I think you assume a lower proficiency level for “average user” than I do. Now that I’ve come to think about it, you’re probably right.

No. ˈhē-mə-ˌglō-bən https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hemoglobin#medicalDictionary

The author should be killed for indentation alone.

According to Merriam Webster, “thru” is an acceptable, albeit less common, variant of “through”. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thru

English is three languages wearing a trench coat and pretending to be one.

I just now realized that the word “trench” is in “trench coat”.

[…] heavy-duty fabric,[1] originally developed for British Army officers before the First World War, and becoming popular while used in the trenches, hence the name trench coat.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trench_coat

haet would be pronounced “heat” like in “haemoglobin” and “haematoma”

I hate, hate, hate that companies force 2FA on me just because goddamn Susans use ‘password’ as their password on every goddamn fucking app. My passwords are safe. They’re long and they contain ALL THE CHARACTER CLASSES. Fuck off with your fucking 2fa!

Describing the what also helps when you dabble in a new technology or little-used technology. It helps to explain to yourself what you’re doing and it helps in onboarding. “Hey, newbie, there’s a function in XYZ module that’s extensively documented. Look there for guidance.”

it is literally impossible to use regular expressions to parse languages that aren’t regular

It’s impossible to parse the whole syntax tree, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get the subset you’re interested in.

Does sqlite create a file for every page in the table or what?

Even better when the thing eventually breaks

You mean when it finally does become your problem?

Forgive my ignorance. SQLite is a database software. Why would McAffee create lots of database files?

[Edit:] I’m not asking why a program needs to store data. I’m asking why that necessitates many files. One database file (or one per table) should be enough, right?

Anecdotal evidence, the best kind of evidence

What are you arguing? It’s not the obligation of the driver ahead to make sure the car behind them keep their distance.

Tell me how “the aerodynamics of the car” somehow just invalidate the drag equation that clearly states that drag increases proportional to the square of the velocity. Going 160km/h rather than 130km/h increases fuel consumption by about 30%. That’s what you actually learn in driver’s ed.

Regarding “depending on the gearing” – do you realize how significant the overlap between the gears is? You don’t need to drive 10km/h faster to get into the next gear.

I think it’s very common, particularly for gamers, to want to take control of their cooling.

By your definition “wasting water” is impossible, since it all stays on Earth and will get filtered eventually.

There’s a lot of people all over the world that would’ve never known about adblockers

I see this sentiment a lot. Is there any reliable data to support it?

No one ever mentioned homeowners unless they owned more than one and by definition, that makes them landlords.

No-one ever mentioned landlords, either. That’s the whole point. This comic, as it stands, simply defends fighting people who own land.

It takes some real mental gymnastics to put the blame for a crash on the driver going “too slow” rather than the inattentive speeding driver who crashed into them.