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New comment by TheHappyOddish in "How to see bright, vivid images in your mind’s eye (2016)"

TheHappyOddish — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 14:47:31 +0000

Welcome to the club.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia

I only know that terms like 'mental imagery' or 'daydreaming' aren't metaphorical because of another HN thread about it years ago. Turns out (to varying degrees) the vast majority of people have a TV in their minds they can switch on.

New comment by TheHappyOddish in "Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths"

TheHappyOddish — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 14:35:20 +0000

I understand that HN swings US and we don't like editorialising titles, but this one sucks. It's every Onewheel in the US. "Every single Onewheel" has a clearly absolutist meaning, and the title should be edited to reflect, or a [US] at the end at least.

New comment by TheHappyOddish in "Most demographers now predict that human population will plateau"

TheHappyOddish — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 14:28:51 +0000

> As a would-be parent, it is your duty to guarantee a comfortable childhood for your child. This means having a reliable and sufficient income stream to provide for a reasonably comfortable life. If you lack that sort of income, it is irresponsible to become a parent.

Unless your family is very well to-do, you likely only have to look back 2-3 generations on yourself (or anyone) to find parents who don't meet that line. Are you saying the vast majority of humanity are irresponsible parents, or do you believe this to be a new standard that must be followed?

New comment by TheHappyOddish in "Most demographers now predict that human population will plateau"

TheHappyOddish — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 14:24:10 +0000

It would be, but they didn't.

I assume this was the reference point for that comment:

> life is nothing but challenges and hardships. I refuse to throw a newborn life into this hellscape.

New comment by TheHappyOddish in "Most demographers now predict that human population will plateau"

TheHappyOddish — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 14:21:53 +0000

I guess that depends on that womans interests. Many women (and men, but less) are simply not career driven. Many stay at home parents build wonderful social lives around other parents at playgroups, schools etc and see their friends more than their working comparatives. Your health is also in theory a lot easier to stay on top of without a job - not so much with small children, but definitely with double digits.

New comment by TheHappyOddish in "Mistral releases ‘unmoderated’ chatbot via torrent"

TheHappyOddish — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 14:15:40 +0000

I don't think anyone's queuing up for shows, but it doesn't hold the same cultural history, so the sensitivity and care is much less. Blackface as a subject (e.g the episode of Scrubs where it's just a funny bit) doesn't spark any debate, removal or cancellation. It's seen in context.

New comment by TheHappyOddish in "Some Pixel owners still can't dial 911 during an emergency"

TheHappyOddish — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 14:11:07 +0000

> I suspect voice calling itself has become network deprioritized or still has trouble selecting between calling tech.

Whilst this may be true for normal voice, almost universally emergency calling is the highest network priority[0], knocking other voice and data sessions off another carriers tower if required.

0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_telephone_number#Eme...

New comment by TheHappyOddish in "Some Pixel owners still can't dial 911 during an emergency"

TheHappyOddish — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 14:06:54 +0000

> 112 (Europe's 911)

Small point, but many (most?) countries support 112, and it's definitely worth knowing as "911" likely won't work outside of the US.

New comment by TheHappyOddish in "Some Pixel owners still can't dial 911 during an emergency"

TheHappyOddish — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 14:03:58 +0000

> it is not like I buy smartphones for emergency purposes

How strange. That's the main reason I expect most people (especially on HN) would own a mobile phone at all. The ability to be contactable/make contact in an emergency is the greatest value it holds, surely?

New comment by TheHappyOddish in "Tesla sued for severe harassment of black workers at California plant"

TheHappyOddish — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 13:55:17 +0000

> make the world better

I really try hard not to mock people on HN, but you need to take a look in the mirror. Your sheltered world view of what "makes the world better" isn't reflective of everyone elses, nor objectively true. I'm glad you think it's good, but you must understand that those who don't agree aren't generally 'bigoted racists' or even people who "don't like" those making the changes.

New comment by TheHappyOddish in "Tesla sued for severe harassment of black workers at California plant"

TheHappyOddish — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 13:51:36 +0000

> Sorry, but it's obvious that you are. This discussion is not about Git but about Tesla...

HN reguarly deviates off into tangentially related comment threads. _This_ discussion is about git master/main, although the parent one isn't.

> legacy non-inclusive terms

Love a good game of "spot the American". Thankfully, you're not authoritive on the english language and don't get to pick what is "legacy".

New comment by TheHappyOddish in "Tesla sued for severe harassment of black workers at California plant"

TheHappyOddish — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 13:42:50 +0000

Is the intent to completely remove the terms? That's a new angle I hadn't heard. I guess it makes said guilty feeling persons life easier, as they can't hear about the currently happening slavery in the world and can continue on their merry way.

New comment by TheHappyOddish in "Trains on another level"

TheHappyOddish — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 13:28:27 +0000

Yep, I own it and have never played a second. I know I'd need a spare 3+ months.

New comment by TheHappyOddish in "New York City declares state of emergency amid flash floods"

TheHappyOddish — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 13:25:04 +0000

Sure... But how much extra energy is consumer by people heating/cooling their 1-2 person homes now they're in it all day? Likely less than transit, and not zero. Regardless, the primary impact on climate change has always been and likely always will be those who manufacture your clothes, plastics, electronics etc - which people bought more over over said pandemic.

Rural areas invaded by "COVID refugees" are broadly losing out on their culture and filling with yuppies with too much money and no interest in community.

I admire your passion, but the problems are more complex.

New comment by TheHappyOddish in "Meta in Myanmar"

TheHappyOddish — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 13:20:28 +0000

How do you handle moderating your church that grew fairly rapidly to over a billion parishioners?

New comment by TheHappyOddish in "I Tested an HDMI Adapter That Demands Your Location and Spams You with Ads"

TheHappyOddish — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 13:08:38 +0000

Can you pull video and input both emulated keyboard and mouse via a lightning port, all concurrently, or is that theoretical?

I was mulling over a (legitimate) project recently and couldn't find any information about them all together.

New comment by TheHappyOddish in "How a four-day workweek works, from the companies pulling it off"

TheHappyOddish — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 12:58:15 +0000

> It seems more likely that people would retain a similar ratio of slacking to working.

Got it in one. Humans are creatures of habit. You (yes you, oh 10x HN reader) reading this may actually be hyperaware enough to analyse your weeks work and stuff it into 4 days, but I strongly suspect the vast majority of workers would coast the same amount (whatever that number may be) regardless of days worked.

New comment by TheHappyOddish in "iPhone 15: users of Pro and Pro Max models complain of overheating issues"

TheHappyOddish — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 07:48:35 +0000

However as per your link, there is growth on the 'premium' side, of which the model in question is.

New comment by TheHappyOddish in "iPhone 15: users of Pro and Pro Max models complain of overheating issues"

TheHappyOddish — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 07:46:53 +0000

A 2.1x modifier isn't fair though, because life cycle is also reduced by 1/3.

Also, if I have a 15 Pro Max and it overheata, I'll simply go and have it replaced under sane consumer laws.

New comment by TheHappyOddish in "MMO Architecture: Source of truth, Dataflows, I/O bottlenecks and how to solve"

TheHappyOddish — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 01:25:00 +0000

(Trial + error) * hardcore players.

Yes they scrape as much as they can, but the originals of these (almost as old as WoW itself) were absolutely not 1:1 behaviour. By hardcore players noticing the minute differences, taking the time to detailed bug report, then the admins/devs looking with care, they've come pretty close.

Never underestimate a group of nerds with a passion.