Random thought of the day
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@Gustav said in Random thought of the day:
Mostly everyone agrees ... mechanical keyboards are amazing.
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@loopback0 I don't know a single person who'd say they prefer a membrane keyboard over a mechanical keyboard with the same layout if they didn't have to pay for it.
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@Gustav said in Random thought of the day:
@loopback0 I don't know a single person who'd say they prefer a membrane keyboard over a mechanical keyboard with the same layout if they didn't have to pay for it.
"prefer a membrane keyboard" and "agrees mechanical keyboards are amazing" aren't the same thing.
I'd wager that mostly everyone couldn't give a shit either way.
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@loopback0 the point is, nearly 100% of people feel the difference and it's nearly always the same kind of difference - which proves most people have nearly identical sense of touch.
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@Gustav said in Random thought of the day:
nearly 100% of people feel the difference
Bullshit.
"nearly 100% of keyboard nerds" maybe.
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@loopback0 after I bought my first mechanical keyboard I asked everyone in my house what they think, and all of them said "yeah it is better than your old one I guess now leave me alone you nerd". That's 100% in support and 0% against the hypothesis, sample size 4. Yes, the p value is astronomical, but for now I don't have any reason to believe the null hypothesis is true.
Do you have any data to the contrary?
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@Gustav said in Random thought of the day:
@loopback0 I don't know a single person who'd say they prefer a membrane keyboard over a mechanical keyboard with the same layout if they didn't have to pay for it.
Not kidding. My hate for mechanicals is unbounded.
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@Applied-Mediocrity I'm gonna group you together with that one weirdo I once talked to who claims the "tank controls" of the early 3D platformers are so much better than the twin-stick controls of all later titles, if you don't mind.
One question though. Do you hate them because you totally don't see the difference that mechanical keyboard lovers talk about, or do you see that difference and just deeply dislike it?
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@Gustav said in Random thought of the day:
Do you have any data to the contrary?
No but "4 people compared 2 keyboards" isn't really any better.
I'm not saying there's no difference nor that some people don't genuinely prefer mechanical keyboards, I've just seen enough people type over the years to know that "nearly 100% of people" will not feel the difference nor will most people say that mechanical keyboards are amazing.
Most people just mash the keyboard until the key stops moving and a letter appears on the screen regardless of what they're typing on.
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@loopback0 said in Random thought of the day:
@Gustav said in Random thought of the day:
Do you have any data to the contrary?
No but "4 people compared 2 keyboards" isn't really any better.
It is by definition better then literally nothing - if only just. And anyway , it's not about preferences, it's about sensory signals. The point is that how something feels to touch is somewhat objective measure and not "just in our heads" like preference for hard/soft pillows is.
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Yes..? YES!!! let the flow through you!
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Random thought of the day:
Yeah I can't imagine why anyone would assume one entities experience directly matches another's from a general description. It doesn't work with taste, touch, eight, or even hearing, why not generated input?
...Too subtle?
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@Applied-Mediocrity said in Random thought of the day:
@Gustav said in Random thought of the day:
@loopback0 I don't know a single person who'd say they prefer a membrane keyboard over a mechanical keyboard with the same layout if they didn't have to pay for it.
Not kidding. My hate for mechanicals is unbounded.
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/AlarmingApprehensiveImperatorangel-mobile.mp4
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Fuck gif providers.
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@Gustav said in Random thought of the day:
early 3D platformers are so much better... if you don't mind.
It's sort of the other way round. Early technology is usually seen through nostalgia-tinted glasses, but goddamn it actually sucked. But I don't mind, no.
One question though. Do you hate them because you totally don't see the difference that mechanical keyboard lovers talk about, or do you see that difference and just deeply dislike it?
I know and can feel the difference, and I accede that for some superhoomins like you who watch Youtube police chases at 4x speed while coding in Rust and playing Crusader Kings with the free hand it makes a difference.
But perhaps that shouldn't quite be the norm? If people were more honest with and about themselves, that is. Just like vinyl records, 240+ Hz screens, expensive cycling equipment and so on, more than it's not, it's in the feels. If it makes you feel better about yourself and you can afford it, fine.
