https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/historical-cost-of-computer-memory-and-storage?time=2017..latest

It still boggles my mind that C# is as good as it is given where it comes from. Java really fucked up with type erasure and never fully recovered imo.

I’m not extremely familiar with it, but I think X11 qualifies. I think it was determined that HDR support would be basically impossible to implement.

That seems like a better fit for an intrinsic, doesn’t it? If it truly is a register, then referencing it through a (presumably global) variable doesn’t semantically align with its location, and if it’s a special memory location, then it should obviously be referenced through a pointer.

I’ve never really thought about this before, but const volatile value types don’t really make sense, do they? const volatile pointers make sense, since const pointers can point to non-const values, but const values are typically placed in read-only memory, in which case the volatile is kind of meaningless, no?

Again, you’ve identified a problem with the current implementation of patent law, not patents themselves.

This allows capital to exercise power over it and profit through it

Of course it does… patent law as it stands goes hand-in-hand with capitalist economic systems. Patents are intended to incentivize investing in ideas. (That’s a lot of ‘i’s!)

On the other hand, people who come up with ideas are workers, too, and a system devoid of any means to discourage/prevent parasitic engagement—wherein others reap the rewards of these workers’ labor—doesn’t seem like the opposite of capitalism, either.

Edit: To be clear, I think current regulations need improvement, and am in no way defending patent trolls. If the intend goal of patent law does not align with its observed ramifications, the law should be changed.

It’s both. Patents are just a legal tool, and can be used and/or abused as the imperfect regulations allow.

IPv8 tattoo

I deleted my first Reddit account a few years ago. When the whole API fiasco happened and I moved here, I realized that Redacted didn’t finish the job. I tried to get them to remove the rest of my stuff through a GDPR request, but they wouldn’t do shit, and they seemed to think that was acceptable under GDPR. When you delete your account, they (claim to) delete your associated email address, so they also “couldn’t” verify that it was mine.

FWIW, HackerNews has the same policy.

Me:

You are a talented comedian. Generate some jokes or riddles that rely on wordplay.

ChatGPT 4:

Sure, here are a few wordplay-based jokes and riddles:

Why don’t scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything!

I told my wife she should embrace her mistakes. She gave me a hug.

What do you call fake spaghetti? An “impasta.”

I’m reading a book on anti-gravity. It’s impossible to put down!

Why was the math book sad? Because it had too many problems.

Enjoy these light-hearted plays on words!

Edit: I prodded it a little, and I actually quite like the fourth one below.

Me:

These aren’t very clever. Can you generate some that a more mature audience would appreciate?

ChatGPT:

Of course, here are some more sophisticated wordplay-based jokes suitable for a mature audience:

Parallel lines have so much in common. It’s a shame they’ll never meet.

A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother. I mean another.

I’m reading a book on the history of glue. Can’t put it down, but I’m sticking to it.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. A classic example of linguistic ambiguity.

The rotation of Earth really makes my day. Quite literally.

These jokes involve a bit more linguistic and conceptual play, appealing to an audience that enjoys a deeper level of wordplay.

The solution I linked above is installed through AltStore and works perfectly. No jailbreak required. Official support for sideloading will eliminate the need for AltStore, but shouldn’t impact the functionality of Clip.

Once they allow side loading we will be freee :)

Not perfect, but I use this.

I don’t see anyone simping for corporations

Did you respond to the wrong comment by any chance?

Super low property taxes, besides starving government services and causing renters to make up the difference in fees, is precisely one of the reasons why places like Vancouver have one of the worst housing crises in the world.

In general, I agree that cities should derive a lot of their funds from property taxes. What concerns me is when the surrounding rhetoric becomes openly hostile and retaliatory, ignoring the fact that without very gradual increases, a lot of people will be displaced from their homes. Perhaps property taxes are too low, but individual homeowners cannot be both your enemy and your objective.

Economists agree that profiting from the increase in land value is a kind of theft from society, called “economic rent”.

This makes sense. But tell me, how exactly does one profit from the increase in land value of one’s primary residence without moving somewhere entirely? You don’t “profit” from selling a home for much more than you bought it and immediately buying another home that is also worth much more than it used to be. If “profit” is truly your concern, you should once again be looking at second homes, rental properties, and institutional investments.

You have a lot of concern for the hypothetical possibility of increases in property taxes forcing homeowners to sell. But in reality, annual property taxes on a $3 million house isn’t even the average single months rent on a 1BR.

This doesn’t change the fact that many (on the order of millions) of these $3 million homes were purchased for less than 10% of that by working class people. The market then ballooned in ways that are mostly outside their control. Why should their taxes balloon in a similar manner, when their salaries simply haven’t?

On the other hand, I would fully support a property tax that is proportional to the amount you paid for the property. Such a tax would push property values down, as the tax burden would increase upon sale.

We desperately need public housing and co-ops.

Yes, we do. Believe it or not, you can accomplish these goals without skyrocketing property taxes for existing homeowners.

This is absolutely a class struggle, but you seem to only see the harms of the homeowner class, not renters.

The goal absolutely should not be to subsidize homeowners.

If the goal is to effectively eliminate the renter class, then yes, making it possible for renters to become homeowners is very important. Renters simply won’t become homeowners if their tax burden could become untenable at any moment due to factors beyond their control. Also, I fail to understand what makes you think landlords wouldn’t attempt to immediately pass their increased tax burden onto their lessees.

More to the point, institutional investors inevitably benefit from many of these policies, perpetuating the housing crisis.

Institutional investments are so profitable because they can eliminate many of the redundant costs of individual homeownership. It disappoints me that you don’t see how an increase in property taxes on existing owners would play into their hands more than anybody else’s. What do you think happens when

1. current individual homeowners can no longer afford their tax burden,
2. the increased cost of homeownership prevents renters from becoming homeowners, and
3. institutional investors can and will continue to buy property despite these factors?

Increasing taxes at a higher rate than inflation on a homeowner who is given raises at the same rate as inflation (if that) is effectively forcing them to move out over time.

If the goal is to make everyone a homeowner, then

outsized power to prevent new development at the cost of renters, young people, and the poor.

is the only truly catastrophic problem mentioned so far. Everything else you listed at least incentivizes homeownership. Sure, car-centric urban design is silly and all that, but I kind of doubt most people would prefer the space reserved for parking spaces be occupied by more housing. Green spaces, bike lanes, and larger walkable areas would probably win that vote. Vertical and mixed-use housing are tried-and-true solutions to the density problem.

I would argue that the only other “catastrophic problem” is one we haven’t mentioned yet: institutional investment. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if they paid for this article. They’d love to see people turn on individual homeowners, and raise property taxes to the point that only institutions can afford to pay it.

Therein lies the contradiction at the heart of the persecuted property owner: their wealth is deserved, by virtue of their lifetime of hard work and careful planning; at the same time, it’s not fair to tax them in proportion to that home’s staggering value.

So you’ve lived in the same house with the same job for several years/decades, but because actually-wealthy individuals and institutional investors are suddenly willing to pay a lot more for your house, you should effectively be forced to move out? Christ, just tax rental income ffs

There’s a lot of strange answers here.

1. AdGuard extensions for Safari successfully block all YouTube ads, although in my experience you have to keep reloading the page.
2. I also use uYouPlus, but you have to remember to connect it to your computer once a week, which blows.

mandated interoperability

What you are describing was called Web 2.0. It didn’t work out.