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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 day ago

Amazing to see Hot Wheels change from gas to hybrid to EV over the years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Nice, glad to help! And cool that you did Linguistics in school!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Register_(sociolinguistics)#Register_as_formality_scale

I'm not sure about the specifics, but the core I can agree with, that is: 'people speaking the same language, but with vastly different backgrounds, will have difficulty communicating effectively.'

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

It is surprising that the presidential Democratic candidate finally lost a popular vote after 20+ years, but currently it appears that she just lost. Sure, do a recount of a sample of suspected precincts. I am going to continue to believe that this is a conspiracy theory until substantiated evidence of fraud is provided.

As an aside, those images are small and I could barely read them (zooming didn't increase image size).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I'll check out the documentary, and thanks for your reply.

I agree, my working conclusion for a while has been that I can't compete with the phone and to focus on my wellbeing by reducing contact.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Have you learned anything useful on inoculation and deprogramming? I’ve been looking as well but haven’t found much.

Is it like you say, have a true set of idea anchors? But still what if it’s a false anchor?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Fun fact: decibels are exponential; A 180 db sound would be the loudest thing ever recorded (the krakatoa volcano was 172) and after 194 db it ceases to be sound and becomes a shockwave.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

.world and .ml are servers. I’d recommend choosing a server related to your topic (programming.zone if it’s comp sci related, for example), and try to avoid piling into the largest ones (.world and .ml, etc.).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do you mean abominations? lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A more powerful local transmission may be considered jamming. I’m not sure, so look up relevant law beforehand.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I don't believe they're thinking that abstractly. They know [Blue State] and go there. Maybe a few are smart enough to go to [Swing State] + [Blue Area], but I think it's about affecting the count moreso. It just seems stochastic, so I think the simplest logic is going to be the most common.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

(Area code) 867 5309

It already has an account, and nobody who gets that number keeps it for long, it may not even be assigned anymore because of how much spam it probably receives.

 

I'd like to store/seed important data (wikipedia, gutenberg, etc.), and read recently that it would be a good idea to store torrent files long-term. My questions are:

  1. Is it better to store torrent files or magnet links?
  2. Will a given magnet link retrieve the exact same .torrent file every initiation?
  3. Is storage of these files/links a good idea (especially if I have the files)?

This question is really about whether magnet links or torrent files are better to store long term, with a sanity check that this is something that should be done.

I've read these two StackExchange posts which were very helpful, and am looking to get more technical opinions and info:

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Hey folks! I've been using MarkText for years, but it seems dead now. It still works fine, but I've been on-and-off looking for something that gets dependency updates and is less resource heavy (electron).

I look for the following in order of importance:

  • FLOSS license
  • WYSIWYG editing, not side-by-side
  • limited scope (edit docs, not trying to be 'A System for Managing Ideas')
  • low resource usage
  • LaTeX support is a plus

Do you know if MarkText has a trustworthy fork that is maintained? Do you know if something with similar user experience exists that uses a more lightweight code base?

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