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Amazingawesomator t1_j56vgek wrote
Reply to comment by Gunter73 in The Lights Have Been On At a Massachusetts School For Over a Year Because No One Can Turn Them Off by AStartIsBorn
... over at the frankenstein place.
There's a liiiiiiiiiiiight.....
Amazingawesomator t1_j56huvx wrote
Reply to The Lights Have Been On At a Massachusetts School For Over a Year Because No One Can Turn Them Off by AStartIsBorn
Wait a minute.... Part of this high tech lighting package didnt include manual light switches?
What if its movie day?
Amazingawesomator t1_j42wt0j wrote
Reply to comment by Danjour in Intel’s new desktop processor reaches 6GHz without overclocking by disfigured_mishap
This is regularly checking single-core-only performance (multi-core boost is regularly lower than that. Multi-core is what is normally used under most loads nowadays), it is on intel's flagship "KS" processor so it will be extremely expensive, and the amount of power required for this is extremely inefficient in most cases.
It will still be fast, but it will be very difficult for a normal person to tell the difference between this inefficient monster and putting it in eco mode to save 20% of your power budget for something like 2% performance.
Amazingawesomator t1_j3225pb wrote
Reply to A powerful cyclone slams California, killing a child. Now, more flooding and ferocious winds are on tap for the weather-ravaged state by rootoo
I will break my own rule and not make fun of the title with a dragula comment because the slamming was not done to a person. Thoughts?
Amazingawesomator t1_j29qieu wrote
Reply to comment by Nirvanablue92 in ELI5: How exactly does pirating work for video games and software? (Read desc) by DryEstablishment2
Informational: An interesting DRM invention in the PS1, was the "bounce" that all PS1 discs had at the beginning of the read.
The lazer would follow the read path of the disc, and watch for a specific wobble. If the wobble was there, the DRM passed, and the disc would load.
You would often hear people touting that you could place a ps1 disc in the tray to get it started (with the "lid-closed" pin held down with tape), then swap out the disc to a burned one to play it. This would work because of that drm system :D
Amazingawesomator t1_j28wu25 wrote
Reply to ELI5: By using Medical Science, we are practically denying natural selection. How can it affect us in the future? by No_Victory_1611
It may be worthwhile to note that each of the constructs in your argument have more to them than just failing at natural selection. People are the ones fixing the problems listed in the question, and can trade goods or services like manufactured glasses, eye exams, currency manipulation, and lifting heavy objects for survival needs just like we do today. These skills are not removed due to catastrophe.
Amazingawesomator t1_j21aatg wrote
Reply to comment by BluegrassDingus in When you plan to build something, do you create a plan on a computer, paper or do you just jump into it? by El_Lorenzo
Right there in that same boat @ 38, heh.
I can usually get an estimate of what i am looking for in my head, and im able to keep it/remember it with the paper, hahahahah
Amazingawesomator t1_j20thdk wrote
Reply to When you plan to build something, do you create a plan on a computer, paper or do you just jump into it? by El_Lorenzo
I usually make a drawing a second grader would scoff at with measurements written next to the sides, then start cutting.
It doesnt work very well, but i do it anyways. I have fun, at least : D
Amazingawesomator t1_j20s0gx wrote
Reply to comment by TheLuminary in ELI5: If astronomers use "light-years" for interstellar distances, why do we use AU for interplanetary distances instead of "light-minutes"? by concorde77
You say this, but many people don't know the difference between MiB and MB, GiB and GB, etc.
Amazingawesomator t1_j20ruad wrote
Reply to comment by YouthfulDrake in ELI5: If astronomers use "light-years" for interstellar distances, why do we use AU for interplanetary distances instead of "light-minutes"? by concorde77
[Insert NASA explanation of how many elephant trunks it takes to equal a kajillion football fields]
Amazingawesomator t1_j20qs32 wrote
Next on the list: the "F" keycap
Amazingawesomator t1_iy8xbrg wrote
For any of you that play Hearts of Iron, it seems like this just sent global heat up by another %...
Amazingawesomator t1_iwr6b6i wrote
Reply to comment by xotyc in Study shows cash transfers from rich to poor can increase happiness of the poor by xotyc
N=325,000,000
Perfect.
Amazingawesomator t1_iw00rk8 wrote
Our ring bling is their economy D:
Amazingawesomator t1_iuiir23 wrote
Reply to Putin calls for cessation of hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh by supppbrahhh
"Do as i say, not as i do"
Amazingawesomator t1_iu92kp3 wrote
Black & White
Amazingawesomator t1_iu4znsu wrote
Reply to comment by Cranky_Windlass in How do I replace a built-in halogenic lamp with an LED? by ostrodis
That fixture is a whole bunch of LEDs. Replacing it with another LED bulb should be fine.
Amazingawesomator t1_j5qczky wrote
Reply to Major railroad posts record earnings, spends more on share repurchases than on its employees by esporx
And thus, the american 20th century was born.
Wait.....