And differences between key action? Yeah, professional stage pianists argue about weighted hammer-action and key coating. If you're not, stay in your pants.
And they're ugly. They look like mouth of pirates suffering from scurvy, with all gumless teeth.
There's one more thing. The low-end mechaneeks will always be bad, just like it is with most - if not all - tiered products. And people will happily take $20 crapola and crow about the insane bargain they've got... for klickety-clacks that even factories in China are throwing away as substandard.
There used to be well-made membrane keyboards whose keys didn't wibble-wobble. Not anymore, granted. I've been trying to find one for years, without success.
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@Applied-Mediocrity said in Random thought of the day:
I accede that for some superhoomins like you who watch Youtube police chases at 4x speed
Actually 2x. Though only because I can't figure out how to do 4x. And by can't I mean . Nice guess BTW!
I know and can feel the difference
My theory is safe then. It was never about keyboards with me. I'm just annoyed by this postmodernist bullshit that wE cAnT bE sUrE hOw OtHeR pEoPlE sEe ThE wOrLd - despite MILLENIA of empirical evidence that yes, we very much can: just like us. And if you ever read about some African tribe that's unable to see blue, know that there were follow-up studies that completely debunked it. No, I'm not gonna link any papers, why would I.
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@Gustav colourblindness doesn’t exist now?
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@Arantor not in healthy humans, no.
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@Gustav said in Random thought of the day:
Touch: If something is hot, mostly everyone agrees it's hot.
Hot is what hot feels like.
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@Gustav said in Random thought of the day:
The cilantro gene makes things weird, but it can be classified as a (benign) genetic disorder.
Thinking cilantro doesn't suck is a genetic disorder. You heard it here first, folks!
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@topspin I mean, it literally is. Variations in gene OR6A2 in 11th chromosome have a very strong effect on how cilantro tastes to you. Maybe not a disorder, but a genetic trait for sure.
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@Gustav said in Random thought of the day:
@topspin I mean, it literally is. Variations in gene OR6A2 in 11th chromosome have a very strong effect on how cilantro tastes to you. Maybe not a disorder, but a genetic trait for sure.
My point/(joke) was rather that it wasn't clear from your post which one is the disorder, eating cilantro or puking at it.
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@topspin I'm not sure myself TBH. And WHO is not answering my emails.
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@Applied-Mediocrity also, these things are loud as fuck and annoying.
I might forgive you for that if you have a , a long beard that says "Unix", and are still using your 40 year old worshiped model M or whatever. But if you're a 19 year old minecraft streamer twat, that insane noise is just fucking annoying.
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@Gustav said in Random thought of the day:
@topspin I mean, it literally is. Variations in gene OR6A2 in 11th chromosome have a very strong effect on how cilantro tastes to you. Maybe not a disorder, but a genetic trait for sure.
The people who don't like it say it tastes like soap. I have tasted actual soap, and I've tasted cilantro, and they're not even close to the same, so any "defect" must by definition exist in those who can't differentiate.
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@da-Doctah said in Random thought of the day:
The people who don't like it say it tastes like soap. I have tasted actual soap, and I've tasted cilantro, and they're not even close to the same, so any "defect" must by definition exist in those who can't differentiate.
Also, both are tasty. So I don't know what the whole fuss is about.
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@MrL I had a cannibalism joke for you but I guess this isn't the right category.
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@Zecc plot twist: doesn't actually contain cilantro flavor.
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@Gustav said in Random thought of the day:
@MrL I had a cannibalism joke for you but I guess this isn't the right category.
Should be ok, if it's not about eating the rich.
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RTotD: Voldemort's spells are no match for our muggle world of social media and trolls.
The reason why saying his name is bad ("he who must not be named" etc.) is that he put a powerful spell (apparently called "Taboo," whatever) that causes him (and other Death Eaters) to be immediately notified when his name is said.
