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  • AI Deregulation & Corruption: Companies Now Have Too Many GPUs

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  • Installing Linux doesn’t magically transfer over all your files. My comment did not reference the time taken to install Linux. Additionally, for a first time Linux user, it may not be immediately clear where certain things, like mods or save files for games need to go.

    EDIT: you’d also have to install and set up all your software (independent of which OS you install). None of this is particularly difficult, but it takes time and you need to think about it in advance to avoid missing a bunch of files or programs

  • AI Deregulation & Corruption: Companies Now Have Too Many GPUs

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  • It’s not trivial to move everything over to a new device (which installing a new OS would effectively be). I waited about a year to install Linux as I was going to upgrade my computer and didn’t want to two of these moves in such a narrow time

  • After doing that, Ea-Nasir was ultimately forgotten forever, and our present world had a bit less laughter.

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  • It would diversify the complaints, but multiple transactions would need to be prevented to erase the reputation for bad copper:

    Other tablets have been found in the ruins believed to be Ea-nāṣir's dwelling. These include a letter from a man named Arbituram who complained he had not received his copper yet, while another said he was tired of receiving bad copper.[18][19]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint_tablet_to_Ea-n%C4%81%E1%B9%A3ir#Other_tablets

  • [Darktide] I'm actually really excited for the Scum

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  • Being able to take multiple of the same class is also nice. One thing that was annoying in vermintide is if you’re playing with friends and two or more people want to play the same character (Bardin and Saltzpyre were common for us).

  • Ghislaine Maxwell Gets a Puppy to Play With in Cushy Jail

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  • While I agree that we need more of the rules codified in law, the law hasn’t exactly stopped them from doing a lot of stuff either.

  • Wikipedia row erupts as founder Jimmy Wales intervenes on 'Gaza genocide' article

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  • The developing news part does complicate things quite a bit. From what I have seen of the discussion, it’s not that they intend to counteract the bias (though perhaps they do and are just hiding behind other arguments), but that they believe there is sufficient reliable sources calling it a genocide and insufficient reputable sources to contest it in the lede (instead saving it for later in the article).

    As you say, the Nazis would certainly have contested the relevant genocide claims, but that’s exactly why the editors of Wikipedia have placed less weight on government sources. Whether this bar of “sufficient reliable sources” is in the right place is a separate matter, but these matters are resolved through the RFCs they have. Wales’ statement came directly after such an RFC was held looking to reopen the conversation that was just closed, seemingly in disregard of it. If this statement had been made as part of that RFC, then it probably would have been received more positively.

  • Wikipedia row erupts as founder Jimmy Wales intervenes on 'Gaza genocide' article

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  • Thanks for finding that, I’m at the airport so was being a bit lazy, though unless I’m looking at the wrong place it says 34 UN countries have recognized it as of 2025.

    After briefly browsing the neutrality policy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view), it doesn’t look like stating it is a genocide is a problem except in the case there is no source or there assertion it is a genocide is “seriously contested”. So they can say “the ___ genocide [1]” and aren’t necessarily required to say “____ said ____”. What qualifies as a good source or a seriously contested claim would fall under one or more of the other policy pages I think.

    I should also add that while the Gaza genocide page discusses the people who claim it isn’t a genocide, particular attention in the neutrality discussion was placed on the opening sentences of the article which call it a genocide. The first paragraph in an article faces greater scrutiny for compliance with policy because it’s the first thing read and people may not read further.

  • Wikipedia row erupts as founder Jimmy Wales intervenes on 'Gaza genocide' article

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  • I’m not sure exactly what you mean by “international ruling”, but I’ll try to answer a couple of possibilities.

    To quote one user from the rather lengthy thread I linked:

    Unless you think we should deny the Armenian genocide, too, because only 30 or so countries have formally recognized it.

    This would be one example of few nations recognizing a what is generally accepted as a genocide.

    Perhaps you mean the UN specifically. Some bodies within the UN have called it a genocide, but the countries within the UN haven’t voted to declare it as such (to my knowledge). However, many argued that governments aren’t necessarily a good authority on this due to political conflicts of interest.

    The ICJ has issued some warrants related to the genocide, but I don’t know if any of their language specifically called it a genocide.

