bbradley406 (u/bbradley406)

bbradley406 commented on Hate is a strong word, but I don't like Windows 11 blog.urara.pl/hate-is-a-s... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti

anonymars · 2 months ago

My most recent astonishment was they've shoved copilot into notepad. Why did they get rid of Wordpad and ruin notepad again? It's like they've forgotten the entire purpose of Task Manager, Notepad, etc. Then again (gestures at World Economic Forum today)...feels like I'm mainlining crazy pills these days.

bbradley406 · 2 months ago

Today I ran an into an issue with Notepad while at work. I tried to open and print a .txt document for an order, and it completely failed with some type of filesystem read error. Didn't save the log, since I was in a hurry to place the order, but a quick google search didn't help at all. Granted, the file is in a Dropbox folder, so I thought could be affecting it somehow, but notepad++ opened it just fine. Sure, using notepad to type and print orders isn't the best possible work flow, but it's always worked for me in that same setup previously.

I tried to explain why my document printed with line numbers to the recipient (who isn't particularly tech savvy), and felt like a crazy person while doing so.

Looks like I'll be using notepad++ going forward, with line numbers off, and I'm pretty confident they'll respect that preference and keep shipping software that works.

bbradley406 commented on The car is not the future: On the myth of motorized freedom blog.scaramuzza.me/articl... · Posted by u/electricant

const_cast · 6 months ago

Usually when people get older and start complaining about new "unpleasant people" the issue isn't that new unpleasant people exist. Rather, its that the older person has not adapted and is stuck. They become "get off my lawn" types

bbradley406 · 6 months ago

As someone who is 32 and takes public transport, if a homeless person gets on my train car and smells bad enough to stink up half (or all!) of the car, they have earned the "unpleasant people" label fair and square. Yes I understand it may be their only option, and I sympathize with them but it still makes my trip unpleasant.

bbradley406 commented on The Prophet of Parking: A eulogy for the great Donald Shoup worksinprogress.news/p/th... · Posted by u/herbertl

epicureanideal · a year ago

> $25-35k per space

Seems unreasonably high.

bbradley406 · a year ago

You might think so at first glance, but if you multiply a regular parking space (9' x 18', 162 sq ft) by the median price per sq ft of a normal house ($244) you get $36288. Obviously these figures are specific to the US, but cars take up more space than you think, either because we're usually inside them or because we're just used to it.

For a whole parking garage you need many large I-beams, tons of concrete, frequently elevators are added, etc. Not surprising builders opt out of including them when they can.

bbradley406 commented on What does this button do? – My new car has a mysterious and undocumented switch blog.koenvh.nl/what-does-... · Posted by u/Koenvh

rglullis · a year ago

Tell that to the Amish.

Car dependency is something that we've learned, not the natural state of things.

bbradley406 · a year ago

The Amish ride in horse-drawn buggies and hire private car drivers for longer trips.

I'd rather not go back to the days of horses as the primary means of transportation though.

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chrisco255 · 2 years ago

Rubber tires aren't new, they've been around for 120 years. If there has been an uptick in IBD in the past few decades that didn't exist for the first 80 years of the 20th century, you'd have to suspect a number of different things before tires.

bbradley406 · 2 years ago

Tires have been around for a while, but the average weight of a personal car greatly increased after the 80's. Sure there were some heavy land-boats in the 50's and 60's, but it seems now everyone is driving something 3.5k lbs or higher.

Also consider the expansion of the US highway system (starting in '56), increased freight trucking, popularity of tuning / high performance cars etc. I'd imagine more tires are getting shredded into the environment than at any point before the 80's, even with improvements in tire compounds.

bbradley406 commented on U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopoly nytimes.com/2024/03/21/te... · Posted by u/jcfrei

ClumsyPilot · 2 years ago

> It isn't a general purpose computer.

This is straight up lala-land. Phones do banking, browsing, document writing, printing, video editing. Many people don't even have a computer.

