donn's recent activity
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
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Comment on Did NPR just shut down support for RSS? in ~tech
donn Link ParentDouble-checked and yeah from my home address, forbidden, VPN to the US, works fine. It's georestricted. Likely as a cost-cutting measure, they're struggling rnDouble-checked and yeah from my home address, forbidden, VPN to the US, works fine. It's georestricted. Likely as a cost-cutting measure, they're struggling rn
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Comment on Valve announces new hardware: Steam Frame, Steam Controller, and Steam Machine in ~games
donn LinkSuper excited for the Steam Frame. I was sour on the Meta Quest/Apple Vision/etc because they're still ultimately toys where one company decides what you can run on them. A VR headset that's...Super excited for the Steam Frame. I was sour on the Meta Quest/Apple Vision/etc because they're still ultimately toys where one company decides what you can run on them. A VR headset that's actually a full Linux capital C-Computer sounds fantastic and worth the investment.
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Comment on James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers in ~science
donn Link ParentPeople forget, or perhaps never learned, that eugenics and race science had prestigious journals and many Nobel-winning scientists were involved with the field. The field really only died out...People forget, or perhaps never learned, that eugenics and race science had prestigious journals and many Nobel-winning scientists were involved with the field. The field really only died out among serious scientists because it was so associated with the Nazis who have applied it, and the world got to witness firsthand what a eugenicist government did.
And yet, people like this guy and Richard Dawkins still consider it sound science (though the latter at least concedes it's immoral which… yeah)
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Comment on Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ in ~society
donn Link ParentRaising the income tax is a particular hurdle because the tax rates are codified in New York State law: https://law.justia.com/codes/new-york/tax/article-30/1304/ So he's going to have to convince...Raising the income tax is a particular hurdle because the tax rates are codified in New York State law: https://law.justia.com/codes/new-york/tax/article-30/1304/
So he's going to have to convince the entire state to make these tax raises possible. His fight's really only starting!
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Comment on Microsoft is adding AI facial recognition to OneDrive and users can only turn it off three times a year in ~tech
donn Link ParentI am dreading this and hoping the opposite. I think this walled garden philosophy is what's sinking their new product categories too. The iPad is super intuitive and nice. But there's no terminal...I am dreading this and hoping the opposite. I think this walled garden philosophy is what's sinking their new product categories too.
The iPad is super intuitive and nice. But there's no terminal access. So it remains a thin client for an actual computer.
The Apple Vision Pro is interesting. $3500 for a computer that I can't run whatever I want on, however, is a complete and utter joke.
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Comment on Microsoft is adding AI facial recognition to OneDrive and users can only turn it off three times a year in ~tech
donn Link ParentI've started just recommending Mint unconditionally, especially to those coming from Windows. Cinnamon (the UI) just clicks for them and being that it's basically Ubuntu you can still use most...I've started just recommending Mint unconditionally, especially to those coming from Windows. Cinnamon (the UI) just clicks for them and being that it's basically Ubuntu you can still use most StackOverflow answers and such for when you run into driver issues.
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Comment on The shutdown of USAID has already killed hundreds of thousands in ~society
donn Link ParentAll to punish South Africa for daring to tackle about a hundred years of white-only land ownership, too. Complete and utter evil.All to punish South Africa for daring to tackle about a hundred years of white-only land ownership, too. Complete and utter evil.
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Comment on Microsoft is adding AI facial recognition to OneDrive and users can only turn it off three times a year in ~tech
donn LinkThis has no bearing on the argument but careful citing Bryan Lunduke. He's whatever the equivalent of an anti-woke gamer bro is for the Linux community. Realistically, as mentioned by @Tiraon,...This has no bearing on the argument but careful citing Bryan Lunduke. He's whatever the equivalent of an anti-woke gamer bro is for the Linux community.
Realistically, as mentioned by @Tiraon, what's happening is that every time you turn it off all the facial recognition data is nuked as per regulations, and turning it on costs non-trivial compute to re-index every image. Though like they said, also, the default being off (or heck- just a prompt to 'enable face identification?' when open OneDrive) would have been a much easier sell for everyone.
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Comment on Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ in ~society
donn Link ParentI know you probably hate me after the other day so I won't argue the main point but a small correction is that AOC is a trained economistI know you probably hate me after the other day so I won't argue the main point but a small correction is that AOC is a trained economist
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Comment on Steam Deck now has a display-off low-power download mode in ~games
donn LinkActually amazing. I'd taken to just switching to Desktop Mode and having the power settings SPECIFICALLY be designed to only turn the screen off when plugged in, and used that for downloads. About...Actually amazing. I'd taken to just switching to Desktop Mode and having the power settings SPECIFICALLY be designed to only turn the screen off when plugged in, and used that for downloads.
About time.
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Comment on Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayor’s race, capping a stunning ascent in ~society
donn Link ParentI really do hope he has the political will and city legislature support to pull it off. His performance will be the benchmark for genuine left-wing policies: not just in the US, but for the rest...I really do hope he has the political will and city legislature support to pull it off. His performance will be the benchmark for genuine left-wing policies: not just in the US, but for the rest of us too! https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-left-wing-top-politicians-cheer-on-nycs-new-socialist-mayor-zohran-mamdani/
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Comment on Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayor’s race, capping a stunning ascent in ~society
donn Link ParentNo, fair enough. I genuinely appreciate you going through the effort and apologize for my heated comment. This IS pretty damning, but as I've mentioned, there is enough plausible deniability here...No, fair enough. I genuinely appreciate you going through the effort and apologize for my heated comment. This IS pretty damning, but as I've mentioned, there is enough plausible deniability here that it really depends on your interpretation of him being a grifter who has the capacity to do something this horrible.
