redbearsam's recent activity
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Comment on Almost half of EU’s busiest flight routes are ‘hard or impossible’ to book on trains in ~transport
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Comment on Almost half of EU’s busiest flight routes are ‘hard or impossible’ to book on trains in ~transport
redbearsam Link ParentAhhh I had thought your point about planes being more convenient was generalised, not specifically in reference to that route.Ahhh I had thought your point about planes being more convenient was generalised, not specifically in reference to that route.
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Comment on We heard you: the new Framework Laptop 13 Pro in ~tech
redbearsam Link ParentAhhh cool I thought I'd recalled your being a software engineer - useful insights in use case and pattern. Thanks!Ahhh cool I thought I'd recalled your being a software engineer - useful insights in use case and pattern. Thanks!
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Comment on Almost half of EU’s busiest flight routes are ‘hard or impossible’ to book on trains in ~transport
redbearsam Link ParentSeparate comment for separate point, but I'm not sure flying shouldn't be taxed vastly more to account for the negative externalities to the environment. If we want to save the planet we've to...Separate comment for separate point, but I'm not sure flying shouldn't be taxed vastly more to account for the negative externalities to the environment. If we want to save the planet we've to make some difficult decisions.
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Comment on Almost half of EU’s busiest flight routes are ‘hard or impossible’ to book on trains in ~transport
redbearsam Link ParentI disagree they're less convenient. A flight requires you be there long in advance to deal with security, usually with luggage limitations (you're separated and might have a small allowance). Also...I disagree they're less convenient.
A flight requires you be there long in advance to deal with security, usually with luggage limitations (you're separated and might have a small allowance).
Also a flight will at both ends dump you somewhere relatively useless in most cases, whilst most central train stations are, well, central with close access to just the population centres you're most likely to want.
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Comment on We heard you: the new Framework Laptop 13 Pro in ~tech
redbearsam Link ParentWowee never heard of them before. Looks sweet. Do you mind if I ask your use case and how it suits it? Is it a snappy lil thing? How does the battery do?Wowee never heard of them before. Looks sweet. Do you mind if I ask your use case and how it suits it? Is it a snappy lil thing? How does the battery do?
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Comment on How are we all feeling about piracy these days? in ~movies
redbearsam Link ParentI'm not sure it's that much effort. I know people who use only public trackers, and unless they're looking for something very old or highly specific, it's basically never an issue to find it....I'm not sure it's that much effort. I know people who use only public trackers, and unless they're looking for something very old or highly specific, it's basically never an issue to find it. Certainly no more difficult than finding things on streaming sites.
I'm not sure how much can be said on Tildes, but sonarr and radarr can be set up to subscribe to things you like so that stuff auto torrents when it's initially released. Generally the folks I know will just have their torrent client's Web interface on their phone - also not hard to set up. Theb they can trivially set things to download from anywhere, by remote, upon recommendation.
For a new TV show episode, in maybe 4GB size, things can usually be pulled down and ready to watch in maybe 10 minutes off a public tracker, so I'd not describe the delay as often bothersome, myself.
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Comment on US begins blockade in Strait of Hormuz in ~society
redbearsam Link ParentThat article doesn't actually say they've mined the strait so far as I can see? I'd be surprised if they have, as the threat to mine it is a powerful bargaining chip that can only be played once,...That article doesn't actually say they've mined the strait so far as I can see? I'd be surprised if they have, as the threat to mine it is a powerful bargaining chip that can only be played once, and which villifies iran. The strait is closed without its being mined anyway, so I don't see any value to having mined it already?
I'd say it's more likely the US is suggesting they already have precisely because the indiscriminate nature of such a move looks bad for Iran, where otherwise the narrative is one of sympathy with the blame landing largely with trump
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Comment on Half-baked idea for metered inline image allowances in ~tildes
redbearsam Link ParentFair, though having seen this meme whilst also being less saturated by it, for me the link was necessary context to avoid having to ask, or else not being included.Fair, though having seen this meme whilst also being less saturated by it, for me the link was necessary context to avoid having to ask, or else not being included.
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Comment on UK Green Party wins Gorton and Denton by-election, pushing Labour into third place in ~society
redbearsam Link ParentWorth observing labour played the exact same strategy when challenging Boris Johnson Now that likely won't change you view, but it does highlight a certain hypocrisy from labour on this.Worth observing labour played the exact same strategy when challenging Boris Johnson
Now that likely won't change you view, but it does highlight a certain hypocrisy from labour on this.
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Comment on Viktor Gyökeres' gifts of bundling and poaching suggest Arsenal have found the real thing – after a slow start, the Sweden striker is now appearing regularly on the scoresheet in ~sports.football
redbearsam LinkEveryone in my fantasy league has been calling him Le Slug for months now. Hopefully that sobriquet becomes ironic.Everyone in my fantasy league has been calling him Le Slug for months now. Hopefully that sobriquet becomes ironic.
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Comment on Why there's no European Google? in ~tech
redbearsam Link ParentAhh tbf i support imgurs stance. Gods damn you repressive government regulations! (And thanks for the alt link, you're a hero.)Ahh tbf i support imgurs stance. Gods damn you repressive government regulations!
