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Comment #41353311
What possible bugs can there be in those? They are quite simple to use and work as expected.
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Comment #41353223
That is way too hostile for a first contact. It would be much better, at first, to politely ask them to comply with the license. If they ignore you, or refuse, then think about esc…
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Comment #41353214
What is the difference between legitimately taking advantage of open-sourceness and plagiarism? Attribution? If so, try to contact them and ask them to put your name/link to each f…
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Comment #41352750
> it's also undeniable that as a coordination mechanism the EU has been spectacularly successful. I get you like the EU, but "spectacularly sucessful" isn't something many people w…
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Comment #41189651
> There have been a lot of comments on many Internet forums Still, the non-improvement in default setting surprised people, e.g. see the embarrasing confession by PCWorld, they did…
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Comment #41187360
Gamer/enthusiast segment expects performance increase, not energy savings. CPU consumption is not even the greatest power hog in gaming PC. Zen 3 brought 20% more performance at mu…
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Comment #41187168
Who believes Russians blew up Nordstream? They were least likely to do it.
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Comment #41187153
Why? It's cheap, and it's beneficial to some European states/business, and Russians only get some small money for it from Europe. This trade does not seem to harm Ukraine efforts t…
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Comment #41041384
> So bells theorem is wrong I didn't say that, and I think that statement is wrong. > i have a degree in physics Oh my. You lose credibility in an argument about physics when you f…
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Comment #41041147
I observe this as well, however, because Google wants to catch your attention and keep you for as long as possible, it is quite possible that this is also because of the past view …
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Comment #41040626
I wonder how graphite can create shorts, when all electronics board and components on them can be easily covered with protective nonconducting PCB varnish.
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Comment #40950317
> The low end models are so cheap that Apple is definitely subsidizing them Source? I find that quite unlikely, considering their brand has strong recognition and demand, and desig…
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Comment #40942715
Do you really think actual people ask for and want "ultimate productivity machines"? Btw this term reveals a true kool-aid drinker. I always wanted a machine that is reliable, supp…
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Comment #40942701
Can you get real root that way?
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Comment #40942674
Was your VM running arm64 Linux on both Apple and AMD? On AMD cpu, performance of arm64 VM is expected to be poor, because it is a different architecture and "emulation" has to hap…
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Comment #40942654
> I would venture to guess that for most people, they would be more productive on a Mac or an iPad versus Linux. Why is that? Because of different UI? Guessing, since you're compar…
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Comment #40942585
Upgradability of RAM isn't the issue, it's the price of getting access to that RAM. On PC you get it for cheap, you just pay for the RAM modules. On Apple, you get it for arm and a…
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Comment #40921928
Bell's Theorem does not prove that. It is a theorem itself, so this theorem has been proven using quantum theory and other assumptions in Bell's paper. In the quote, notice "Bell t…
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Comment #40918630
> there are no hidden variables such that a particle really took only one path to a point and we just don’t know which one it was. We don't know that. It is a statement of your bel…
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Comment #40911707
You are using "real" in a way I don't recognize. In my view, the past that is real is that which corresponds to and is consistent with records of past events. This allows for many …
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Comment #40879005
> we think classically of the past as definite and the future in terms of possibilities- but in reality both the future and the past are indeterminate in exactly the same way This …
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Comment #40878908
> What’s really happening down there is whatever the math says is happening But math isn't saying what is happening in the real world. It's a model, a fake simplified world. The ma…
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Comment #40833608
> "science communication" sucks at accurately portraying the actual science. Completely agree.
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Comment #40826190
Can you please give some reference for this claim? Time stopping at the event horizon is quite the standard view in "science communication" of black holes.
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Comment #40614126
Russia was not in any recognized position to help militarily any hypothetical political group in Ukraine. Ukraine was not in war with any other group than Russia. Remember, money a…