holowoodman

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by holowoodman 5d ago
> After all, it took more than writing a "prove the navier Stokes Clay problem" prompt. Yes, but it took far less than using your meat brain to prove the Navier-Stokes Clay problem.
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by holowoodman 6d ago
ZFS is overrated and mostly a hobbyist/enthusiast thing. Performance of zvol is worse than for LVM logical volumes. Last I've looked, zvol for swap is just asking for trouble, up to and including deadlocks. ZFS filesystems do have
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by holowoodman 6d ago
Depends. Some customers do run a lot of "pets, not cattle" servers, and those can get a few extra hard disks if space runs out. Some security guidelines prescribe separate volumes/filesystems for e.g. /home or /var&
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by holowoodman 6d ago
Stop using partitions. Use LVM!
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by holowoodman 6d ago
Maybe the marketing-slop-AI is forbidden from using the "execute and screenshot" skill?
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by holowoodman 6d ago
Yeah, but are investors really so stupid not to notice that even the problem statement doesn't actually hold any water?
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by holowoodman 9d ago
https://youtu.be/6IFVTcM28KA?t=637 But better watch the whole video. Then get snarky again ;)
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by holowoodman 10d ago
> My LG is completely offline Are you sure? They will seek out open WiFi and other neighboring LG TVs as relays.
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by holowoodman 10d ago
"Disconnect" is not enough. They will seek out open WiFi and other available LG TVs as relays. You need to remove the WiFi card or at least the antenna.
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by holowoodman 1mo ago
I'm unplugging by using a remote-controlled plug that also measures power consumption. That way I'll also know when it is done.
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by holowoodman 2mo ago
Toyota builds cars that a private person might want to buy. Their market is real people who want to keep the car for longer, pay for their own maintenance and maybe even do their own oil changes. And who maybe want to put some kids in the b
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by holowoodman 2mo ago
German culture is imho stuck in a permanent subsidy slop problem. Basically every German film is written to appeal to the subsidy committee, not any greater audience. And it shows.
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by holowoodman 2mo ago
In the last 25 years, German companies got into "reliability engineering". Which is the art of adjusting your drawings in such a way that every component lasts exactly as long as it has to, and not a second longer. Which is why ba
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by holowoodman 2mo ago
> I'd like better understand the German engineering culture. Why was it special in the past? What about today? German engineering culture is to think things through. To take everything into account. To do it properly, and not mess a
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by holowoodman 2mo ago
Yes, I'm also guessing it is a big-city vs. small-town thing. When the next bus is in 2h, then the driver feels your pain and maybe lets you in anyways...
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by holowoodman 2mo ago
>> except in some special circumstances (e.g. childrens' toys) > Don't nearly all electronics fall under it too, this is the second item after children toys in the link you posted. No. That page just says: There are tons
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by holowoodman 2mo ago
No, you actually don't have to do the testing, except in some special circumstances (e.g. childrens' toys). Generally, the "CE" mark is a self-certification done by the manufacturer or importer that certifies that the pr
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by holowoodman 2mo ago
Melting glaciers and ice caps is another such thing. As soon as the polar albedo changes because there is no more snow and ice, temperatures will stay elevated for a far longer time than it took to melt those caps.
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by holowoodman 2mo ago
Carbon sequestration through plant-life seems to increase more than expected with rising atmospheric CO_2 levels. We are currently seeing increased global plant mass.
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by holowoodman 2mo ago
We did try planet-scale geo engineering. It has worked so far, predictions were met. Heating through CO_2 and other heavy molecules works as predicted. Cooling through Sulfur compounds works even better than predicted, as evidenced by the s
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by holowoodman 2mo ago
It is also probably BS to assume a periodical die-off for humans in the near future. At the moment, humans are not showing any signs of a die-off, they are just not multiplying anymore. Humans do have something that animals do not, a cultur
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by holowoodman 2mo ago
It is also a construction thing. Air ducting is very rare in German homes. AC is also rare because frowned upon. And heating is usually provided by warm-water radiators or in-floor loops. But those radiators and in-floor loops are usually u
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by holowoodman 2mo ago
You can get an appliance that can do both, well and efficiently. Every modern AC has a reverting valve that changes the flow direction of liquid and gas, such that the liquifier and gasifier change places. For cooling, the liquifier is in t
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by holowoodman 2mo ago
We do have quite a similar discussion here in Germany. Back in the day, everyone used fossil fuels to heat their homes. Back in those days, AC was frowned upon as inefficient, wasteful and decadent. Something only Americans did. The greens
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by holowoodman 2mo ago
-3.5 sigma in the middle of the year in the only graph the article has.
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by holowoodman 2mo ago
The article is crap as well as the graph. And the author made the planet simmer even more to produce this crap.
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by holowoodman 2mo ago
Thanks. Those are much better than the graph trash in the original article.
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by holowoodman 2mo ago
This graph shouldn't be front-page news. Why? Because it is a crappy graph that says nothing. That there are deviations from the median is a normal statistical thing. Even deviations beyond 3 sigma. It happens. That's statistics.
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by holowoodman 2mo ago
The common thing is that there were no desired results because the west decided to do some half-assed thing and just go with the minimum amount of force and troops. Also, some parts of the west decided to start/intervene/participa
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by holowoodman 2mo ago
Old lines were never gone. All the talk about Europeans finally doing a common thing always carry some footnotes like "the Republic of France reserves the right to deviate in matters of military, security and production of sparkling wi

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