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Comment on Elon Musk says Tesla ending Models S and X production in ~transport
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Comment on Listing for GOG Galaxy developer cites Linux as “next major frontier” in ~games
Eji1700 Link ParentAll I can say is I have a friend who's been in distro hell for the past 6 or so months jumping around trying to get SOMETHING working for more than a few weeks before it falls apart. To be...All I can say is I have a friend who's been in distro hell for the past 6 or so months jumping around trying to get SOMETHING working for more than a few weeks before it falls apart. To be somewhat fair that appears to also be related to the motherboard and network drivers, but there's absolutely been software specific failures depending on distros.
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Comment on Apple says Patreon creators must switch to subscription billing in ~tech
Eji1700 Link ParentOh I know it's not. It's stated as such. It's just unfortunate because it's going to affect everyone involved.Oh I know it's not. It's stated as such. It's just unfortunate because it's going to affect everyone involved.
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Comment on Apple says Patreon creators must switch to subscription billing in ~tech
Eji1700 LinkFoolish. I’m sure there’s legal/marketing/accounting teams with good reasons, but “per output “ billing is a very smart part of Patreon and nuking that is only to their eventual detrimentFoolish. I’m sure there’s legal/marketing/accounting teams with good reasons, but “per output “ billing is a very smart part of Patreon and nuking that is only to their eventual detriment
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Comment on Apple TV picks up rights to Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere books for adaption in ~tv
Eji1700 LinkI’ve thought about this for awhile, and while Apple could do it justice, I honestly think the way to do these shows that rely on major action set pieces with wild choreography will be animation....I’ve thought about this for awhile, and while Apple could do it justice, I honestly think the way to do these shows that rely on major action set pieces with wild choreography will be animation.
You don’t have issues with actors unable to do the choreography or aging out. There’s SO much material to cover and all of it with a serious CGI budget anyways. I wish them luck and suspect it will be better than most (and could be the next GoT/Marvel) but it would’ve been so much easier if they’d give the Avatar/Castlevania route
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Comment on Listing for GOG Galaxy developer cites Linux as “next major frontier” in ~games
Eji1700 Link ParentYeah that is totally fair. I am more used to the dogmatic view of the problem.Yeah that is totally fair. I am more used to the dogmatic view of the problem.
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Comment on Listing for GOG Galaxy developer cites Linux as “next major frontier” in ~games
Eji1700 Link ParentI find it somewhat silly that people dig in on Wine not being good enough. I get it, it'd be nice if it worked on your specific blend, but then, get coding I guess because everyone has their own...I find it somewhat silly that people dig in on Wine not being good enough. I get it, it'd be nice if it worked on your specific blend, but then, get coding I guess because everyone has their own bent and supporting that many combinations is driving people nuts.
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Comment on Tech Oversight Report: Unsealed court documents show teen addiction was Meta, Google, Snap, and TikTok's top priority in ~tech
Eji1700 Link ParentBambu Lab is basically a spin off from DJI and has some MAJOR venture capital behind it. Stratasys, who is(was?) suing them is around a 1bn market cap. Being US based, they spend $80k a quarter on...Bambu Lab is basically a spin off from DJI and has some MAJOR venture capital behind it.
Stratasys, who is(was?) suing them is around a 1bn market cap. Being US based, they spend $80k a quarter on lobbying. They're hardly the only big player in the industry.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Eji1700 LinkBlightstone - Probably the best thing to happen to tactics in a LONG time. It's still EA, and I have no idea if they'll deliver beyond this, but it's SUCH a strong foundation. The combat is...Blightstone -
Probably the best thing to happen to tactics in a LONG time. It's still EA, and I have no idea if they'll deliver beyond this, but it's SUCH a strong foundation. The combat is extremely clean with a LOT of ways to mess with the environment/skills to get unusual outcomes, and it's got a bit of the darkest dungeon "resources MATTER" thing without the annoying grinding overhead.
If it never improves i'm more than happy to have gotten it, if it does it could be a Slay the Spire level game.
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Comment on Amazon is closing its Fresh grocery, Go convenience stores in the US in ~finance
Eji1700 Link ParentSorta lumping in a large group there. I know people who 100% categorize as rich who have and would eat at a whole foods. Very popular in industries with high incomes who care about appearance and...An actual rich person wouldn't be eating at a whole foods lol.
