mctoasterson

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[–] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It would be a clusterfuck. Especially since the type of violence some have advocated for recently is more akin to political assassination. We need to push back on the false equivalence of "person X says stuff I don't agree with about perceived identities, therefore that speech 'unpersons' me, therefore it's tantamount to a death threat, therefore actual violence against that person is justified." You can literally find examples in these comments here.

If you have thousands of lonewolves each deciding unilaterally to assassinate (insert political opponent or public figure here) based on their own subjective perceptions, that no longer resembles a civil war, it more resembles a free-for-all hellscape.

I'd suggest a more useful concept is to form strong local communities committed to their own well being, mutual aid, and defense. Whatever that looks like for you in your area. Your mileage may vary. This is not legal advice.

[–] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I had a Gen 1 as well and had to stop using it a few years back because it literally couldn't handle the streams anymore. Not sure if the underlying compute became too intensive for it or what, but it would crap out, drop frames, freeze, stutter, and disconnect.

I switched to the "Chromecast with GoogleTV" (4K 2020 model). It has all the installable apps and crap, but you can delete and lock down a lot of the defaults, and I was also able to sideload SmartTube for De-Googled YouTube enjoyment.

[–] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 68 points 5 days ago (14 children)

Depends on your device and a bunch of other factors. If you are trying to maximize battery life you are generally better sticking to 60.

If you are consuming 120fps content or doing some kind of mobile gaming that actually supports it, you may benefit from 120.

[–] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This particular truck doesn't have to be a catch-all solution. Just give people more options.

Right now the North America EV market options are all very expensive, not necessarily in form factors people want to buy, and often privacy-invading or suffering from other "anti-features".

The more options available to consumers the better.

[–] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 7 points 1 week ago

Nice. Bookmarked for future reference in case.

[–] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 1 points 1 week ago

I had a T-shirt of this one back in the 90s. I believe it is the most well known Far Side comic.

[–] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Tostitos 'bout to enter the silicon production sector y'all

[–] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Russ is beyond washed. Might as well start the young QB and give fans some reason to watch.

[–] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 5 points 1 week ago

Here's the thing... Hyundai could be doing even better in the US but they kinda hamstrung themselves.

I went looking for leases recently and I was mainly interested in PHEV or full EV. Hyundai had inventory of the Ioniq 5 and while I think it looks cool and the battery platform is cool, it was a bit expensive and its form factor didn't really work for my needs. The salesman tried to show me an Ioniq 6, the sedan thing with the fastback appearance that sort of looks like a Wish-dot-com Porsche or Mercedes. Again, didn't really fit my needs.

He informed me that they make PHEV Tuscon (a more classic small/medium SUV form factor) but Hyundai made the strategic decision not to market them in the Midwest US.

Completely stupid decision. I am positive they could have sold thousands of those in the area I live. Hyundai missed a layup there.

[–] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 27 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Isn't there overwhelming polling saying he is likely to win? Harris hitches herself to whoever is likely to win. That is her entire career.

[–] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 38 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Almost more concerning is the way big tech has consolidated on standards that hurt anonymity, even though they aren't legally required to.

For example, have you tried to make a burner email account lately so you can register at some stupid app or site that you only intend to use once? It is surprisingly difficult now because all the "legit" email providers are moving towards requiring phone-based (mobile SMS) 2FA which inherently deanonymizes you in the US due to KYC laws.

Also the throwaway email sites like GuerillaMail are being blocked more often by various sites. Their domains are now frequently blacklisted so you can't use a burner account as easily to register anonymous social media or other website accounts.

[–] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 31 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

The secret of the CS and IT job is that it has always been the Neuveaux Blue Collar job.

For every IT exec and formerly-technical middle-management douchebag making really good money, there are 2 to 10 actually technical resources making "okay" money relative to their skill and the insane hours and scenarios they are expected to work.

Oh and let's not forget they're constantly trying to outsource as much of that support and engineering talent as possible.

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