As you said, swap isn't needed so much, but there are still good reasons to have some around. Besides the usual graceful degradation argument, it can be particularly handy for portables as a suspend partition. However, Linux has lots of servery defaults, and the swappiness is one where a much lower value gives better response times for "desktop" uses.
The spelling of that chemical alone will prevent its success.
If 'xylitol' is hard for English speakers, it should be doubly so in Finland. We did extensive clinical research on its use against dental caries in the 1970s, and now everyone and, well, not their dog, has been using it in forms like chewing gum for a couple of decades.
However, we are notoriously bad at pronouncing foreign words. For instance, initial 'str' in words like 'strategy' ('strategia' in Finnish) is often reduced to just 'r', at least when spoken by older people with less foreign exposure. This just reflects the lack of such combinations in our native language.
I remember seeing those misc recycling bins in 2005 in the NY state, so I wondered if anything has changed since, though I guess these things don't move too fast.
Wait, you Americans still have these weird recycling bins which might as well be labeled "miscellaneous", as they still need someone to do the actual sorting? Here in the old world (.fi) we have different bins for stuff like glass and metal. There is some regional variety depending on the local market, though I've heard some of this still ends up in landfill.
It sure is a funny coincidence that television viewers generally have line of sight to the set.
Huh. Growing up, were you one of those kids that never actually played with the remote?
Well of course I'm familiar with the back wall bounce. It probably won't work across too many reflections in weird angles. In fact, it seems that newer remotes have narrower working angles to avoid conflicts with the bazillion other receivers. The point is that light works for remotes for obvious reasons, it's really the bug that turns out a feature. It's also well known physics that higher frequencies are more easily restricted by obstacles.
Yeah, that's why television remote controls are always so fussy.
It sure is a funny coincidence that television viewers generally have line of sight to the set. OTOH, you also have these computer users that store every file on their "desktop", because it doesn't exist if you can't see it, so that demographic might also benefit from the existing line of sight to teh internets.
And it'll give you the runs, just like other sugar alcohols.
And that's why everyone in Finland (where the use of xylitol for dental care was pioneered) has chronic diarrhea. No, wait, we don't, not with the recommended small amounts.
I wonder if you're trying to be sarcastic -- spelling out letters like B as 'be' is not exactly phonetic. I once tried explaining to a Briton how Finnish is a phonetic language, and you just read anything by pronouncing each letter as they are, which she mistook as spelling out.
Of course, while I'm being pedantic, you'd also need a thorn/theta for the 'th' sound...
This. I've never understood why IT people in particular would be easily enticed by such pre-selected perks. They're supposedly smart individuals who know what they like. If anything, try not to get in the way.
Shameless plug: I wrote about this back in 2001, summarizing the idea about macroscopic quantum phenomena, and it turned out people had already done it -- currents flowing both ways simultaneously, to put it roughly.
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Due to latitudinal issues, everything that happens in Finland is cool. For instance, our babies eat your marines for breakfast.
"A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing." — Perl is
FTFY.
It's much better to adjust the swappiness level way down: https://rudd-o.com/linux-and-f...
As you said, swap isn't needed so much, but there are still good reasons to have some around. Besides the usual graceful degradation argument, it can be particularly handy for portables as a suspend partition. However, Linux has lots of servery defaults, and the swappiness is one where a much lower value gives better response times for "desktop" uses.
As a bonus, you can experience the Blue screen of death in immersive 3D.
common in those days
Ach, this reminds me of the good old "just doing my job" argument heard around the concentration campfires.
Emacs was nice, but I now prefer systemd instead.
Don't worry, it'll pass. I'd probably catch a cold too, if I spent all that time under Antarctic ice.
The spelling of that chemical alone will prevent its success.
If 'xylitol' is hard for English speakers, it should be doubly so in Finland. We did extensive clinical research on its use against dental caries in the 1970s, and now everyone and, well, not their dog, has been using it in forms like chewing gum for a couple of decades.
However, we are notoriously bad at pronouncing foreign words. For instance, initial 'str' in words like 'strategy' ('strategia' in Finnish) is often reduced to just 'r', at least when spoken by older people with less foreign exposure. This just reflects the lack of such combinations in our native language.
I remember seeing those misc recycling bins in 2005 in the NY state, so I wondered if anything has changed since, though I guess these things don't move too fast.
Wait, you Americans still have these weird recycling bins which might as well be labeled "miscellaneous", as they still need someone to do the actual sorting? Here in the old world (.fi) we have different bins for stuff like glass and metal. There is some regional variety depending on the local market, though I've heard some of this still ends up in landfill.
It sure is a funny coincidence that television viewers generally have line of sight to the set.
Huh. Growing up, were you one of those kids that never actually played with the remote?
Well of course I'm familiar with the back wall bounce. It probably won't work across too many reflections in weird angles. In fact, it seems that newer remotes have narrower working angles to avoid conflicts with the bazillion other receivers. The point is that light works for remotes for obvious reasons, it's really the bug that turns out a feature. It's also well known physics that higher frequencies are more easily restricted by obstacles.
nothing revolutionary. irda is (was) a thing.
It's revolutionary if
Yeah, that's why television remote controls are always so fussy.
It sure is a funny coincidence that television viewers generally have line of sight to the set. OTOH, you also have these computer users that store every file on their "desktop", because it doesn't exist if you can't see it, so that demographic might also benefit from the existing line of sight to teh internets.
Stop calling these things "gumstick".... you're a piece of shit for trying to make that term stick.
I see what you did there. In fact, I'm having a hard time removing that thought from under my desk.
The summary says it has Marvel's latest controller, so at least the superhero angle is covered.
Also, Stanislaw Lem featured a kind of smart dust in his 1980s novel.
The fifty shades are of grey, not gray.
I remain vulnerable to serious 18 year olds, if you catch my drift.
The orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
And it'll give you the runs, just like other sugar alcohols.
And that's why everyone in Finland (where the use of xylitol for dental care was pioneered) has chronic diarrhea. No, wait, we don't, not with the recommended small amounts.
That wud B GR8.
I wonder if you're trying to be sarcastic -- spelling out letters like B as 'be' is not exactly phonetic. I once tried explaining to a Briton how Finnish is a phonetic language, and you just read anything by pronouncing each letter as they are, which she mistook as spelling out.
Of course, while I'm being pedantic, you'd also need a thorn/theta for the 'th' sound...
This. I've never understood why IT people in particular would be easily enticed by such pre-selected perks. They're supposedly smart individuals who know what they like. If anything, try not to get in the way.
In short, treat them like fucking professionals.
I guess that works if you're a pimp.
Shameless plug: I wrote about this back in 2001, summarizing the idea about macroscopic quantum phenomena, and it turned out people had already done it -- currents flowing both ways simultaneously, to put it roughly.
Sounds like titanium chloride, aka "tickle".