Now combine that with Twitter, 4chan, /b/ and the like. How long before thousands, if not millions, of people constantly say his name and he's driven to madness by constant interruption and sleep deprivation?
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@remi dunno why but this popped into my head.
Vooooooooo-oldemoooooort Voldemort Vooool-de-mort
Vo vo vo vo voooooo-oldemort Voldemort Vooool-de-mort
Vo vo vo vo vo, vo vo vo, vo vo vol, de-de-de-de-mort
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@remi well, it works because people don't do that. They're mortally afraid of saying his name, because they believe something horrible will happen to them, but they don't actually know what the spell does. IMO, this crucially relies on wizards knowing that magic exists, whereas for muggles some might believe such "superstitions" but too many wouldn't.
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@topspin well it mostly works because The Author Says So, but that's beside the point.
Still, look at what's happening on social media, and tell me that no one would try to say his name (out of... courage, spite, stupid teenage Tide pod challenge, sheer dumbness...?).
Now when that starts, Voldemort has a tiny window of action: he can brutally murder (or otherwise punish) the person, but if he does so in a way that's clearly related to them just saying their name (and nothing more), Streisand Effect is likely going to pop up extremely quickly. So he has to do it in such a way that he terrorises everyone, but not too obviously linked to just "say my name."
As soon as
#SayVoldemort
starts, his spell becomes a liability to him, not a strength.All in all, betting on the collective stupidity of the internet being larger than... well, about anything! is a safe bet.
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I’m sure there’s a joke in there about being the reverse Walter White somehow but I’m not getting it right now.
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@topspin said in Random thought of the day:
a long beard that says "Unix"
All I can get mine to say is pi or the Atari logo. Working on "AT&T" tho with some success.
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@remi said in Random thought of the day:
betting on the collective stupidity of the internet being larger than... well, about anything! is a safe bet.
Yeah I mean, look what happened.
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@Gustav said in Random thought of the day:
@topspin I'm not sure myself TBH. And WHO is not answering my emails.
But they do have a hit team on the way...
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@dcon cilantroops?
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@Arantor said in Random thought of the day:
I’m sure there’s a joke in there about being the reverse Walter White somehow but I’m not getting it right now.
Did he also reap an unexpected benefit from the tragedy of the commons?
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@Gribnit said in Random thought of the day:
@topspin said in Random thought of the day:
a long beard that says "Unix"
All I can get mine to say is pi or the Atari logo. Working on "AT&T" tho with some success.
Death Star or birds-eye view of a combover?
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@HardwareGeek said in Random thought of the day:
@Watson said in Random thought of the day:
Death Star or birds-eye view of a combover?
Yes.
Good: so I've managed to narrow it down to one of those two.
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The word
that
is rarely/never necessary, and can be indefinitely chained in a sentence - these properties are probably related.In other news, beard produced the characters
['r', 'm']
today, it's a start.
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@Gribnit said in Random thought of the day:
The word
that
is rarely/never necessary, and can be indefinitely chained in a sentence - these properties are probably related.See also very.
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@Gribnit said in Random thought of the day:
The word that is rarely/never necessary
var that = this;
- a tragically common JavaScript idiom from a certain era.
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@Arantor said in Random thought of the day:
tragically common JavaScript
Indeed, it is tragic that JavaScript is so common.
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@Arantor said in Random thought of the day:
@Gribnit said in Random thought of the day:
The word that is rarely/never necessary
var that = this;
- a tragically common JavaScript idiom from a certain era..... I still have to do this.
One of these day's I'll figure out why and when, but for now I just do it whenever I find a function doesn't have a
this
for raisins.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Random thought of the day:
One of these day's I'll figure out why
Because you're stuck 7 years in the past and for some incomprehensible reason still haven't upgraded to ES6 or beyond.
and when
Only when you're still stuck in the past. You can decide to stop being stuck at any moment. There are JS-to-JS compilers and polyfills.
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@Gustav said in Random thought of the day:
There are JS-to_JS compilers and polyfills.
WTF does that even mean?!
That is to say, pull requests are accepted