And every time one runs into a wall at fatal speeds, two slower ones appear.

There are 4 main bottlenecks in computers, and they generally take turns being the most relevant. CPU, GPU, RAM, and storage. Bus speed can also be a bottleneck, but that is generally factored in and we know how to make faster buses for the most part, using parallelization if nothing else.

Right now, for home computer use, GPU is the biggest factor. Good thing, too, because CPUs are plateauing, and will probably require a fundamental change in architecture or programming techniques to get past it.

…where were your balls when that happened?

And where is the cowlick on there…

Yearning for the mines.

I had someone at work ask me if I was an expert at Excel. I’ve written macros in VBA and made formulas that would have been easier as a macro so I could save them as xlsx instead of xlsm. I said yes, with some hesitation. She asked me if I could help her with a problem and I said sure. The problem was a bunch of hidden cells. At least it wasn’t a bunch of data she’d deleted and wanted me to get back for her.

The amazing part was how hard it was to show the cells in the latest version of Excel.

Lol this is the typical takeaway. A better result would be to not engage in illegal practices and then it doesn’t matter if you put it in writing, but that’s not how you become a billionaire.

Yes, but if you increase the funding, they will say “Why is science so expensive?”

At this point, this clip is the entirety of the debate that I’ve seen, but I will say two things about this general issue.

If your argument is that his opponents are doing shitty things so it’s okay if he does shitty things, take a look through history or south of our border to see how that ends up. And I’ve never seen Pierre give a real alternative to any issue he’s identified, whether those issues are real or not. The few stances he’s taken are usually tired conservative agendas that have failed every time they’ve been tried, yet he drags their mummified remains onto the stage, dusts them off, and pretends that it’s a novel idea that will solve the issue it’s targeted at with a single step. Mandatory minimum sentencing? This is a primarily punitive measure that ignores the main issues with our prison system, that it is overloaded by people who have little hope for a better future and few options besides crime for anything but the most meager of existences. But sure, longer sentences will fix that. No? Well, at least it’s something that can happen in one term. And that’s representative of every ‘idea’ he puts forward. An alternative whose only merit is the thinnest veneer of emotional relief to charged topics and not enough depth or nuance to actually address the problem, let alone solve it.

Just checked it on F-droid. Last updated 13 months ago. This is a fork of another project whose creator walked back the FOSS stance of his projects. Forks were immediately produced, but no real work has been done. I’m using two of these apps, and have no real hope that they will be maintained in any meaningful way.

I’d explore these with caution, unless you’re looking for near-abandoned projects to adopt, in which case these may be worth your time to look into. What is there looks good, but without active maintenance it’s an encroaching storm of security risks.

Every accusation is a confession…

Seriously, probably meant to say gagged, and failed miserably. I still think it’s a shit excuse.

What better way to grasp the impact of an activity than by doing it? Of course this can be harmful - if every visitor to a natural reserve picked a flower, eventually that reserve would have no more flowers. But it can certainly bring that impact home when you’re in the midst of the results of many insignificant actions.

It’s kind of funny how many non-Italian things go into making that distinctly Italian food, pizza. I don’t think of this as a criticism, but a credit to them, that they will unashamedly take those things they can’t find or weren’t originally found in their region and make them their own.

Just remember, it takes exploring half the world to make a Hawaiian pizza.

Why can’t we spend $20 billion on a full-scale reactor that may very well not work? Why is science so slow?

If you believe in rule by the people, secession needs to be a valid option. It’s how America was founded, and it’s more or less how Canada was founded. Now, using it as some sword of Damocles is harmful to society, but calling those who want to leave criminals isn’t helpful. In the opinion of Quebec, 50% plus one is sufficient. Perhaps I don’t agree with that, but I think it’s the minimum that should be acceptable. But I think it’s less of a crime to say the nation is no longer serving the will of some significant segment of the populace and that they wish to have the final say in their governance.

That said, capitulation to a foreign power at the expense of your nation is a different issue.

It isn’t food, but you can always try this. There is even formal research. You’re welcome.

Expecting oil and gas companies to charge less than the market can bear is the greatest delusion. The reason they care about the tax is because this is a captive market which still has some flexibility in demand. If the price is too high sales will go down - people will drive less and plan their routine trips more carefully. This is also why the price of gas goes up just before a long weekend - people will drive more, so they can increase price at no risk to sales volume.

So yes, removing the carbon tax just means the oil and gas companies will make more profits.

The other responder isn’t correct, but I’d say there is definitely a push for all the problems in American education. The former Minister of Education in Manitoba went to Tennessee for ideas on funding higher education. I’ve also heard of pushes for chartered schools and being able to transfer school taxes to the institution of your choice. All of these ideas promote a disparity in education which generally favors the wealthier.

I don’t think it’s possible to slouch while wearing a vest and look good, so think of this as more criticizing his fashion sense and not his appearance.

Who told Pierre? Because, as someone who doesn’t have style and may have Carney’s haircut, Pierre is no judge of style. I don’t know if he’s wearing contacts or just not used to the glare of life without glasses, but that squint isn’t winning him votes.

Edit: I take it back, he always squinted a lot.