empireOfLove2

empireOfLove2, 23 hours ago

this may be a signal that Russia is reaching the limit of its ability to sustain the war and he’s trying to grab a hold of what little land he tenuously holds right now. Putin wants to wrap it up before they start to lose ground again.

empireOfLove2, 1 day ago

Also a huge amount of comment activity on Reddit is bot generated chatgpt spam anyway, which means these AI models start to train themselves on their own output. Which results in bad feedback loops and eventual model collapse.

empireOfLove2, 1 day ago (edited 1 day ago)

previously said he was trying to send a wake-up call about the dangers of artificial intelligence.

My guy. “It was a prank bro” or “it was just a warning shot” is not a legal defense when you are directly interfering with elections

empireOfLove2, 2 days ago

Putin might become “enraged”?
Oh no!
Anyway…

empireOfLove2, 2 days ago (edited 2 days ago)

I’m very interested in experimenting with na-ion this summer. Their specific power/energy densities are still low compared to li-ion but their cells are already available for cheaper than li-ion despite having not reached economies of scale yet. They also seem to be reporting (unverified in data sheets) longer cycle lifespans and larger operational temperature ranges. Could make for a very nice self managing solar powered pi project soon.

If costs drop fast, the lower density won’t even matter- it could be the kick in the ass for utility scale battery storage to take off.

empireOfLove2, 2 days ago

Translation: “Your subscription is running out, please ‘donate’ to us to renew and make this issue go away again.”

empireOfLove2, 2 days ago (edited 2 days ago)

Go ahead, pressure the lesser evil to be even less evil, but you still have to vote for said lesser evil, or you’re gonna be stuck with the massively bigger evil and no human rights.

empireOfLove2, 3 days ago

beholder? More like peholder

empireOfLove2, 3 days ago (edited 3 days ago)

PERSONAL GRIPE SECTION

As a resident of District 28, I absolutely fucking despise the Linthicums.

In 2016, Dennis Linthicum fradulently rigged the Republican primary election by conspiring with the current incumbents to deprive the district’s republicans a say in their choice of candidate. Mr Linthicum filed for the primary minutes before the deadline closed, then the incumbents suspended their campaigns the next day, effectively locking out the entire position.
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As a deep red district, winning the Republican primary is an automatic win, and the Linthicums knew it. He is an illegitimately elected senator who has no business being anywhere near any form of government.

And to think he has the absolute BALLS to be running on a platform of “Vote Integrity” for Secretary of State, the one office in control of elections in the state of Oregon, sitting in a Senator’s seat he obtained through out-and-out textbook election manipulation/fraud, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME SUING THE STATE TO END VOTE BY MAIL BECAUSE THAT IS SUPPOSEDLY FRADULENT??? Mr. Linthicum is downright DANGEROUSLY INSANE and really should be barred from running for ANY office whatsoever.
The absolute insanity of these YallQeada nazis is mind-boggling. There is not a single neuron firing anywhere in those empty heads.

It fucking sucks I have to deal with my native shithole being represented by another 4 years of an utter embarassment being ignored by all of Salem though. I literally changed my affiliated party to R just to vote against both of these idiot lunatics. Mr. Henslee is an actual level-head who has done good as a county commissioner and would have been a great senator… but being reasonable isn’t allowed anymore.

empireOfLove2, 3 days ago

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite

empireOfLove2, 4 days ago

The absolute best bang for your buck new GPU’s for decode/encode are Intel ARC GPU’s. They use Intel’s Quick Sync Video system which is some of the best supported encode/decode libraries out there, and they’re cheap.

An ARC A380 is easily had for $110, runs entirely off 75w PCIe slot power requiring no additional PSU wires, and supports H264/H265/AV1 encode. It’s a no brainer.

As long as it physically fits the slot, it should not have an issue with the lower PCIe bandwidth. The lower end GPU’s really need very little even for video encode.

empireOfLove2, 3 days ago

No need for an Intel CPU. It is basically platform agnostic like any other.

About its only “requirement” is that your system is new enough to support Resizable BAR on thr PCIe bus, which your zen3 machine absolutely is.

empireOfLove2, 5 days ago

Sure it can. People will pay to not see it.

empireOfLove2, 5 days ago

High voltage be like: “Fuck you. I’m gonna make my own wire, with blackjack and hookers (and ionization)!”

empireOfLove2, 5 days ago

yeah using some random “cutting solution” is how you end up with Honey Cut 2.0

empireOfLove2, 5 days ago (edited 5 days ago)

This is a bit of a loaded question and very poorly written. Bad troll is bad.

The problem stands that modern “Libertarians” have been corrupted by corporations and conservative bigots to mean “elimination of government and regulation” and not “government to uphold liberty” like it originally did. A correctly Libertarian government would write laws that solely uphold the power of the individual’s self determination, which inherently requires restriction of the power of capital.

I consider myself Libertarian, but I feel there now has to be a distinction made between “Capital Libertarians” and “Individual Libertarians”. One wants the liberty of capital, the other wants the liberty of the individual. I find myself in the latter. Corporations can go fuck themselves, the individual is paramount.

“Socialist” things like public infrastructure, and yes, public healthcare, would be supported by individual libertarianism. Social support structures like these support individual liberty but restrict capital liberty by requiring taxes to support them, whereas supporting capital liberty by making it “pay as you go” does nothing but remove the individual liberty of the population that finds themselves without any capital through no fault of their own. I absolutely support universal healthcare.

empireOfLove2, 5 days ago (edited 5 days ago)

A capital libertarian government would not fund public roads. You would need to pay a toll to drive on every privately built road, because your capital is free to move. But roads to certain places would cost more than others, thus restricting the individual’s liberty to their ability to pay.
A individually libertarian government funds public roads. Individuals then retain the right to self-determination to decide where they want to go without restriction. How they go on those roads might be subject to their capital restrictions- whether they walk, bike, drive, rollerskate, or whatever. But they are at least allowed to use those roads.

Certain things will always be needed in our society for humans to function. If humans are not functioning correctly, they are not free to self-determine their path. Gating such a simple thing as healthcare, which again, humans absolutely need to function, behind the ability to pay is inherently restricting their individual liberty in an immoral way.

empireOfLove2, 5 days ago

I thought nobody else knew about minetest

empireOfLove2, 6 days ago

Smash both

empireOfLove2, 7 days ago

They don’t want anything preserved, because if it disappears, it can be “remastered” and resold like a brand new game with zero actual input capital.

empireOfLove2, 8 days ago

And not even the good wood paneling, it was the grain-printed stained plywood shit that everyone used in the late 70s/early 80s.

empireOfLove2, 8 days ago (edited 8 days ago)

That was always going to happen. Russia’s industrial base is collapsing and has been for a while, while China drools over the kind of natural energy and mineral resources that Siberia is full of. Plus, as climate change moves on and much of China overheats, those northern latitudes will continue to look more and more attractive. It’s beneficial for both sides of the respective imperialistic coin for them to trade for the thing the other doesn’t have.

empireOfLove2, 8 days ago

Most of the world is still happily buying their oil.

empireOfLove2, 8 days ago

All Construction, manufacturing and basically every blue collar trade is now illegal lmaooooooooooooooo congrats you played yourself