Posts by unixsmurf@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #A4je2Vb1WNsmufQ78q by unixsmurf@mastodon.social
2021-02-28T12:08:03Z
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@clackeOf course, Gustavsberg is now Villeroy & Boch. Although that did end up meaning I could get hold of functioning toilets in the UK.Although I'm sure they'll be banned soon, to bring back the sunlit uplands of siphonic separation.
(DIR) Post #A58X26Dq1FOZUQQnlA by unixsmurf@mastodon.social
2021-03-12T12:58:24Z
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@suihkulokkiSurely by the computer. Where else do you pay for things?
(DIR) Post #A58stDFEjowfegFkvI by unixsmurf@mastodon.social
2021-03-12T18:37:00Z
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@mansrI used to, then they all changed around the same time and I never really recovered.@suihkulokki
(DIR) Post #AAC1K1ystKGENUEjwm by unixsmurf@mastodon.social
2021-08-09T13:49:06Z
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@clackeDid you get your USD confused with GBP?
(DIR) Post #ACWbDELkgMXcCcdMOm by unixsmurf@mastodon.social
2021-10-19T08:37:43Z
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@clacke1) Yes.2) "pronounce a word strictly based on its spelling". Umm, dude, you're talking about English. There is zero connection between spelling and pronunciation.
(DIR) Post #ADb1NCsZWlsPxlwsD2 by unixsmurf@mastodon.social
2021-11-20T13:44:30Z
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@clackeThe point is to make you click, not to summarise the article.
(DIR) Post #AErb1hDlnZxjymeOAq by unixsmurf@mastodon.social
2021-12-28T13:05:44Z
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@enigmatico @chjara Virtual memory is not a part of C. It is an implementation detail of the system software.
(DIR) Post #AErbQbFb8MqIhZNeNs by unixsmurf@mastodon.social
2021-12-28T13:09:30Z
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@enigmatico @chjara Memory, as opposed to virtual memory, is described by the C standard.C can be used just fine on machines without an MMU.
(DIR) Post #AErrSlgktYmqv88gDI by unixsmurf@mastodon.social
2021-12-28T16:01:13Z
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@enigmatico Huh? Of course it is a part of it.C's view of what memory is (which is not concerned with whether some other level of software transparently transforms its address values underneath it) is overlaid on top of whatever the underlying layers provide. Regardless of cpu/bus architecture. This is what made it useful as a portable language in the first place.That does not make the underlying layers part of C.
(DIR) Post #AFGif6TOORJg7rumy8 by unixsmurf@mastodon.social
2022-01-09T15:45:03Z
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@clackeI want my phones rain and spillage proof.It has saved them, and not just from my own mistakes.
(DIR) Post #AFGinFXmYHtEZiqvQG by unixsmurf@mastodon.social
2022-01-09T16:01:03Z
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@mansrOr how well the people you're with can manage to hold on to their pint...@clacke
(DIR) Post #AKO7H2B6kjgqiPayCu by unixsmurf@mastodon.social
2022-06-11T17:23:47Z
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@clackeI mean, fundamentally the whole idea is "how do we stop having to pay script writers?".
(DIR) Post #AKO7H3XTh3B6w54LiK by unixsmurf@mastodon.social
2022-06-11T17:36:21Z
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@clackeBut surely that's where the original idea came from? The push of everything to panel shows, gameshows, ...
(DIR) Post #AKO7H3y46CRgGXVa9g by unixsmurf@mastodon.social
2022-06-11T17:37:10Z
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@clackeAnd I wasn't talking about actors, I was talking about script writers.
(DIR) Post #AKO7H4kdBdIGhAEMr2 by unixsmurf@mastodon.social
2022-06-11T17:55:09Z
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@clackeI'm still going to mumble something about how that probably meant they weren't paid royalties. But I haven't seen the movie. I don't think it would be good for my blood pressure...
(DIR) Post #ANCiGWbkPvnBQ2Um0G by unixsmurf@mastodon.social
2022-09-03T23:56:53Z
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@clackeI have interacted with plenty of atheists who have stated with certainty that they know there is no god, and have used this as an argument for why they are higher evolved than people who do believe.Having no interest in being mistaken for one of those wankers, I have considered myself agnostic for the majority of my life.
(DIR) Post #ATVROzSNvBjcyAp4l6 by unixsmurf@mastodon.social
2023-03-11T10:02:22Z
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@clackeTrying to see rules in the English language is like trying to see intelligence in chatgpt.
(DIR) Post #ATVTTQYlINJM5u36jw by unixsmurf@mastodon.social
2023-03-11T12:59:58Z
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@mansrI said nothing about it being difficult.@clacke
(DIR) Post #Aw7qRozKHVnPuKHW08 by unixsmurf@mastodon.social
2025-07-14T07:35:31Z
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@clacke It does provide a way to distinguish stuttering or repeating because someone thinks the listener missed one digit.
(DIR) Post #Aw7qSDBYJhpuxCBcOG by unixsmurf@mastodon.social
2025-07-14T08:53:15Z
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@clacke "Okay, 2, 5".And if you say "5 5, two fives" you've lost the efficiency argument.Body language is ambiguous and not available over the phone, or if someone is paying attention to what they're putting into a form (digital or analog) while listening, and I think people are unlikely to switch modes.I can see why you'd stick with it if it's what you learned, and it definitely improves flow when you're surrounded by people who did.