slapo · HackerTrans

3 lata temudiscuss

I haven't worked with Netscape that old, only some time after it became free of charge, but I remember it was really slow at just about anything compared to IE 5.5 and 6 - startup, rendering, UI. To the point that even if it could render tables progressively, it wouldn't really matter on my computer (which I think was either an Intel Penium II or an AMD Duron 850), despite only having a dial-up connection.

I think it was around the time of Firefox 1.6 when it felt like it was about on par with IE 6 in rendering speed for me, after tweaking some of its settings. I think it was also rendering tables progressively at the time.

slapo

3 lata temudiscuss

So did I, but at the time, screen resolutions were starting to vary more.

It was probably a case of killing several birds with one stone - make layouts fluid while avoiding IE's issues with rendering tables.

slapo

3 lata temudiscuss

I don't think that's accurate. It was old Internet Explorer that wouldn't render tables progressively.

See here, where it includes a demo: https://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=161099

Non-table layouts also came into fashion when screen resolutions started to vary more, and some degree of fluidity and responsiveness could've been implemented with non-table layouts while IE was still a target. However, IE was lacking so badly even with IE8 that a lot of CSS that had been a W3C recommendation for years at that point just either didn't work, it was quirky because IE handled the box model a little differently. Ít was one of the reasons why Javascript shims and IE-specific CSS had to help out fairly often.

slapo

3 lata temudiscuss

I generally agree with the article, jdblair's parent post and your post.

However, I also found that while there are people who are happy to learn and have stuff explained to them, be it related to computers, making bread from scratch or just about anything else, there are also people who just want things to be done for them, because they hate doing things they aren't well acquainted with themselves.

When I was a teen, until almost my mid-twenties, I've had mostly neighbours and my parents' friends or acquaintances ask for help to sort out their computer related problems they, or, most often, help was offered by my parents in my stead without me knowing about it until it would be too rude for me to refuse.

Most of them wanted the problem fixed in that particular instance to make it go away and just keep their fingers crossed that it wouldn't reoccur. I would usually offer that I'd try to teach them if it was something fairly simple. But then it would usually turn out that they only really agreed to appear polite. Most of them didn't care and looked mortified when I asked them to use the mouse and keyboard themselves after doing a demo so they could try it themselves. There was maybe one person who tried taking notes. Few asked questions, and most of the time, it had to be me to "goad" the questions or feedback out of them.

Sometimes, this was because they were just anxious, but mostly, it quickly became clear I was beating a dead horse and they weren't really interested and I would usually not be able to motivate them.

Eventually, I asked my parents to stop it and now if someone asks for my help and it isn't something complex, I only agree to help if they'd agree to learn in most cases, or if they consider it an emergency.

slapo

3 lata temudiscuss

What's this based on? AFAIK, custom molded tips, should create a better seal than generic ear tips, but unless they're molded with optimal insertion depth for a given in-ear, they might change the perceived frequency response. Bearing in mind that the material of the tip also matters, one might not necessarily get an "improvement", but merely a change in sound signature and a more secure fit.

slapo

4 lata temudiscuss

It seems that the article is being rather sensationalist about this.

In case of Slovakia, the cited law says that:

- deliberately threatening peace by instigating war, spreading war propaganda or otherwise supporting war efforts is a crime punisheable by gaol sentences of 1 to 10 years.

- the sentence is 10 to 25 years or lifetime:

    - if the perpetrator is doing so on behalf or in connection with a foreign power

    - as a member of a dangerous group (not specified in the article, but likely elsewhere)

    - during a crisis

Slovakia has declared a state of emergency, as there's a war in a neighbouring country. There wasn't any mobilisation yet AFAIK, though.

There's nothing in the cited law to do with Russia or Ukraine specifically.

https://spravy.rtvs.sk/2022/02/za-podporu-vojnovej-propagand...

> The title actually makes it sound less drastic than it is. Czech Republic, Slovakia and Latvia actively investigate people "supporting" or "accepting" the invasion. There are official statements from government representatives, there are hot lines to snitch on your fellow citizens, and yes, there have been arrests.

It's actually only Latvia that the article mentions to have a hotline.

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