Sorta lumping in a large group there. I know people who 100% categorize as rich who have and would eat at a whole foods. Very popular in industries with high incomes who care about appearance and health but don't have the time/desire to cook.
The richest person who's eating habits i'm aware of on some personal level would NEVER eat at one, because they'd think it's too pricey and to my understanding doesn't really see a difference between a denny's and a steakhouse.
Personally I think more places should do what whole foods is doing because yeah, there's a TON of food that's moderately easy to prepare if you have the kitchen access and still have a decent markup on it (whole foods is decently cheap if you're sticking to specific sections of the food). People would like to be healthier but it's hard to find places that offer whatever mixture of stuff they're in the mood for/willing to eat, and having such a wide variety makes it easy.
Hell I can name on one hand the number of other places I can get half decent soup at.
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Comment on Tech Oversight Report: Unsealed court documents show teen addiction was Meta, Google, Snap, and TikTok's top priority in ~tech
Eji1700 Link ParentThis is....kinda true? Like there's no doubt it happens, but there's also no doubt that's also been used as an excuse to hide behind shit laws that get them donations, and it's becoming more and...it's a gerontocracy of elderly and non-technical representatives and lawmakers who barely know how to open a PDF without assistant of their staff, much less the intricacies and theory of social media algorithms and design. They just have their lobbyists whispering crap into their ears about what to regulate.
This is....kinda true? Like there's no doubt it happens, but there's also no doubt that's also been used as an excuse to hide behind shit laws that get them donations, and it's becoming more and more common. I actually think the 3d printer situation is a perfect example of many of them knowing damn well that's not reasonable, but digging in anyways because it's a simple area to sound like they're doing something (we're stopping scary guns! the people opposing us want MORE!), some of the opposition is stupid (EVERYONE should have fully automatic plastic weapons and it's my right!), and it gets them something their lobbyists want (well in order to regulate we need you to subscribe to everything and any product usage outside of that is illegal).
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Comment on Tech Oversight Report: Unsealed court documents show teen addiction was Meta, Google, Snap, and TikTok's top priority in ~tech
Eji1700 LinkTo which the answer has always been, sadly, "duh". It's not a secret that teens are one of the most ideal target markets. They have some level of disposable income, aren't very critical, spread...To which the answer has always been, sadly, "duh".
It's not a secret that teens are one of the most ideal target markets. They have some level of disposable income, aren't very critical, spread trends like wildfire, will have more income down the road, and in a more sinister take, will generally have access to funds they maybe shouldn't (be it stealing credit cards to just convincing parents to spend on things they shouldn't).
This happens in EVERY industry and we figured it out decades (if not centuries) ago and have made laws accordingly. Then tech shifted and we decided none of those laws applied again and surprise, every kid growing up is getting skinner box mechanics shoved at them because random reinforcement schedules are a HELL of a drug.
I expect damn near nothing to come from this as we've totally lost the ability as a species to plan beyond the next quarter, but maybe i'm being too much of a cynic and this will be the start of these companies losing their grip and having to finally have the bill come due. I doubt it though.
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Comment on New books aren’t worth reading in ~books
Eji1700 (edited )Link ParentMy personal list of authors who I think are absolutely worth reading and teaching from the last 50 just glancing around my fiction biased bookshelves: Terry Pratchett Cormac McCarthy Stephen King...If the goal is to read serious literature I do actually believe there has been few books published in the last 50 years actually worth reading
My personal list of authors who I think are absolutely worth reading and teaching from the last 50 just glancing around my fiction biased bookshelves:
Terry Pratchett
Cormac McCarthy
Stephen King
James S.A. Corey
Gene Wolfe
Brandon Sanderson
George Martin
Patrick Rothfuss
Mark Z. Danielewski
China Miéville
Tamsyn MuirSome are more "for specific kind of people" and others like Pratchett should probably be required reading for curriculum around the world given he's elegantly and fairly touched on so many tricky subjects while keeping things much more entertaining.
