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New comment by QuackyTheDuck in "Ntsc-rs – open-source video emulation of analog TV and VHS artifacts"

QuackyTheDuck — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 06:53:57 +0000

I wouldn't call it a voice break, more an intentional melodic variation by singing a perfect fourth higher than the expected note in falsetto. But I agree: it sounds marvelous.

New comment by QuackyTheDuck in "A chemist explains the chemistry behind decaf coffee"

QuackyTheDuck — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 11:04:32 +0000

Since he wrote that Coke doesn't create this effect, I guess caffeine can be ruled out?

New comment by QuackyTheDuck in "The C++ Iceberg"

QuackyTheDuck — Wed, 08 May 2024 08:31:53 +0000

Just click on a term to be redirected to an explanation.

New comment by QuackyTheDuck in "Wintergatan Marble Machine (2016) [video]"

QuackyTheDuck — Sat, 02 Mar 2024 16:46:11 +0000

Could you please explain?

New comment by QuackyTheDuck in "IRC is the only viable chat protocol (2022)"

QuackyTheDuck — Sat, 29 Jul 2023 12:27:47 +0000

How did we solve email?

New comment by QuackyTheDuck in "IRC is the only viable chat protocol (2022)"

QuackyTheDuck — Sat, 29 Jul 2023 12:19:43 +0000

Unfortunately, this only works unless you have a textfield focused or something similar that "consumes" your keyboard input. At least in my experience, it's quite unreliable.

New comment by QuackyTheDuck in "Rust-EZ: Easy Rust for Everyone"

QuackyTheDuck — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 23:02:54 +0000

Thanks for posting this. Unfortunately, the url doesn't work?!

New comment by QuackyTheDuck in "The limits of "computational photography""

QuackyTheDuck — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 11:24:31 +0000

This.

Even when you stabilize the footage afterwards (digitally, not by stabilizing the sensor), there will be motion blur due to the lower shutter speed.

New comment by QuackyTheDuck in "Boston Dynamics’ bipedal robot Atlas can now grab and toss"

QuackyTheDuck — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 13:27:08 +0000

This is not how unemployment works.

New comment by QuackyTheDuck in "Briar: Peer-to-Peer Encrypted Messaging"

QuackyTheDuck — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 11:13:48 +0000

nicely said

New comment by QuackyTheDuck in "Audio CD ripping – optical drive accuracy listing"

QuackyTheDuck — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 07:27:36 +0000

I think iTunes Match still offers this, too.

New comment by QuackyTheDuck in "SiriSpy – iOS bug allowed apps to eavesdrop on your conversations with Siri"

QuackyTheDuck — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 19:42:13 +0000

Sigh … I so much want Apple to get their shit together. To me it feels like software quality reached a new low.

New comment by QuackyTheDuck in "Darling: The macOS virtual emulation layer for Linux"

QuackyTheDuck — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 04:45:30 +0000

> Please note that most GUI applications will not run at the moment.

I really appreciate the effort that already went I to this, but I also find it hard to see the usefulness of such a tool if the core functionality just isn’t there yet.

New comment by QuackyTheDuck in "The 4th Year of SerenityOS"

QuackyTheDuck — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 20:41:58 +0000

Thank you for writing this, I can heavily relate.

New comment by QuackyTheDuck in "My Surreal Experience with COBOL"

QuackyTheDuck — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 13:30:17 +0000

This, cygwin can easily be installed without admin rights.

New comment by QuackyTheDuck in "Applying a rule from Pixar with a camera from 1961"

QuackyTheDuck — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 04:55:33 +0000

> While watching her, he realised the pictures would be out of focus because of the settings. He then decided to design a camera that won't let you make a mistake. This camera is the Olympus Pen ee series.

I’m a bit surprised that the author doesn’t explain how the camera prevents out of focus photos (but mentions the auto exposure feature instead).

New comment by QuackyTheDuck in "Ilias: Readable aliases for core Ruby methods"

QuackyTheDuck — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 03:31:55 +0000

Why do you have to memorize both?

New comment by QuackyTheDuck in "The use of ‘class’ for things that should be simple free functions (2020)"

QuackyTheDuck — Sun, 29 May 2022 17:20:57 +0000

I’m confused, since you mentioned a two-line-solution. Was it a library then?

New comment by QuackyTheDuck in "The use of ‘class’ for things that should be simple free functions (2020)"

QuackyTheDuck — Sun, 29 May 2022 15:54:20 +0000

> I asked them to create a library for solving quadratic equations.

To me, this reads like a requirement, can you really blame them for respecting what you asked for?

New comment by QuackyTheDuck in "Tqdm (Python)"

QuackyTheDuck — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 07:45:38 +0000

Good stuff, thank you!