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Douglas Kilpatrick@kilpatds.bsky.social |
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kilpatds@elsewhere Long term unix systems programmer, gamer, crazy person.
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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"the government shouldn't be able to stop me from being racist/a pedophile/etc. I guess I'm a libertarian Oh wait, we're in power now? Death to all who would have stopped me!"
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Windypundit
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I think part of it is that when formerly powerful groups lose control of the government--men to women, whites to other races, straights to gays--a philosophy of less powerful government starts look pretty good to some former authoritarian types.
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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Time of Battle was clearly (in retrospect) a 4e test case/trial balloon. Incarnum? Uh, that never went anywhere. Weapons of Legacy had an idea, but that idea got explicitly rejected by later versions
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Very Very Common Mike Dunford
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Also: Every day is Shut the Fuck Up Friday, m'kay?
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Adam Bonin
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The Philadelphia Inquirer gets it right.
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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(film on request)
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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Also before turning across the bike lane THAT HAS A RED LIGHT, because the bike might get see the cars green light instead
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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It takes more energy to train the AI, but human training needed years (while.consuming multiple kWh of food energy per day). It's not as far off as people claim
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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(food also contains gigantic amounts of energy. 2000 food calories (2000 kilocalories) is about 2.3kWh, which is about 200+ chatgpt responses)
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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Don't forget to create a new list everytime she unsubscribes to an existing one. And helpfully subscribe her to that because you're sure she'd be interested.
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Paul Frazee
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Whoever decided to use "bits per second" instead of "bytes per second" is my sworn enemy
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Pwnallthethings
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Not suggesting that these are necessarily the way to do it, but really just very tired of people pretending this is an impossible problem, rather than just a run-of-the-mill incentives failure.
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Ian Coldwater 📦💥
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The sheer volume of repeat reply guys on Mastodon stems from a real technical limitation of the way they do federation over there. Even if one was inclined to read the other comments to see if someone had posted them already, you can’t actually see comments across instances in a lot of cases
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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He's pointing out that when Linux supports things, it's simpler than Windows. The distro comes with all the drivers that exist, basically, and you never have to search out a newer driver/worry about driver versions.
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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Specifically, on Frame.work laptops, everything works. System76 also makes laptops where everything works.
I use Fedora as my main OS, but I’m crazy. Mint or Ubuntu might be better distros for someone trying it out initially.
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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If you can stay “on the easy path”, then there basically is very little learning path, and thanks to Valve/Steam, games are mostly included in the easy-path. Then you decide to install a mod to BG3, and now you’re trying to figure out how Wine works and what a Lutris is
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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Yes, Linux runs on your average laptop…but there’s frequently some [*]s there where on most laptops everything works, but on THAT laptop the WiFi card doesn’t. The learning curve starts shallow (oh look, a gui, just like everyone else), then goes vertical w/o warning.
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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As someone who's used Linux as his main OS since 1993 or so... I might not be the target audience
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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Frame.work do it yourself edition? (Ie, Linux)
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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Per two posts later, I was taking a guess at the weird display behavior. No clue what's going on with the keyboard (and per his update, my guess at the display was wrong)
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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(no clue on the keyboard part. Just the "some ports work for display" part)
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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“USB4/DP for upper left and right slots, USB 3.2/DP for lower left slot and USB 3.2 only for lower right slot” (plus power delivery on all ports).
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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It's the AMD isn't it? Not all the USB-C ports in their AMD model are thunderbolt compatible
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Pwnallthethings
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Folks can argue with the basic premise of "take google money, give it to journos", but if that is your goal, link taxes are the wrong approach. The right approach if that is the goal is "tax google, subsidize journos", not "structure an giant incentive so google bans news sites"
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Jacob T. Levy
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I've gotten depressingly used to "you had one job, libertarianism..." moments, but: you had one job, libertarianism, and it was *discouraging people from worshipping autocrats as divinities or divinely chosen.*
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Mekka Okereke
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"Face eating leopards" theory teaches us that Trump supporting women who want to protect reproductive rights, will: 1) vote for Trump 2) then ask him to protect reproductive rights 3) then be genuinely, legitimately surprised, when he does not
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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Uh, yes. Both.
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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Should I ask what the context is? Or is this one of those ignorance is bliss situations?
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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I love that tactic... (Killing everyone else stealthily) to the point that... I may have slightly too many "2 level dip on warlock for devils sight" characters in my party
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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Bloodlust. All day "kill someone for an extra action this round(max 1/rnd)" is soooo good Also I've been known to get a halfling hirling from withers just to be a transmutation wizard for the double-brew benefit
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Mike Masnick
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If you can't prove the damages, I'm going to question their existence. In other areas of the law we do require plaintiffs to show damages. Why not with copyright?
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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How so? (How is NYCs ranked-choice uniquely bad?)
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Pwnallthethings
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"what if we rent control" don't need to if you built more houses. "But bad landlords" build more houses buddy. "But VCs owning them would be" look, build more houses to bankrupt them.
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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No, they don't. They just weigh the produce. The automated systems check the weight of the item in the bagging area with the weight it's supposed to have to try and detect "scan cheap thing, bag expensive thing" tricks
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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Then add in the delays because I don't have produce codes memorized like the cashiers do, and/or delays because I went to fast and now it thinks I'm stealing, or delays to buy alcohol... And it's just So. Damn. Slow.
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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They're so damn slow .. Put bag in bagging area. Told to remove unexpected item. Scan item. Put item in bagging area, but not in bag because I can't put the bag there. Wait for it to approve..scan next item. Repeat. Then bag everything after I've paid, instead of bagging while the cashier scans.
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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The self-checkout machines won't LET me go as fast as a cashier, because they have to weigh everything on the assumption that I'm a dumb thief. Cashiers are faster because they're allowed to be
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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(IOW, I feel like there are informal cabals setting the dominant wages in most other fields. And my field has somehow escaped that due to the extremely low costs of starting our own business)
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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The opportunity cost of working for you isn't working for your competitors... It's starting my own damn business where I get to capture all my value. And software is an incredible lever for value.
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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As a professionally overpaid computer person, in my field specifically I think it's a little less "pure supply and demand" than I think you're suggesting... It's the incredibly low capital requirements combined with the marginal value of code.
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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The studs are almost always 16" or 24" on center, if that helps getting measurements out
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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"If you meant to call the ATF, press 5 and we'll forward the call" ?
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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To paraphrase @swiftonsecurity.com badly: if you see someone so wrong it has to be deliberate,... Assume it is. You're facing the wrong end of the engineered engagement
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Comfortably Numb
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Dril: In my tweet I invented the Racism Dial as a cautionary tale. OpenAI: At long last, we have created the Racism Dial from classic Dril's tweet "Don't Create The Racism Dial".
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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Still surprised. That's an area of installers and hardware with little enough variation I'd not have expected any opportunity for user error. Huh.
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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Ok, I'll bite. How the heck was the SSD not recognized?
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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I remember preferring "FrameMaker" for a bit... But it wasn't really a competitor. More layout than writing
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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Launch from extreme range while steathed
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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Got the gun stations from the fortresses? Calling in artillery strikes is one way to make the settlements more useful
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Douglas Kilpatrick
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Eh, depends on your build. It's still a 10mm base, so won't compare to rifles/etc for a run&gun style.
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