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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • Oh man you missed the pinacle of Nokias phones. The possibilities of the N900 where endless back then. Emulators, IR Blaster, High Quality Camera (for back then), all the Linux software, free Wifi everywhere (Because everybody still used WEP and the N900 would crack the password in like 20 seconds) and so much more. The transreflective screen 800x480 worked incredibly well. Low power and still very good visibility, only in bright sunlight the colors were washed out. I always wondered why they never used this technology in modern devices.

    Then the N9 which lacked some features, but was so handsome and user friendly. It had an OLED but also the Clear Black technology which prevented the screen from reflecting to much sunlight, making it readable in the sun even though it had much lower brightness than todays OLEDs.

    Sadly all this was killed by Elop who came from Microsoft and tried to push Windows phone, slowly downgrading the amazing hardware till Nokias phone branch was dead.



  • Yes Hamas is a terror organization, no, that does not allow you to behave like a terror organization when fighting them.

    If you have read the article this is not about innocents which where at the wrong place a the wrong time. This article is about deliberate destruction of civilian buildings without giving any justification besides ‘There are some things that we see that you don’t see.’ in some cases evacuation was allowed, in some cases no time for evacuation was given. There is in my eyes no justification for this.

    I never said that Israel should stand idle. So don’t push that opinion on me.

    What could be done? Attack military targets only, give civilians time to evacuate. (Yes a civilian home becomes a military target if it is used as weapons stash/factory, but there was no indication at all in the cases listed in the article), support the more moderate Fatah in regaining control. Support new democratic elections. Provide help in forms primarily targeted at civilians: Food, water, education. Allow students from the Gaza Strip to study abroad. Part of that is already done, but hampered by the military actions.

    Destroying peoples homes and basic utilities will only ensure that hate on Israel grows and support for Hamas remains steady.



  • Niche language, but try out PureBasic.

    Its IDE is based on Scintilla. And it is very fast, even on an ancient PC it runs. It is specific for the programming language.

    And here some advantages it has compared to a simple text editor:

    • Autocomplete of all functions and many API functions of the OS
    • Hints about parameters
    • F1 Help for all functions by just placing the cursor on them
    • Jumping to errors in the code
    • Automatic backups of all the progress of your codes, no problem to backtrace even if you forgot to save or commit.
    • Manage Projects (Groups of source codes and different targets)
    • Well integrated debugger

    I agree with you in many points. Most other IDEs I am forced to work with are horribly slow. Especially those which rely on electron. Sometimes they lack features every basic editor has by now.

    This is to say: Good IDEs can exist and are a great benefit for the programmer. But modern IDEs often chase keyword features and use complex and bloated frameworks to achieve them. Sometimes even forgetting to add basic features which made IDEs a thing initially. An IDE should take almost no time to setup to your needs and should not hinder with complex operations which take seconds to run, it should only support in code creation and aim to make features like autocomplete show suggestions in milliseconds.


  • It seems you have not read my post or the study in detail.

    Indeed it seems that cloth masks are not very or even not effective. But, and that’s a big but: FFP2/KN95 Masks seem to be quite effective.

    The Cochrane study authors themselves note the low confidence they have in their results. The sample size is quite small (e.g. only 8407 people in summary over all studies they evaluated for FFP2 masks) They even got the result that handwashing has no benefits.

    In Contrast the studies in the metastudy I linked work with far larger sample sizes.

    I won’t respond anymore after this comment as you seem agitated and resort to personal attacks which won’t lead to a productive discussion. I hope you find a calmer moment to consider the evidence studies have gathered and overthink your position.


  • I don’t understand people downvoting without correcting. This way this wrong information stands here, seemingly scientifically sound as a study is linked, contradicted only by votes and words.

    Thank you @SigloPseudoMundo@lemmy.ml for looking at the study and noting its limits here.

    If somebody wants to check for himself I suggest to take a look at https://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/full/10.2217/fvl-2021-0032 A study which looks at many different studies and metastudies.

    To summarize:

    • Some studies exist that measured no benefits of masks under certain circumstances. E.g. only evaluating complete protection. But few also seem to be sound at first glance. E.g. one looking at effects of a mask requirement in Bexar County, TX.
    • Many of the negative result studies focus on cloth face masks, one even suggesting they increase risk.
    • Many studies and metastudies with generally more sound methods suggest mask are effective at preventing spread and limiting mortality.

    Conclusion: Masks, excluding simple cloth masks, are likely quite effective. More research is needed.