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But do I type 'ImportantFile', or 'importantfile'?

As I understand it, if I searched for either of these strings in a case sensitive file system, I would not find a file called 'IMPORTANTFILE'.

At best, a case sensitive file system makes naming conventions more complex. At worst , it obfuscates files. I just can't imagine a scenario where it would be helpful. Do you really see a need to have a file called 'aaaAaa' and a totally separate one called 'aaAaaa'?

So if someone tells me to look for a file amongst a long list, I need to look in two different areas- the uppercase and lowercase areas.

I get why it's more technically correct to differentiate, but from the perspective of a human user, it's a pain in the ass.

Ascending order implies going from low to high

If I have four files, a.txt, A.txt, b.txt, and B.txt, in what order do they appear when I sort alphabetically?

edit: I don't understand why this was downvoted?

Yeah, I like the idea of being able to switch floor lamps and what not from the doorway. No-one likes the big light, right?

Not sure if I like it enough to implement it in my dream home though. Possibly with some kind of different shaped plug, or a colour code that matches the switch?

We're getting into the weeds a little bit here, but there's a lot of things that have power buttons that will put the thing into standby, not off. I've often done a 'hard reset' on my 'smart' tv when it starts acting up, just gotta cut the power.

It's a small convenience, but it's nice. I'll happily pay the extra three cents in manufacturing costs for something that lasts decades and may be occasionally mildly helpful.

Huh, it's interesting- Here the power switches are a similar size to the UK, so when I searched up a picture of the Indian switches I thought they were ridiculously giant, not like regular sized UK/Australian ones

I guess it's just whatever you're used to is the 'regular'.

Are light switches the same? What happens when you have a lot of switches together, like six or eight? Do you just have really wide banks of switches?

Fridge, washing machine, dishwasher, television, phone charger, robovac dock, lamps, computer monitor, aquarium pump... I could go on.

It's not strictly necessary, but it's a convenience.

I like the Australian 90 degree plugs, too. Much slimmer than the UK ones.

Only half of one outlet? That sounds super frustrating. I think it would take me a while to discover that the random light switch that doesn't do anything is related to the power point where only one side charges my phone.

I'm somewhat familiar with the tech used to display those boards, and I think the most efficient way to remove them would be to pass the image through an AI taught to scrub them out. And I understand how grossly inefficient that is.

The other option would be to get a 'clean feed' of the broadcast before the ads get overlaid- while technically this would be relatively easy, contractually it would be difficult, as the event host is paid to put ads in the broadcast. You'd essentially have to pay more than the advertisers do. This will still leave you with the 'traditional' ads, the physical signage and stuff written on the turf, etc.

You could potentially pay the stadium to have these removed, and if you bought the teams competing you could remove advertising from jerseys.

If enough people paid for a subscription, there's the possibility of an ad-free sports league. I shudder to think of the price, though.

Yeah, control the means of production!

To be honest, I'm surprised they care as much as they seem to- the US is such a small percentage of their potential user base. If my app lost 5% of my potential new users I'd be curious why, but I probably wouldn't put any effort into getting them back.

I'm not an expert. Removing it from DNS would stop anyone using that DNS from accessing it, right? So if I'm in Australia, using a US DNS, I wouldn't be able to access it. And vice versa- Anyone in the US could just change their DNS to something outside the US.

Wikipedia tells me the Saturn V development cost, in 2023 dollars, was about 50 billion. Starship, as of 2023, cost about five billion.

These are test flights. They are done to find problems. They will fail. It's a totally different approach to the Apollo program.

Does landing more people than they've launched mean they get a bit of a buffer? You can lose a couple and still be at 100% people returned.

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The meme is making a broad generalisation about a large group of people all heading the same undesirable trait, that trait being making broad generalisations of large groups of people having undesirable traits.

Bench seats were much closer to benches than couches.

That's genius. Love it, I'm using it for sure. Thanks!

Vaseline is not flammable.