owenfromcanada
@owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca
- Comment on How come fat chance and slim chance both mean the same thing? 9 hours ago:
The phrase “fat chance” was likely originally used sarcastically. A quick search doesn’t show any consensus, though.
- Comment on Jazz lovers only 1 week ago:
You had me at “jazz”.
- Comment on it's a hoax 1 week ago:
Fuck you’re stupid. They calibrated the rover to transmit at the resonant frequency of cheese, and being made of cheese, the entire moon essentially acted as a reflector. Learn some space history.
- Comment on Must be a strange feeling that something you used to use is now only seen in museums 1 week ago:
I remember finding tone pads that you could use with phones that didn’t have tone dialing yet.
Unrelated, my back hurts.
- Comment on Boy Dinner 1 week ago:
🪕 Now all I do to fill my time 🪕
🪕 Is stay at home doing culinary crimes 🪕 - Comment on Cursed Seinfeld Episode 1 week ago:
It was an okay show at the time. Same with his comedy. Neither were the best, but both industries have come a long way in the last 30 years.
Full agree that he sucks as a person, though.
- Comment on As I don't say I will kill the president, can I at least allude to threatening? Like the 86 47 guy? 3 weeks ago:
Conservatives twist it that way because projection. If they had said “86 46” (which admittedly is more catchy) they would absolutely have intended violence, in spite of “86” not directly implying it.
Every baseless accusation is a confession.
- Comment on I regret to inform you all that I will not be purchasing the OoT remake. 3 weeks ago:
If you haven’t already, grab a hi res texture pack. OoT in 2k at 200fps is awesome.
- Comment on I want to be at peace 4 weeks ago:
Any seat is a toilet seat if you shit on it.
- Comment on Adorable 4 weeks ago:
He’s just happy to see you
- Comment on Sacre blu 4 weeks ago:
Those a rookie numbers. If you’re not slamming 100+ lbs of the orange every day, can you really call yourself American?
- Comment on If I sign up for a torrenting site like torrent galaxy or something, and leave my computer running then will other people get seeded? Or do I have to upload a file or can I just have it finished? 1 month ago:
Nope, that’s a different thing.
- Comment on Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Trailer 1 month ago:
Sheik has a long braid? Are they just giving up on the disguise thing?
- Comment on Do analog triggers matter all that much? (In general and aside from racing games) 1 month ago:
If you want to emulate Gamecube games, there are a couple where it’s needed (Mario Sunshine comes to mind), or some older games that make use of six axes (the Descent series can make good use of 6). But my experience matches yours–very few need them, and the few that do probably have workarounds.
- Comment on If I sign up for a torrenting site like torrent galaxy or something, and leave my computer running then will other people get seeded? Or do I have to upload a file or can I just have it finished? 1 month ago:
Different torrent clients have options for that. Most will seed indefinitely by default, but some you can set to seed just for a specific amount of time or until you upload a certain percentage of what you download.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
White dad with a black daughter here–you should be fine, but if you’re concerned, read up or watch videos to understand bonnets in black culture so that you can speak to it if someone ever brings it up. A simple, “yeah I don’t have textured hair, it’s a sensory thing for me” should clarify any confusion.
- Comment on Local Walmart just installed cameras in the aisles… 2 months ago:
- Comment on How does reader mode work? 2 months ago:
I don’t have any insider knowledge, but I’d guess they’re basically just rendering the html without JS or the original CSS, probably with a few tweaks. They may also look for certain tags (like “content”) to prioritize the main section. Web developers have a vested interest in notating the content for SEO reasons.
- Comment on How old is the "world's oldest profession"? 2 months ago:
Pretty old. At least twelve years.
- Comment on Refer to the chart 3 months ago:
Putting things in pants that aren’t ordinarily in pants, especially while wearing said pants, it a time-honored trope.
- Comment on Refer to the chart 3 months ago:
Will you feature in the remake? Then yes.
- Comment on Refer to the chart 3 months ago:
Muppet Treasure Island has been in my top five movies of all time for as long as I can remember. In addition to Tim Curry, it has one of my favorite exchanges in all of cinematic history:
“It just feels weird.”
“What? That Captain Smollet is dead?”
“Yeah, that… and my pants are filled with starfish.”
“…you and your hobbies!”
- Comment on Why doesn't Android save app memory into storage instead of killing the process in RAM? 3 months ago:
That’s true. But it’s also not trivial to implement an app that may have its “RAM” located on disk. It’s a complex problem with multiple solutions, and giving apps the freedom to do what they want with it is the way Android structured things.
- Comment on Refer to the chart 3 months ago:
Fuzzy Road
- Comment on Refer to the chart 3 months ago:
Yeson the first question andNoon the second question both lead to the end nodeDon’t bother - Comment on Why doesn't Android save app memory into storage instead of killing the process in RAM? 3 months ago:
Contact the developer of Voyager and request a feature to automatically save drafts. This is handled at the app level in Android, and it’s 100% possible for the app to handle this transparently.
- Comment on Why doesn't Android save app memory into storage instead of killing the process in RAM? 3 months ago:
This is it, and it’s arguably a much better model. Apps are able to manage their own persistent storage, and you can always be sure that your RAM is actually RAM (and not deal with the speed and timing issues that result in you “RAM” actually being flash memory).
- Comment on Refer to the chart 3 months ago:
Nah, Gollum is played by Animal.
- Comment on Refer to the chart 3 months ago:
Yep, they’re all Jim Henson. And they show up on each other’s stuff–Kermit was occasionally a newscaster on Sesame Street, and Big Bird was in the original Muppet Movie from the 70s.
- Comment on Refer to the chart 3 months ago:
They’re all one thing. Kermit used to show up on Sesame Street as a newscaster. And Big Bird shows up in the Muppet Movie from the 70s. Jim Henson and Frank Oz did both.