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New comment by snkline in "32GB of DDR5 now costs $375 – AI shortage continues to squeeze PC building"

snkline — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:25:24 +0000

The memory in the PC I put together early last year is now worth about three times the total cost of all the parts I used to build the thing. It is absolutely crazy.

New comment by snkline in "Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in the classroom"

snkline — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:45:12 +0000

I really like the reMarkable tablets, but they are still not quite the replacement for a paper notebook that I would like. I think the main problem is that the refresh-rate/software is slow enough that trying to "page through your notebook" to find specific notes is a grueling experience. The alternative is to just make lots of one page notes, but things still become difficult to find (not to mention you add a lot of stress coming up with good names for stuff...)

New comment by snkline in "The Therac-25 Incident (2021)"

snkline — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 12:55:34 +0000

I was kinda shocked by the results of his informal survey, because this was a big focus of my ethics course in college. I guess a lot of developers either didn't get a CS degree, or their degree program didn't involve an ethics course.

New comment by snkline in "Any sufficiently advanced uninstaller is indistinguishable from malware"

snkline — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 20:04:44 +0000

The Skype for Business "installer" is too good at removing stuff.

Skype for Business stop working, I run "Repair" on the installation, progress bar zips to completion. Skype for Business is now gone. Oh, and so is the rest of Microsoft Office.

New comment by snkline in "When tech says ‘no’"

snkline — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 14:26:48 +0000

Indeed. I supported the absentee voting push during the pandemic, but one thing a lot of my friends don't understand is my opposition to absentee voting being normalized going forward.

New comment by snkline in "Layoffs are down, but employers are still finding ways to cut jobs"

snkline — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 18:50:21 +0000

In the US, implied employment contracts are "at-will". This means the employer may fire an employee for any reason (except reasons that explicitly break a law, like firing a black employee for being black). Likewise, an employee can quit at any time, with no recourse for the employer (2-weeks notice is a custom, not a contractual obligation under at-will employment).

New comment by snkline in "Russian firms rush to open Chinese bank accounts"

snkline — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 16:57:25 +0000

Ah yes Tesla, the largest car manufacturer in the world...

New comment by snkline in "Life at 800 MHz"

snkline — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 14:44:36 +0000

There are other usages of we for an individual. I think the writer is trying to use what is called the editorial we, not the royal we.

I will say it's use in that article is rather jarring however.

edit: Looking it up, it appear this has a fancy name, encompassing the royal we, the editorial we, and more: Nosism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosism