User contributions for ʘx

29 April 2025

• 06:3606:36, 29 April 2025 diff hist −952 Apache Hadoop →{{Anchor|HDFS}}Hadoop distributed file system: removed misunderstandings. POSIX is a family of specifications; it has nothing to do with filesystems per se. there are many filesystems that are not POSIX-compliant, e.g. FAT32 and exFAT.

23 February 2025

• 08:4308:43, 23 February 2025 diff hist −32 Motorola 6809 →6800 and 6502: (a) That ground is required is self-evident, what else do +5V, -5V etc. refer to? (b) Mentioning ground here but not before implies to the layperson that the necessity of ground is specific drawback of only the 8080.

26 October 2024

• 17:2417:24, 26 October 2024 diff hist +1 Jean Calas →Trial and execution: corrected wrong link

13 October 2024

• 10:5810:58, 13 October 2024 diff hist +3 Game Boy Color →Hardware: dual-speed mode has nothing to do with overclocking

6 October 2024

• 19:2919:29, 6 October 2024 diff hist −54 Russian roulette →See also: Russian roulette has no relation with physics (despite the linguistic reference to suicide)
• 19:2819:28, 6 October 2024 diff hist −24 Russian roulette →See also: Russian roulette has nothing to do with computer games

25 September 2024

• 07:1307:13, 25 September 2024 diff hist −115 2–3 tree removed spam link

6 July 2024

• 07:3007:30, 6 July 2024 diff hist −412 Here I Go Again yes, but going by the sources works differently. An opinion piece written by a journalist is a source for that *opinion*, but not for *factual classification*. That requires consensus in the community. Tags: Undo Reverted

5 July 2024

• 07:4407:44, 5 July 2024 diff hist −412 Here I Go Again just because one journalist makes an abstract association with blues rock does not make the song blues rock. It does not have any of the defining properties of that genre. Tag: Reverted

23 June 2024

• 10:1210:12, 23 June 2024 diff hist −2 m British European Airways Flight 548 →Departure: fixed grammar

30 April 2024

• 19:5519:55, 30 April 2024 diff hist −881 Alt-tech Undid revision 1221583043 by Grayfell (talk) Exactly *because* the WP "goes by reliable sources", I removed X. This is what the official rules w.r.t. reliable sources *explicitly* mandate WP:RSOPINION Tags: Undo Reverted

27 April 2024

• 09:1609:16, 27 April 2024 diff hist +86 Talk:Alt-tech →X (Twitter)
• 09:1509:15, 27 April 2024 diff hist +563 Talk:Alt-tech →X (Twitter): Reply Tag: Reply
• 09:1209:12, 27 April 2024 diff hist 0 m Alt-tech →List of alt-tech platforms: fixed layout Tag: Reverted
• 09:0809:08, 27 April 2024 diff hist −881 Alt-tech →List of alt-tech platforms: X doesn't belong here. The fact that there are journalists who have this opinion doesn't mean that X can be added to this list because this would require a general, broad consensus among society. No matter the statement or opinion, you will always find a citation for it somewhere. Tag: Reverted

9 March 2024

• 08:2908:29, 9 March 2024 diff hist −3 Retinal Fixed logical structure, punctuation

6 March 2024

• 13:4313:43, 6 March 2024 diff hist −391 DuckDuckGo Had to remove the "revenue" part because we don't know the figures. The $100M are not revenue but investments

22 February 2024

• 15:5415:54, 22 February 2024 diff hist +2 Philip Sparke Undid revision 1208708094 by 2A13:54C1:F000:1774:A154:5CE:2DCF:CB14 (talk) the edits don't make sense
• 15:1715:17, 22 February 2024 diff hist +1 m Go (programming language) →{{anchor|Concurrency}} Concurrency: goroutines and channels: typo
• 15:1515:15, 22 February 2024 diff hist +132 Go (programming language) →{{anchor|Concurrency}} Concurrency: goroutines and channels: corrected misunderstanding about the actor model

28 January 2024

• 11:2611:26, 28 January 2024 diff hist −352 Nothingburger the image does not show a nothingburger but burger buns. Additionally, it just speculates about the etymology of the term.

19 January 2024

• 12:1012:10, 19 January 2024 diff hist 0 Chopper (electronics) →Chopper amplifiers: formatting

16 January 2024

• 19:1719:17, 16 January 2024 diff hist +1,380 Talk:Boeing 737 MAX →Unprecise wording in section Alaska Airlines Flight 1282: Reply Tag: Reply
• 18:0818:08, 16 January 2024 diff hist +2,261 Talk:Boeing 737 MAX →Unprecise wording in section Alaska Airlines Flight 1282: Reply Tag: Reply

13 January 2024

• 19:0019:00, 13 January 2024 diff hist −2 Boeing 737 MAX Undid revision 1195398638 by Ich-Du-De Ok, I had a look at the discussion, and sorry, but it really just looks like bossiness trying to be right by using an incorrect relative argument. It doesn't bear any weight. Also, the WP does not use factually wrong vernacular because "it's not a science article". Instead, the WP uses correct language and takes care that people can understand it. Otherwise, the WP would reinforce wrong conceptions. Tags: Undo Reverted
• 17:2617:26, 13 January 2024 diff hist −2 Boeing 737 MAX →Alaska Airlines Flight 1282: get the physics right Tag: Reverted

12 January 2024

• 14:1214:12, 12 January 2024 diff hist −111 Directive (programming) It is a matter of mathematical standpoint whether pragmas are considered part of the language or not, both views are possible. AFAIK, there is no general consensus on this.