This is just in my highly narrow tastes and I'm positive I could bounce a few more on there with less long term relevance (Jim Butcher/Scott Lynch), problematic issues (Enders Game/Speaker for the Dead or depending on your point of view Tom Robbins. Oh god and Gaiman.), or in non fiction/other genres. Of course I'd mostly bounce off my friends for stuff I don't read because....well i don't read it, but I find finance stuff interesting like Gods at War and The Ascent of Money. There's also stuff I bounced off of but admit is intriguing like This is how you Lose the Time War.
That's already a pretty good chunk of stuff and I know i'm boring and stay in my lane with my reading. Survivorship bias is always a thing when comparing classics to current literature but that doesn't mean things aren't being written that will hole up.
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Ah shit I spaced Joe Abercrombie when i've been thrilled my wife is finally reading him and I can finally ramble about how great he is.
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Going more into non fiction I think Dictators Handbook is something more people should read even if I don't actually agree with all of it as it's a good jumping off point for some less ideal polisci discussions.
Kelly and Zach Weinersmith's, A City on Mars was also excellent from several angles, but somewhat uniquely a modern take on breaking down absurd claims with verifiable facts, and how our hopes for tech and the future don't always mean things are what we want them to be.
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Comment on Terry Pratchett’s novels may have held clues to his dementia a decade before diagnosis, our new study suggests in ~books
Eji1700 LinkBooks after the "cutoff" of Last Continent according to the paper where they note a decline (except for Carpe/Truth) The Last Continent Carpe Jugulum The Fifth Elephant The Truth Thief of Time The...Books after the "cutoff" of Last Continent according to the paper where they note a decline (except for Carpe/Truth)
- The Last Continent
- Carpe Jugulum
- The Fifth Elephant
- The Truth
- Thief of Time
- The Last Hero
- The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents.
- Night Watch
- The Wee Free Men
- Monstrous Regiment
- A Hat Full of Sky
- Going Postal
- Thud!
- Wintersmith
- Making Money
- Unseen Academicals
- I Shall Wear Midnight
- Snuff
- Raising Steam
- The Shepherd's Crown
I am unsure of when exactly, but I believe it was noted at the time (not in t he paper) that a ghost writer helped finish some of the later novels.
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Comment on Federal officers kill another citizen in Minneapolis, National Guard activated in ~society
Eji1700 (edited )Link ParentMy comment is based on the lived understanding of people who served front lines in Desert Storm, Vietnam, and Afghanistan/Iraq. I will absolutely admit I have no personal experience but I am flat...Your comment wasn't phrased politely, and was a pretty poor opener to a thesis that's based more on myth, Hollywood, and video games than it is in a real life understanding of how armed insurgency works, and how American state power is brought to bear against it.
My comment is based on the lived understanding of people who served front lines in Desert Storm, Vietnam, and Afghanistan/Iraq. I will absolutely admit I have no personal experience but I am flat out quoting people who have. If you're willing to go second hand several of those people had family who were on the ground in Japan during WWII. I also have spoken to a few people who fought and fled from Eastern Europe.
I do not intend to glorify the reality. People will die in the hundreds of thousands if not more should things go violent. It doesn't change the US, who you very accurately pointed out has developed thousands of very effective ways to kill resistance members, still lost a couple hundred thousand in Vietnam and 4k in Iraq. Ukraine is easily in the 5 figure territory if not a lot more depending on your sources.
The most likely group to form an armed resistance to the current US government that actually poses mortal danger would be those who kept arms of a sufficient power to defeat body armor, or engage targets from ambush distance in either urban or rural settings. The main group that owns these kind of weapons in the United States are not organised in opposition against the current regime, but, rather, are its supporters.
Absolutely, and one of the reasons I can't begin to take most people seriously. If you're swearing up and down that the current administration is about to be coming door to door to murder you (as they clearly fucking are now), why in the hell is the most you're doing about it posting on twitter? Are we hoping that the people who have literally laid out their plans to topple the government will be stopped by THIS Waltz speech? How many times do people need to see the photos of a bunch of armed men standing in Michigan's state capital to get the point that suddenly things are handled differently when EVERYONE is armed, even if they're all a bunch of fucking idiots (as they certainly were).
Taking your hypothetical 10,000 armed people who, you are below, comparing to 'infantry', what's their organizational formation? Do they have a uniform C2 structure? By what means are they 'taking and holding ground', especially if they're in a contested environment? What training and doctrine are they using? Someone walking around with a gun is not an infantry asset. A group of people walking around with guns without coordination are just targets.
