XTL

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XTL,

Even Freecad is well over a decade old. Opencascade is over 20.

XTL,

Yes. Got to admit mine just isn’t as big as yours, though.

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There used to be a lot of cards based on same or similar chips, but with small differences. That made little changes to drivers common. It’s a bit like LCD modules or audio chipset quirks. One driver with tons of little differences depending on what each manufacturer decided to do differently.

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Eff, archive.org, local animal shelters.

How does Usenet content not immediately get DMCA'd into oblivion?

For instance, say I search for “The Dark Knight” on my Usenet indexer. It returns to me a list of uploads and where to get them via my Usenet provider. I can then download them, stitch them together, and verify that it is, indeed, The Dark Knight. All of this costs only a few dollars a month for me....

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Meaning spam to signal ratio is about 50000000:1.

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It’s a classic excuse now. Let’s you do set any law.

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You can only compress data to some extent. You could see if any of the files are encoded in an older or less efficient codec than what you have. Transcoding does introduce some distortion, but usually not too bad for utility use like learning material.

The other option is to get rid of some data. Delete some of the files. Use a (non-recompressing) editor to clip out parts you don’t need. Transcode with lower resolution and/or bitrate/complexity.

It all depends on what you have and what you’re able and willing to do with it. There is no universal silver bullet to get you more storage space. Other than actually getting more storage space.

XTL,

Reading out the window at a museum actually sounds like a fun thing to do together.

Whinge Thread Question: What's your most hated trope in Movies at the moment

I was just watching the Neopoleon trailer and releasied I have hit my limit with these stripped back orchestra hit covers of modern songs that seem to want the audience to do the Leo.gif about halfway through https://feddit.uk/pictrs/image/bd412591-cec6-414c-886a-d3bc6b60b62d.webm

XTL,

Any instructions that say sudo curl should be thrown out immediately.

XTL,

That is a good mindset and you should hold on to it. Of course a gui can install a keylogger for you just as easily if not more so.

Trusted install sources, usually called repositories, are the way. Chances of malware exist, but they would require some spectacular shenanigans or conspiracies to set up.

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The point is that an HTTPS request does not need root permissions. Other steps might, and that’s indeed high risk.

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I think that there is a massive gap between competitive sports (almost inherently toxic) and massively online games (juvenile masses combined with lack of moderation) and, for example, speed running and challenge games or tabletop and board gaming which are all likely to be more wholesome and positive even if there is a competitive angle.

There is probably more visibility on the first side. Maybe because that’s where the money is. And I very much agree that this was a nice story and I hope there will be more of this kind of inspiration shown in public.

XTL,

And they send maps that the others can use.

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Glass can do that with internal or external stress. One of the reasons I absolutely hate it as a material.

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So… what does one ride a storm out with? On?

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Wait till you get transparent pngs. It’ll be like it should have always been.

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Well, they’ve probably been markets for some hundreds of years before they dug a parking cave underneath. Old cities especially get increasingly cramped with time.

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Arcade games or handheld or video games didn’t have any storage. Even on old home computers if you’d want to program in a save feature, you’d need to instruct the user to change to a fresh cassette for save. Then back to the game tape for reloading the game. And rewind and find the save on top of that to load.

It took a long time before floppies became ubiquitous, even longer for hard disks.

XTL,

So, have they found the Bigfoot in the code?

Does "Rock music is evil / of the devil" have racist roots?

As a Christian most of the circles I’m around are pretty chill…no stone-cold fundamentalists. But I have been around people (and even had family members) who are 100% convinced that rock music is evil and will lead people to engage in witchcraft and draw pentagrams all over their home....

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There is an answer to any question that is simple, quick, and wrong.

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