Personally I despise everything about the idea of influencers. I have yet to see one who wasn’t an outright attention whore or just trying to get free shit.
I can definitely see your point. Celebrities are the center of attention and can influence people. But the two you mentioned, well three actually, are entertainers first and foremost. They had a skillset that was interesting to watch and people would pay to do so. So it gets back to the definition of “influencer”… it’s always the nuance of definition isn’t it 😀
So I guess my definition would include some no talent YouTube or Instagram C-rated “celebrity” that is essentially famous for being famous. They expect special treatment and recognition when it isn’t deserved or warranted. They are often pretentious and obnoxious. When I think of “influencer” this is the image in my mind.
According to the wiki page… “In May 2024, Take-Two announced it would shut down Intercept Games but continue to update Kerbal Space Program 2 under the Private Division label.”
Yeah totally go with Ventoy. I had an external device that basically did the same thing but it was a pain in the ass. Little screen and you pick an iso on the drive and it simulated a CD rom. Ventoy is so much simpler. My only complaint is there isn’t an installer that works on a Mac so I have to use Windows. But other than that it’s awesome.
Let me preface this with this sort of behavior back during slavery was abhorrent. While it’s not true today, selective breeding of a physical trait is a thing that works. Animal husbandry, GMO crops (go look at what corn was 100 years ago), heck even dogs (look at a pug and a wolf and see how much they changed). If I’m not mistaken, even Yao Ming was a product of the Chinese government encouraging two large Chinese basketball players to marry and have children.
Now would a bastard cop use this flimsy excuse to bully a person of color? Of fucking course they would.
I had GBS a few years ago. I fully recovered (mostly) but my balance isn’t what it was. I’m not sure I could pass a field sobriety test so this scares the crap outta me.
About one-quarter of U.S. adults age 50 and older who are not yet retired say they expect to never retire and 70% are concerned about prices rising faster than their income, an AARP survey finds....
Well I’ll retire (sorta). I’ll just get another job making 50% what I was making and earning 75% of my original salary through retirement. I’ll work till I’m dead but at least I’ll make more money for a bit … until inflation eats it.
It would be better with distributed generation like solar. The idea of a central generation point and transmitting it long distances is just not the best way (single point of failure/attack, losses of long distance transmission, often dirty and/or dangerous). Having lots of little solar farms all over (or even private) is better. I’d imagine most of Californians could provide their own EV needs if you have a large enough roof.
Take this with a grain of salt …. I’m not a power engineer but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
Exactly. It’s like an article I saw about some new internet tech that was “X times faster than broadband”. Broadband is a type of transmission using multiple frequency carrier waves to transmit data. It ain’t a speed.
Wh/kg or yes maybe volume Wh/cm^3…
The only other thing I’d care about it charge speed. Maybe it doesn’t last as long but I can fully charge in 10 seconds? Yeah I’m interested. Hell I’ve never had a car yet get the estimated miles per gallon on the sticker. It’s all bistromathics as far as I’m concerned.
The first iPhone didn’t even have third party apps. I’m not saying the Vision Pro will make it but even the iPhone had its issues to begin with. I’d like it to succeed because I think it has potential. It is super expensive but hopefully that will get better. But you’re right the iPhone got way more expensive. Although I suspect the first iPhones were highly subsidized to begin with and I doubt the Visio Pro is.
I placed a low bid on an auction for 25 Elitedesk 800 G1s on a government auction and unexpectedly won (ultimately paying less than $20 per computer)...
This is only about 21 amps. Most outlets in a home are 15amps but 20amps isn’t unheard of. From one outlet doubtful but yes one house would provide that much power easily if you split them up to three or 4 rooms on different breakers.
Now it would be fun to watch his electric meter spin like a saw blade … (yes I’m old … I remember meters that had spinning discs)
Well true but I was assuming the circuits had some things drawing a little power. Flipping on a device and tripping a breaker with 12 machines on it wouldn’t be ideal :)
I have done this before in my upstairs home lab. 3 beefy ESXi machines, some nas storage, and a basic 10gbe switch eats up a lot of a single 15amp circuit. And apparently turning on a TV pushes it over the edge. Luckily the UPS saved my but while a reset the breaker and shut some stuff off.
Gen Z mostly doesn't care if influencers are actual humans, new study shows (mashable.com)
Pregnant women in Missouri can't get divorced. Critics say it fuels domestic violence (www.npr.org)
Biden, speaking on campus protests, says both free speech and rule of law 'must be upheld' (abcnews.go.com)
Why Florida banned a kind of meat that doesn’t really exist (www.vox.com)
Take-Two Interactive shuts down the Studios behind Kerbal Space Program and Rollerdrome (www.bloomberg.com)
How to create a bootable Linux USB drive (www.zdnet.com)
Myth of 'superhuman strength' in Black people persists in deadly encounters with police (apnews.com)
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Google layoffs: Sundar Pichai-led company fires entire Python team for ‘cheaper labour’ (www.hindustantimes.com)
Google layoffs: The company plans to set up a new team in Munich, Germany which would act as “cheaper” labour, the report claimed.
Lawsuits test Tesla claim that drivers are solely responsible for crashes (www.washingtonpost.com)
Without paywall: archive.ph/NGkbf
You can be charged (in Tennessee) with DUI even if you’re sober, WSMV 4 Investigates reveals (www.wsmv.com)
Hilarious or insane? You decide. (lemmy.world)
About 1 in 4 US adults 50 and older who aren't yet retired expect to never retire, AARP study finds (abcnews.go.com)
About one-quarter of U.S. adults age 50 and older who are not yet retired say they expect to never retire and 70% are concerned about prices rising faster than their income, an AARP survey finds....
Bernie Sanders issues scathing statement directed at Netanyahu (www.independent.co.uk)
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Signs you're getting old?
My knee still doesn’t feel right after that hiking trip two weeks ago....
Tesla slashes vehicle and self-driving-ish software prices as shares plummet (www.theregister.com)
Google fires more workers after CEO says workplace isn’t for politics (wapo.st)
What my dad sees. What I see. (lemmy.ml)
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Apple Vision Pro Customer Interest Dying Down at Some Retail Stores (www.macrumors.com)
I just won an auction for 25 computers. What should I setup on them?
I placed a low bid on an auction for 25 Elitedesk 800 G1s on a government auction and unexpectedly won (ultimately paying less than $20 per computer)...