10,000 was an arbitrary point but sure. The answer is, the bare minimum. Why assume more? We both know they're not going to have it. However given it's 3,000 ICE members deployed to MN, that's 3-1 numbers advantage against a much better equipped and barely better trained force. If there were any real desire to resist beyond recording murder, Alex might be alive. Instead we have someone being murdered in hi res from 2 angles. If people want to stop seeing that, they need to do something more, and it isn't sit back and watch people die while rolling over for Nazi's. If you don't want to be violent, fine I get that, but I tire of the argument that there's literally nothing that could be done.
This hypothetical already strains credulity because armed opposition in America is not organised. But for now, we'll say they quickly develop a clear leadership structure, and prioritised goals they're attempting to achieve through armed force.
Let's be even more charitable and say they've split into distinct cells with distinct objectives, and handwave away the fact that domestic security agencies likely know who they are. They start carrying out armed resistance - maybe ambushes, maybe infrastructure attacks, but you specified 'wars' and 'revolutions', so I'll assume their goals are higher than running an effective resistance (resistance is a delaying tactic designed to play for time and hinder a regime until outside help arrives in the form of military force, which is so unlikely it's not really worth discussing).
This group of 10,000 is in America. They've taken a town/building/arms cache/facility/etc. How do you suppose they'd overcome persistent federal government ISR, during or after their operation? What about precision fires?
If we want to escalate to full out civil war fine, that's a totally different subject than what's currently going on (3000 armed people bullying and murdering people). And yes we are very much on the precipice of that kind of escalation. We both know that if somehow that happened its not 10k vs the entire US, and so its hard for me to take this in remotely good faith. Yes the full might of the US military can snuff out 10k people in a heart beat. There's about 2 million active military members, the US has 340 million people. A 1% armed rate would equal 3.4 million. That's a totally different ball game before you even get into the utter nightmare that follows
I'm sorry to come across as so blunt, but you asserting that I am basing my comment on 'a very flawed understanding of how you win in wars/revolutions/combats' is like me saying you don't understand computers or programming or whatever it is that you do.
That's fine. I don't think I'm the end of knowledge on the subject. I just think it's laughable that everyone's default is "oh well we cannot win because nukes" or whatever excuse they use to make sure they can sit and comment online without having to take the bare minimum of steps to make sure the next Alex isn't someone they know. We've been watching this coming for most of my adult life and yet so many people who swore up and down the Nazi's were coming have also decided that the best resistance is being angry on the internet.
I'm not some libertarian who thinks society is better if everyone is armed. It's not. It's objectively more dangerous for everyone involved, but I just can't take seriously anyone who's spent 10 years crying Nazi but still thinks there's literally nothing to be done other than record atrocities. We've seen how that pans out, it doesn't. We got a democratic reprieve, it did next to nothing. Is the real answer then that "well we better all buckle up and keep our heads down because we've already lost and the next Alex might be you?" Is that the stance you're proposing?
Your comment wasn't phrased politely, and was a pretty poor opener to a thesis that's based more on myth, Hollywood, and video games than it is in a real life understanding of how armed insurgency works, and how American state power is brought to bear against it.
It wasn't polite, it's not based on myth. I'm well aware of what you're referring to and again all I can say is I very much trust the experience and positions of the people I've learned this knowledge from and the material and experiences they've referenced for it. I get how you can see it as the more glorified "Libertarian" tripe that gets spouted out by people in camo who can't even figure out trigger discipline, but for what it's worth I think those people are idiots too.
The scenario you propose is the lowest end of armed conflict that the US military and its domestic-based Guard units train and prepare for. It is the most dangerous scenario that federal agencies base their capability acquisition, surveillance priorities, and positioning.
I mostly agree but think you're talking past me.
This not magic tech. It's 20 years of experience in how to defeat a large number of people with guns, with minimal loss of friendly forces, coming home.
Yes, and that's something that people should be aware of and worried about. But if your stance sincerely is "welp we're fucked" then ok. I disagree. I'm pretty damn sure at some point people have to ask themselves if they're around for the next ICE murder if they want cameras or weapons.
