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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 …