Well the boys were 15 and 16, past puberty, so it’s not paedophilia. She still belongs behind bars, I’m your friendly neighbourhood language officer.

I dunno. I almost think there should be a different term or word for it. I’m not saying it’s OK at all, I just think bundling so many sexual crimes under one name isn’t great.

For example; I was a horny teen and probably would have been into a teacher like that. It would have been wrong and it likely would have messed up different aspects of my life. I’m not condoning it or trying to downplaying it, but I feel if I had been violently penetrated against my will by a male teacher the trauma would be a whole different kind.

So yeah, I don’t know if we should call it rape, but I recognize the boys were underage and taken advantage of, and the crime absolutely deserves to be punished. I’m also the person who get’s all worked up by modern loose usage of terms like WMD and many others, so I know I can be a handful.

I don’t think he could rape a child on the Whitehouse lawn. I know you’re being over the top for the sake of the example, but the reason that wouldn’t work out for him is that:

1. People can see it
2. It’s close to home
3. His supporters can’t justify it

Lose any of those criteria and he’d get away with it, but all three? I think that’s too much. His supporters are low information narcissists who happily drink spin with every meal. But if you force them to confront something that actually affects them, or that they can actually feel, then the spell starts to break. Half the problem with everything he does is that it’s missing one of the above, or it takes too long for the negative effects to be felt.

Nor would I, but if apps were actually optimized instead of the Electron nonsense we have now we’d be in a better place. I really hope this forces us to finally build better again instead of relying on infinite resources.

I don’t disagree with you, but if you’re going to take that position you have to include work as a whole, not just sex work. There are differences, sure, but we’re all selling our minds, bodies, and time just to stay alive.

That’s still of no concern. If it all collapses and they need to start selling to consumers again, gamers will be desperate for the upgrade and pay top dollar. Screwing us over is a win-win for them.

Sure, but AMD never undercuts enough for it to matter. They’re always behind on features, brand recognition, software and say… eh $50 off.

The last time AMD actually undercut and sold well was the RX480 and that was a long time ago. AMD has just settled for 10% and is not willing to fight for more, and with enterprise being the big market now it’s definitely not going to change.

That workaround is slowly coming to an end as these devices start making DNS requests using DOH, which you will not be able to redirect, and will be much harder to detect and block.

The cat and mouse game of having a piece of technology you bought work with your interests in mind continues…

Going after the US and falling for one of their provocations are two totally different things. I’m not condoning this in any way, but look at Osama Bin Laden as a case study. With a handfull of people he sent the US spiraling down such that they still haven’t recovered over 20+ years later. He would not have gotten anything like that through conventional means like shooting at planes. The US has become a shell of what it was in 2001, and while it was a horrible act which can’t be condoned, it must have been an incredible success in his eyes, far more so than he had thought possible.

Rambling aside, all I’m saying is you don’t win against the strongest military in the world in a fair fight. Asymmetric warfare means taking your time and thinking outside the box.

I don’t think you really understand the situation. It’s a bully taunting. They want you to take a swing. Your reaction plays right into their hand.

AI is just soooo fucking expensive. Silicon Valley has made burning cash up front a standard practice, but the amount they’re burning is just astronomical. There is going to be a demand for profits, or the path to profits, much sooner than usual.

All the ones I mentioned? It’s not tied to your real identity or IRL friend/social circles.

In your example sure, Lemmy uses the community to vote things up or down to assist in curation, but I don’t look at WHO voted things up or down (I know the data is technically available). And the logins/profiles are random names to me, I don’t know or have relationships with any of these people, so again they are meaningless. This is why it feels like a platform, but not social media. We used web forums and bullitenboards before the word “social media” was coined and we see big differences between tbe two today.

So while I agree Lemmy has social elements, it’s used completely differently then something like Facebook. YouTube has all those elements as well, but I use it to watch infotainment/explainers etc. I have Nebula as well which has none of the social elements and it feels identical because I don’t use any of them.

I guess the difference is are the social elements intregal to the platform, or tacked on and optional, and what kind of weight do they have.

I don’t really consider Lemmy to be social media, nor do I YouTube. I suppose that’s against the norm, but I don’t comment on either too often, and when I do it doesn’t replace conversations with my friends. I also don’t pay attention to people’s usernames (apart from blocking Tankies) or expect to build any relationship. They are just news/current events/video sources.

I don’t deny they have social elements built in, but social media to me was something like Facebook where you had your real name and real friends following you and you posted about yourself anf each others lives. Maybe that’s Social Media and this is Social Media Lite?

I’ve seen a few videos on these and the benifits of european plug design. My only gripe with it is the size. I know it would be a pain because everything is already built for the the current standard, but an updated “micro” plug would be a lot better.

In fact, why doesn’t the whole world collaborate on a new plug design that takes the best from both and combines into a 110/220 auto sensing plug. Sadly i don’t see that happening any time soon. It’s much more likely that USB-C continues to gain ground and becomes the defacto DC power standard for consumers.

I was originally against this because I hate it when language is reconstituted and made murkey, but I looked it up and you’re right.

I’m still not sure this is the same as poison, but it can certainly be harmful so it’s not that big a stretch.

I don’t know why the micro subscription model hasn’t become a thing. I get that even if you do basically no new features on an app it still needs to be updated from time to time as Android changes. So why not have apps be a buck or two a year?

It seems they’re either free, or a $8+ a month. All the fitness apps are insanely priced considering they have very little development and all the data within is crowdsourced. Plus I guarantee they’re selling your health info.

I would have no issue at all subscribing to dozens of apps if they were super cheap. You get a lot of people chipping in $2 and that adds up quick. I’m guessing the reason they don’t is transaction fees and app store cuts.

The built in GPU of any sem-modern Intel CPU can do that for you no problem. Probably even the older ones in those corporate computers. Just check for QuickSync support. If you want something seriously low wattage that can still do one or two 4K streams, get one of those mini PCs with an Intel N100 for cheap.

I’ve not had any wear like that on my deck, but I’m not crazy hard on controllers. At worse the whole stick can be pretty easily replaced. The repairability on Valve hardware gets a high priority.

I don’t think you can say there is a “most common” unit for the general public. People probably shop for storage more than they do service providers, so I guess MB?

However I don’t think spelling it makes it any easier. If people aren’t noticing a capital B or a lowercase b, will they notice or understand bytes vs bits when spelled?

I think it’s a case of it just kinda sucks we have similar sounding and spelled words, but the general public is not getting too caught up on it because they’re largely oblivious. So long as manufacturers and sales use the appropriate term on the appropriate product, everything should work out. I’ve never seen a hard drive marketed in bit capacity, so I think this is really a non issue.

Just chalk it up to something you now understand better.

I see what you mean, but what do you propose? The units already exist and they are the industry standard. Should new units of measure be made up just for consumers, or should all numbers but on consumer devices be locked to using only one of them? Who decides what’s consumer packaging and what’s not?

It’s a sticky situation. I think while it may be confusing, the vast majority of people aren’t paying much attention and it’s probably not a big enough deal to do anything about it. The units are most often used correctly as in I can’t imagine an ISP or a router advertising their speeds in Bytes, likewise I don’t see any RAM or storage advertised in bits, so it’s usually an apples to apples comparison anyway.