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New comment by rcme in "Android 14 adds support for using your smartphone as a webcam"

rcme — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 23:31:24 +0000

You could transmit raw rgba pixels at 1920x1080 and 60 fps in less than 500 mbps.

New comment by rcme in "Most UI applications are broken real-time applications"

rcme — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 19:14:23 +0000

Yes, these frameworks are fundamentally broken. Even a framework with extensive usage like React doesn’t work for real-time applications. Or at least your only option is to manipulate the DOM directly for the performant real time parts.

New comment by rcme in "Article reply “Godot is not the new Unity” from Juan Linietsky (BDFL of Godot)"

rcme — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 19:10:13 +0000

And, additionally, raycasting should just work in a good game engine. “You don’t need raycasting” is a seriously weak argument.

New comment by rcme in "Studio Ghibli set to become subsidiary of Nippon TV"

rcme — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 18:58:12 +0000

Undoubtably the hundreds of artists and producers working on Ghibli are extraordinarily talent. But talent isn’t genius. But I’ve come to realize talent isn’t brilliance.

New comment by rcme in "Uber Eats will start accepting food stamps for grocery delivery in 2024"

rcme — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 07:20:12 +0000

Surely the delivery costs will be, at least partially, included in the cost of the goods.

New comment by rcme in "Linux gives up on 6-year LTS kernels, says they’re too much work"

rcme — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 06:49:36 +0000

Maybe for a while. But when you add the maintenance burden to the code, it stays there, forever being felt. Over time, this degrades the product for everyone. And indeed, Windows can be unpleasant to use, not least of all because it feels like glued together legacy systems.

New comment by rcme in "FAA authorizes Zipline to deliver commercial packages using drones"

rcme — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 05:57:05 +0000

Why would a Stanford grad care about earning a meager salary at Zipline?

New comment by rcme in "Shaving 40% Off Google’s B-Tree Implementation with Go Generics (2022)"

rcme — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 02:18:04 +0000

No, my preference is the One True Preference!

New comment by rcme in "People aged 80 and over top 10% of Japan's population for first time"

rcme — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 06:46:40 +0000

I always find it weird that people lament population decline. Japan still has a lot of people. Sure, that number is going down now, but you can’t look at the trend and extrapolate that number down to zero. And as the population declines, the number of resources per citizen increases. So people may be better off than before. The largest dangers to Japanese society lie in the transition period, where many elderly people will need to be supported by relatively fewer working age people.

New comment by rcme in "America's advanced manufacturing problem and how to fix it"

rcme — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 03:59:28 +0000

Only within one calendar year. In your original AAPL / MSFT example, you’d need to pay taxes at the end of the year on any gains from your AAPL sale assuming that’s as your only trading activity in the year.

New comment by rcme in "Americas richest 10% is responsible for 40% of its planet heating pollution"

rcme — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 02:25:13 +0000

And manufacturers have many choices in what they produce. Your answer explains why consumers have responsibility for their actions. You haven’t explained why, in your opinion, manufacturers can benefit from CO2 emissions but have zero responsibility for their choices.

New comment by rcme in "Could we burn iron for energy instead of fossil fuels?"

rcme — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 17:21:17 +0000

It’s more akin to pumping water up hill at times of excess energy and then generating hydro power during times of peak power. Such a system is essentially a water battery, and the iron system would be an iron battery.

New comment by rcme in "America's advanced manufacturing problem and how to fix it"

rcme — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 11:04:40 +0000

You already are taxed for this decision via capital gains taxes.

New comment by rcme in "Americas richest 10% is responsible for 40% of its planet heating pollution"

rcme — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 07:39:48 +0000

Why does the responsibility solely fall on the product owner? Is it because the product owner is using the product for their own benefit? Is it not true, though, that the product manufacturer is also benefiting from the product’s usage? Why does this benefit not confer any responsibility?

New comment by rcme in "Everyday uses for PVC water pipe"

rcme — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 01:47:03 +0000

Most pipes get coated with minerals so you’re not really getting much benefit from the copper.

New comment by rcme in "Everyday uses for PVC water pipe"

rcme — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 01:46:16 +0000

Press fittings alleviates the need for soldering copper.

New comment by rcme in "Insiders reveal problems at Upside Foods"

rcme — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 01:37:16 +0000

And heme iron?

New comment by rcme in "Lodash just declared issue bankruptcy and closed every issue and open PR"

rcme — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 01:23:53 +0000

It works perfectly fine. You just copy and paste the code you need. If someone else needs it, they search the code base first, which is normal in large code bases. There are tons of different libraries that provide deep equality checks for instance. When I work in a code base, I need to search for existing solutions in the code base before adding someone new. It doesn’t matter if the functionality is provided by a first or third part library.

New comment by rcme in "static-server: an HTTP server in Go for static content"

rcme — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 01:06:55 +0000

I think nginx does that too; if you send it a hup signal, it will reload the config.

New comment by rcme in "Linux on a MacBook Pro (M1 Pro): How Good Is Asahi Now?"

rcme — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 01:00:30 +0000

I agree. There’s a certain freedom in the speakers working correctly, you know?