GatesMcBalmer
@GatesMcBalmer@lemmy.world
Gamer / Gizmo Collector / Father of 6 / Follower of Christ
- Comment on Is a web browser using another scripting language feasible? 15 hours ago:
but with javascript fully removed
Yes but OP was specific
but with javascript fully removed
- Comment on Is a web browser using another scripting language feasible? 1 day ago:
Sure but then you are basically creating an alternate web which is incompatible with the current one. Your browser wouldn’t be able to load any js based sites and current browsers would not be able to load your python/lua based sites.
- Comment on How can people know what they want at a given moment? 1 week ago:
Some people aren’t picky at all in my experience. Like my cousin Jack. He’s always ready for a meal and doesn’t care what it is as long and someone else is buying/cooking!
- Comment on it is fact male ejaculate travels at 28mph. How did they measure that speed? 2 weeks ago:
They use a device called a Perry Gordan Measurement Device. Named after the two people who invented it. It looks a little like a bowling bag with a fleshlight stuck in it. A volunteer is provided with the erotic material of their choosing to help them achieve erect state and then the subject inserts themself into the fleshlight part and until they ejaculate within the machine. At which point sensitive photo voltaics and micro lasers are used to measure the speed with military accuracy. Or not. Cheers!
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Are you asking why breaking the rules on a site gets you banned?
- Comment on Who is the laziest person in the US? Not asking for just media figures but common joe blo's and is the like a world record for it? How does one get in the running of being the laziest? Like the dude? 3 weeks ago:
As this question appears to be based on The Big Lebowski (great movie!) you’ll have to ask the writers if you want to know.
- Comment on If Sodom and Gomorrah were real. How bad were they that god had to come down and smite them? Are they any comparison to today's society? 5 weeks ago:
The Bible doesn’t say and there is no consensus among Biblical scholars about what the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah were. Some believe it was simply arrogance and inhospitality.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
I get into these comment chains from time to time where really no matter what I post whoever I’m talking to downvotes…
I suggest avoiding such comment chains. If the person you are talking to is downvoting everything you write then you can be certain you are wasting your time.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
oh the irony
- Comment on I am someone who works out daily and sweats a lot. Just doing laundry doesn't seem to adequately clean the underarms of my shirts. What are some ways to clean these areas of my clothing better? 1 month ago:
My advise is to wear undershirts. Even the tank top ones will make a big difference in keeping your shirts clean.
- Comment on How has Apple tricked so many people into believing that they "just need to get another Apple product"? 1 month ago:
Personally, I don’t get why the solution to many of the issues people experience with Apple devices is to buy another one.
I’m not really familiar with this. My wife uses a macbook. She’s had it for 6 years and I can’t recall any real issues with it.
- Comment on How has Apple tricked so many people into believing that they "just need to get another Apple product"? 1 month ago:
It may be hard to believe, but some people actually buy apple products because they like them.
- Comment on Why don't urban/suburban streets and roads use a center storm channel? 1 month ago:
Storm drains, aqueducts, and swimming pools are typically made out of concrete because it has the right properties to deal with lots of water. Roads are typically paved with asphalt. Unlike concrete, asphalt is far more subject to damage from water.
One of the main purposes of crowned roads is to ensure that water flows off the asphalt quickly in thin sheets that don’t cause erosion. A heavy flow of water on asphalt causes too much erosion. Also, pooling or standing water seeps into asphalt and causes damage and structural problems. Especially in areas where the temperature gets low enough to freeze.
There are also other problems with V shaped roads, but avoiding water damage from pooling and erosion is the big one.
Slightly V shaped roads are used where cars don’t go, like in pedestrian shopping centers with outside walkways.
- Comment on Has anyone or anything ever passed the Turring Test? If so how and why? 1 month ago:
Popular conception of the “Turing Test” is pretty inaccurate. What Turing proposed was a way of determining if a computer is thinking or doing something equivalent to thinking.
His test was not for consciousness and it was not simply chatting with a computer to see if it could convince you that it is a person.
What Turing proposed was called the Imitation Game.
I’ve modernized it a little but the premise is the same. Think of a game show where there are 3 people all claiming to be a brain surgeon but only one of them really is. You get to ask all three people questions and if one can trick you into thinking they are the real brain surgeon when they are not, they win.
Turing basically said that if a computer could play this game as well as any of the humans pretending to the brain surgeon, it must be doing something equivalent to thinking.
- Comment on Why does most of the US blame Saudi Arabia for the 9/11 attacks? Al-Qaeda may have been trained there but that doesn't makes Saudi's responsible does it? 1 month ago:
Pro Tip: When you are wanting to ask a Why question, its a good practice to make sure the What part is accurate. Especially when it includes a broad generalization. Have a blessed day!
- Comment on is our battery/junk drawer dangerous? 1 month ago:
If you are creative enough anything can be dangerous, friend.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Oh, I’m fine with it. I gave up on the big name theaters a while back. I just wanted to make sure my kids weren’t doing anything there than management was against. I’m actually glad they have a place to hangout with their friends.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
At least where I live, it has turned in a teen hangout. My 14 and 15 year old meet their friends at the movies at least once a week and for them its like a social center. Not how I want to enjoy a movie experience because they treat it like a big shared living room. I actually asked the manager about it and she said they support it because the teens are coming every week and its growing their revenue.
The big exception is our local Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. They still have rules and ushers to enforce them. That’s where I go when I want to see a movie with my wife and/or friends. Nice quiet traditional viewing experience.