AwesomeLowlander

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[–] AwesomeLowlander 3 points 1 week ago

This is one joke I didn't get, and still don't. Anybody care to explain?

[–] AwesomeLowlander 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Run the installer in Proton, then point the steam shortcut to the installed executable. No tools needed except steam

[–] AwesomeLowlander 7 points 1 week ago

You're thinking of 'rm -fr /', easy mistake

[–] AwesomeLowlander 5 points 1 week ago

MFW I hook up a Factorio spaghetti section to inputs and it works the first time.

[–] AwesomeLowlander 6 points 1 week ago

@[email protected]:

You cannot scale it. It is dangerous. It is expensive to keep running / maintained.

Your source:

for the demonstration, I had to wear protective goggles since that type of laser is not safe for your eyes; And no one has yet worked out how to make the device cheap enough to be useful in the places it is most needed, places where most people’s mosquito-defense system consists of sleeping under nets every night.

You were saying?

[–] AwesomeLowlander 7 points 1 week ago

But despite Myhrvold’s enthusiasm, the Photonic Fence hasn’t been all that easy to actually build. It’s taken years of development to figure out how to continuously track and identify a specific type of insect and then dispatch it safely and efficiently. For instance, for the demonstration, I had to wear protective goggles since that type of laser is not safe for your eyes; I was assured that when it’s market-ready, the laser they deploy will not potentially blind human passersby. And no one has yet worked out how to make the device cheap enough to be useful in the places it is most needed, places where most people’s mosquito-defense system consists of sleeping under nets every night.

You mean the patent on an item where they haven't figured out how to make it work yet without blinding its users? Yeah, it's definitely patent trolls and not user safety /s

[–] AwesomeLowlander 1 points 1 week ago (5 children)
[–] AwesomeLowlander 13 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Probably haven't solved the issue of friendly fire, i.e. potentially blinding users.

[–] AwesomeLowlander 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Let me introduce you to 'rm -rf /', and variants thereof

[–] AwesomeLowlander 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Trust me, for many Buddhists in Asia he plays the same role.

Source: Grew up as one.

[–] AwesomeLowlander 6 points 1 week ago

They totally would, until they disagreed with a single one of his policies.

[–] AwesomeLowlander 18 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It's weird how you criticise this show for not being lore faithful, then hold up the Foundation as a shining diamond...

(I haven't watched either, so this is just an outside observer musing)

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