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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.

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.