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New comment by KolibriFly in "Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features"

KolibriFly — Thu, 14 May 2026 05:26:11 +0000

This is exactly why Proton feels like the pragmatic path. Native ports are nice in theory, but PC games are rarely just one clean executable anymore

New comment by KolibriFly in "Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features"

KolibriFly — Thu, 14 May 2026 05:24:30 +0000

This is such a neat historical parallel

New comment by KolibriFly in "How an oil refinery works"

KolibriFly — Fri, 01 May 2026 19:01:28 +0000

Primary energy comparisons can make fossil fuels look more "irreplaceable" than they are, because so much of the input energy is lost as heat before it becomes useful work

New comment by KolibriFly in "How an oil refinery works"

KolibriFly — Fri, 01 May 2026 18:52:35 +0000

Factory games are weirdly good at teaching the "shape" of these systems

New comment by KolibriFly in "How an oil refinery works"

KolibriFly — Fri, 01 May 2026 18:45:10 +0000

That must be an incredible place to grow up around

New comment by KolibriFly in "How an oil refinery works"

KolibriFly — Fri, 01 May 2026 18:38:25 +0000

The odor point is interesting. I think a lot of people mentally picture refineries as visibly dirty and smelly by default, but a plant near dense urban/residential areas probably has very strong incentives to be almost boringly well-contained

New comment by KolibriFly in "How an oil refinery works"

KolibriFly — Fri, 01 May 2026 18:26:05 +0000

What always strikes me about refineries is how "simple" some of the core ideas are in isolation

New comment by KolibriFly in "Filing the corners off my MacBooks"

KolibriFly — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 20:37:33 +0000

This is probably a combination of ergonomics and expectations

New comment by KolibriFly in "Filing the corners off my MacBooks"

KolibriFly — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 20:35:23 +0000

The interesting part isn't whether Apple got the design right or wrong, it's that most of us never even consider altering the tools we use every day. We just adapt ourselves instead.

New comment by KolibriFly in "Filing the corners off my MacBooks"

KolibriFly — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 20:32:22 +0000

But there's also a thin line between trolling and just being comfortable ignoring other people's expectations

New comment by KolibriFly in "Filing the corners off my MacBooks"

KolibriFly — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 20:29:07 +0000

If a device is uncomfortable in daily use, modifying it to fit your body actually makes a lot of sense

New comment by KolibriFly in "Do your own writing"

KolibriFly — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:43:10 +0000

So maybe the framing is: LLMs are good at mapping the landscape, but not at discovering new continents

New comment by KolibriFly in "Do your own writing"

KolibriFly — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:41:20 +0000

Yes, not all "writing" is actually thinking, and a lot of what we call writing at work is really just ritualized context transfer

New comment by KolibriFly in "Do your own writing"

KolibriFly — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:39:22 +0000

A lot of the value is in discovering the holes in your own reasoning while trying to make it legible to someone else

New comment by KolibriFly in "LG's new 1Hz display is the secret behind a new laptop's battery life"

KolibriFly — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:31:19 +0000

Today it's mostly "all-or-nothing" at the panel level, but under the hood there's already a lot of cleverness trying to approximate the behavior you're describing

New comment by KolibriFly in "LG's new 1Hz display is the secret behind a new laptop's battery life"

KolibriFly — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:29:25 +0000

What LG is pitching here is basically bringing that 1Hz floor capability to large laptop panels

New comment by KolibriFly in "LG's new 1Hz display is the secret behind a new laptop's battery life"

KolibriFly — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:28:16 +0000

What these variable refresh panels are trying to do is kind of the "best of both worlds"

New comment by KolibriFly in "LG's new 1Hz display is the secret behind a new laptop's battery life"

KolibriFly — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:27:13 +0000

What's interesting about these newer 1Hz claims is that they're basically trying to sidestep the exact problems you mention

New comment by KolibriFly in "LG's new 1Hz display is the secret behind a new laptop's battery life"

KolibriFly — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:24:43 +0000

Sure dropping toward 1Hz could be huge. But the moment you scroll, watch video, or even have subtle UI animations, you're back in higher refresh territory

New comment by KolibriFly in "Austin’s surge of new housing construction drove down rents"

KolibriFly — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:28:51 +0000

That's a really useful historical reminder