I sincerely hope this is the truth. I don’t give two shits what they recommend. I haven’t had COVID yet, and I’m not about to get it. Let me and my doctor decide if I get the vaccine yearly.

Also, the government isn’t paying for my COVID shots any more. I am. Even if it only decreases my chances of infection by a small percentage, let me make that choice.

As the article mentions, this isn’t a security “feature,” it’s anti-competetive. The worst part is that Nextcloud isn’t even really in competition with Google. Setting up a Nextcloud server isn’t hard, but it’s not a trivial task. Sharing it outside your local network also requires a bit of skill, especially if done securely. That is to say, Nextcloud users probably tend to be more tech-savvy.

The people using Nextcloud aren’t going to suddenly decide to switch over to Google Drive. I’ll get it from FDroid before I downgrade to Google Drive. If that wasn’t an option, I’d set up an FTP server or even WebDAV.

This isn’t an AI problem. This is a “most humans are assholes” problem. How hard is it to say “Oh, you don’t have what I need? That’s too bad. Can you please cancel my subscription?”

Personally, my problem was always that math concepts were never presented in a way that actually made sense in the “real world.”

I was taught that complex numbers were real numbers with imaginary parts that had something to do with the square root of -1. Yeah, I get it, but… why?

Fast forward a few decades and I’m writing code that processes a digitized waveform. Now it makes sense. Math isn’t hard when you have a frame of reference. Learning math concepts solely for the sake of learning them is very hard.

Gas turbines produce a lot of power, as in 1MW or more per turbine. Is this a backup system, or is the facility using so much power that they literally need their own electric plant to sustain it?

Even better. He lived (lives in prison now) in her parents’ house, according to the article.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/04/11/trump-head-lapel-pin/

Looks like it was one cabinet member, and probably not a requirement.

I totally get how this would be useful in imaging systems, but I’m not understanding how it applies to communications.

The only thing I can think is perhaps carrying more modes through a multimode fiber? I never understood amplifier bandwidth to be a limiting factor, though.

What communications systems use a wide bandwidth of light (300nm is a LOT) into a single amplifier?

The fact that something this extreme is actually required to enact political change is absolutely ridiculous, but much respect to him for what he’s doing.

On a practical note, I was thinking the same thing as you. I don’t think I could stand for 17 hours straight. I absolutely could not go 17 hours without a bathroom break.

With you 100%. I’m not exaggerating when I say I have over 100 “IoT” devices in my home. Its great. Lights come on and turn off exactly when I need them to. Fans, heating, cooling, it all happens at exactly the right time. My entire property is monitored via video and recorded 24/7. Do you know how many would stop working if my internet connection shut off? Zero. Most are Zigbee, but the ones on WiFi are on a VLAN that doesn’t have a route to the internet.

IoT devices are fantastic cost-effective ways to automate your home. Cloud services are ad-infested data-harvesting hot garbage.

Out of all the things this administration has done, this one almost seems somewhat logical.

I can understand not having a RealID or passport, since both are mainly for travel. Not everyone has a need or desire to travel.

Section D says a government-issued ID and proof of citizenship is okay. Doesn’t everyone at least have a state ID (probably a drivers license) and a birth certificate?

As an veteran, I’d just like to offer an emphatic “fuck you” to anyone who thinks this is a good idea. If you served your country with honor, you deserve the same recognition as any other member of the Armed Forces that served alongside you. I don’t care about your race, ethnicity, orientation, creed, religion, or anything else. We’re all part of the same team.

Even if everyone in the chat had a need-to-know, you do not use insecure 3rd-party software for classified communications. Secure networks already exist for this.

This has to be one of the stupidest and least effective laws I’ve heard of. There are thousands of other DNS servers that are publicly available and not subject to Italian law.

This is also true of Jellyfin, though. I have apps on my Windows PC, my Android phone, multiple Nvidia Shield boxes on my TVs, plus the web interface if I need it.

I switched over from Plex several years ago, and while it takes a bit more time to configure, compatibility for clients seems just as good for Jellyfin as it is for Plex.

Most importantly, Jellyfin is strictly client/server, no “cloud” bullshit and no remote account is required; I don’t want Plex phoning home with a list of the media on my file server.

Personally, I’d really like the option of running LLMs locally, but the hardware requirements make it hard. Small models run okay on CPU or low-end GPUs, but anything approaching the complexity and usefulness of GPT4 or DeepSeek requires a hefty GPU setup. Considering how much even old hardware like the P40 has gone up in price, it’s hard to justify the cost.

What’s the deal with OpenAI and xAI? Apparently he is no longer on the board of OpenAI but is still a financial backer. Yet he’s also starting a company to compete directly with them. Why sabotage his own interests?

I don’t think this person’s point was that everyone needs to eat tofu instead of eggs, but instead that there are plenty of other options. Yeah, it sucks that food is becoming more expensive, but there are a lot of different food options to choose from.

For what it’s worth, I agree with you. I don’t consume meat, but I do eat products containing eggs. It just blows my mind that eggs are so important to people. If I could never eat eggs again, it would be akin to someone telling me “You can never use Tide detergent now. You have to use Gain.” Oh well, whatever. There are 1000 different options. The fact that this one particular dietary item is so important to people is just strange to me.

Overall, groceries have gone up significantly in price over the last few years. I don’t really get why eggs are what everyone is talking about, though. It seems like the public discourse right now is all about “Eggs cost too much!” and not “It costs too much to eat.” Why eggs? If eggs are too expensive, maybe eat something else?