Iced Raktajino

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5 mo. ago

I'm beautiful and tough like a diamond...or beef jerky in a ball gown.

Two thoughts:

I'm genuinely surprised. What's the catch? Are they just waiting for a better case like the one in Texas?
Eat shit, Kim Davis.

4周前

Pluribus - Series Premiere Discussion Thread

I had the same thought.

Couple of possibilities:

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Animals don't seem to be infected in the same way humans are, and rats bite on their own anyway. Perhaps it was just a carrier rather than part of the hive. While it showed the same symptoms as later humans who became infected that doesn't necessarily mean it was part of the hive. The zoo animals that were let loose definitely do not seem to be part of the hive (they attacked "them" who couldn't defend themselves).
If the rat was part of the hive, then it could just be the "biological imperative to spread" loophole that allows them to assimilate without consent.

4周前

Pluribus - Series Premiere Discussion Thread

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They also seem to do 100% of everything they're told to do.

I'm also wondering if that is just to placate the immune until "They" figure out the fix. Assuming "they" truly cannot intentionally cause harm to another living thing (and nothing so far has indicated that to be untrue), then the immune population (no matter how tiny) could be considered a threat and acting like a doormat is just "their" way of dealing with that.

Since they don't consider assimilation to be harm, once "they" figure out how to infect the immune, I think things could turn quite a bit darker after that (but still with the creepy cheerful demeanor).

Edit/addition: While "they" seemingly cannot cause harm to people, they don't seem to be limited such that they're forced to prevent harm from occurring.

Evidence:

Carol was close to heat exhaustion when burying Helen. "Pirate Lady" only suggested she drink some water but did not force her to.
"They" don't seem to care that the dangerous zoo animals mauled/killed people
"Pirate Lady" flat out said "they" could not protect Carol and the other "immune" from each other.

Between that and the "biological imperative to spread" loopholes, I'm definitely curious where those go.

I'm genuinely excited to see where this goes.

4周前

Pluribus - Series Premiere Discussion Thread

"Them" Theory

I think, at face value, "they" are truly benign in their own way. However, because "they" don't consider assimilation to be causing harm, merely a biological imperative, ultimately humanity and Earth are merely going to be vessels for "them" to further procreate.

In the first episode, the astrophysicists were discussing the massive energy requirements and how it would have taken an antenna array the "size of Africa" to send that signal.

My theory is that is the endgame for earth/humanity (and was what happened on the planet where the signal originated). "They", while benign and otherwise passive, will use "their" hive mind and a significant portion (or all) of Earth's resources to build another transmitter to further spread.

How much of humanity is lost in that endeavor and how much resources remain afterward are yet to be determined though. Maybe "they" leave a remnant population, maybe "they" don't.

4周前

Sun Protection + Phone Charge = Big Brain Time

Pictured: Serious Pokemon Go player, 2017

4周前

Shots fired at Border Patrol agents on Chicago's West Side, DHS says

and "crisis actors"

4周前

Voter fury emerges over skyrocketing electricity bills as AI stokes demand — and fears of a stock market bubble

Nice. Yeah, that's what I'm looking to do. Grid is just there when I'm not generating enough onsite.

The good thing is there seem to be plenty of options these days.

4周前

Voter fury emerges over skyrocketing electricity bills as AI stokes demand — and fears of a stock market bubble

Yeah, that's a good place to start. Seeing that it costs almost $50/mo just to run my server/network gear was really eye opening. The stack averages about 290 watts (thank the gods I downsized when I did!) which comes out to:

(290/1000) * 24 * 30 * 0.23 = $48.02/mo

Still cheaper than cloud subscriptions, though.

4周前

Voter fury emerges over skyrocketing electricity bills as AI stokes demand — and fears of a stock market bubble

Yeah, I was looking at Anker's version of that, but it doesn't have quite as much flexibility as some of dedicated hybrid solar inverters I was looking at. I haven't read the specs for the EcoFlow version, but Anker's is positioned more as a UPS/backup power for your house rather than primary power (unless you're fully off-grid).

The hybrid inverter I was looking at can be configured in "UPS" mode (backup if your power is out) or only to use utility power if there's not enough PV and the batteries are low as well as some other combinations.

