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Comment on Public backlash after Utah county approves 62 sq miles of development sites for data center in ~tech
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Comment on What does Tucker Carlson really believe? I went to Maine to find out. (gifted link) in ~society
cutmetal LinkGood lord that's long. I see why you submitted it here though - it pains me to say it but Carlson is saying some sane and surprising things here. At times he comes off as surprisingly intelligent....Good lord that's long. I see why you submitted it here though - it pains me to say it but Carlson is saying some sane and surprising things here. At times he comes off as surprisingly intelligent. But then you get to parts where, politics aside, he shows that he's just nuts:
Instead there were a lot of cowardly people, as there always are, and Trump engenders cowardice in the people around him through intimidation. And there is a kind of quality that he has that’s spellbinding. And I think it probably literally is a spell. And the effect is to weaken people around him and make them more compliant and more confused. And I’ve experienced this myself. You spend a day with Trump and you’re in this kind of dreamland. It’s like smoking hash or something. It’s interesting, very interesting. And there may be a supernatural component to it. I’m not a theologian, but it’s real, and anyone who’s been around him can tell you it’s true.
He thinks Trump literally has a magical aura. Not long after that, he seems to say that he thinks Trump's "evil" causes bad things to happen to people around him, including giving them cancer.
I loved the part where Carlson said flat out that he doesn't think people should be targeted based on who they are, and that's why he has a problem with Israel. The loony toons shit doesn't invalidate that argument/sentiment, but it does hugely damage his credibility. (Along with the hilarious "I literally never said Trump might be the Antichrist" [link to video of Carlin literally saying Trump might be the Antichrist].)
Got pretty deep but doubt I'll read the rest, but thanks for the share.
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Comment on Tildes Survey #2: What country do you live in? (Results) in ~talk
cutmetal Link ParentBravo, that was really good! I was about to Google it to figure out what William Gibson story it was from 🙂Bravo, that was really good! I was about to Google it to figure out what William Gibson story it was from 🙂
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Comment on Tildes Survey #2: What country do you live in? (Results) in ~talk
cutmetal LinkSome observations: Interesting that Svalbard is listed as a country that one person reported they live in. I've always been fascinated with that place and I know they have some kind of...Some observations:
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Interesting that Svalbard is listed as a country that one person reported they live in. I've always been fascinated with that place and I know they have some kind of semi-autonomy from Norway but didn't realize it was to that point!
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There are three people listed as "<unknown>" - I wonder what sort of weird answers they entered?
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
cutmetal LinkI'm back on RimWorld again - decided to get the Ideology expansion while it was on sale. Now Royalty is the only expansion I don't have. Ideology is really neat, it enables some playstyles that...I'm back on RimWorld again - decided to get the Ideology expansion while it was on sale. Now Royalty is the only expansion I don't have.
Ideology is really neat, it enables some playstyles that are drastically different than the norm. The colony is doing well, don't think I've ever gotten this deep in from a tribal start before, which is probably due to the super fast research speed and improved work speed memes my ideoligion has. Got some slaves in my colony and it's kind of meh, probably won't do that again. Having a colony of cannibals is great though, you can get so much more meat!
Overall I think the ideoligion mechanics are very well-considered.
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Comment on Any one use mesh networks like mesh core? in ~tech
cutmetal (edited )Link ParentThey were Heltec ESP32v3 boards with stock antennas and Meshtastic firmware. I'm in a suburban/rural area in the eastern foothills of the Appalachias (eastern US). Mesh network devices are a tough...They were Heltec ESP32v3 boards with stock antennas and Meshtastic firmware. I'm in a suburban/rural area in the eastern foothills of the Appalachias (eastern US).
Mesh network devices are a tough sell because it's only really useful if some catastrophic thing happens and there is no wifi or 5g internet access, but you still have your phone. And the interface is clunky. FRS/GMRS radios are easier to get that crowd into because they're mostly pick up and use, and can serve the same purpose as our phones currently do but also not exactly the same.
Not that I'm trying to convince you not to play with mesh networks - I think they're really neat, just have too many other things going on to dedicate the effort and money to messing with it. If I had been able to get more use from them with the (small) amount of effort I put in then I would have probably kept the units.
