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Vvector··on Ask HN: What's the Situation with YouTube-Dl?
I can confirm I don't get any overlays on the two videos I downloaded.
Vvector··on Ask HN: What's the Situation with YouTube-Dl?
As a last resort, you could subscribe to YouTube Premium, which allows you to download the content.

I don't mind paying for ad-free content.

Vvector··on Factorio: Space Age
I'm like you. I always disabled cliffs in the worldgen.
Vvector··on Nvidia announces financial results for second quarter fiscal 2024
The stock is up 9% or $45/share after hours. Jensen just made $58 million. $200k doesn't pay his dry cleaning bill.
Vvector··on AI demand is already shrinking
MS thought all the tire-kickers were going to make huge buys.

This is going to take years for companies to integrate it into their normal process.

Vvector··on C and C++ prioritize performance over correctness
Doesn't -Wall give you the error you want?
Vvector··on Police are getting DNA data from people who think they opted out
Watch Gattaca.
Vvector··on 1.56M dehumidifiers recalled due to fire and burn hazards
This is a product recall on one manufacturer, sold under 13 different brands. Not really HN worthy
Vvector··on How do we save water: Stop growing alfalfa in Imperial County
Any solution is going to be very painful to a large section of the area. It's going to get a lot worse before there is any chance of a resolution.
Vvector··on How Is LLaMa.cpp Possible?
What does Wft mean? God enough with the acronyms people. /s
Vvector··on Why doctors pay millions in fees that could be spent on care
Imagine if we had "food insurance". Your grocery store is "in network", but the butcher sends you a bill because he is out-of-network. No prices on anything, because your insurance carrier has "negotiated" a price for you, which you only find out after the fact.
Vvector··on Decimal to fraction
How would you get to 355/113 from pi using your method?
Vvector··on Robbie Robertson has died
"Robbie Robertson, Guitarist and Songwriter With the Band, Dies at 80"
Vvector··on In California, Car Buyers Are Choosing Electric over Gasoline in Record Numbers
> It seems like we’re massively ignoring the infrastructure problems of mass electrification.

In the US, the number of public chargers more than doubled in 2022. New Solar added set a record. Wind generation continue to be added. Power companies continue to add new distribution lines. The White House put forward $25 Billion in federal funds for EV batteries, chargers, and related items.

Vvector··on Most cars still cost more to charge than to fill up with gas
The study also adds in "deadhead" time and miles required to drive to/from commercial chargers. It also calculates 12 hours/month waiting for the charger at $33/hour, so $400 extra a month.
Vvector··on Most cars still cost more to charge than to fill up with gas
The study has 75% of the EV charging done at commercial chargers at $0.42/kwh. And it also calculates as part of the cost, 12 hours at $33/hour for your time spent driving to, and waiting for, the commercial chargers.
Vvector··on Most cars still cost more to charge than to fill up with gas
Reading the full report, the author is trying to include secondary costs. For example, a Luxury EV using mostly commercial chargers, the owner will spend ~12 hours per month charging at an hourly wage of $33, costing another $401.50 per month. After rolling these secondary costs back into the cost to refuel, some of the EV scenarios are more expensive than ICE.
Vvector··on In 1961 a Gallup poll showed only 33% of Americans in favor of moon landing
> freeze-dried food

The modern process was invented in 1890, and used extensively in WW2.

Vvector··on GPT-4 is getting worse over time, not better
ChatGPT isn't the right tool to use for checking if numbers are prime. It is tuned for conversations. I'd like to see a MathGPT or WolframGPT.

The real question is if ChatGPT is worse on math and better elsewhere, or just worse overall. That is still unknown

Vvector··on Airbnbust? Short-term rental prices plummet in Palm Springs
Why would you need a toilet brush?
Vvector··on Boston mayor announces residential conversion program for office buildings
It's legal, in most cases, to omit an egress window in bedrooms in high-rise buildings—but only because the building includes fire-safety features (for example, sprinklers, fire alarm systems, and egress stairways)

https://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/article/bedrooms-withou...

Vvector··on OpenTTD's Infrastructure in 2023
I'd say there is still plenty of room for topdown/isometric games. Factorio for example.
Vvector··on Are the Americans Awake?
"Let's go see a movie Saturday afternoon." "I need this done by Thursday." All these statements are common and completely understandable by everyone. Change to UTC, and the statements are ambiguous. It will confusing for so many people, with no obvious benefit.

China is fine, because the day doesn't change during daylight.

Yeah, computers should use UTC. It's easy for them to convert to/from local time for the user. This is what computers are good at.

Vvector··on Are the Americans Awake?
The primary issue is when the day changes in the middle of the local day. Assume everyone adopts UTC. Then in California, midnight will happen at 5pm local time.

  * Friday UTC 2300 = local time 4pm PST  - This is Friday
  * Saturday UTC 0100 = local time 6pm PST  - Is this Saturday?
  * Saturday UTC 2300 = local time 4pm PST next day  - This is still Saturday?
When would Saturday afternoon be? We'd have to change our vocabulary, and I don't see that worth it.
Vvector··on When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do?
Sometimes I just forget how awesome uBlock Origin has been doing it's job for EIGHT years
Vvector··on Underage Enlistment in the United States and the Confederacy
My dad lied and joined the Navy at 16, during the Korean War. He said it was safer than waiting to be drafted
Vvector··on Cities turn to ‘extreme’ water recycling
It's cheaper for Farmers to lobby the politicians than to convert to drip irrigation.
Vvector··on Comparison of different Lemmy Instances
Won't that happen anyway? A typical instance with 1000 users is likely to be subscribed to greater than 50% of the active communities out there.
Vvector··on How to ramp up a factory consuming a lot of energy?
Instead of discharging into the ocean, could it be used for drinking water?
Vvector··on Comparison of different Lemmy Instances
Defederation would be like if GMail stopped working with Outlook.com. Millions of users with no way to contact each other.
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