colonelpopcorn

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by colonelpopcorn 17d ago
Isn't this the central conceit behind "The Matrix"? lol
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by colonelpopcorn 1mo ago
I went on a grand jury in early 2025, and it was eye opening to see that under my state's laws the "smell of weed" is enough to justify a traffic stop and search of a vehicle.
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by colonelpopcorn 5mo ago
You'd probably have to embody it.
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by colonelpopcorn 2y ago
It's definitely the principle of least privilege applied to network access.
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by colonelpopcorn 2y ago
SSD installs were, for the longest time, the single best ROI on upgrading a laptop. I think a SATA SSD in that 2012 bad boy could considerably boost its performance.
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by colonelpopcorn 2y ago
I agree, but the incentives for Alphabet to encourage content like this isn't there. The content that is encouraged is that which keeps eyeballs glued to YouTube.
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by colonelpopcorn 2y ago
But it is. For the savvy user you can run whatever you want on an android device.
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by colonelpopcorn 2y ago
Just from an ergonomic standpoint it's a million times easier to deploy a go binary instead of a whole jvm and a jar file.
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by colonelpopcorn 2y ago
I can't think of a historian, skeptic, or sci-fi author who's had a level of power enough to disprove your statement.
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by colonelpopcorn 2y ago
Some folks had asked me to post this in a comment on a Kanboard thread, so I thought I'd just post it as a new submission. Enjoy!
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I made a note taking plugin for a PHP app in 2024(showmethecode.io)
2 points by colonelpopcorn 2y ago|1 comments
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by colonelpopcorn 2y ago
You have to balk when anyone says that anybody is the same person they were 24 years ago.
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by colonelpopcorn 2y ago
That's a very Ruby idea.
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by colonelpopcorn 3y ago
It's plug-in system is quite comprehensive. I just finished writing a note taking plug-in and the source code itself was a great reference for developing a plug-in.
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by colonelpopcorn 3y ago
I think some franchisees will sell day-old loaves for fifty cents. Some gen-x YouTuber was using it as a cheap food source in college back in the day.
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by colonelpopcorn 3y ago
Most of the core React devs are employees at Vercel. As much as you may not like it, core parts of React are driven by Vercel 's business model.
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by colonelpopcorn 3y ago
Definitely validates the mainframe architecture though doesn't it?
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by colonelpopcorn 3y ago
At the same time, it used to be expected you would learn to program a computer you bought. So much so, that operating systems shipped with BASIC and a language manual. That is not the case today, but I guess software doesn't ship in th
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by colonelpopcorn 3y ago
Practically all of Activision's PS2 era catalog falls under this banner. We only recently got re-releases of their Star Trek stuff and a lot of their Marvel/movie tie-in games are MIA.
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by colonelpopcorn 3y ago
I think most tech companies rely on ignorance to sell their "simple" solutions. If everyone could solve their own problems their own way, then nobody would buy "simple" solutions.
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by colonelpopcorn 3y ago
The only thing missing now is a modding community ala Neverwinter Nights. Then BGIII can truly be the heir apparent to the infinity engine/bioware legacy!
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by colonelpopcorn 3y ago
Digital ownership seems like a wonderful use case for blockchain technology, and it baffles me that there hasn't been a DRM company yet that's jumped on this idea.
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by colonelpopcorn 3y ago
Sexual selection certainly does. Eggs being expensive and sperm being cheap kind of make winners necessary.
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by colonelpopcorn 3y ago
"It's nothing personal, it's just business"
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by colonelpopcorn 3y ago
TBH, I've been thinking about these for my young kids. The small size is a plus in that regard.
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by colonelpopcorn 3y ago
TBH, that stat seems low.
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by colonelpopcorn 3y ago
There's a great write up on how to proxy/multiplex rtmp streams with nginx on the OBS forums. https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/obs-studio-stream-to-... Edit: That one is newer and maybe more useful
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by colonelpopcorn 3y ago
That would require the dismantling or restructuring of malpractice law and litigation. The reason a doctor is required to be present is so that an individual can be held responsible to their Hippocratic oath when patients get litigious. Non
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by colonelpopcorn 3y ago
It's near the bottom of the page. It's admittedly a very little bit of with, but other frameworks don't make you work as hard.
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by colonelpopcorn 3y ago
Pretty sure the under class is by design. Anyone who's ever used the phrase "real job" believes in the necessary existence of an under class.

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