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Comment on Any one use mesh networks like mesh core? in ~tech
cutmetal LinkI got some Heltec units last year. Played around with them for a few weeks but ultimately returned them - it's neat in theory, maybe my area is too rural to see much activity. My girlfriend wasn't...I got some Heltec units last year. Played around with them for a few weeks but ultimately returned them - it's neat in theory, maybe my area is too rural to see much activity. My girlfriend wasn't interested in playing around with them with me either 😔
Though one time I did catch a message from someone who said they were overhead on a plane! That was neat.
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Comment on I’ve ‘run out’ of notes on TickTick in ~tech
cutmetal Link ParentWow, that must be mostly attachments. No idea how much data is in mine, I should probably check that sometime.Wow, that must be mostly attachments. No idea how much data is in mine, I should probably check that sometime.
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Comment on I’ve ‘run out’ of notes on TickTick in ~tech
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Comment on Which Linux distro do you use, and why? in ~tech
cutmetal (edited )Link ParentAnother +1 for Debian for almost everything, been daily driving it for 15 years. Servers are mostly Debian (always headless): My router is OpnSense (so FreeBSD) Proxmox for VM servers (so Debian)...Another +1 for Debian for almost everything, been daily driving it for 15 years.
- Servers are mostly Debian (always headless):
- My router is OpnSense (so FreeBSD)
- Proxmox for VM servers (so Debian)
- NASes are just headless Debian
- Most (all?) VMs are headless Debian
- Raspberry Pis are Raspbian/RPiOS (so kinda Debian, I think?), except one running HomeAssistant/hassio that I really ought to repurpose
- Desktops/laptops are all Debian, mostly with MATE desktop, except:
- I might have an old Crunchbang++ install somewhere still (which is just Debian)
- Still have two Ubuntu installs from when I worked for Canonical
- Last year I put Bazzite on a gaming laptop I picked up to try something different out (Fedora is fine, KDE is amazing, but I'm not sold on the immutable thing)
- Still have a Windows 10 install that I haven't booted in a few years, at some point I'll finally wipe that crud off and be free 😊
Old packages shmold shmackages. When you find a package where the age matters there will be a way to install the newer version that isn't too onerous.
- Servers are mostly Debian (always headless):
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Comment on Inside Doug Liman’s $70 million AI-made movie starring Casey Affleck and Gal Gadot in ~movies
cutmetal Link ParentWow it really does! "Ultimately lackluster movie gets undue hype from production gimmick." I mean remains to be seen if this one will bomb too but it seems like a safe bet if the "AI post" thing...Wow it really does! "Ultimately lackluster movie gets undue hype from production gimmick." I mean remains to be seen if this one will bomb too but it seems like a safe bet if the "AI post" thing is the most interesting thing about it.
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Comment on Inside Doug Liman’s $70 million AI-made movie starring Casey Affleck and Gal Gadot in ~movies
cutmetal Link ParentLater in the article they explain that the production shot actors with a few basic props, but on a soundstage without proper lighting. Sounds like everything around the actors is filled in with AI...Later in the article they explain that the production shot actors with a few basic props, but on a soundstage without proper lighting. Sounds like everything around the actors is filled in with AI in post.
Not sure how "fully AI generated movie" is an accurate description if they have cameras and actors like that. Maybe that part of the piece was written by AI 🙃
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Comment on I’ve ‘run out’ of notes on TickTick in ~tech
cutmetal LinkI'm surprised nobody has mentioned Joplin yet. It's what I use for notes and todos, migrated from Evernote maybe 3-5 years ago and I really like it. It's pretty basic open source software with a...I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Joplin yet. It's what I use for notes and todos, migrated from Evernote maybe 3-5 years ago and I really like it.
It's pretty basic open source software with a whole host of backends you can use to sync your notes across devices. I self-host their server, but you can also use Dropbox, Onedrive, you can pay to use their cloud hosting (may have a free tier, idk the pricing details).
All OSes are supported - Windows Mac Linux Android iOS, there's a web version apparently, and a browser plugin too. There are also CLI versions for all three non-mobile OS flavors, though I've only used the desktop GUI version (on Linux, and also Windows a while back).