> OOM killer instead of swap

Windows 10 apps work like that.

> Running the CPU full speed shut it off because it got too hot inside.

Happens to some crappy laptops. These are basically irrelevant details.

bbradley406 · 2 years ago

>Happens to some crappy laptops. These are basically irrelevant details.

Don't most modern (>2010) CPU's thermal throttle until they are back within operating temps? You'd have to stuff a laptop inside a backpack while maxing it to get it to overheat to the point of resetting

bbradley406 commented on Tesla worker killed in fiery crash may be first 'Full Self-Driving' fatality washingtonpost.com/techno... · Posted by u/mikequinlan

samatman · 2 years ago

We do, in fact, know that.

bbradley406 · 2 years ago

You only get "recorded" as a drunk driver if you crash or cause a situation, drive erratically, cops are called, breathalyzers etc. Obviously I'm not condoning drunk driving, but you are looking at an extremely skewed set of circumstances, much like driving during daylight on California streets with no weather for FSD.

bbradley406 commented on Why software engineers like woodworking (2021) zainrizvi.io/blog/why-sof... · Posted by u/mooreds

nathantotten · 2 years ago

The last time I went to Woodcraft, the guy there was raving about the CNC and recommended I get one. Hard pass. Woodworking is my escape from computers. I’m sure if you do woodworking for a living a CNC is amazing, but I’ll take the slow path on this.

bbradley406 · 2 years ago

CNC's are good if you are making tons of templates, making furniture, or working with a lot of sheet goods. They do take a lot of fun out of the job though, as the layout and initial cuts are usually the most enjoyable and you're left just gluing and sanding finished parts.

As a timber framer, most small to medium size shops don't use one because the upfront cost is astronomical. You need a 24' bed, 5-axis head, and probably an auto-loader because the boards can weigh up to 250 lbs. If you're cranking out identical kits and shipping them nation-wide it may make sense, but it takes a long time to get to that point. Most of my work is custom one-off projects, where it would take longer to program the tool paths and load / unload pieces than to just do them by hand with specific tools. We also use green rough-sawn wood that varies in dimensions by up to 3/16", so you'd have to probe every piece somewhat thoroughly.

As Inheritance Machining showed in his most recent video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3sjsu1FPCk) it's totally possible to beat CNCs on speed alone the first time, but impossible when it comes to mass-producing. For the hobbyist woodworker doing one-off projects in their free time, I would also say it's better to enjoy the process manually.

bbradley406 commented on The wealthy are cutting the line at the airport, Disney World and ski resorts cnn.com/2024/02/08/busine... · Posted by u/rntn

resolutebat · 2 years ago

Not on the ski slopes themselves of course, but is there anything stopping a determined person from slogging their way up through the woods?

bbradley406 · 2 years ago

In my state resorts have the legal right to allow / deny uphill travel, regardless of whether it's public land or not. This is for several reasons that are mostly related to safety:

- There's a large amount of people that skin up and hike here, enough to present crowding issues if it's allowed

- Grooming being done in the early morning when people want to start hiking, and it's hard to see hikers regardless of if they use lights or not

- Areas that are roped off from above can be closed for unstable snow with high avalanche risk, or may be subject to bombing operations (hand placed explosives and artillery to induce avalanches before they are caused by skiers)

Check your areas rules, many allow it under certain conditions like time of day, routes, lights, etc. It's a good idea to make friends with someone on the patrol team so you know which areas are safe (and contain good snow ;) )

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magicalhippo · 2 years ago

That would be my fear. My Steam library has over a dozen titles which can no longer be bought.

Thankfully Steam still provides them for those who have purchased it before they were pulled from the store. Though IIRC some have been fully removed (with refund).

bbradley406 · 2 years ago

While I definitely like (and mostly trust) Steam, there are some issues like songs being removed from GTA games due to licensing that make me want to hang onto pirated copies, just in case.