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Scaless

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    Comment #39385461

    I was about to make a similar comment. One property of coal plants is that they can't ramp up or down very well with usage demands. I have a friend that operates at a coal plant wh…

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    Comment #39015419

    What you are hearing as "suspense" is likely "sus". "sus" is short for "suspicious", and was popularized by the viral video game 'Among Us'.

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    Comment #38822508

    I have a new Kagi account with no custom rankings and I see the same terrible results. Basically the same as what he describes. yt-dlp is not found at all, the 2010 link to youtube…

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    Comment #38040435

    For non-geniuses like myself, you can just ask to test out of some of the lower tier introduction courses. I got a typically 4-year degree in 3 years this way. It's called credit-b…

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    Comment #37698651

    As of a few months ago, Reddit no longer allows linking directly linking to their hosted images. You are directed to a pseudo-page that links back to original thread it was posted …

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    Comment #35167818

    I am not much of a conspiracy theorist, but after going to the Hetzner site to look at my support history I was presented with this: https://i.imgur.com/3DKc9OC.png I have never se…

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    Comment #35166925

    In my experience support will gaslight you into thinking it is your problem. I had a Hetzner server that was shutting off at random hours several times per week. I showed them the …

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    Comment #33041008

    It is not "solved" at all. std::bitset has terrible properties and an awful interface. 1. No dynamic resize, have to know size at compile time or allocate based on max expectations…

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    Comment #30359299

    WD externals were extremely popular a few years ago because they contained standard WD Reds at $20 under normal market rate. Really easy to shuck the case and slap it in your NAS. …

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    Comment #30152345

    It is not just crypto, it has been happening in gaming communities for a long time. Sometimes it's just fishing for more of their own page views, other times it it more malicious s…

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    Comment #29895452

    websockets unfortunately have to start at the HTTP layer and negotiate down to the TCP wrapper layer, so you need at least a partial HTTP stack and everything else that involves to…

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    Comment #29661867

    Gamasutra IS Game Developer now, they rebranded recently. https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/387227/Gamasutra_is_beco...

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    Comment #29640324

    The scripting language for Halo 1/2/3/ODST/Reach were based on Lisp. Halo 4 kept a similar syntax but got rid of the parentheses to be more BASIC-like. Halo 5 and now Infinite move…

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    Comment #28293443

    For Mumble in particular, the devs had their heads in the clouds for so long that it is no surprise that it is no longer relevant. If you had a mic that had issues in any way (buzz…

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    Comment #27182017

    Sorry if I did not explain it well, TAS does not mean just small helpful enhancements. In a TAS, the game is being played by the computer using a series of pre-programmed inputs. T…

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    Comment #27181723

    Anyone who even remotely looked at the numbers and followed the situation can tell Dream cheated. The only people I see claiming otherwise are either infatuated with his cult of pe…

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    Comment #26289079

    At that point why even show the masked emails at all? All you're doing is leaking people who use their own custom domains (e.g. XXXX@myname.com), and XXXX@gmail.com isn't going to …

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    Comment #25585511

    >gamepad mapping can't be configured Click the wrench next to controller 1/2, click in each of the input boxes and press the button on the controller to map it. I had no issues set…

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    Comment #25383315

    In a proper system this is something that should be self-reported and not handled by the employer. An example: $Employer gives you a form to fill out with your disabilities and the…

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    Comment #25171870

    6 years later, nothing's changed. https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/29/godaddy-admits-hackers-soc... Stay far, far away from godaddy.

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    Comment #25089193

    I am not Australian and have not seen any updates since it was passed, but "forcing companies to build backdoors" is a massive understatement. The government could effectively comp…

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    Comment #25016140

    The wording is very clear, you can NOT require login to change subscription settings. A password would classify as additional information outside of email address and preferences. …

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    Comment #25015660

    Yes, what they're doing is illegal. [1] § 316.5 Prohibition on charging a fee or imposing other requirements on recipients who wish to opt out. Neither a sender nor any person acti…

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    Comment #24632542

    Let's actually look at where it's being used. html metadata - once in a tag, once , another in a , another in a . Probably some duplication for compatibility and different platform…

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    Comment #24069724

    You are more or less describing the architecture of the PlayStation 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3_technical_specif... The problem with this type of system is both …