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C#Coder4ever · 2016-01-02 00:37:26

Dobbie03 wrote:

C#Coder4ever wrote:
Yeah, I have a quad-core AMD laptop... my new laptop and even your laptop can run circles around it, even though they're dual cores.
Strange how that happens.

a more stranger example is how at my father's work, his 6-core e5 xeon is slower than the quad-core e3 xeon he has, at least when it comes to the single threaded activities.

Just amazing how that works out, but I wouldn't mind a 6-core server ... and terabytes and terabytes of SSD space within

Döbbie03 · 2016-01-02 00:47:14

C#Coder4ever wrote:

Dobbie03 wrote:
C#Coder4ever wrote:
Yeah, I have a quad-core AMD laptop... my new laptop and even your laptop can run circles around it, even though they're dual cores.
Strange how that happens.
a more stranger example is how at my father's work, his 6-core e5 xeon is slower than the quad-core e3 xeon he has, at least when it comes to the single threaded activities.
Just amazing how that works out, but I wouldn't mind a 6-core server ... and terabytes and terabytes of SSD space within

Is that because of the OS being run on your Fathers computer?

I wouldn't mind a new main PC.....I'll have to be patient.

C#Coder4ever · 2016-01-02 01:31:45

Dobbie03 wrote:

C#Coder4ever wrote:
Dobbie03 wrote:
Strange how that happens.
a more stranger example is how at my father's work, his 6-core e5 xeon is slower than the quad-core e3 xeon he has, at least when it comes to the single threaded activities.
Just amazing how that works out, but I wouldn't mind a 6-core server ... and terabytes and terabytes of SSD space within

Is that because of the OS being run on your Fathers computer?
I wouldn't mind a new main PC.....I'll have to be patient.

Partially yes ( cause' windows ), but since he helps with the development of transcoding software, it makes sense

lowrider · 2016-01-09 22:59:22

playoffs, baby
chiefs @ texans
hoping for 99 and the second half

lowrider · 2016-01-10 00:03:22

lowrider wrote:

playoffs, baby
chiefs @ texans
hoping for 99 and the second half

O my...

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C#Coder4ever · 2016-01-10 21:38:15

wow, 2 IPS monitors in one shot, I think my BL station is officially complete 8o

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-01-10 21:57:09

^ Scrots or it didn't happen...
8o

EDIT: Hold on, that doesn't make any sense :8

I meant this thread, of course:
https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=219

C#Coder4ever · 2016-01-10 22:12:13

Will do lol

MAC the Bloody · 2016-01-11 23:36:16

Mozilla ruined the search box in Firefox quite a while back. I've been editing about:config to fix the problem but now in the newest version that no longer works.

For someone who used the search box in a "power user" kind of way, with a rather long list of search engines, this was the worst change they ever forced on us by far. I'm far from the only person who thinks this. When I searched for a solution to the problem there were many others saying "worst change ever". Mozilla seems to not care.

johnraff · 2016-01-12 02:44:22

For some time I've been relying on Firefox entensions like 'Classic Theme Restorer', 'Status-4-evar', 'Restore Open_External'... in a desperate effort to keep the usable browser I had grown to love...

nore · 2016-01-12 17:03:37

Same dumb 'modern' UI

Modern: more wasted space on smaller and continually shrinking screens.
"If you want to proceed, hit the screen with your fist."

ohnonot · 2016-01-13 08:14:17

nore wrote:

Modern: more wasted space on smaller and continually shrinking screens.
"If you want to proceed, hit the screen with your fist."

lol.
yes, easier to find yout way with your thumbs than with your mouse.

so, where do we go?
i'm following the browser of the year poll on LQ; it seems palemoon has gained some traction, many people admit on using it. at the beginning it seemed just a "classic ui" branch, but maybe there's also efforts to prevent the general direction ff is going? (this forum thread just petered out...)

and what are the best chromium branches out there?
i've installed inox, it's a little scary because it looks just like chromium, but the guy doing it seems earnest. sadly, it seems to be an archlinux thing.

and vivaldi?
i don't know why, but i'm not very convinced by it.

tknomanzr · 2016-01-13 14:29:26

Firefox used to be my second download on any Windows based system, right behind virus protection. For some time, i have not been so impressed with it, to the point that I would rather live with Google data mining me than actually use Firefox.

ohnonot · 2016-01-13 18:12:25

tknomanzr wrote:

I would rather live with Google data mining me than actually use Firefox.

