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[–] heftig@beehaw.org 4 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

A recent Technology Connections video mentioned people are configuring chargers to 48 A when they're using 14-50 "50 A" sockets that are really designed for 40 A continuous current. Or they're using aluminum wiring without corrosion protection, or not abrading the oxide layer.

[–] heftig@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Kelvin decided that we should use a scale based on what atoms feel like is the the full range of sensible temperatures, with that range set to 0 through NaN (exception thrown).

There's actually a theoretical maximum temperature.

The mathematically perfect scale goes from zero to one T~P~.

[–] heftig@beehaw.org 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

If ever Firefox actually starts to disgust me and not just disappoint me, I'll stop maintaining it and look at forks.

But it won't be Librewolf, because the default settings are just a cargo-cult of self-contradictory "privacy enhancements" without any sane threat model that make the browsing experience much worse for little gain.

[–] heftig@beehaw.org 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Only between the student and the university. Towards third parties, a degree is not a proof of work. It's just a certification whose value depends on trust in the certifier. Of course they have the power to revoke it.

There are more legitimate reasons they could do so, like if evidence of plagiarism is found after the degree was granted.

[–] heftig@beehaw.org 4 points 3 months ago

My mother would have trouble using a small phone at its default display scale. Large text, small screens and poorly designed UIs do not mix.

[–] heftig@beehaw.org 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

I think unreported employment is being handled by customs and the tax administration, not the police.

Also, migrants include naturalized citizens and people with permission to work.

[–] heftig@beehaw.org 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

In Germany:

I don't remember ever seeing "combined lights" with single red or yellow lamps and multiple greens. Level crossings often have only red and yellow lights, missing green.

Traffic lights are positioned at the entrances to intersections, not the exits. They also come with backup signs (stop sign, yield sign, etc.) for when the lights are disabled or defective. Working traffic lights override these signs.

Solid green also means an unprotected left turn that must yield to oncoming traffic.

A green arrow traffic light can override a solid red to give you a protected turn. A green right arrow on a sign gives you an unprotected right turn on a red. Without this, you cannot turn right on a red.

Flashing yellow means 'caution' in general and is usually used on auxiliary lights to warn about crossing pedestrians after a turn, who have right of way. When the main traffic lights are flashing yellow, they're disabled or defective.

I remember that the city I grew up in, long ago, used to disable many traffic lights at night. Their website claims that "due to the large number of visually impaired and blind citizens, the traffic lights at the most important traffic junctions are kept in operation at night", so I guess this still continues. The village I'm living in these days has no traffic lights at all.

[–] heftig@beehaw.org 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

(Also: be careful, because the pineapple is just as interested in eating you as you are in eating it.)

Are you talking about the bromelain? It rapidly makes milk and milk products bitter and also irritates the mouth.

[–] heftig@beehaw.org 2 points 6 months ago

It's about adding API to Vulkan for access to the hardware encoding units that you're complaining about.

[–] heftig@beehaw.org 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Cross-platform, I guess. However, the only platform of commercial interest (and that I know of) that offers Vulkan as the primary, supported API is Android.

[–] heftig@beehaw.org 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Some? I'd say this applies to almost everyone.

[–] heftig@beehaw.org 4 points 7 months ago

It's neither. There are no voxels. Maybe "polygon creatures".

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