Dark Arc @ Dark_Arc @social.packetloss.gg

Hiker, software engineer (primarily C++, Java, and Python), Minecraft modde

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Well those are all historically guys names AFAIK.

Not as complicated, but the parts are bigger. Few would want an even bigger smart watch just to get repairability.

Can't comment on the DOCSIS, I don't know enough about it to not be making stuff up.

Regarding WiFi though... The simple answer is if you're not having trouble accessing the WiFi in the places you use the WiFi and you're getting the full speed that you're paying for, there's not a ton of a reason to upgrade the router.

The exception to this is that most routers only get a few years of security updates like most phones... That can potentially leave your network more vulnerable as the router might not properly block unsolicited traffic from making it to your devices. There's a solid argument that you should just have your devices secured via their own firewalls though.

The Google routers are nice for the average Joe because they just kind of work and keep themselves updated (and Google tends to keep the hardware they sell under the Nest name receiving security updates a VERY long time compared to the competition). Netgear has been my go to for years but their update mechanism is ... fairly manual in my experience.

I've since moved to having a pfSense box for the firewall and routing side of things and using my old negate router in access point mode (I'm much less concerned about this setup).

I'll add that I don't recommend WiFi for gaming... And that most people have more download speed than they really "need." Files really haven't gone up in size much (sure games have) but evening else... meh (?). Video streaming is more popular but unless you've got a lot of people in your home or you stream at 4k, it's really not going to be that noticable between 30Mbps and 1Gbps. So like, by all means if you don't want to spend money, don't... you're probably fine.

Honestly it just feels like so much stuff is car hostile at this point... Like I went to leave a store the other day and I couldn't clearly see oncoming traffic because the shrubs were too high and right next to the road.

I wish I could say that was a really uncommon experience.

Honestly a huge portion of the problem is asshole drivers that just don't turn off their brights and their fog lights or that tailgate the vehicle right in front of them while their headlights are mirror level.

I've seen brand new trucks with LEDs that were so easy on my eyes then I've seen the exact same model of truck via rearview mirror only after I passed it because the lights were beyond blinding.

They need to enforce maximum luminosity laws with an iron first; it's ridiculous that people get away with this stuff.

The memes that I remember being all over Reddit about "where did you get that code ... I stole it [from stack overflow]" honestly terrified, and continue to, terrify me.

It's weird how well this applies to various arguments I've seen on Reddit against Crytek regarding Hunt Showdown's recent issues.

Man, that's the kind of relationship I dream about... Though swap the climb for a hike because I'm deathly afraid of heights 😂

Just did a refresher per your request... We did not ever to my knowledge use civics tests. We used literacy tests and what made them particularly offensive was they had various exemptions for white people or simplified variants for white people.

I am very icy to the idea of tests in general due to the effects having a "test" to vote could have. However, having a very low bar test of some sort administered without exceptions ... it might make sense.

We don't let people drive whose eyes fail a safety test. Maybe we shouldn't let people vote if they don't even have a surface level understanding of what they're voting for.

I'm not saying do it, but maybe we shouldn't totally write it off because of some bad behavior without any safeguards to prevent bad behavior.

Deist is IIRC some number of gods probably existed and set the world into motion but do not play a role in day to day life.

"Please be the onion... Please be the onion... Oh thank god!"

Maybe, but also maybe not. A test that's targeted specifically at "do you understand how the government functions" is actually quite different from a lot of other tests and less likely to be subjective.

Like, if there was a question, what part of the government writes laws:

• Congress
• The President
• The Supreme Court

if you get that wrong, you probably shouldn't be voting.

https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/post/first-amendment-protected-mans-cursing-of-police-ohio-appeals-court-rules/

The bigger issue is monetization. YouTube is popular in no small part because creators are trying to make money.

Calling RCS an industry standard is a bit... Questionable. Still, I'm happy to see Apple finally implementing it so there's a good cross vendor texting implementation.

I wonder how this scales to large voice rooms.

Yeah... Even as a third party, I definitely have not been enjoying the smell when I've bumped into it. I don't think it should be a criminal offense, but I hope we can move past "I need to light a thing on fire and just screw up the air for everyone in my vicinity."

That's really not even close to the optimistic scenario. It's arguably not even in the pessimistic scenario if you're not just in the "make stuff up club."

https://cdn.oceanservice.noaa.gov/oceanserviceprod/hazards/sealevelrise/2.0-Future-Mean-Sea-Level.pdf

We're talking at most half a meter of rise by 2050, at most 2 meters by 2100, at most 4 meters by 2150. The intermediate projection is a third of a meter by 2050. The optimistic projection (which we're not going to hit) is 3/20th of a meter.

Climate change is real. The risk of famine is real. The risk of global conflict is real. The risk of trying storms is real. However, "doomsday everybody dies" is not really on any serious projections. The worst case is "a lot of people in a lot of poor nations die and rich nations have more wars and more immigration."

Very interesting. I changed my IO scheduler to kyber for unrelated issues... Maybe between that and the processing power (7950X + 7900 XTX)... my hangs were just sub second.

Hmm, I wonder if that was it. It didn't really seem to have anything to do with menus though.