[-] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 20 points 1 week ago

I think maybe he's peeing on the bush?

[-] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 20 points 2 weeks ago

So to make development faster and make sure they didn't waste time, they spent their time reinventing slack/teams/SharePoint/etc.

It sounds like if Nintendo were a person, they'd have ADHD. This also explains how for every generation, their flagship console looks like a completely new thing. They're just getting understimulated and bored.

[-] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 21 points 3 weeks ago

Uhhh what? They might as well turn to reporting on finance news, that's even less contentious! Ridiculous.

[-] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 26 points 3 months ago

I agree with the philosophy, but not with the approach.

If you own/make the OS, and you know that the registry can get orphan entries which slow down the system, don't wait for the user to open an "optimisation app" to clean that up. Just make sure the registry is cleaned transparently and in the background.

This seems to me like a tactic to get less tech-savvy people to accidentally set Edge as their browser and ensure their Ads and Microsoft's tracking is working as the mothership mandates. Worst part is we have evidence to think I'm not being the slightest bit cynical here...

[-] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 22 points 3 months ago

You don't have to go that far - if you look at 90's female models, or actresses that were considered "hot" at the time, they had a significantly different body type from today. They were a lot skinnier, there was more diet and less gym involved in the female bodies of the 90s and early 2000s.

[-] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 24 points 5 months ago

Good public transit does not mean less wear and tear on the roads, absolutely not. As I stated in a different comment, a bus that replaces 10-20 cars causes similar road damage as 10000 cars. Which is fine, but for completely different reasons. Public transport is good because it allows more pedestrian-friendly cities, reduces pollution, etc; just road wear and tear is not one of the reasons why it's good, it's one of the drawbacks.

[-] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 23 points 6 months ago

I always thought it was because 440ml is a round number when you convert it from metric to medieval units (not a pint though, which is 568ml), but a quick google shows me there's another reason:

One reason for the popularity of the 440ml size is its convenience for calculating alcohol units. A 440ml can at 4.5% alcohol by volume (ABV) equates to exactly 2 units of alcohol, making it easier for consumers to track their alcohol consumption

[-] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 26 points 7 months ago

In a press release, police say the device is "in fact a Douglas AIR-2 Genie (previous designation MB-1), an unguided air-to-air rocket that is designed to carry a 1.5 kt W25 nuclear warhead".

I'm sure I'm missing a trick here but what is the purpose of an air-to-air unguided rocket with a nuclear warhead?? Blowing up other planes with 100000% extra risk whether you hit or miss?

[-] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 23 points 7 months ago

Oh I had never thought of this or come across this concept! That's a really elegant concept. Of course, in a transaction you're putting in more effort than the money. The time it takes you to go through the purchase, the research, the cost of opportunity of that money... meaning those have to be covered in the cost of the transaction, and therefore the goods must be cheaper than the perceived value by those amounts.

You've sent me down a rabbit hole and I thank you for that. Now I'm off to read about economics 🤓

[-] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

7" plus an inch of bezels on each side. A Nexus 7 was nearly 10 inches.

[-] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 20 points 1 year ago

Because many gen-z people are pushing back on the relationship us millennials have with social media, and find the attitude that Instagram encourages (curating and showing the best version of your life) unhealthy and anxiety-inducing. So this is an Instagram with no FOMO.

I don't use BeReal and barely use Instagram but I totally see the point. Instagram is quite unhealthy.

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