NeatNit
@NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
- Comment on irresistable 1 hour ago:
I’ll take it, and I stand corrected.
- Comment on Since we're doing magic eyes now... 7 hours ago:
Awesome! I cross-posted this to !crossview@lemmy.world :)
- Comment on UwU brat mathematician behavior 7 hours ago:
My thoughts exactly lol
- Comment on the universe about to have a little minty b 7 hours ago:
This is the second post in a row where I see Douglas Adams referenced.
- Comment on irresistable 7 hours ago:
I can see the similarity but IMO this isn’t that close to Douglas Adams.
- Comment on Twitch's largest political streamer, Asmongold, shovels racist and xenophobic messaging to his audience of 52K+ live viewers 1 day ago:
too late at that point :)
- Comment on Twitch's largest political streamer, Asmongold, shovels racist and xenophobic messaging to his audience of 52K+ live viewers 1 day ago:
Only heard about him for the first time recently, in the context of the Stop Killing Games initiative. He spoke in support of it (which is a good thing, yay), and is apparently involved in some way in the drama that gave SKG the boost it needed.
Trying to figure out who the hell he is and how he ties into it, I watched one of his videos on YouTube (reacting to someone else’s video about SKG). Instantly got the impression that he’s an asshole… But at least he’s on the right side when it comes to SKG.
- Comment on Pretty woman stepping on you 2 days ago:
We can all* agree that we want a person we find attractive to place some of their skin in contact with some of our skin. Beyond that, don’t sweat the details!
* I phrased this as inclusively as I possibly could but sorry aromantic asexuals, you might not be included.
- Comment on Great idea 3 days ago:
I feel dumb that I needed this explained to me. Thanks.
- Comment on Great idea 3 days ago:
I don’t get it… is there anything to get?
- Comment on think before you eat 6 days ago:
Thanks. I couldn’t believe perspective alone could cause its head to look that narrow and elongated. Seems like it’s quite narrow and elongated from the get go.
- Comment on think before you eat 6 days ago:
what the hell is the left picture
- Comment on Perspective 6 days ago:
I see no reason whatsoever to suspect this
- Comment on Perspective 6 days ago:
It’s going at an angle, not up. It’s 90° from the handrail itself.
- Comment on Perspective 6 days ago:
Yeah. I’ve now found a reason that makes me convinced the mattress is at the bottom. I made a top level comment about it.
- Comment on Perspective 6 days ago:
The biggest factor IMO is something no one mentioned yet: we can only see one face of each step (either the top or the wall). If a photo is taken from the bottom, we would almost always be able to see the tops of the first few steps, which isn’t visible here. If a photo is taken from the top, the walls would pretty much never be visible (if they were, you could also see the photographer’s feet).
It is possible that this is an extremely long flight of stairs or that the photo was taken from a deliberately deceptive angle, but if that’s the case I have to say it was expertly done, because I am CERTAIN that we are looking from the top and the mattress is at the bottom.
- Comment on Perspective 1 week ago:
Not convinced. It’s a different set of stairs and a different carpet. I have had stairs with a carpet more similar to the OP that did not have a riser. See elsewhere in these comments for a photo of these stairs, now bare. In the distant past, they were carpeted.
- Comment on Perspective 1 week ago:
Interesting. My parents’ apartment had carpeted stairs when they bought it (when I was around 3). About a decade later they completely renovated the kitchen and naturally the renovations creeped into other parts of the home. One of the builders showed them that underneath the carpet were beautiful stone steps. They instantly decided to take out the carpet, and the stairs are bare to this day. Here’s a photo I took just now (obviously from the bottom looking up):
- Comment on Perspective 1 week ago:
The handrail argument doesn’t make any sense. It would be at the same height regardless of direction.
- Comment on Perspective 1 week ago:
Back when I thought it was two mattresses, I thought it couldn’t be at the top because the right mattress probably wouldn’t be held up like that. But since it’s one mattress, it can relatively easily be held at that angle with most of its weight resting on the step.
And that’s my main reason: it really seems like the mattress is being pushed towards that step, and I believe it’s being pushed by gravity. Doesn’t make as much sense for it to be pushed in that direction by someone.
I’m not married to it though, it’s a really tricky picture.
- Comment on Perspective 1 week ago:
I think it’s bottom too but I don’t agree with your reasoning, I’ve seen steps without that bit.
