
USB5
,USB 5
,USB 5
andUSB‌5
will all use the same plug but operate on different voltages.
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@Maciejasjmj said in In other news today...:
@hungrier said in In other news today...:
@dcon said in In other news today...:
(retroactive name for USB 3.2, all gens)
Those are differentiated by non-printing characters before and after the decimal in "3.2"
USB5
,USB 5
,USB 5
andUSB‌5
will all use the same plug but operate on different voltages.It'll be square. How you plug it in determines the voltage you get.
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@MrL said in In other news today...:
@Carnage said in In other news today...:
That wasn't the argument.
The argument was that those that still pirate media wouldn't buy it anyway, so it is not lost income to the business that is having it's stuff pirated. Some of it, yes, but not all.I know that's the argument, and I say it's bullshit.
Only if you pretend that demand curves don't exist.
The demand curve says that when the price goes up, fewer people will buy it. Assuming that every pirated copy is a lost sale is, therefore, wrong. Some of them, yes, but not all.
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@dcon Also, it'll have it's own Unicode symbol that you can combine with a plug-rotation-character that determines which version of
USB 5&usb5; you mean.
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USB
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USB
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What if it was actually USB
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@cvi said in In other news today...:
@dcon Also, it'll have it's own Unicode symbol that you can combine with a plug-rotation-character that determines which version of
USB 5&usb5; you mean.There will be two plug-rotation characters. You will try to use the wrong one first.
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TripAdvisor responded by suggesting K could leave a first person review detailing her sexual assault on the website.
This is wrong on so many levels that I don't even know where to begin.
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@dkf said in In other news today...:
@hungrier said in In other news today...:
USB
@lolwhat said in In other news today...:
USB
USB
USB
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@Rhywden said in In other news today...:
TripAdvisor responded by suggesting K could leave a first person review detailing her sexual assault on the website.
This is wrong on so many levels that I don't even know where to begin.
Effective though. Trial by public shaming. Unless speedily removed by moderators.
...Or, after reading the article, not effective enough.From article:
She added that the reviews detailing sexual assault attacks should not be lumped alongside other 1-star reviews complaining about “bed sheets”.
The Guardian found a further 40 examples of reviews describing sexual assault, rape and groping committed by staff members of highly-rated hotels and other travel businesses. In only 14 of those cases, the hotel or travel business – such as tour guides – had replied to the review, with just one review indicating whether disciplinary action had been taken against the staff member in question.
Edit:
I read the article. Depressing.
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@acrow Not to mention that some of those reviews promptly become buried under other reviews.
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@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
Is there even any evidence or other reason to believe that performance drugs give bridge players an unfair advantage?
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@jinpa said in In other news today...:
@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
Is there even any evidence or other reason to believe that performance drugs give bridge players an unfair advantage?
I would think that for testosterone, it might make the player more aggressive or competitive. And that could go either way, but it seems pretty silly to ban it for playing bridge.
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@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
@jinpa said in In other news today...:
Is there even any evidence or other reason to believe that performance drugs give bridge players an unfair advantage?
I would think that for testosterone, it might make the player more aggressive or competitive. And that could go either way, but it seems pretty silly to ban it for playing bridge.
"Geir Helgemo ... tested positive for synthetic testosterone and the female fertility drug clomifene "
We live in interesting times.
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@jinpa said in In other news today...:
@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
Is there even any evidence or other reason to believe that performance drugs give bridge players an unfair advantage?
Stimulants, maybe? Something like Adderall could potentially make you more focused on the game or not get exhausted after multiple rounds.
Not sure about testosterone, you don't really punch other players in the face in bridge unless it's your partner. But they probably just have the same drugs panel as any other sports competition.
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@izzion said in In other news today...:
@TimeBandit
In the case of piracy, you are depriving the rightful owner of the software of the property of the license revenue for his software (or service).One could argue that plagarism is depriving the rightful owner of the reputation gain from being credited for using his work, but that's probably a stretch of the definition of "personal property".
If you poison someone's chicken feed, you are not stealing his eggs.
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@brie said in In other news today...:
If you poison someone's chicken feed, you are not stealing his eggs.
Not with that attitude.
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There are several y topics this could go in, but I'll just leave it here:
The headline is misleading; apparently they haven't actually made it. There's a 2.5 year wait to take delivery.
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Screenshot of the next
ChromeEdge leaked
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
Screenshot of the next
ChromeEdge leakedIs this screen implying that Edge updates are finally separate from Windows feature updates? Hooray!
