Liz

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[–] Liz@midwest.social 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yo someone mentioned librechat while I was on hexchat. How do I get onto a librechat server?

[–] Liz@midwest.social 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I am ignorant. Please explain.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I am ignorant. Please explain.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

When it comes to my phone, I can tell the difference between 90 and 60 Hz. I prefer 90 Hz but I would be okay with 60. Ideally I'd like the highest refresh rate I can get inside my budget when I have to buy a new device with a screen. One annoying limitation is that all the video is played in 24-60 Hz. I notice it when things move with any kind of speed or when I'm looking at background object and the camera moves.

All things considered, it's a minor annoyance. My quality of life wouldn't change if I were limited to 30 Hz.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are.... Are you a fugitive from the law, Margot?

[–] Liz@midwest.social 1 points 10 months ago

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[–] Liz@midwest.social 12 points 10 months ago

I absolutely agree. If you're serving up the ad, you have to take responsibility for the contents.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How would you publish if you're not a part of a major research institution? Los Alamos National Lab could host its own papers just fine, but what about small-time labs? I know of at least one person who doesn't even officially work in science but publishes original research they do in their free time.

The journal system still provides a service, even if they over-charge for access. The peer review system has value. Imagine if there was zero barrier to publish. As a reader, you'd have to wade through piles of trash to find decent science.

Where would you find it all? Currently we use journal aggregators, whose service also has value and costs money. Are you really going to go to every university's website looking for research relevant to your area? We could do that again, but with everyone responsibile for publishing their own work, well, who gets indexed with the aggregators?

[–] Liz@midwest.social 7 points 10 months ago

It would still be useless, the thing would just produce bullshit papers.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 0 points 10 months ago

I mean, consistency is better than inconsistency, even if we don't agree with the rules.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago

or one proposed by SB2

Just conveniently left that one off of there, eh?

[–] Liz@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago

Using your pistol in a mass shooting event is an edge-case of an edge-case. Even if you're carrying, run, hide, fight is still the correct strategy. The way bigger concern is that you'll shoot yourself or a loved one. There are things you can and should do to mitigate your accident/suicide/murder risk, but that's really the thing you should be worried about.

Anyway, if you find yourself within shooting distance, yeah, calmly shoot back and run. The immediate threat of getting shot by the mass shooter is more pressing than potentially being misidentified as the perpetrator even just minutes later. It's incredibly unlikely you'll be confronted by the shooter exactly when the cops show up, making yourself a potential target.

Anyway, again, there's loads more probable things you need to worry about when it comes to CCW than a mass shooter.

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