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New comment by hungryforcodes in "Apple finally put USB-C in new iPhone, but limited to 23-year-old USB 2.0 speeds"

hungryforcodes — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 17:46:22 +0000

So just remove data transfer all together then it's added expense...

New comment by hungryforcodes in "Apple finally put USB-C in new iPhone, but limited to 23-year-old USB 2.0 speeds"

hungryforcodes — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 17:42:02 +0000

The photos the iPhone 6 took were fine and image stabilized. Why so we need a better camera?

I mean, you're going to put to market a $700 phone and cant upgrade one chip on it to do USB3?

Really!

New comment by hungryforcodes in "Networking for introverts"

hungryforcodes — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:17:37 +0000

Introverts are generally analytical and try to take in everything and understand it. Extroverts not so much, they just kind of often do this stream of consciousness thing.

So introverts don't really get tired because they lack social skills and are trying -- but because that it takes alot of mental effort to continuously integrate all this new information.

If what you were saying is true then introverts would be less introverted over time as they practiced social skills but the opposite is often true.

Also if people tell you they are "tired" by social contact -- there isn't much you can do about it. Whether you believe it or not makes absolutely no difference to introverts. :)

New comment by hungryforcodes in "Networking for introverts"

hungryforcodes — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 18:12:13 +0000

No this has nothing to do with introversion. It has nothing to do with social skills or confidence. Most introverts are actually quite charming one on one.

For introverts social contact is simply EXHAUSTING. So there is a high cost to every social interaction. Hence why they avoid parties, or responding to your messages or any of the other things that extorverts seem to think are so "fun". I wish extroverts would understand this...

New comment by hungryforcodes in "Networking for introverts"

hungryforcodes — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 18:08:31 +0000

Best to start somewhere...

New comment by hungryforcodes in "Webb Discovers Methane, Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere of K2-18B"

hungryforcodes — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 17:14:15 +0000

We'd need some fast tech for sure. However, what is also interesting is that the light from it is only 124 years old. So the planet is still very similar today probably.

New comment by hungryforcodes in "Dennis Austin, developer of PowerPoint, has died"

hungryforcodes — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 20:49:44 +0000

In which countries...

New comment by hungryforcodes in "Dennis Austin, developer of PowerPoint, has died"

hungryforcodes — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 20:47:26 +0000

Everyone is using Google Slides though now, no? So much so that my boss always says "Prepare some slides for the meeting" and not "Prepare a power point".

New comment by hungryforcodes in "Australia to give cats a curfew because they are murdering so many other animals"

hungryforcodes — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 20:35:23 +0000

I find the title and article really strange. Murder is specifically defined as the UNLAWFUL killing of a HUMAN BEING.

Murder basically is a legal definiton. Anything else is just killing. And I don't think this definition applies to cats at all.

"Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethough" (1)

1 - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder

New comment by hungryforcodes in "The U.S. housing market vs. the Canadian housing market"

hungryforcodes — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 17:03:26 +0000

Though the government has lots of influence on this.

For example in most South East Asian countries it's impossible to buy land as a foreigner (basically a house).

Just this one rule alone would help the situation in Canada as there is alot of foreign ownership with as I understand it no restrictions.

Regulations favoring Canadian citizens wouldn't violate the spirit of the private market, and would certainly help Canada.

New comment by hungryforcodes in "The U.S. housing market vs. the Canadian housing market"

hungryforcodes — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 16:56:01 +0000

...or back to their original countries with the prestige of a foreign degree.

New comment by hungryforcodes in "The U.S. housing market vs. the Canadian housing market"

hungryforcodes — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 16:54:38 +0000

Though technically container apparments would be "affordable housing" -- which I think might be one part of the solution.

New comment by hungryforcodes in "The U.S. housing market vs. the Canadian housing market"

hungryforcodes — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 16:52:05 +0000

This is true and not true. Desirable land aka location is where everyone wants to buy. This drives the price up. Building in the middle of nowhere increases available housing, but doesn't solve the problem really, because no one wants to live there.

In theory remote work could help with this problem, but honestly it's really only available to workers who work in offices. People with physical jobs like Amazon warehouse workers and restaurant staff and construction workers...all have to live somewhere near where they work.

New comment by hungryforcodes in "Privacy Nightmare on Wheels’: Every Car Brand Reviewed by Mozilla"

hungryforcodes — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 15:25:36 +0000

To my knowledge though this has never been proven. Yes, the base band can in theory access this stuff, and the OS could do so stealthily I suppose -- but this is Subaru SAYING they are doing it every time you get in the car for no really good reason.

It's in a totally different class.

New comment by hungryforcodes in "Build Your Own Flight Sim in C++ (1996)"

hungryforcodes — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 17:31:33 +0000

On the floppy disk?

New comment by hungryforcodes in "How South Korea’s birth rate dropped below Japan’s"

hungryforcodes — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:45:54 +0000

Which as described to me was interpreted as conflictual.

New comment by hungryforcodes in "How South Korea’s birth rate dropped below Japan’s"

hungryforcodes — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 17:52:52 +0000

I did mention that a conflictual approach to relationships-- as opposed to a collaborative one -- created problems for both men and women in this age group to find partnerships.

New comment by hungryforcodes in "How South Korea’s birth rate dropped below Japan’s"

hungryforcodes — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 17:50:45 +0000

I'm just reporting what I've been told by Koreans I've met. The problem doesn't seem to exist in older generations.

Happy if Koreans could chime in.

New comment by hungryforcodes in "The Army Wants to Slap a Next Generation Squad Weapon on a Robot Dog"

hungryforcodes — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 17:12:23 +0000

> Rather than leveling a whole compound your weapons can get inside and be more precise.

House, preschool, hospital...

New comment by hungryforcodes in "Hundreds of thousands trafficked to work as online scammers in SE Asia, says UN"

hungryforcodes — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 16:59:06 +0000

Anecdotally I met an NGO worker once in Phenom Phen who was drunk and admitted exactly this -- because he had to justify his 200K Euro job in that city. With that salary you're like a king, you'd probably do alot to keep it.