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whelming_wave commented on Behind the Pretty Frames: Elden Ring   mamoniem.com/behind-the-p... · Posted by u/ibobev
havblue · 3 years ago
Is it going to be worth waiting for the pc port to finally get patched sufficiently, maybe with ultrawide, or should we just enjoy it now? I get the sense from digital foundry that if you're perceptive about performance problems then maybe it's worth waiting.

I suppose another option would be to just enjoy it on steam deck because that version already runs in a state that's closer to optimal.

whelming_wave · 3 years ago
Flawless Widescreen and Special K can each do some of the things you’d really want from a top quality port, like ultra wide and >60FPS.
whelming_wave commented on It’s almost impossible to lose anything in Japan   twistedsifter.com/videos/... · Posted by u/BayAreaEscapee
sonicggg · 3 years ago
To be fair, they don't regret a thing. They still have shrines to honour war criminals, and continuously downplay what they did.
whelming_wave · 3 years ago
to be fair, the US still has statues to honor slavers, people continuously downplay what they did, etc. people aren’t a monoculture, though Japan definitely still has its own issues with their past
whelming_wave commented on Safari now supports File System Access API with private origin   webkit.org/blog/12257/the... · Posted by u/jvican
jasonhansel · 4 years ago
I'm not sure that SQL in the browser is such a good idea in the long run. Database migrations are hard enough when there's just one instance of the DB; managing and performing migrations in each individual user's browser is going to be incredibly painful. Performance is also likely to be an issue.
whelming_wave · 4 years ago
your phone already has some tens or hundreds of SQLite databases on it. it requires some care, but many already go through the effort in their apps, so i can imagine web developers going to the same effort if they need it.

though i can also imagine them going through that effort when they don’t, so…

whelming_wave commented on Poll: Did you know that HN allows you to make polls?    · Posted by u/AussieWog93
moneywoes · 4 years ago
How much karma do we need to downvote?
whelming_wave · 4 years ago
if i recall correctly, 500
whelming_wave commented on 100s of El Salvadorans Report Bitcoins Disappearing from Their Chivo Wallets   thecryptobasic.com/2021/1... · Posted by u/dustintrex
hericium · 4 years ago
> Incentivising users to associate real world identities with their crypto identities by paying them $30 isn't a terrible idea.

There's this project called Worldcoin which gives you "crypto of the future" for registering your retina and more "crypto of the future" for setting up "orb" devices to scan other's retinas.

whelming_wave · 4 years ago
An inverted funnel of world coin, it seems.
whelming_wave commented on Ask HN: Why would a city on Mars avoid Armageddon?    · Posted by u/amichail
ModernMech · 4 years ago
> Wouldn’t it be far cheaper for a Mars civilization to exploit the resources of the asteroids rather than bother earth?

Depends on the resource. If they want milk and chicken for example, it might be better to get that from Earth.

> It’d be enormously uncomfortable for Mars adapted people to spend any time on earth.

They could breed a race of human slaves to work on Earth.

> I guess if it’s possible for a 007 style mad scientist scenario

I’m thinking more along the lines of a Martian Hitler scenario.

whelming_wave · 4 years ago
What’s the probability that Martian-Terran humans will get frustrated by sending off Earth’s vast and plentiful resources in 100 - 200 years, and they wage open nuclear and biological war on Mars to wipe out all Martian humans?
whelming_wave commented on I recommend CGI instead of web frameworks   halestrom.net/darksleep/b... · Posted by u/_fnqu
midasuni · 4 years ago
Currently trying to order room service in a hotel from xxxxx.menu.org.Uk

It isn’t loading, just sits there spinning. Pile of shit. I wish they’d chosen to write the service as a reliable cgi rather than some web framework where errors are eaten and hidden in Ajax calls.

Uber eats let’s me place the order then vanishes when it comes to paying.

Nandos yesterday told me error UK03 when I tried ordering in the restaurant, slightly better, but perhaps those more concerned with scaling to a million concurrent users could deal with 1000 reliably first.

whelming_wave · 4 years ago
I mean, on the other hand you could be dealing with an unreliable CGI-served page where errors are eaten and hidden in ajax calls, wishing they’d used a reliable javascript framework[1] instead.

[1]: an oxymoron, I know

whelming_wave commented on A foreign seller has hijacked my Amazon Klein bottle listing   kleinbottle.com/#AMAZON%2... · Posted by u/_Robbie
gowld · 4 years ago
There is nothing wrong with Cliff's store front: https://www.kleinbottle.com

The problem is in Amazon's storefront, and there millions of sellers are operating in the same space, so doing some due diligence is required. If Cliff could just seize ownership of his storefront from a thief, why couldn't a thief seize it from Cliff? The solution is to register a proper trademark.

Like it or not, the world is messy, and it costs to keep it clean. Registering a trademark is like buying locks for your home and vehicle, and buying soap to wash your clothes, and changing the oils in your machines.

whelming_wave · 4 years ago
It's interesting that you say "some due diligence is required" and go on to put the burden of that diligence on Cliff, rather than the creator of the marketplace.
whelming_wave commented on User Inyerface – A worst-practice UI experiment   userinyerface.com/... · Posted by u/andyjih_
paulddraper · 4 years ago
I noticed that after a few seconds, but I had to go though like 8 screens and it took 3+ minutes....

Did I just keep getting the Captcha choices wrong?

whelming_wave · 4 years ago
For all the captchas on this site you have to check every box, IIRC.
whelming_wave commented on Bash PS1 Generator   bashrcgenerator.com/... · Posted by u/nailer
the__prestige · 4 years ago
On the site all prompt variables end in "tput sgr0". I haven't seen that before. What does that do and why is it needed?
whelming_wave · 4 years ago
`tput sgr0` reads terminfo to find out how to issue a command which resets all currently set colors, text properties, and so on, then resets them. A lot of people will do something like `echo -e '\E[32;46m'`, but that's arguably more opaque and definitely not portable across terminals.

tput is a neat command that I wish got used more! I also use `tput cnorm` to ensure the cursor is visible.

u/whelming_wave

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