HugeNerd

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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

But it's the next step in human civilization!

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"verses" is poetry. You wanted "versus", aka "vs".

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago

I eagerly await the 64GB mouse driver and the 5000PB home NAS for the discerning hoarder of the output of /dev/rnd

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Which just shows we waste tremendous computing resources on trash.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

That's maybe what was on the LEM. The total computing power including the mainframes "back home" was a wee bit more.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System/360_Model_91

(Also besides the fact that it was 200000+ gallons of kerosene that did the "going")

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Sure, sure... Host them in space, built from privately mined asteroids and powered by fusion!!!

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Hey but we have a flood of impossible gymnastics moves, fake soldering videos, and even fatter fart videos!

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Ah but the never-ending deluge of Just Dance Vance videos is worth it!

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Golf solitaire is my thing

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

It's even better, it's not the same cycle as a regular gas engine, it's something more efficient.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

An old chestnut and still just as true, although I originally heard it about surgeons. There's a 19th century joke that goes "the surgery was a success but the patient died". The focus on showing off technique to colleagues instead of being useful is part of the human condition, I suppose.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Or they were sold a bill of goods by a cloud vendor.

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