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@LB_ said in In other news today...:
separate from Windows feature updates? Hooray!
Anything that avoid Windows Update is a good thing
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the options to see all your tabs and to set aside the currently open tabs have been removed compared to the current version of Edge.
The one feature that might make me consider using Edge has been removed. Good job.
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@Zecc also the feature where it wasn't Yet Another Chromium
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@Zecc said in In other news today...:
the options to see all your tabs and to set aside the currently open tabs have been removed compared to the current version of Edge.
The one feature that might make me consider using Edge has been removed. Good job.
Which is funny because there's literally no reason why it had to go.
I'm surprised an extension to emulate it hasn't been made though...
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@Tsaukpaetra I'm not terribly surprised; the main driving focus of Chromium seems to be to get rid of useful stuff and prevent it from being added back in.
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@HardwareGeek That is a very nice looking car, though.
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@mott555 I'm wondering how much an oil change will cost
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I was going to make a joke about just taking it to Wal-Mart for an oil change, but:
The Veyron uses a dry-sump oiling system with 16 different drain plugs, accessible after intricately removing parts of the underbody, which takes hours. Refilling requires removing the car's grill, rear fender liners and rear deck including rear brakes, which are bigger than front brakes.
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"Only select individuals own a Bugatti and the owners tend to have one or more Bugattis."
From the Department of Redundancy Department
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@mott555 said in In other news today...:
I was going to make a joke about just taking it to Wal-Mart for an oil change, but:
The Veyron uses a dry-sump oiling system with 16 different drain plugs, accessible after intricately removing parts of the underbody, which takes hours. Refilling requires removing the car's grill, rear fender liners and rear deck including rear brakes, which are bigger than front brakes.
There's actually a video on YouTube of some amateurs doing their own, it's just as crazy as it sounds:
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@Cursorkeys My old joke about wanting to install a helicopter's turboshaft engine in a 1967 Corvette suddenly doesn't seem so outlandish after watching that.
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@mott555 said in In other news today...:
install a helicopter's turboshaft engine in a 1967 Corvette
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@TimeBandit A '67 Corvette is around $100,000 last time I checked, and I don't even know where to begin on locating a turboshaft engine for it but I'm sure it would cost far more than the car.
My other, more-practical idea, which I'd actually really like to try some day and I'm not joking at all, is to put a Duramax into a '67 Corvette. I even have an engine donor already because I suspect my truck's body and frame will rust away into nothingness long before the engine quits.
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@mott555 said in In other news today...:
A '67 Corvette is around $100,000 last time I checked
put a Duramax into a '67 Corvette
Maybe you should try another car model and/or year.
You can get a 1984-1988 C4 Coupe Corvette for around $5,000 to $10,000
I would ROFL if I saw a C4 spitting black Diesel smoke
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
1984-1988 C4 Coupe Corvette
There's a reason those ones are cheap.
@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
I would ROFL if I saw a C4 spitting black Diesel smoke
A Duramax (at least mine, anyway) doesn't really smoke unless there's something very wrong with it, and mine's tuned up to around 400 horsepower, too. I can get a short puff of smoke if it's really cold out and the engine isn't warmed up yet, but it's nothing like the diesel truck stereotypes.
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@mott555 said in In other news today...:
@Cursorkeys My old joke about wanting to install a helicopter's turboshaft engine in a 1967 Corvette suddenly doesn't seem so outlandish after watching that.
I have a GTD-350 that would be perfect, output shaft is 5500 RPM, so I think it might go straight into a normal automatic drivetrain with simply an adaptor...let me know where you want it shipped
What i really want to try with it is making a rotary subwoofer. Proper earthquake simulator.
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@mott555 said in In other news today...:
@Cursorkeys My old joke about wanting to install a helicopter's turboshaft engine in a 1967 Corvette suddenly doesn't seem so outlandish after watching that.
I'm still a bit miffed that the Darwin award about the guy who strapped an SRB to his car was false.
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@Rhywden said in In other news today...:
the guy who strapped an SRB to his car was false.
I strapped some solid-fuel model rocket engines onto a remote control car once. It did not end well. I was young and knew nothing about managing center of thrust and center of gravity...
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@TimeBandit
I'll see your buzzing mosquitos and raise you Ze Devil Gargling On Nails
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-6GMYvrRRU(too bad that driving a Merc is an almost surefire sign that one's a cnut )
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@dcon by about 2 hours
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
@dcon by about 2 hours
I'm behind. I had to do some actual work that wasn't waiting for a compile to finish...