Has always been rock-solid stable for me. There are updates but not annoying radical transformations like you might see in a more commerical program. A+
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Comment on Looking for more pop / rock songs with sick sax solos! Got any ideas? in ~music
cutmetal Link Parent💯%! Most of the time I have to listen to something a few times before I can make up my mind about it, but VoVV was love at first listen. Their other albums are pretty good too but this one is just...💯%! Most of the time I have to listen to something a few times before I can make up my mind about it, but VoVV was love at first listen. Their other albums are pretty good too but this one is just on another level.
I just wish this fucking tariff situation would end so I could get their record and a shirt. So many musicians around the world have missed out on my money thanks to this bullshit. Not that this is the most important political issue of our day lol, but supporting artists is important, wherever they are.
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Comment on Looking for more pop / rock songs with sick sax solos! Got any ideas? in ~music
cutmetal (edited )LinkGnome's fucking incredible album Vestiges of Verumex Visidrome (2024) has a track on it with a sax - it's The Ogre! Sax shows up in the breakdown at the end. It's mostly pre-2000, but if you like...Gnome's fucking incredible album Vestiges of Verumex Visidrome (2024) has a track on it with a sax - it's The Ogre! Sax shows up in the breakdown at the end.
It's mostly pre-2000, but if you like rock with sax then you have to listen to Morphine. Their albums Cure for Pain, Like Swimming, and their last album The Night (released in 2000 so makes your cutoff!) have been in constant rotation in my life since I discovered them around 2006. Morphine isn't like anything else really, it just might blow your mind.
Faded and Fleeting by doom band Rezn has a sax in it too, just came up on my shuffle.
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Comment on Sam Altman may control our future—can he be trusted? in ~tech
cutmetal Link ParentSo long, but damn it was fascinating. I would say the authors didn't call his lies lies because they didn't need to - with all the details they give, Altman comes off as the lowest sort of weasel,...So long, but damn it was fascinating. I would say the authors didn't call his lies lies because they didn't need to - with all the details they give, Altman comes off as the lowest sort of weasel, talking out of both sides of his mouth to get himself power and money and glory. With some of those anecdotes where he lied to people's faces, and all the weak-ass "Oh I can't remember saying that" bullshit, yeah it's clear that this guy is a sociopath.
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Comment on From $250 million megadeal to empty offices: the unraveling of Bad Robot in ~movies
cutmetal Link ParentOn tildes someone once taught me that you can get around some paywalls with Firefox's "reading mode" (the "document" icon that sometimes appears in the URL bar) and that worked for me here.On tildes someone once taught me that you can get around some paywalls with Firefox's "reading mode" (the "document" icon that sometimes appears in the URL bar) and that worked for me here.
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Comment on Used electric vehicles are a bargain right now in ~transport
cutmetal Link ParentYou can do a complete brake system flush every whatever number of years like they say, it won't hurt anything except your wallet. If you don't do it, you may get ever so poorer braking performance...You can do a complete brake system flush every whatever number of years like they say, it won't hurt anything except your wallet. If you don't do it, you may get ever so poorer braking performance very very slowly over the years as the fluid eventually breaks down (I assume?) and absorbs a small amount of moisture from the air whenever the master cylinder cap is off. But imo it's really not that critical - I wouldn't bother flushing the system at all ever until a line has to be taken off to replace a caliper or something like that, which may never happen if you replace the pads when you should.
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Comment on Used electric vehicles are a bargain right now in ~transport
cutmetal Link ParentYeah that's not a thing. Also the idea that normal brake system maintenance involves completely draining down the system every two years is pretty absurd.Yeah that's not a thing. Also the idea that normal brake system maintenance involves completely draining down the system every two years is pretty absurd.
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Comment on Balcony solar is spreading across the US in ~enviro
cutmetal LinkAnybody running one of these systems? I guess in the simplest setup you just need a couple panels and an inverter right? Like $200 per 100w panel, maybe $200 for a cheap inverter? What do your...Anybody running one of these systems? I guess in the simplest setup you just need a couple panels and an inverter right? Like $200 per 100w panel, maybe $200 for a cheap inverter? What do your generation numbers look like?
A 62 square mile data center campus would just completely replace the local ecosystem, lol.
Imagine badging in at the gate for your job at Stratos, and then you have to drive more 62 miles to get to the building you actually work in on the other side of the place.
We need a new word for these things, "datacenter" isn't really cutting it at this scale. "AI datacenter" isn't much better. Data center complex? Data city? Datanexus?