keepcarrot [she/her]

I got a graphics card that somehow bricked hard drives. We went through a lot of hard drives before finding out this was the case. I don’t remember specifics

There is mushroom for research

Someone once paid me to poke them with a stick every time I caught them not doing their assignments. Offloading executive functioning onto someone else can work

Probably want it between the winter temperature and the current summer temperature, but genies are traditionally fickle and pounce on any ambiguity

“Completely different” when the two things are actually very similar

Foreign influence only counts if its from guys we don’t like, not like Nigel Farage

I wish I could be this confident about anything

Is linear algebra older than 0? Hang on (no, it is not, formalised in 17th century)

In my CS course, at least, it was treated as “engineering”, so we did both linear algebra and C programming. For everyone counting from 1 was more natural and the C method had to be taught a few times throughout the course (starting with java loops, which wasn’t used for malloc, OOP was probably the first unit anyone did for CS). As a habit it tended to stick even where we didn’t really use it (or in languages that don’t, e.g. lua), given how grueling C programming was and the other languages that were downstream of it.

I guess you could analogise things like saying “17th century” is 1600-1699 (first century is 0001 to 0099, I guess), in CS you are counting the very start of a thing (e.g. how many apple-widths to get to the first apple), vs the more common how many apples to have gotten the first apple. Or something, idk,

I’m drunk and avoiding housework, sorry

I’m not entirely sure what it means enough to give a summary.

The first usage that pops into my mind is when someone has said a silly joke regarding your situation and you want to acknowledge the joke but also move on quickly.

Second usage is someone has suggested something, you want to say you understand but you have a different opinion.

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Is there a reason for the convention other than that’s how most people count? (Which is a perfectly fine reason, I’m just curious)

“Yeah nah” - Australian proverb

Does that mean Australia gets the money back to put into high density public housing?

I’m old enough to remember reading about netiquette.

I am keeping some torrents alive and have mad seed ratios on some of them. If it goes under five seeds and I’ve downloaded it.

To OP, the more seeds a torrent has, the easier it is for everyone to download it, and the less each seeder has to contribute. Think of it as a sort of giving back to the community.

Obviously, the latest episode of popular TV show doesn’t need your help, but obscure bits of media can actually die out. Or stuck at the same 40% for months.

Since the files are just kept on everyone’s computer, if no one has that file while online, no one can download it. No central file repository.

War isn’t political, obviously

Oh, where’s that option in VLC? (I’d probably skip if given the choice, I remember wanting to constantly with game of thrones but whoever I was with insisted on watching the entire 5 hours every time)

Yeah, I think that’s how it works

I notice it but don’t care. Also, is wifi “wire fidelity”? I notice and care when my wifi is crap

It should be added to any humble bundle that includes a borderlands game

Posting this in response to every claim of Havana Syndrome