I'm still in the planning phases since I don't want to be installing on the roof or burying conduit in the winter lol.

4周前

Voter fury emerges over skyrocketing electricity bills as AI stokes demand — and fears of a stock market bubble

Thanks. And yeah, being able to install solar eventually was one of many factors when I decided to buy a house on a whim rather than rent (not so much a whim as "ahead of schedule" due to unforeseen circumstances surrounding the house I was currently renting).

$0.56/kwh power

Jesus. My condolences. I hope anything you feed back is credited at retail rate.

4周前

Voter fury emerges over skyrocketing electricity bills as AI stokes demand — and fears of a stock market bubble

This has been the push I've needed to pull the trigger on installing solar. My electric rates have gone from $0.09/KWh to $0.23/KWh in the last 5 years. Just got my bill after reducing as much as I could (my house is all electric sans the furnace). "Surely it'll be under $100 this month," I thought. Nope.

I've got 800W of PV currently in an ad-hoc setup* but I'm putting together the plan for a 3.2 KW system that can auto switch between battery, PV, and grid without backfeeding. Minus the batteries, the whole setup is going to cost me about $7,000. (Batteries aren't required and will be added later)

Grid-tie is technically legal in my area, but the hoops you have to jump through are insane and there's a high likelihood of being denied by the power company over the most bullshit of minutiae (seriously, they treat someone possibly feeding back 400 watts the same as if you were a MW-scale solar farm).

*The ad-hoc setup is just 4x200W panels in a 2S2P config. I charge an Anker PowerStation from that and use it to power random stuff. It's currently powering my server stack while charging from the panels. :)

4周前

Is there a TV show you've ever watched that failed, that would've been handled better on another network?

I kinda feel like Revolution may have done better on SyFy or FX rather than NBC. Was canceled after the second season.

4周前

Lemmings who still don't want to use AI, why?

Because:

I'm not a lazy, smooth-brained rube.
I'm not in the business of selling AI to lazy, smooth-brained rubes
I have no stake in the supply chain nor do I stand to profit from those selling AI to lazy, smooth-brained rubes.

Furthermore:

I don't trust "AI". If I'm going to have to fact check it anyway, might as well just do it myself and earn the damn knowledge.
AI does not work for me (or you). It works for the companies who are forcing it on you and sucking up your data.
The energy costs and water requirements are mindbogglingly staggering
I refuse to feed or ride any hype train
It's creating scarcity of things that could be put to better use (energy, water, computer components, land, talent, you name it).
It's not even AI. It's just a dead-end bullshit generator

4周前

Senate Democrats propose 1-year Obamacare subsidies punt in new shutdown offer

1个月前

what are GSI roms?

do GSI roms still contain google binaries (play store, play services, etc...) or is it similar to a AOSP rom where its just a bare android image

Yes. That's to say they can be either depending on how the ROM was built. All of the GSI ROM builders I've worked with usually have multiple releases of the same build with different configurations: root, no root, with Google services (often MicroG), without Google services, combinations of both, etc.

To my understanding, GSI ROMs are basically just the "userland" portion of a full ROM. Basically they use the stock/existing kernel, drivers, etc but replace the rest of the system that runs on top of it. If memory serves, they're possible due to Project Treble. Sadly, they still require an unlocked bootloader to install, so they're not a total fix-all.

They're also very generic generic images (hence the "G" in the term). They're not optimized for any specific device and can be hit-or-miss feature wise depending on the device. If you're already reading about a specific device on XDA forums, then you'll probably be able to see what works and what doesn't.

TL;DR: Running a GSI ROM is like upgrading to a newer Linux distro but without upgrading the kernel.

1个月前

Summoning new users to the fediverse be like...

Eh, still better than a dumb, annoying, and/or super political account lol.

1个月前

If AI was all it was cracked up to be, it wouldn't be shoved in your face 24/7

In my nearly half century on this planet and having dealt with many a drug dealer in my younger days, absolutely none of them have been this pushy 😆

1个月前

how do you explain selfhosting to the non-techies in your life?

"Does it piss you off when Google/whatever does [blank]? Yeah, me too. So I run my own versions to not have to deal with that crap. Would you like me to set you up an account on my stuff?"

1个月前

If AI was all it was cracked up to be, it wouldn't be shoved in your face 24/7