kuberoot

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[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

Hahaha, happens. Took me a minute after I opened the link to notice myself

[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm a bit confused, the information isn't very clear, but I think this might not apply to typical consumer hardware, but rather specialized CPUs and GPUs?

[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why did you link a blog post from 2011?

[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

You're right, sorry about that

[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago

First of all, something like "I'll have anything" is a valid and reasonable statement that is not negative, for example when somebody asks you what you want to drink.

But further, "anything", "anymore" and "at all" are all very different - from what I understand, "anymore" doesn't even exist as a word in British English, and I'd point out an example of "do you have any more?" as another non-negative. I think generally "anything" makes more sense by itself than "anymore"/"any more", and "at all" similarly needs context. But just to provide a not-really-negative example, "Do you like it at all?", where a positive response ("yes"/"I do") does mean liking something.

In the end, I think your arguments might be stemming from trying to apply the term to too many things, from my understanding double negatives are very simple in that they need to have two negatives. A word being general, and used mostly in negative statements doesn't mean it's a negative, and that the actual negative part of the sentence is redundant.

[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Did you mean to say "I don't have nothing"? Because "I don't have anything" doesn't seem to be a double negative

[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

Most likely... Unless the "destruction" was switching your MOBO between Legacy BIOS and UEFI, in which case you could break booting into both in one swoop ;D

[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

If you use a VPN, it doesn't matter if you use your home network or public wifi... At that point if they track you down to your VPN account, if either you provided personal information, or you used identifiable payment, you could be tracked down. Only difference is, if your VPN keeps certain information, you could be tracked down to the network you connected from, where the public wifi would offer some protection.

VPNs aren't a magic solution to guarantee privacy, they're a tool with multiple uses, but using one could decrease your privacy in certain cases.

[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

As much as I love being plugged into the internet, and definitely want to have the option to use a wire, I want to try wireless in VR - getting rid of the complications of being tethered by a cable seems likely to be worth the downsides.

[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

I've had good experience using mkvtoolnix to mux video into an mkv with subtitles included. Not sure if mkv support is widespread, but as janky as the TV was with other formats, mkv worked great every time.

[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

By the same logic, you might be seconds away from dying if you take the blue pill, I don't think that's a great argument alone. It's more a trade of time, letting you try to fix any regrets, relive the frivolous times, and buying yourself extra time, at the cost of having to go through dependent days again.

Does it increase your chance of dying before you can enjoy your reward? Sure.

Does it also increase the amount of time you get to enjoy it, on average? I'd imagine yes.

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