Trying to ray-trace a 512,000x256,000 image using Chunky. I had to split it into 16 parts to reduce the RAM to a sane amount (in 2018, it may have been optimised since).

I was trying to find the limit for a single png, and I think I found it.

No

It turns out the computer mostly freezes once you go past 200% RAM used.

Science advances one funeral at a time

UBI would be nice. Imagine working at a job you like because you like it, not because you need it to survive.

That’s shifting the goal posts a bit.

Some form of prevention for knowingly making false election promises is a good start.

In my opinion️, they should be.

Australian politicians have been repeatedly making popular promises around election time, then quietly not doing anything about them after the election.
Candidates who are unlikely to be elected have also been making near impossible promises. They know that the promises don’t need to be realistic because they won’t be elected, but loft promises will still bring them more votes and more media time.

There should be some form of penalty for not completing an election promise once in power, and any party already in power should only be promising things they’re already working on.

Trump is already in power and could give the money at any time. He is deliberately tying it to voting.

(He also has a long history of not paying, but that’s not relevant for the legal difference)

Your mom.

I think C# is a perfectly adequate and fairly enjoyable programming language, even though I dislike Microsoft and their products.

Have you made any changes to your network or bought any new devices in the last week?

I once had a new house battery (SigEnergy) interfere with my smart lights by spamming my network with discovery packets.

“The revolution will not be televised.” The people responsible for putting the cameras in will do everything they can to make you feel powerless and isolated, especially suppressing information about rebellions.

Rupet Murdock controls most TV stations, radio stations, newspapers, magazines, news websites, and “news” YouTube channels.
You will not see anything on the news about people organising or fighting back against the system he’s worked so hard to create.

Musk already ran the country for a while. He doesn’t worry about minor things like laws.

The app is so much more convenient, but it’s something I’m wiling to sacrifice to avoid Google.

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Kids only matter when they’re not born yet

Adding an extra lane to a congested road will always cause that road to be more congested, and will also increase traffic on nearby roads.

When China removed a highway, it reduced car traffic thought the entire city while not reducing the number of people travelling to and around the city.

The only solution to car traffic is viable alternatives to driving.

It works so well

Stack

China is making rapid improvements in high speed rail. It would be nice if we could get that kind of motivation in other countries.

I liked Sublime enough to pay for it. It has become my primary text editor at home.

I also like Atom/Pulsar, but it takes a but too long to open for my use case.

Obsidian isn’t exactly a text editor, but it fits many of the use cases. It may be closed source, but all the files are accessible and usable if the app ever disappears.

I want to use vim more, but I’m lazy, and the learning curve keeps putting me off. I might get there eventually.

Nano is ol’ reliable. When everything else failed, Nano was still there for me and worked perfectly.