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I do the same with mine, except that I haven't been on a flight since I got it :)

Some phones bypass the battery when plugged in, but not all do. I know it's advertised as a feature of some gaming phones because graphics-intensive gaming is one use case where yo…

One way of defining Wisdom is the ability to look at a set of metrics and discern when an adjustment or adaptation to them is needed in order to better approach the true objective …

Is that generally caused by Steam, or by the game itself needing an online connection?

I did not know that!

That really would be a first!

2.0 fixes a ton of stuff over 1.0, but yeah you're not wrong. Between custom keybinds, hot strings, and pop-up menus I have literally hundreds of tiny AHK scripts running 24/7. I'm…

AutoHotkey adds a malleable computing layer to Windows.

In my opinion, it's best to hold your views along a gradient of strength/importance. It's easy (aka close to thoughtless) to just collapse everything you believe into either extrem…

Strong agree. I was especially disappointed because it felt like he was dropping breadcrumbs all through the book and then... Nah, none of that foreshadowing mattered. The central …

> it’s pretty clear that the industry isn’t biting Zig isn't finished yet (they still have not released a v1.0). They're still iterating on the language itself and want the flexibi…

I would say the flagship Zig project is TigerBeetle, not Bun.

Consensus may give a hint to what is or isn't reality. But consensus—even expert consensus—does not determine reality. Experts can be wrong. Most of the experts, even, can be wrong…

It's definitely not a system default (unless it's a system I've had access to for more than ten minutes!), but: I use Janet[0] for this. [0] https://janet-lang.org

Right, yes, of course... the, um... domain reflections and... line settling levels. It's like you read my mind, thanks for addressing those.

I mean... Yes, but there's nuance here. Using 400 MB of RAM vs 100 MB of RAM is close to unnoticeable in a world of a GB+ for a single Chrome tab ... And if "easier for our develop…

Hey, that's clever, actually. I didn't do that because I didn't think of it!

I have a crystal clear memory of the day I stopped trying to make voice assistants work for me. I use a timer every day to brew my coffee. With a voice assistant I can set a timer,…

> How do you know that values and judgements have anything to do with being conscious? The terms "value" and "judgement" have a broad semantic range. I mean to use them here in a s…

I agree with you on that point. It seems to me that people who read Blindsight and get all existential are not thinking things through all the way. Blindsight poses the question, i…

Agreed on all points. I was presenting a deliberately bad argument in order to make the meta-point that arguments like it are unhelpful.

(Just for anyone who struggles with reading comprehension: I'm being incredibly sarcastic here. I think it sucks enormously that we broadly ignore the plight of the few just becaus…