IRC is just a relay. it's not storage and never will be.
And since IRC was made, storing message history has become an expected feature for chat applications.
Readit Newsdrunken-serval commented on Discord is not an acceptable choice for free software projects sneak.berlin/20200220/dis... · Posted by u/rauhl
You don't need residential context. You just need US context. I have never seen an 85 MPH speed limit sign in the US, ever. Up to 65 is common, with 70 or 75 sometimes on well maintained roads between urban areas. I can't recall seeing an 80, but I feel like maybe once or twice.
There’s an 85mph in one place in Texas. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_limits_in_the_United_S...
drunken-serval commented on FAA faces dilemma over 737 Max wiring flaw that Boeing missed seattletimes.com/business... · Posted by u/rbanffy
The FAA and its sister agencies around the globe are very good at root-cause analysis. Where a single fault could cost many lives, there's strong incentive to follow any failure all the way back.
I'm guessing that your systems don't experience anything like airplane levels of vibration, or have anything like airplane numbers of fatalities if the controls fail, yeah?
In the US, the NTSB does root-cause analysis and makes recommendations to the FAA.
There’s a separation of concerns. The NTSB is solely concerned with finding out what happened. The FBI handles criminal investigations. The FAA is concerned with running air traffic control, regulations, and research.
I've had this same thought for a while now. Mental illness (and I am not using this term judgmentally) is, essentially, when your perception of the world persistently does not agree with the external reality: for example, you're under the impression that you're fat when in reality you're nigh emaciated.
If that's a correct characterization, is depression really a mental illness? If people perceive their lives to be dreadful, whereas in reality their lives are dreadful, where does the misconception come in?
Okay, so what is hearing voices that aren’t there?
Not sure why this is news. She assaulted a flight attendant, said she was going to kill everyone on board, and then attempted to do that.
I don't see how mixing alcohol and medication excuses her from consequences. Two years seems reasonable to me.
Yeah, I always hear "Mac is great for writers/artists/video editors/etc" but I never have been able to find out exactly why.
I use a Mac for writing.
Scrivener and Microsoft Word are my primary tools. There is no Scrivener for linux and there is no acceptable alternative for native MS Word when it comes to working with publishers. That means macOS or Windows.
Here is why I use macOS over Windows:
- Windows version of Scrivener is missing a lot of features, some that I frequently use. (The Mac version of Word is also missing features, but not critical ones.)
- OS-integrated dictionary (three finger tap)
- OS-integrated dictation (tap fn twice to start, tap fn to stop) I use this to speak words I can't remember how to spell. I don't know if Dragon on Windows is usable like this.
- Preview (tap spacebar when any file is selected)
- OS configurable keyboard shortcuts. Any item in any application's menu bar can have a custom keyboard shortcut. I have green, red, and blue highlighting in Scrivener tied to keyboard shortcuts. This is a critical part of my editing workflow.
- Time Machine backup. Easy, seamless backup. If my computer goes down, I can be fully up and running on any Mac hardware with Catalina in two hours. I started using Time Machine in 2008. Since then, every new machine has been restored from a backup of an old one. I've never started with a clean Mac.
- Reliability. Only my linux servers have better uptime. Every single Mac I have is more reliable than any windows machine I've worked with.
- It Just Works. Actually, no it doesn't. There's fewer bugs but when you hit them, they are absolutely infuriating to workaround.
- Unix terminal. Built in to the operating system. Homebrew adds okay package management on top of that.
- Built in apps. macOS comes with significantly better default applications than Windows does. Preview alone is a thousand times better than anything I've seen on windows.
- App install/removal. Almost every Mac application uses one of three install methods. App store, disk image, or package. Removing an application is as simple as deleting the executable from /Applications. If you want the configuration gone too, you can remove its associated folders from /Library and ~/Library.
If I had to pick one thing, it would be Time Machine. It's easy to setup and forget it's there until you need it. Nothing else has saved me so much time and aggravation. It's allow me to effectively work on the same machine for twelve years while periodically upgrading the hardware and operating system.
drunken-serval commented on MacBook Pro 16 Has a Fan Problem om.co/2020/01/31/macbook-... · Posted by u/jb1991
> quiet even when loaded (~97C).
Yikes, that seems like an issue on its own. It's generally not good for parts to get that hot regularly.
My 2008 MacBook Pro ran at those temperatures for many years just fine.
This morning I noticed stop signs and traffic lights indicated on the map in CarPlay. Hadn’t seen that until today (to be fair I’m not in a major city by any stretch).
Same here. I'm in a major city and they just showed up this morning.
drunken-serval commented on The One Notebook Habit (2018) medium.com/@shauntagrimes... · Posted by u/ColinWright
While reviewing helps a lot, even without reviewing, the act of noting things down in a place that you can refer to later is huge. A capture location for all that you need to do later is a great idea - it frees up space in your head, and you can go back to it whenever you feel like it.
I’ll second this. For me, it even works with typing on a phone keyboard. If I type a note, I remember it better. I keep my phone next to my bed for recording ideas I have in the middle of the night.
drunken-serval commented on The One Notebook Habit (2018) medium.com/@shauntagrimes... · Posted by u/ColinWright
I do this with my iPad. There’s an option in the settings to create a note from the lock screen if you start writing on it with the pencil.
Now I’m not suggesting you go buy an iPad but if you already have it... it works well for this.
I use Apple Notes but there are plenty of other apps out there.
And if this sounds a little absurd, her chosen notebook weighs more than my iPad with its pencil and keyboard. My iPad is larger by one inch in height and width but also significantly thinner.