We won't agree because of this fundamental difference, and that's fine.
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Comment on Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayor’s race, capping a stunning ascent in ~society
donn (edited )Link ParentThat was ad hominem and I apologize. But to get back to the salient point, the "likelihood" in this situation entirely stems from your view of Hasan's character, which is why I said what I said...Don't accuse people you disagree with of being "right-wing streamer orbiters".
That was ad hominem and I apologize.
But to get back to the salient point, the "likelihood" in this situation entirely stems from your view of Hasan's character, which is why I said what I said about streamers and cherry-picking. People already have a well-cultivated view of the man that as a grifter thanks to places like LSF; who would totally use an animal as a prop and abuse it to ensure it remains thus AND have the hubris to think it wouldn't be noticed and used against him.
From even like a cold, calculated politicking point of view, why the hell would you even risk this when you have repeatedly recognized that your biggest critics comb through every minute of your content to try to find something?
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Comment on Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayor’s race, capping a stunning ascent in ~society
donn (edited )Linkhttps://prospect.org/2025/11/04/americas-dumbest-billionaires-fail-to-stop-zohran-mamdani/ Heartening to see an actual left-wing progressive win, I thought America was just cooked at this point....https://prospect.org/2025/11/04/americas-dumbest-billionaires-fail-to-stop-zohran-mamdani/
It was disgusting stuff. But it also was palpably desperate, and coming from one of the worst candidates imaginable. Mamdani is exceptionally talented, on par with the young Barack Obama in my estimation, but (also like Obama, whose first U.S. Senate opponent was Alan Keyes), he was also exceptionally fortunate in his opponent. It’s easy to dunk when you’re playing against a fifth grader.
Heartening to see an actual left-wing progressive win, I thought America was just cooked at this point.
Though for a leftist I (very weirdly, I know) do actually have my doubts about rent control as anything but like a fleeting temporary measure. It has been known to shrink housing supply, and unless accompanied by a chainsaw to zoning laws and massive public housing works, I think it may be detrimental in the long run. But that's it! The rest of his platform is good. Also heartened by how he didn't drop transgender people as an expedient minority like some other democrats did.
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Comment on Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayor’s race, capping a stunning ascent in ~society
donn (edited )Link ParentPost your credible sources then. Because I'm seeing is HE LITERALLY DID IT repeated ad nauseum despite him having obvious plausible deniability for every single thing you mentioned, and I am fully...Post your credible sources then. Because I'm seeing is HE LITERALLY DID IT repeated ad nauseum despite him having obvious plausible deniability for every single thing you mentioned, and I am fully willing to give him the benefit of the doubt given that there's an army of right-wing streamer orbiters looking to sink him at every moment.
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Comment on Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayor’s race, capping a stunning ascent in ~society
donn Link ParentIn a similar vein, r/LivestreamFail is not an impartial source on Hasan. The mod team is affiliated with one of his biggest critics and you can assume pretty much anything you see is cherry-picked...In a similar vein, r/LivestreamFail is not an impartial source on Hasan. The mod team is affiliated with one of his biggest critics and you can assume pretty much anything you see is cherry-picked to fit a narrative: https://x.com/bigginz420/status/1958294015507611798
I think @Fiachra put it best way back when:
I think the nature of any popular streamer is that there's so much footage of them to cherrypick to support a point - good and bad - that their public perception is doomed to be highly polarised. The result is conversations like this thread: unusually emotional (by Tildes standards, by internet standards still quite civil), and full of people talking past each other, bringing up good things or bad things and mostly unable to engage with the opposite points. Because there would be just so much footage to go through to prove or disprove anything!
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Comment on Israeli military's ex-top lawyer arrested as scandal over video leak deepens in ~society
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Comment on Israeli military's ex-top lawyer arrested as scandal over video leak deepens in ~society
donn LinkLeaking recorded footage of Israeli soldiers doing something horrible is now blood libel? Are we devaluing antisemitic canards now?Anyone who spreads blood libels against IDF troops is unfit to wear the army's uniform
Leaking recorded footage of Israeli soldiers doing something horrible is now blood libel? Are we devaluing antisemitic canards now?
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Comment on The last PCB you'll ever buy — rapid PCB prototyping with pre-made vias in ~tech
donn LinkThis would be pretty cool honestly, lots of time is just wasted waiting for PCBs to be fabbed and I absolutely hate breadboards with the passion of a thousand suns. Related, anyone willing to lend...This would be pretty cool honestly, lots of time is just wasted waiting for PCBs to be fabbed and I absolutely hate breadboards with the passion of a thousand suns.
Related, anyone willing to lend me approx $20k? :)
It's time for the "mature adult played Pokémon Legends Z-A for 80 hours" post.
Pokémon is weird because on an objective level, this game is repetitive, ugly, a sequel to my least favorite Pokémon games, and I really shouldn't be playing it.
But here's the thing: the game is actually just Pokémon layered on top a kind of a lite version of two of my favorite series in a blender, Xenoblade and Like a Dragon/Yakuza. The gameplay is pretty fun - I've been playing without items in battle (which I've been doing recently for Pokémon games,) the game is actually pretty challenging. The city is full of zany sidestories, some are fun, some really aren't. Another thing really trending well for this series is the characters. I really love the cast for this, like a lot.
The lack of voice acting and the bland textures make Lumiose City a bit soulless however and dings everything I said about the side stories and characters. Nonetheless, it's still a fun mindless romp just trying to catch them all, which again, like Arceus, is possible to do in one game without interacting with other people which is appreciated.