mark3748

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[–] mark3748 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Alcohol is so hydroscopic that your 99% will be 91% pretty quickly after opening. 91% is fine, even 70% will do, it just takes a bit longer to evaporate.

The “impurity” is straight up water.

[–] mark3748 69 points 5 months ago (28 children)

Ah yes, the smug European that has no idea that macaroni and cheese originated in Italy in the 14th century, was extremely popular in England from the 18th century, and was introduced to the US via France.

And yes, it’s cheese. Probably cheddar. You start with a bechamel and incorporate cheese to make a mornay sauce. Combine the sauce with the pasta and serve.

[–] mark3748 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

they aren't rally a software dev company

CD Projekt is very much a software dev. I’m not sure why you would think they are not.

[–] mark3748 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Apples AI is mostly processed on device. That’s why it takes an iPhone 15 pro or an M-series processor. They also claim that what is processed in the cloud is neither identifiable nor stored, just processed. We will know if that’s true (at least what is being sent) as soon as it gets out into the public and we can start picking apart the traffic.

There is no mention of opt-out or not yet, probably because we’re several months away from the actual release. I’m sure we’ll get more information before then.

[–] mark3748 6 points 5 months ago

I mean I guess it's better than xbox or playstations method which I honestly have no figured out yet.

Yeah, way better than… selecting the share button(?)

[–] mark3748 19 points 5 months ago (2 children)

For example they could refuse to implement reactions or typing indicators

Reactions already work in MMS groups, use them every day.

or they could even deliberately compress videos

Except they’re already advertising improved quality of photos and video in non-iMessage chats. Doubt they would advertise a specific feature only to make it worse.

[–] mark3748 2 points 5 months ago

Different tools for different tasks.

[–] mark3748 4 points 6 months ago

I need some advice on what to throw on this laptop - and some suggestions on how to squeeze the best performance out of this (Optimus vs. Proprietary NVIDIA vs. Open source drivers).

Optimus isn’t a driver, but a way for the laptop to use both the integrated graphics and the discreet card. It doesn’t work well with Linux so you’ll want to disable it in EFI. This will increase heat and energy use.

If you do end up wanting to use Optimus, the Arch wiki has a lot of good information. You should use the proprietary driver in nearly all cases.

As far as distros, take a look at Bazzite, it’s a gaming-focused distro and similar to the steam deck’s OS.

[–] mark3748 6 points 6 months ago

You’re trading HFCS for plain old sugar. Most fruits are approximately 50/50 fructose and glucose, while HFCS is between 42% and 55% fructose, with the balance being glucose.

Chemically and biologically, they are basically the same.

[–] mark3748 16 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Well, it just says they’re including it with Game Pass. So you have the option of not actually purchasing the game for $70 (every year!) but you still get to play. There’s a lot of good games for both Xbox and PC so it’s a decent value proposition for a lot of people.

I don’t buy AAA games, so it’s kind of nice to have the option to play some of them without a big upfront investment. The real stars are the smaller and indie games.

It’s not for everyone, but for the cost of a Netflix subscription I can play a shitload of games on my PC and my kids get a huge library on the console.

[–] mark3748 23 points 6 months ago

Probably the person that threw the rock and murdered her???

[–] mark3748 10 points 6 months ago

It was on Ally McBeal and then in other mainstream media for years. It was the origin of the term “viral video”.

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