(And thanks for the alt link, you're a hero.)
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Comment on How well can you predict the state of the world in 2041? in ~life
redbearsam Link ParentI had fun with it in any case, and given how interconnected the world is (or perhaps the anglosphere) I didn't find the scope of the survey to be excessively narrow to the US. Thanks for sharing!I had fun with it in any case, and given how interconnected the world is (or perhaps the anglosphere) I didn't find the scope of the survey to be excessively narrow to the US.
Thanks for sharing!
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Comment on NexPhone - Smartphone PC that can boot into Windows, Android or Debian in ~tech
redbearsam Link ParentPerhaps I just think it sounds cool and want to justify it, but as a salaried drone (programmer) I can imagine using this to travel light and then remote into my work laptop (which I leave at home...Perhaps I just think it sounds cool and want to justify it, but as a salaried drone (programmer) I can imagine using this to travel light and then remote into my work laptop (which I leave at home wakeable on lan {wireguard baby}) so I can troubleshoot unexpected issues that come up whilst I'm away perhaps?
As it is, for this I take a laptop on any multiday excursion, and that's a fair amount of carrying for something I rarely use.
My main concern is that as a main driver of a phone, it seems I'd lose access to the phone to boot windows? And, like, I need my phone. So this'd have to be a secondary device. 🤔
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Comment on European nations to send troops to Greenland as US annexation threats escalate | Several NATO countries are deploying small numbers of military personnel to Greenland in ~society
redbearsam LinkIf the US simply wanted a greater NATO military presence there, which is conceivable, then tbf mission accomplished, without deployment of American assets. I'd still view it as poor diplomacy, and...If the US simply wanted a greater NATO military presence there, which is conceivable, then tbf mission accomplished, without deployment of American assets.
I'd still view it as poor diplomacy, and an ill conceived notion, but this seems like the logical result of his posturing, and this goal seems more likely to be desired than an actual invasion a NATO country, even if Trump is a psychotic random number generator in some respects.
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Comment on EU drops 2035 combustion engine ban as global electric vehicle shift faces reset in ~transport
redbearsam LinkI'm not really sure how folks think we're gonna get to net zero if ice cars are still actively being mass produced?I'm not really sure how folks think we're gonna get to net zero if ice cars are still actively being mass produced?
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Comment on Swiss reject millionaire inheritance tax in ~society
redbearsam Link ParentBut if they're not using that money for productive enterprise and rather just contributing to speculative bubbles (eg housing, stock market secondary buying/selling) then what is actually lost...But if they're not using that money for productive enterprise and rather just contributing to speculative bubbles (eg housing, stock market secondary buying/selling) then what is actually lost when they leave? One or two jobs per person for private chefs and chauffers? Vs a significantly higher tax take from 3/4ths of those who fall within that bracket and don't leave.... And a more equal society in their absence.
If they are meaningfully and actively investing locally, then they're already tied to the location and their most valuable assets will necessarily remain even as they leave, so again.... Shrug.
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Comment on Battlefield 6 developer issues report on kernel-level anti-cheat, citing success in ~games
redbearsam Link ParentAgree soooo much. I spent more than a thousand hours on Cs (counter strike) source in high school (christ, 20 years ago) and for most of it I sucked. But I found a couple servers I liked and it...Agree soooo much. I spent more than a thousand hours on Cs (counter strike) source in high school (christ, 20 years ago) and for most of it I sucked. But I found a couple servers I liked and it was more about the community and the steady and visible improvement against a group of strangers with a familiar core as the benchmark. Good days and bad, but the skill gulfs were part of the joy.
Going back to cs go or Cs 2 more recently the game felt better but the match making just seemed antithetical to my main memories of what made the game my steady state for so many years.
Better to sometimes be a god and sometimes be cannon fodder than to always be joe average. If your game requires a player wins to be fun, then about half the time your game isn't fun. Make an experience where losing can be fun and, well....
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Comment on Ex-Barack Obama aide says Holocaust education is ‘confusing’ young Americans into sympathizing with ‘weak, skinny’ Palestinians in ~society
redbearsam Link ParentOh right you are. Huh, I'd not have defined it that way myself, but they've more authority than me on this. Wikipedia does indeed focus explicitly on the Jewish victims. From the end of the...Oh right you are. Huh, I'd not have defined it that way myself, but they've more authority than me on this. Wikipedia does indeed focus explicitly on the Jewish victims. From the end of the bottom-most paragraph of the Wikipedia header:
Separate Nazi persecutions killed millions of other non-Jewish civilians and prisoners of war (POWs); the term Holocaust is sometimes used to include the murder and persecution of non-Jewish groups
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Comment on Airbus issues major A320 recall after flight-control incident in ~transport
redbearsam Link ParentOh hunnet percent, totally with ya there.Oh hunnet percent, totally with ya there.
I agree that trains should be set up in a manner to make them cheaper, nationalisation being a great start.
However I'm not sure they are necessarily cheaper, owing to the costs of maintaining the vast infrastructure, and of adding capacity, changing routes etc.
I'd favour using both levers to drive behaviour we need.