jdnewmil

joined 2 years ago
[–] jdnewmil@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

if it is a magnum, shouldn't it be bigger? /s

[–] jdnewmil@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

... hell, it's on fire! ;-)

[–] jdnewmil@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 months ago

maybe he should take backups more seriously. The damn disk could have failed and had just as unpleasant an outcome.

[–] jdnewmil@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

People die every day from dihydrogen monoxide poisoning... and contrails are a visible source of that chemical! /s

[–] jdnewmil@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Agree, but this is the ELI10 explanation, not the ELI5 explanation. ChromeOS and Android are both operating systems that look and act very different than an operating system like Debian or Fedora, but all four of these examples use the Linux kernel.

[–] jdnewmil@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Sure there is. If you get dead, you don't care about taxes, and if not, then you do. /s

[–] jdnewmil@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

Well, at least they are consistent.

[–] jdnewmil@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

LA batteries don't "only trickle charge", but a) the cost per kW of UPS equipment is usually significantly higher than the generator, and b) the generator has a much higher surge current capability than inverter-based sources, and c) the power that actually goes through the battery loses anywhere from 10-30% in the round trip, so you get less usable output by routing power that way. If the cost issue becomes a smaller obstacle and you can be clever about bypassing the battery when appropriate, then like hybrid cars you can overcome those challenges... but not everyone or all affordable equipment can do that.

[–] jdnewmil@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

Samsung and Pixel, but various earlier models with micro-USB also. The plugs on my nightstand chargers have also tended to loosen up over time, but since I don't unplug those as often they don't seem to be the weak link.

[–] jdnewmil@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

Hugh Jass isn't owned by any one person.

[–] jdnewmil@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (5 children)

All my old devices become un-chargeable due to USB-C plug wearout. Even with wireless charging I cannot avoid sometimes needing a wired full charge.

[–] jdnewmil@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just a note: Windows software for controlling hardware is highly likely to assume a)direct access to the hardware (sometimes mediated thorough ancient APIs and assuming the existence of defunct expansion slots) and b) assume meatspace time can be counted using OS timing ticks (which get stretched out as modern VMs timeshare with other processes underneath the virtulized hardware). It is awfully tough to replace them sometimes.

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