Vector

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[–] Vector@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (4 children)

It should be possible, but the answer is going to depend on your implementation, what libraries you are using, and so on.

For example, if the play sound action is synchronous, then maybe you could start it up in another thread, and interrupt that thread if you want to cancel the sound.

If it’s asynchronous, maybe you need to retain a reference to the sound object and then invoke a stop() call when the other button is pressed.

[–] Vector@lemmy.world 95 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Standard shitpost and then out of nowhere “Hello inject me with beans please”

WHY IS IT SO FUNNY

[–] Vector@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

That’s fair, except I did read the page that I posted which contains details about the harvest site that only mentions the underground source and does not make any statements about the ocean.

Given the article above, and coupled with the knowledge that Mildura is definitely not near the ocean (in this millennium), it seemed reasonable to assert that that the salt was not derived from the ocean.

So yeah, I did read the link that I posted, but it did not mention that the salt deposits literally hundreds of kilometers inland originated from the ocean millions of years ago.

I withdraw my original statement, and hope you have a swell day. :)

[–] Vector@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Didn’t realise the ocean ever came up that far - it’s very inland. I stand corrected…The more you know!

[–] Vector@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

~~Except for all of the salt that isn’t sea salt…~~

Edit: Apparently many millions of years ago, the salt was deposited by the ocean as the continent emerged, so even though this salt is harvested hundreds of kilometers inland, it is technically originally from the ocean.

[–] Vector@lemmy.world 44 points 2 months ago (4 children)

What a wild arrangement. I could be missing something, but from an outsider’s perspective it seems absolutely f***ing bonkers that the person who is making the payment is able to be held responsible for the tax component in any circumstance, rather than the person who is receiving the income.

[–] Vector@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wiener? Any of you kids want another wiener?

Dad, what’s that?

I don’t know son, but it’s got great, big…

[–] Vector@lemmy.world 51 points 3 months ago (12 children)

I feel personally attacked.

[–] Vector@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

More words than the “article”… negative savings!

[–] Vector@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Vector@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

At which point they will most likely tweak a minor ingredient or process to evergreen the patent, preventing generics for another few years.

John Green talks about it for J&J’s tuberculosis medication (I recommend the whole video, but if you want the short version, watch the first 30 seconds, and then from 2:20 to 3:00, then 3:45 to 4:15).

In the case above, a bunch of public pressure encouraged J&J to yield, which is excellent, but I have to wonder how many other medications fall under the same umbrella and how many people needlessly suffer or die because of a lack of access to medication that can be produced at a low cost and could be affordable.

Anyway, that’s beside the point, which is that it appears that the patent system can evidently be gamed, and the expiry date may not manifest the effect that it should have in the way that it should.

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