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- Comment on How are people supposed to have secure/private communications in the digital era? 1 day ago:
Nah I’m with you. It’s just unbelievably lame that we have to be careful about seeking help for the possibility of having it used against us.
- Comment on How are people supposed to have secure/private communications in the digital era? 2 days ago:
I’ll be honest, you’ve just justified a years long paranoia regarding doctors and therapists I’ve had. The likelihood of me being a target for anything is extremely low, but that fact that any goon in the government can get access to medical records and (even worse) therapy records that can be used against you for whatever purpose they deem necessary is unsettling. I’ve always been leery about letting on what’s going on in my mind, and this kinda just confirms it.
Luckily I haven’t needed to go to a doctor outside of urgent care for simple stuff in a very long time, but I’m also reaching the age where I need to start paying attention, so off to Mexico I go.
- Comment on This is so strange! Usually, they wait 15 days to elect a new Pope. We could be seeing history in the making. 1 week ago:
And the pope makes the two point conversion!
- Comment on Keir Starmer does not believe trans women are women, No 10 says 1 week ago:
Wouldn’t be surprising at this point.
- Comment on I Believe That It's Important For All of Us to Understand What 'Decentralization' Truly Means. Please, Let's Talk About That 1 week ago:
Indeed, I think the entire idea that needs focus is distributing away from a handful of large corps, although I don’t see streaming going in that direction largely due to IP rights for content, not necessarily bandwidth and resources. Many streaming platforms as I understand already have their content distributed through CDNs that are geographically dispersed as to ease network load, though they retain control over that hardware. I’m proposing providing more options for your average joe website than on something controlled by the likes of Amazon and Microsoft.
- Comment on succession 2 weeks ago:
Why do you choose violence?
- Comment on succession 2 weeks ago:
Get a dog, mine live chasing off groundhogs and the like.
- Comment on I Believe That It's Important For All of Us to Understand What 'Decentralization' Truly Means. Please, Let's Talk About That 2 weeks ago:
Valid points. Also too, the cost associated with a business class data plan that actually allows hosting. If you think about it, it really is an arbitrary restriction put in place by ISPs to goad those who want to leverage the internet’s potential into more expensive plans.
- Comment on I Believe That It's Important For All of Us to Understand What 'Decentralization' Truly Means. Please, Let's Talk About That 2 weeks ago:
I honestly think the drivers model has some merit to it, and it’d be interesting to see federated data centers. I dunno how well it would work out, but it would be interesting.
- Comment on I Believe That It's Important For All of Us to Understand What 'Decentralization' Truly Means. Please, Let's Talk About That 2 weeks ago:
Realistically, more people need to self-host, or at the very least we need more mon-and-pop style datacenters. The foundational protocols of the Internet inherently make the web decentralized, but most would rather offload hardware costs and, more importantly, security, to those more knowledgeable. Not that I blame them, as running one’s own hardware is extremely time intensive, nevermind power and equipment costs, but it’s no wonder that conglomerates have stepped up to fill that role (nevermind economies of scale). Yet, this is how we’ve fallen into the situation we are in now.
- Comment on Has anyone told MAGA they are free to shut themselves off from the rest of the world all on their own. Honestly they do a pretty good job of it already. 2 weeks ago:
Lol I somehow doubt they’d take kindly to a violation of airspace sovereignty like that, especially in that regard
- Comment on Has anyone told MAGA they are free to shut themselves off from the rest of the world all on their own. Honestly they do a pretty good job of it already. 2 weeks ago:
And the ever important island of Austin, that’s still somehow part of the US yet completely isolated within hostile territory.
- Comment on Even his doctors are full of it 2 weeks ago:
I’d fudge that info too if it meant not getting sent to the gulag
- Comment on Saw this in a public women's bathroom. I didn't want to touch it, but I am curious as to what it is. 3 weeks ago:
Anything is a box set with some effort
- Comment on Can I sue my apartment management company? 3 weeks ago:
In theory that should be prorated then, depending on the contract dates. Anywhere I have ever lived we have bridges two places to live for a couple days while moving and cleaning, and I have never been on the hook for an entire month.
- Comment on I had no idea y cunt was this powerful 3 weeks ago:
I think The Matrix had it right when they said 1999 was the peak of humanity, when platforms for these kind of shenanigans didn’t exist yet lol. Yeah we had loons on BBSs and IRC, but this is certainly something special.
- Comment on Does anyone have ideas for cable management here? 3 weeks ago:
Professional electrician and AV tech here.
