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frezik, to memes in alternative to trees

Putting a ton of water on the roof isn’t a good idea, unless it was already rated for a swimming pool.

They don’t need to be inside cities at all.

frezik, to memes in alternative to trees

You don’t need to put algae in cities. They can be basically anywhere to absorb CO2.

Trees in cities tend to be carefully chosen for the environment. Are we in a climate where we need to put salt on the road in the winter? Choose trees that can tolerate some salt in the ground.

frezik, to memes in alternative to trees

CO2 absorbtion rate over time. It’s not even close.

That said, trees have other benefits in an urban setting.

frezik, to memes in They aren't, and I'm sick of being told they are

I’ve peaked inside large private companies. They’re no better than public companies. Turns out, being large means you can’t move very fast.

frezik, (edited ) to lemmyshitpost in Air: Where did that bring you? Back to me.

The fact remains that most cars today will go to the junkyard with perfectly good engines and transmissions. Those sensors tend to kill themselves before killing other parts of the car, and then you just replace them.

frezik, (edited ) to lemmyshitpost in Air: Where did that bring you? Back to me.

The one where he complained about the cost of running a pump and tubing out to a fucking swimming pool? Like, yes, this is going to cost more than a very good gaming PC.

frezik, to lemmyshitpost in Air: Where did that bring you? Back to me.

When was the last time you had to replace a distributor cap on a modern car?

frezik, to lemmyshitpost in Air: Where did that bring you? Back to me.

Cars built today will outlast most of the old Beetles. There is a big survivorship bias at work. A percentage of them were built to slightly tighter tolerances and quality than all the others off the same line. A percentage of those will end up in the hands of owners that are meticulous about maintenance, never get in a major accident, and keep it going for decades. The handful you see left are the ones that went through several rounds of small percentage chances. There were a bajillion of those old Beetles made, so a few were bound to get through.

What cars have problems with today are things that rarely have to do with making the wheels go. They get into accidents. Their auto-dimming back windows no longer work. The GPS doesn’t get updates and thinks you’re three counties away. The engine and transmission, however, will probably go to the junkyard in perfect working order, even with shitty maintenance on the part of the owner.

frezik, to programmer_humor in Not mocking cobol devs but yall are severely underpaid for keeping fintech alive

Right, you can make that kind of money when you have 40 years of Cobol behind you. But even for new entrants, $90k seems low. There had better be a premium for dealing with old bullshit, especially when you’re probably damaging your resume in the long run.

frezik, to memes in They aren't, and I'm sick of being told they are

If you believe this, a year working at a Fortune 500 should cure you of it.

frezik, to movies in Nintendo has officially announced a live-action 'Legend of Zelda' movie.

Is this sign language universally known in Hyrule? Why don’t we see anyone else using it?

That seems a bigger leap than just assuming he talks.

frezik, (edited ) to memes in What nice vibes

In the Foldgers Cinematic Universe, these two are siblings. They also give each other looks at the end that said “after we’re done with this coffee, we’re going to fuck”.

frezik, to programmer_humor in Programmer tries to explain binary search to the police

Who is “you” in this sentence? I mean, I could probably write security camera software, but I don’t, and have no plans to. I imagine most of the people here are the same.

frezik, to lemmyshitpost in Fuck Disney tbh

Just to correct a few details that don’t contradict your main point:

Now its the lifetime of the original author + 80 years after IIRC

Life of author + 70 years.

Copyright has stalled so severely that the latest works to come into public domain are from the 19th century.

Things from 1927 entered the public domain in 2023: americanwritersmuseum.org/new-works-to-enter-the-….

frezik, to linuxmemes in Steve Balmer quotes

TCP/IP does not have a concept of Presentation or Session. Everything above it is just “Application”, which is more sensible. There isn’t much criticism to be had of layer 4 down, but when they got to layer 5 and 6, they were telecom people sticking their nose in software architecture. You can write networked applications with those layers if you like. I’ve seen it done, and it’s fine. There are also plenty of other ways to architect it that also work just fine.

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