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Comment on Federal officers kill another citizen in Minneapolis, National Guard activated in ~society
Eji1700 Link ParentAnd yet there seem to be a lack of them being used. Even in Ukraine. If we want to get into the weeds of this discussion, fine, but the long and short of it is that nukes are A logistical...And yet there seem to be a lack of them being used. Even in Ukraine.
If we want to get into the weeds of this discussion, fine, but the long and short of it is that nukes are
- A logistical nightmare
- A instant level of escalation the worlds only seen once when no one else could
- Infinitely destructive to every single thing in its radius and of course comes with the joys of fallout.
You can't "nuke" 10,000 people without killing all 100,000 around them and runing the area for the next decade. You can't nuke a city without fundamentally erasing it an killing EVERY person there, not just the ones fighting.
Nuking your own country is, at its core, suicide as the moment the debris clears and your economy is done collapsing your allies and enemies will be deciding how to divvy up what's left of you IF you didn't make them nervous enough to glass the continent.
Infantry, even lightly armed, can take and hold land, don't need to annihilate infrastructure, and can disperse and blend in.
Hell even suggesting a nuke as the counter here shows a lack of understanding. If you're going to pop the WMD cork for large groups of infantry Chemical and Bio weapons are a hell of a lot more effective and reasonable (and thus we've seen recent use of chemical weaponry on revolting populace and in modern conflicts).
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Comment on Federal officers kill another citizen in Minneapolis, National Guard activated in ~society
Eji1700 Link ParentThis has never been true and is based on a very flawed understanding of how you win in wars/revolutions/combats. A large number of lightly armed people is basically the most desirable thing in any...I was never a great believer in well organized militias rising up against a tyrannical government, given that tyrannical government has weapons that make small-arms useless.
This has never been true and is based on a very flawed understanding of how you win in wars/revolutions/combats.
A large number of lightly armed people is basically the most desirable thing in any conflict, doubly so if they know the terrain. Just about every revolution was based on this, and we have more recent examples in pretty much every war/conflict since WWII.
That doesn't mean it's bloodless, but there's no magic tech that makes 10,000 armed people NOT a threat.
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Comment on San Francisco parents are letting teens ride in Waymos without an adult in ~transport
Eji1700 Link ParentYeah I mostly agree, just more pointing it out. General attitudes (and laws) these days seem to point to children being alone being treated as child abuse, so just pointing out that there's a LOT...Yeah I mostly agree, just more pointing it out. General attitudes (and laws) these days seem to point to children being alone being treated as child abuse, so just pointing out that there's a LOT of activities that kids do that can harm them or leave them in less than safe situations.
And for what it's worth, electric bikes are HELL of a lot less safe since kids seem to treat them like small motor bikes. I have groups of kids in my area (11-16ish?) who will ride around in the street doing wheelies at 30mph. Most wear helmets at least, but still not the smartest thing to do against traffic on a blind corner.
At some point it stops being about the risk and starts being about teaching the kid consequences.
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Comment on San Francisco parents are letting teens ride in Waymos without an adult in ~transport
Eji1700 Link ParentYeah as always there's a large "It depends" caveat around these things. US public transport varies WILDLY in quality and safety. Obviously "alone in a car" is in theory a hell of a lot safer than...Yeah as always there's a large "It depends" caveat around these things. US public transport varies WILDLY in quality and safety. Obviously "alone in a car" is in theory a hell of a lot safer than "with a bunch of strangers on the bus/subway", but again, I think depends heavily on the area.
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Comment on Youtube channel recommendations 2026 in ~tech
Eji1700 Link ParentI get these all mixed up, but I believe he's the one I dropped (not that I watched him a ton) after he had a glowing review of tesla's self drive beta when just about everyone sane was putting out...I get these all mixed up, but I believe he's the one I dropped (not that I watched him a ton) after he had a glowing review of tesla's self drive beta when just about everyone sane was putting out unedited footage of it dipping into oncoming lanes.
Elon's entire schitck is selling hype. It just happens that sometimes someone else makes that into a real product.
Can't just say "we're closing the production line" because that sounds bad and doesn't generate hype even if it's a personally rational business decision and not even a failure. Instead it's "We're closing the line to MAKE NEW ROBTOS" and again you're in the headline while people speculate on tech that will never exist.