    I agree that Wikipedia should be neutral, but given the academic consensus and Wales’ conflicts of interest I think their neutral point of view policy is satisfied. To me it seems like an attempt to dress genocide denialism in the form of adhering to their “neutral point of view” policy, but this being my opinion is of course subjective.

    EDIT: it does look like they discuss the opponents to calling it a genocide in the Political Discourse section of the wiki page

    EDIT2: fixed some formatting in the quote, some of my text was accidentally included

  • Wikipedia row erupts as founder Jimmy Wales intervenes on 'Gaza genocide' article

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  • Except less than a month before, Wikipedia concluded an RFC (request for comments) discussing this exact issue where 2/3 voted to call it a genocide. He could’ve argued for it here.

    The argument primarily stemmed from governments which claimed it was not a genocide, which would also apply to other accepted genocides. He said that academics should not be considered above other sources for deciding to call it a genocide despite it being established policy on Wikipedia that academic sources are held above other sources. So basically going against well established policy which is applied to the rest of Wikipedia in direct conflict with the community consensus.

    Wales also is a self described ally of Israel and has received monetary awards from them which presents a conflict of interest. If you’d like to read the whole exchange (or part of it) you can do so here. When people link to pages in the WP namespace (e.g. WP:NPOV) they are referencing established policy

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Gaza_genocide#Statement_from_Jimbo_Wales

  • If snap benefits are paid for where are the funds going?

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  • I think they’re asking about the government’s refusal to use the money for SNAP they were given in case of a shutdown. I believe it would just be sitting in a bank account somewhere.

  • Hero rule

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  • “All colors are beautiful” -> ACAB

  • Gaza flotilla with Greta Thunberg on board departs Barcelona

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  • I think it’s more that one delivery is a drop in the bucket while achieving a constant stream of deliveries (e.g. the public puts enough pressure on their respective governments) could meaningfully address the problem

  • Scientists unlock secret to thick, stable beer foams - Ars Technica

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  • I have spoken with some of the people involved with this research previously. Beer foams aren’t really the focus here, more that it’s a complex system useful for developing the technique. Interfacial rheology and film drainage have a lot of applications. For example, this research could assist in the development of vaccine delivery methods (what should you coat the inside of your syringes with or what surfactants should you add to the vaccine to make it flow in a way that doesn’t damage the proteins or form bubbles). However, a lot of these vaccines may be difficult or expensive to prepare while beer is (relatively) cheap and readily available. Also, since the specific system doesn’t matter, why not have a little fun and use beer.

    Soaps, detergents, firefighting foams, and paints might also benefit from this research.

  • Once I said to my therapist "I'm sure you hear this kind of thing all the time", and she said "No, this is like top 5".

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  • Sudoscience* it’s what sysadmins do

  • Study: 67% of Americans Say The Affordability of Health Care is Their Top Problem

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  • I agree completely, the Democrats losing is entirely their fault. They’ve been unappealing for years so they can chase those corporate bribes. But if you listen to them it’s never their fault. I voted for them, but I didn’t like it.

  • Study: 67% of Americans Say The Affordability of Health Care is Their Top Problem

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  • Indeed, but instead we get someone who will take a torch to it. One vote was for someone who would make things worse more slowly and the other was for someone who would make things very bad very quickly. We decided to go quickly.

  • Study: 67% of Americans Say The Affordability of Health Care is Their Top Problem

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  • The last third aren’t necessarily ok with the healthcare situation, it’s just not their top concern. Some of them might be most concerned about being sent to a concentration camp or losing their job (which would affect their ability to afford health care plus a bunch of other stuff).

  • Finally moving to linux, need replacement hardware suggestions

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  • The problem with using wind and solar is that you’d need a lot of it due to the energy requirements. While both should be used extensively, there comes a point where the resources required (these would likely use precious metal catalysts) to build the CCS plants and all the power infrastructure for it and waste produced makes it the obvious choice to just use trees.

    If you look at how trees function, it is an incredibly complex process with some rather extreme conditions which are difficult to replicate with machines. If someone does manage to get it done efficiently then that’s great (though I think this is unlikely). But I don’t want it to become like recycling did: an excuse for companies to do whatever they want. The original expression was “reduce, reuse, recycle” with recycling being the last resort, but now we never hear about the first two because they get in the way of obscene profit.