Personally, and this may be overkill, but an HDMI/video matrix would do wonders to cut down the number of cables you’re working with. You’d be able to group your cables within that shelving unit, so that you can run a single HDMI to your TV. You analog consoles would need a digital converter between the console and the matrix, but since the TV itself has to do the conversation anyway and will already introduce input lag, you’re up a creek there anyway. I’d cut a plug behind the TV, as well as low volt passthrough. If you’re handy and can patch drywall/paint, I’d run smurf tube from that shelving unit through the wall to behind the TV. And as many others have said, velcro straps, not zipties.
If you don’t want to go bananas with all that, then velcro strap everything as neatly as you can. You’d also be wise to separate power and data/video cables.
- Comment on Does anyone have ideas for cable management here? 3 weeks ago:
Honestly I hate those things. It’s fine if you’re not going to add or remove anything, but velcro is easier than those. Plus the cheaper ones don’t round off the edges and can crease the cable insulation.
- Comment on Does anyone have ideas for cable management here? 3 weeks ago:
Nothing more rage inducing than someone who went ham with zipties in a rack.
Velcro, always.
- Comment on Why dont more people live in smaller communities , appart from economic opportunity (WFH is making it possible if not prefferable too) 4 weeks ago:
I mean yeah, it’s not uncommon to know where each other live, there’s also that unspoken respect of leave people alone. Also yet another reason to not be an asshole in a small town lol.
- Comment on Why dont more people live in smaller communities , appart from economic opportunity (WFH is making it possible if not prefferable too) 4 weeks ago:
I live in a small mountain town, and property values went apeshit. Like a house/cabin that was $150-250k is now $4-500k. It’s insane.
Privacy and anonymity is definitely still a thing as long as you keep you business to yourself, because as I’m guessing you’re alluding to, people are pretty chatty as it is and a smaller population makes it more difficult. It also helps to not be an asshole and give people even more to talk about, especially when most everyone knows each other.
- Comment on copper 5 weeks ago:
Tweakers: Image
- Comment on Tired of dating apps? 5 weeks ago:
I was thinking more Fairly Oddparents, but same artist.
- Comment on Now that's an interesting question 5 weeks ago:
The epitome of Californication lol
- Comment on Now that's an interesting question 5 weeks ago:
Even then, most of California was predominantly Hispanic from the mid 1700s onward. When the Spaniards came to Baja California in the mid 1750s, they established 5 Franciscan missions in baja, along with 21 missions between San Diego and just north of the bay. They mixed with the indigenous population, who then became known as Californios. It wasn’t until white people started showing up just prior to and especially during the gold rush, with then California becoming a US state in 1850. Even then, it wasn’t until the late 1800s/early 1900s that California became predominantly white, and that was primarily due to the sheer number of white folks that moved west in such numbers that eclipsed the local Hispanic population.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Damn dude, chill out. You’re assumptions are out of this world and it’s laughable.
I can tell you’re blowing smoke out of your ass because anyone with eyes and rudimentary gun knowledge would be able to tell pretty quickly this is an ar-10, not 15. This was built for me by a buddy, the optic and stock I purchased after the fact. Yes the optic is overkill for this particular rifle, and will likely get transferred to my 30-06. The image is from the shop where we signed the transfer paperwork.
You’re showing your colors as a stereotypical arrogant keyboard warrior, who takes their assumptions and runs a marathon with them, parading around like a pathetic asshat to make yourself feel better. Grow up and be better.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
It’s not a Magpul, I forget the brand but it’s super comfy.
My small town is very heavily armed, but is also way more moderate (purple) than anything. Sure we have our far right wingnuts, but they tend to be on the lower end of the intelligence spectrum in these parts. They tried forming a militia a while back, and most everyone in town just laughed at them. A lot of of us enjoy going shooting regularly (when it’s not freezing out), and I’m certainly not trying to take on the gravy seals by myself lol. My good buddies and I have contingency plans in place in case shit goes sideways in the worst of ways.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
I’m reliably accurate to about 800 yards and I really don’t like fascist assholes.
It’s also not hard to buy a gun, that’s just a bunch of baloney, even here in CA. Yes there are carry restrictions, and yes it’s more involved than other states, but buying one is not as difficult as people make it out to be.
- Comment on 7th-inning stretch 5 weeks ago:
That’s actually pretty clever in a real sadistic way
- Comment on Now that's an interesting question 5 weeks ago:
All of Southern California really.
My favorite is when dickhead white folks want “all the brown people to go back where they came from,” without the slightest clue that they were here first, and then they get real pussy when you point that fact out.