"Generation G" ]:D

...no, i wouldn't quite go that far yet.
anyhow the bigger concern seems to be that firefox might indeed be going in a similar direction - or that all major browsers are going in the same direction...

pvsage · 2016-01-16 22:03:39

In regards to a discussion we had in the films thread after I posted about Premium Rush, I just wanted to clarify that I in no way condone cyclist-on-vehicle vandalism or endorse the kind of aggressive cycling depicted in the movie. Cyclists should always follow the rules of the road (and under North Carolina law are expected to), and I do this to the best of my ability given the roads that I ride.* This includes riding in the right-most thru lane when there is a right-turn-only lane. (Many drivers here don't understand this, so I often have to stay on the shoulder through an intersection with a turning lane; it's a judgement call based on my relative safety and risk with traffic.) Lane splitting as depicted in the movie is one of the easiest ways to get yourself seriously dead.

* There is one cluster of intersections on my homeward commute that I bypass because it involves two left turns across both left and right turning lanes in each direction. Strictly following the rules of the road would have me either sitting at protected left turn signals (where many motorists don't want to see a bicycle) or crossing each intersection on the right twice (once to get to the outside corner, again to complete the left turn), so I usually jump across the median to go through a parking lot. This is always late at night when there is little traffic, so going through the lot is the safest option.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2016-01-16 22:13:15

pvsage wrote:

Lane splitting

It's called "filtering", I really can't believe it's illegal in some US states

When I started working as a motorcycle courier, I was told filtering was a requirement of the job.

London is now moving towards wholesale segregation of the cycle paths, which is a good thing.

C#Coder4ever · 2016-01-16 23:15:12

I wish it would be illegal in my state... bikers that do that scare the willies out of me, and I already have a hard enough time driving a vehicle.

Anywho, HoaS, setup pic posted 8o

ohnonot · 2016-01-17 09:06:42

pvsage, why are you even justifying yourself?

i see it this way:
many - most - traffic rules are designed with large, slow reaction, and, most of all, really dangerous cars in mind.
now i don't promote road anarchy! but if i can safely cut corners, why shouldn't i?
this is a bit of a rhethorical question - of course i am still required to follow these rules, by law, but i really don't have any moral qualms about it (except when children are watching).

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

London is now moving towards wholesale segregation of the cycle paths, which is a good thing.

totally.
first time i visited the netherlands (they treat cyclists as a whole third group of traffic participants) i felt a bit weirded out by all these cycle roads (and i mean real, seperate roads) and even traffic lights, but if the alternative are things like this (*) - i am totally for it.

(*) you see how the sidewalk is seperated with a measly white line, cycles on the left? that in itself is less than ideal (just imagine your average smartphone user or granny walking there) - also the zebra crossing just ends before the cycle road, nobody knows the priorities there.
but then, just before the bus stop, which is smack in the middle of the sidewalk, the urban planners got cold feet and interrupted the white line! and if you look sharply, you can see how it continues afterwards.
things like this are unfortuately very common hereabouts. it creates bad blood between cyclists and all other traffic participants - we don't belong anywhere.

photonucleon · 2016-01-17 14:43:27

So, the Christmas holidays are over, but on the bright side, no crazy exam study until the end of this semester... so I have some time to tinker with BL! (And get properly back into the forums, of course).

So I just bought an old Eee PC on impulse from ebay... and of course I threw BL on it (it came with WinXP). It's a tad slow at times (but then again, it does have a mechanical HDD, and I'm used to SSD speeds these days, ahaha ), and it seems to be intact other than a slightly cracked lid.

Anyways, I hope I haven't missed too much while I've been rather inactive over the last couple months or so...?

damo · 2016-01-17 14:47:44

photonucleon wrote:

....
Anyways, I hope I haven't missed too much while I've been rather inactive over the last couple months or so...?

We decorated the club lounge (blue details to brighten the gray), and Mrs.Sector11 made some nice coasters for the coffee cups.

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