Notices by kc :blobcatheart: (kc@mastodon.dragoncave.dev)

Apparently styropyro also did a talk at the uni he studied at about his 400 car battery experiment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lINXNJ1wz4w

huh

@sinewave @chjara nah, it's C++ minus an ML programmer's understanding of what was wrong with C++

@whitequark is it weird neither of the two examples mean anything for me?

iphones charging is meaningless because it's just a percentage increasing on a display

water heating is just a pot sitting on a gas flame until it gets to temp, it'd be impressive if it happened in a second yes, but i don't get a sense of energy from that

(weirdly enough, i think if it was given as a quantity of firewood, it'd mean more for me?)

@lanodan @wolf480pl my experience with side-screw connectors is that there's always one screw that screws in well and one that does not, so I'm happy those are gone

@wolf480pl
On normal enums no, on enums marked with `#[non_exhaustive]`, yes.

@mr64bit @phnt @ignaloidas @lanodan

@whitequark ... could you connect a controller to the scope?

@whitequark not sure how to feel about scopes running android tbh

I mean it makes sense, but still...

@whitequark do the gold plated probe ports make a difference or are they just for show?

(disclaimer: my experience with oscilloscopes is very limited)

@whitequark i didn't expect these to be as fascinating as they were

@rio I think I disagree with you on this? Going to the ECI page (https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home), I see this wording

> Specifically, the initiative seeks to prevent the remote disabling of videogames by the publishers, before providing reasonable means to continue functioning of said videogames without the involvement from the side of the publisher.

So I feel like "Require video games sold to remain in a working state when support ends." really means "when support for an online video game ends, release an update allowing the game to connect to self hosted servers and release the server files"

I don't think this would particularly hurt small developers?

I also imagine whatever law/directive would actually pass the European Parliament (if any) would be more favourable to developers, as I imagine big developers (Riot, Ubisoft, EA) are able to influence MEPs' decisions

@whitequark
> i could fit at least four copies of Linux with a complete userland in that space

i did not realize Linux can get *that* smol

@kaia @chjara was a fun moment instantly figuring out what heri is, but being really confused by hodie (am a romanian speaker)

@koakuma @sandycorzeta you should pick a less popular girl and call people who pick the most popular girl normies for maximum effect

@mer @chjara thank you for teaching me two new idioms

@chjara girls is the cheat code to fedi