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revelation commented on Germany considers free public transport in fight to banish air pollution thelocal.de/20180213/germ... · Posted by u/keeganjw

revelation · 8 years ago

Don't take this too serious. If it would stop driving bans for diesels, this government would also consider rainbow unicorns for every school kid.

(Hello downvotes? If you are not in tune with German politics: this is the same government that is in contempt of court for failing to enforce effective measurements to stop excessive pollution levels. This is not at all a sincere suggestion.)

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revelation commented on Unilever threatens to pull its ads from Facebook and Google over 'toxic content' latimes.com/business/tech... · Posted by u/CodeSheikh

gypsy_boots · 8 years ago

I find it hard to believe that Unilever really ‘cares’ about any of these issues so I’m chalking this up to virtue signaling. Really just seems like posturing more than anything

revelation · 8 years ago

They are complaining about "toxic content directed at children". We are talking about the worlds biggest ice cream manufacturer, they own brands like Lipton who make billions from sugar water with ads like these Muppet animations targeted at children gulping it straight from the bottle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8n-BF5lrnQ

Once those kids are fat teenagers, they own Axe of course, infamous peddlers of archaic gender role pushing crap like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpPJjgIfRkI

So yeah, the first step on making responsible ads for the internet is banning these particular vermins at Unilever.

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revelation commented on Marrying Vega and Zen: The AMD Ryzen 5 2400G Review anandtech.com/print/12425... · Posted by u/pella

xigency · 8 years ago

PC building is a nightmare right now between RAM and GPU prices. It's clear that they are not a valued demographic to parts manufacturers.

Anyway, I would recommend a Ryzen 3 + GTX 1050 at a minimum for a gaming computer. The performance here on GTA V, a several years old game, is pretty poor.

revelation · 8 years ago

Actually, they are. Arguably it's the cryptominer fools that the part manufacturers want nothing to do with, because chances are you ramp up manufacturing now (so 3-6 months until you actually see higher supply) and by then they are on to the next coin fad.

revelation commented on Sweden tried to drop Assange extradition in 2013 theguardian.com/media/201... · Posted by u/DyslexicAtheist

jacquesm · 8 years ago

I don't think it is that simple. You thumb your nose at a judge at your own peril, regardless of how much merit there was to the original case and regardless of where your sympathies lie with respect to WL and Assange the fact is that there is absolutely no way the UK govt/judicial branch would let a known fugitive skip like this even after the original case was dropped.

It is bordering on the farcical how much money they have spent on this and just because of that they eventually have to show a result. The only other alternative is that Assange leaves the embassy in a coffin.

revelation · 8 years ago

This isn't even a UK case. What do they care if Sweden wants to drop it?

revelation commented on To Power the Future, Carmakers Flip on 48-Volt Systems nytimes.com/2018/02/08/bu... · Posted by u/dwynings

maxerickson · 8 years ago

This article is kind of weird. The push for 48 volt is mostly about secondary systems that need a lot of power and doesn't have much to do with "mild electric" or whatever it is implying.

The 21 HP direct boost mentioned in the article is going to be for performance rather than running on electric, the vehicle comes with a 1 Kw-h battery (~5 minutes at full output).

revelation · 8 years ago

A basic lack of fundamental understanding has caused the author to quickly fall into an expertly laid trap by marketers that seek to equate 48 volt systems with some sort of "green, hybrid, clean" spirit, leading to such bizarre statements like "The advantages of the new 48-volt systems are considerable. They offer fuel economy improvements of up to 15 percent"

Of course it's all about saving a few dollars on copper.

revelation commented on Feasibility of low-level GPU access on the Web kvark.github.io/web/gpu/2... · Posted by u/kvark

dleslie · 8 years ago

It will be Vulcan and Dx12. Microsoft is nothing if not a stubborn 800 lbs gorilla.

revelation · 8 years ago

Eh, not for WebGL it won't. Nobody even implements DX other than high-powered desktop GPUs.

Will it live on? Sure, we will still have games and Xboxes. But if you're going to pick a standard that can work on mobile and desktop, there is no contender other than Vulkan.

revelation commented on The insane amount of backward compatibility in Google Maps tnhh.net/posts/google-map... · Posted by u/jimmies

revelation · 8 years ago

Today, APIs don't keep working for a month because someone thought replacing careful design with a bad emulation of SQL is the new hotness. They call it GraphQL.

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KarmaCake day11052February 7, 2012View Original