smeg

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[–] smeg 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Calling it violence is weird and kind of stupid. A better word might be mayhem.

It's not violence against people. It's morons engaging in the annual new year tradition of exploding a fuckton of fireworks by amateurs, in very dense cities. The Netherlands has banned them nationwide, so hopefully it will chill next year.

[–] smeg 44 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Democrats forced a 43-day government shutdown over the issue.

Then backed down when white collar flyers might become inconvenienced by ATC disruptions.

[–] smeg 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

~~reviewing~~ redacting

[–] smeg 11 points 3 months ago

NVIDIA -> Companies using NVIDIA -> NVIDIA

And tech infrastructure for AI, which feeds the above loop.

[–] smeg 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm not really sure of the significance here. Can it be explained by changes in firmware or kernel features?

[–] smeg 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The Netherlands

[–] smeg 1 points 3 months ago

That's such an obvious deflection, though. My last car was a GM vehicle, with built-in OnStar right there in the box behind the rearview mirror. Built into the price I paid was hardware I didn't want, didn't pay a subscription for, yet was collecting my driving data and selling it.

Building a functionally useful infotainment system to replace Android Auto, with all of the bells and whistles needed to complete, is going to cost them the same or more. The difference is the rent seeking behavior, the demand for subscriptions, and getting more opportunities to spy on their customers for profit.

[–] smeg 9 points 3 months ago (4 children)

It did, so I left America. Now I live somewhere that prioritizes human-scale design, pedestrian safety, bike infrastructure, and public transit. Most days, I walk anywhere I need to go (supermarket, pharmacy, restaurants, shopping).

[–] smeg 8 points 3 months ago

Mine didn't go up at all... because I moved to the Netherlands this year, where this is a sane medical system. Not perfect, but sane.

[–] smeg 3 points 3 months ago

They will always show up for Trump. The leader, whose power is based on factionalism and grievance, is the only uniting force between the factions at his command.

[–] smeg 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

When I was a teacher in South Korea, I had a 5 year old student hospitalized for anxiety. It was fairly common by high school ages.

[–] smeg 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In the upper left I see a dinosaur facing the sky with its mouth open

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