9 November 2023

• 19:2619:26, 9 November 2023 diff hist −38 LocoScript →LocoScript: the fact LocoScript runs exclusively without an underlying operating system doesn't make it an operating system
• 07:3707:37, 9 November 2023 diff hist −11 Hash table →Resizing by moving all entries: "despite" doesn't make sense; in general, suboptimal performance is to be expected when the chosen solution is a simple one.

17 September 2023

• 09:5509:55, 17 September 2023 diff hist +1 EtherCAT "invention" is not the right word in this context.

15 September 2023

• 10:4410:44, 15 September 2023 diff hist −383 Stalking →United States: Removed obvious nonsense. (For instance, theft, perjury, or bribery also don't cause physical harm and are still crimes. In fact, most crimes don't cause physical harm.)

3 September 2023

• 18:4218:42, 3 September 2023 diff hist −6 Working class if "middle class" is an incorrect term then it must not be bold

1 September 2023

• 06:2706:27, 1 September 2023 diff hist +39 Xmonad →Window manager: update on code size
• 06:2506:25, 1 September 2023 diff hist +101 Xmonad →Haskell project: Since the codebase changes, it doesn't make sense to present its properties as if they were static. Also, the manpage contains wrong information (1200 LOC). We shouldn't present wrong information as truthful, even when in a quote.
• 06:1106:11, 1 September 2023 diff hist −40 Dwm (a) using C is the opposite of fostering security; (b) I checked dwm's website and it doesn't say using C is more secure or simpler, so this article's claim and the reference are pure imagination.

8 August 2023

• 21:3521:35, 8 August 2023 diff hist +7 KennyS fix sentence

3 August 2023

• 14:2214:22, 3 August 2023 diff hist +415 1955 Le Mans disaster Mercedes did not withdraw of racing because of the accident, the withdrawal had already been decided earlier.

13 June 2023

• 06:1706:17, 13 June 2023 diff hist −7 10 Correct ordering of information + style.
• 06:1206:12, 13 June 2023 diff hist −139 10 (a) The removed sentence is detached from its context, it doesn't make sense at the place where it appears. (b) Even if it weren't detached, it still doesn't belong in the introduction of the lemma 10.

12 June 2023

• 13:1813:18, 12 June 2023 diff hist −22 BitBake Undid revision 1146200278 by 86.111.138.81 (talk) nonsensical edit Tag: Undo

30 May 2023

• 06:5906:59, 30 May 2023 diff hist +5 QB64 The technical term is "transpiler", not "emitter"

12 May 2023

• 06:0806:08, 12 May 2023 diff hist −181 VirtualBox →Limitations: The open-core principle is a common theme (not vbox-specific) and not a limitation of the software, it is a licensing model.

23 April 2023

• 19:2819:28, 23 April 2023 diff hist −92 Wardriving →Variants: The image description clearly states that the man is *not* wardriving, so the image's caption and its use here are misleading.

13 April 2023

• 06:5406:54, 13 April 2023 diff hist −55 MQTT →See also: XMPP has nothing to do with the topic of the article

17 March 2023

• 20:4320:43, 17 March 2023 diff hist 0 Cockcroft–Walton generator In general, technical contrivances are developed, not discovered ("discovery" is usually associated with natural phenoma like lightning, stars, etc)

1 March 2023

• 13:1113:11, 1 March 2023 diff hist −526 Flaying Undid revision 1142079076 by Navyson (talk) An article should not be or contain a collection of internet paraphilia. Otherwise, we could add all the content of LiveLeak to WP. Tag: Undo

12 February 2023

• 21:2021:20, 12 February 2023 diff hist +1 WaveLab →Features and usage: it's not a bit rate but the bit depth

25 January 2023

• 09:1509:15, 25 January 2023 diff hist +27 Resource Interchange File Format →Compatibility issues: replaced cryptic phrasing by the simple facts

18 January 2023

• 11:0711:07, 18 January 2023 diff hist −159 Clef →Octave clefs: Readability of a score has nothing to do with scorewriter software but is something that is always required, that's the very reason why there are things like clefs.

7 November 2022

• 21:1721:17, 7 November 2022 diff hist +38 Barrie Gilbert The correct term is "electrical engineer". Calling electrical engineers "inventors" is very imprecise and has a misleading connotation.