Literally billions of instances of censorship every year, the DMCA is such an awful law

but I’m playing it in English, so I guess I wouldn’t have anyway?

The text in the screenshot in the reddit post they link is in English

Does sterling imply silver? I did the numbers and apparently an actual pound of silver is now 422 pounds.

I don’t like the idea of recurring payments especially for something I’m not actively using because then I have to remember to shut it off at some point.

Maybe you decide $10/mo is such a small number (the price of two coffees in any country where I’ve lived over the past 15 years) that you’re happy to keep on donating at the end of one year?

What, like I’m going to remember a year in advance to look into this? I’m willing to donate a little to things on rare occasions but I don’t think I would do it this way because I don’t want an accumulation of little monthly payments I have stopped thinking about draining my finances.

The article brings up good criticisms, like all the minors getting molested due to the platform being negligent, and manipulative in game spending options. Paying for online content creation work doesn’t seem as bad as that to me though.

I love it, hate having to check my phone for these, brilliant choice to put the code onscreen

To me it seems fine, especially if there’s still a free version that’s basically the same or it gets released after a delay. I don’t think I’d pay for something like this myself, and maybe they’re taking some legal risk, but if the money lets them spend time making media accessible, how is there a problem that outweighs the good?

Thanks for taking the time to go through that. These quotes show difficulty disambiguating violent vs nonviolent movements and their outcomes in the data, but I’d say that doesn’t quite justify your implied claim that the data points to violent civil resistance methods as successfully “play[ing] a more direct role in undermining the system of oppression.”

Her data shows that violent and non-violent methods often work in tandem

Does it? I read the whole interview in the OP post and it does not seem like this would be the opinion of the researcher:

The finding is that civil resistance campaigns often lead to longer-term reforms and changes that bring about democratization compared with violent campaigns. Countries in which there were nonviolent campaigns were about 10 times likelier to transition to democracies within a five-year period compared to countries in which there were violent campaigns — whether the campaigns succeeded or failed. This is because even though they “failed” in the short term, the nonviolent campaigns tended to empower moderates or reformers within the ruling elites who gradually began to initiate changes and liberalize the polity.

How do you justify the claim that her data shows the usefulness of violent civil resistance campaigns?

Well it is from the youtube transcript which interprets “ninety sixty” as 960. I didn’t want to watch the video either so there’s not much point trying to proofread for accuracy and I didn’t bother, but I’ll correct that detail. If you want to watch the video and come up with your own summary, feel free. To me the important details here are that it is $350 and 16GB vram.

Here’s a summary of the transcript generated with qwen3:

1. Product Overview:

   • The AMD RX 9060 XT is a mid-range GPU with 16GB VRAM, competing against NVIDIA’s RTX 5060 Ti (8GB VRAM).
   • AMD also offers an 8GB version of the RX 9060 XT, likely for cost-effective market strategy, but the reviewer strongly recommends the 16GB variant for better future-proofing and performance in memory-demanding tasks.

2. Pricing and Strategy:

   • AMD leverages NVIDIA’s higher pricing for the RTX 5060 Ti (which is more expensive than the RX 9060 XT) to position its card as a better value proposition. The reviewer advocates for 16GB over 8GB GPUs, even if it means slightly higher costs.

3. Performance Comparison:

   • Power Efficiency: The RTX 5060 Ti is noted for 30% lower power consumption at similar performance levels, a significant advantage for NVIDIA.
   • Ray Tracing: NVIDIA generally excels in ray-tracing performance, though AMD might edge ahead in specific scenarios.
   • Driver Ecosystem: Historically, NVIDIA’s drivers are more polished, but recent controversies around NVIDIA’s driver updates have shifted perceptions, with AMD now appearing more reliable in this area.

4. Hardware Design:

   • The RX 9060 XT features a simplified design with minimal VRM components and uses thermal putty (common in Gigabyte’s builds) on the GPU and memory ICs for heat dissipation. The PCB layout is basic, reflecting its mid-range positioning.

5. AMD’s Transparency Initiative:

   • AMD emphasized independent testing in its review guide, urging reviewers to conduct unbiased evaluations without interference. The reviewer confirms AMD adhered to this policy, praising the company for ethical practices amidst NVIDIA’s recent controversies.

6. Market Positioning:

   • The RX 9060 XT is framed as a strategic counter to NVIDIA, challenging its dominance through competitive pricing and VRAM capacity. The reviewer applauds AMD’s bold move, calling it a “slap in the face” to NVIDIA’s pricing strategy.

7. Conclusion:

   • The RX 9060 XT is recommended for users prioritizing VRAM capacity and value, especially in a market where NVIDIA’s pricing and driver issues create opportunities for AMD. While NVIDIA leads in power efficiency and ray tracing, the RX 9060 XT’s 16GB VRAM and lower cost make it a compelling choice for many gamers and creators.

Final Verdict: A strong contender in the mid-range GPU segment, the RX 9060 XT offers a balanced mix of performance, VRAM, and price, positioning AMD as a formidable competitor to NVIDIA in the current GPU landscape.

The video doesn’t mention it but I looked it up and apparently this card has msrp of $350, but comments on the video are predicting that in practice it will be more expensive than that.

The officer said there had been a noise complaint about the medical center’s air conditioning units, and cannabis was possibly being cultivated inside, the complaint says.

He repeatedly surveilled the property in 2023 and reported the “distinct odor of live cannabis plant and not the odor of dried cannabis being smoked” — as well as tinted windows, security cameras and two people dressed similarly, according to the complaint.

The officer believed these were signs of a hidden marijuana growing operation, and efforts to expand it, the complaint says.

lol

Sure, if you think to do so before your computer doesn’t work

Lots of Windows machines come with the OS preinstalled but no install media, you will need another computer in that case.

Depends on the data, some data would be fine being deleted but not fine being leaked, some the other way around.

Doesn’t seem to be the case, some popular servers:

• Ollama written in Go
• llama.cpp C++

And then of course talking to these servers can be in any language that has a library for it or even just handles network requests, although Python is a nice choice. Possibly the process of training models is more heavy on the Python dependencies than inference is, haven’t actually done anything with that though.

For that you would have to completely change how currency is issued and managed. Money is created by being borrowed directly or indirectly from the central bank, and the reason it is possible for those loans to later be repaid is because even more money is loaned out later, so it’s not going to be a game of musical chairs where there isn’t enough money going around to pay them all back, they keep bringing in more chairs. There is always an increasing amount of money in the system, and they make it that way on purpose to keep things running the way they want them to.

Personally what I hate about this setup is, a person who meets the requirements to obtain a business loan can now take this money that was created out of thin air, use it to coerce labor out of people who have no way to get money other than working, and keep the profits. What if our lives would all be better off working a bit less? Too bad, that decision isn’t up to us, how much we must work is indirectly decided by monetary policy, which the average person realistically has zero influence over, and the goal is a high level of “economic activity”, ie. as many people as possible subject to financial coercion.

Here’s an idea: gameplay sort of like Goblin Cleanup, you have various chores you have to do cleaning and arranging the various levels of the tower at night while the dragon is home, and your work has to pass an inspection. Then during the day you are locked in your room, and have some ability to watch a prospective rescuer attempt the dungeon crawl without your direct input. But you can strategically arrange items, enemy spawns, and Dark Souls style hints to try to tip the scales during the chores phase. So kind of like a tower defense game in reverse where you are trying to lose.

TIL apt isn’t literally the same thing as apt-get