- Comment on I require nothing more 1 week ago:
I love that you look at this and say “woah, that’s way too much, I prefer less”
- Comment on Why there are a lot of people migrating from Windows to Linux these days? 1 week ago:
That’s true for a lot of people, but I truly believe a very significant number of people are being exposed to Linux this way and will stick with it long-term. It will be a while until we see that reflected in the desktop and laptop statistics.
I haven’t used SteamOS (or even seen many videos of it), but from what I’ve heard it’s not shy about being a desktop operating system. Even the Steam Deck, which is marketed as a console like you said, lets you use it in desktop mode and run any Linux software without having to jump through any hoops. This isn’t like Android which is technically Linux deep under the hood but effectively completely detached from the Linux ecosystem. SteamOS is part of the Linux desktop ecosystem, and it’s proud of it.
- Comment on Why there are a lot of people migrating from Windows to Linux these days? 1 week ago:
To add to what others have said, I think Steam OS is making huge waves and that’s a really strong force.
- Comment on Why there are a lot of people migrating from Windows to Linux these days? 1 week ago:
Linux Mint is exactly as easy to use as Windows, if not easier. In Windows you also needed to google every day basic functions, but I guess for you personally that was so long ago that you don’t remember. On Windows you also need to use the terminal for some things, like removing some of their bloatware (xbox bullshit, for example).
There are some specific points I kind of agree with you about, but I don’t agree with your general sentiment. Linux is easier to use than ever.
- Comment on Europeans to miss certain iOS 26 features due to strict EU regulations 1 week ago:
whatever Android has a healthy update life guarantee and easily unlockable bootloader.
The Fairphone is really looking sweet. I’m fairly sure my next phone will be a fairphone if it’s at all feasible for me, but I expect my current phone to last at least a few more years.
- Comment on How would I repurpose a work laptop? 1 week ago:
You’re right (and upvoted accordingly), but if said evil company is as much of a clusterfuck as OP said, I wouldn’t bet on them having competent security measures in place.
- Comment on Converting numbers is easy 1 week ago:
Wait duh, it’s a geometric series. I’m a little out of touch there but online resources are aplenty, so the pattern is:
There are (26^d - 1)×26/25 columns are are at most d letters.
- Comment on Converting numbers is easy 1 week ago:
I got confused by your explanation, I think partly because of conversion to decimal without specifying whether column A is 0 or 1. To match the row numbering system, I’d assume it’s 1, but mathematically it might be easier to analyze if it starts at 0.
Here’s my attempt to understand it better.
How many spreadsheet rows are 1 digit? 1-9, that’s 9 rows.
How many rows are 2 digit? 10-99, that’s 90 rows.
How many rows are 3 digit? 100-999, that’s 900 rows.
The pattern is: there are 9 × 10^(d-1) rows that are d digits.
Now for columns. How many columns are 1 letter? A-Z, that’s 26.
How many columns are 2 letters? AA-ZZ, that’s 26².
How many columns are 3 letters? AAA-ZZZ, that’s 26³.
The pattern is: there are 26^d columns that are d letters.
Now let’s look at running totals. How many rows are at most 2 digits? 9 + 90 = 99
How many rows are at most 3 digits? 99 + 900 = 999
The pattern is: 10^d - 1 rows are at most d digits.
How many columns are at most 2 letters? 26 + 26² = 26×(1 + 26) = 26×27
How many columns are at most 3 letters? 26×27 + 26³ = 26×(27 + 26²)
Alternatively: 26 + 26² + 26³
I can’t find a more compact way of writing it.
The pattern is: Σ26^k (k from 1 to d) columns are at most d letters
I might be wrong but I don’t think this matches up with what you said, which is 26×27^(d-2) + c (where c is some constant for converting between what we’re trying to measure, probably 1 or -1)
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
You know, that’s a great question that I don’t have a good answer to. I don’t have enough experience with laptops so take this with a bucketful of salt, but I think:
Framework looks amazing, but perhaps a bit niche: frame.work (next time I’m in the market for a laptop, I think this is what I’ll get)
MSI is alright I think? So is Dell, maybe?
In my head HP has an absolutely dreadful reputation, but that’s just because of printers. A friend of mine is pleased with her HP laptop.
Lenovo, I’m not sure. They’ve had an inexcusable security blunder in the past which made me write them off ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=-enHfpHMBo4 ) but maybe they’ve turned things around, I really don’t know.
The laptop market is in a really poor state, other than macbooks (which aren’t really relevant for this discussion for obvious reasons) it’s a race to the bottom and everyone’s making compromises that I really don’t want to see.
