I’ve been following @imaqtpie and your posts in this thread (haven’t looked through your history) and I think you are both making reasonable but unpopular statements. Much of the problem seems to be different goals and investments in conversation from different parties.

You guys are raising what you think are rational nuanced views on controversial topics, assuming others will respond with their own take, pushing back on your ideas in some cases and validating you in others. This is the “healthy debate” ideal, where there are no high stakes, just banter among friends or like minded individuals who enjoy fleshing out ideas and learning.

The issue is you’re not sitting in a living room with people you know, or at dinner table with a mix of acquaintances and strangers where you can read the room. You mentioned this in your original post, how the text format of social media can be more challenging than face to face. I posit it’s not only the fact that you can’t read body language or have to give your whole argument in mini essay form instead of conversational chunks, but the fact that the “dinner table” is actually composed of a flow of people with different motivations, dispositions and attention spans.

Social media is often likened to a town square for this reason. You have huge reach to get your “message” out, but the kinds of conversations you’re having are not ones that you would likely print off as manifestos and shout/distribute while atop a soapbox in real life. Yet, that’s what can happen in a place like this. You start a conversation in a small sub thinking it’s a dinner table, then all of a sudden everyone and their dog is there and has an opinion.

If you imagine yourself on a streetcorner engaging random passerbys then it starts to make sense. Sure, some regulars stop for a friendly chat each morning and engage in constructive banter over a coffee before going to work, but others are just waiting for the bus, or walking their dog, and they hear fragments of your conversation and are upset by it. They didn’t agree to your terms of debate, hell they don’t even want a debate. They just heard you say something slanderous and are pissed! They call you a name, flip you the bird, and walk on in disbelief that someone like you could be so ignorant and spew your backwards views on innocent bystanders. Why, you must be some kind of radical. You have the panflets and are saying discriminating things, what’s your motive? It can’t be good.

You on the other hand are shocked by this engagement and are crafting a rebuttal. What are they talking about? Which part of the conversation upset them? Did they misunderstand your point or miss some context? You prepare a whole speech but they’re gone. Your reply never reaches them because they weren’t in a debate to begin with, they were just walking by.

As I write this now, twice I’ve thought about stopping and deleting it. Not because I don’t stand by what I’m saying, but because I’m lying in bed typing on my phone, and what would have been a 5 minute conversation has now taken me over 20 minutes to type with my thumbs and I’m going to be late for work. I’m replying to a the bottom of a comment thread so many layers deep will anyone see it? I know you will, maybe @imaqtpie, but that’s probably it. Was it worth it? What do I get for all this effort? It’s easier to not engage and just leave you two hangning.

In your case you probably get a lot of downvotes for your effort and negative reactions, which have to be discouraging. But again, I think that’s all you can expect when you realize that the vast majority of people aren’t like you, aren’t your friends, and aren’t at the same table. If it’s possible to enjoy debating for the few people who do come by and enrich you, while sluffing off all the low effort jabs and thumbs down, then the soapbox might be for you. Otherwise yeah, it doesn’t seem worth it.

Anyway this has turned into quite the ramble. Cheers from a guy who enjoys talking on his way to work.

Of course you’d say that, you have the brainpan of a stagecoach tilter!

Update: I just saw that CrossPoint has has an affiliate link, and that if you buy the reader direct from the manufacture you can still get unlocked USB devices. It’s only on the international stores like AliExpress that you may get a crippled version. https://github.com/crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader

I was interested in them but all the listings on AliExpress expressly said they didn’t support custom firmware. I started looking into it and it seems to be something theu did after they got popular.

Here’s some info, but a lot of it is scattered around online communities: https://pocketink.io/blog/xteink-locked-or-unlocked-buying-guide/

But XTEINK is actively working to combat the flashing of open source software. It seems they had a spike in sales and interest due to their affordable hardware, but if they continue to lock aftermaket software out tech savvy people will be looking for different options.

Update: I just saw that CrossPoint has has an affiliate link, and that if you buy the reader direct from the manufacture you can still get unlocked USB devices. It’s only on the international stores like AliExpress that you may get a crippled version. https://github.com/crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader

For now, yes. Microsoft is already well on it’s way to a closed ecosystem where you’ll only be able to run signed software on “your” PC.

And with hardware prices being what they are, people aren’t going to be investing in PC gaming or new systems. The time is right to gouge and limit freedom.

And while those are cool and all, they have severe limitations due to the frequencies they use and can not scale past a hobbiest load.

If we want what we consider a “full featured” internet alternative, it will have to be built as a layer on top of the existing internet. Similar to the dark web, it’ll be sort of a grey web where tech savvy people convene and don’t cause enough fuss to be a target for crackdown. So long as encryption remains legal there are no major barriers. If we lose that it becomes much more difficult.

No it’s not. Nothing is invincible. Doesn’t matter how much armour you put on a helicopter or a jet, there will be weak spots (rotors, intakes, etc).

Loosing a single helicopter in a fluke is not a bad look. If it happens frequently that’s a different story.

That’s unfortunately what the algorithm gives when it doesn’t know very much about you: bottom of the barrel slop. I’m the opposite and stay logged in, but I’m also diligent about removing items from my watchlist if I didn’t like them, or if I see they’re skewing the algorithm.

Wow. I mean, props to you for being honest about it. You… kinda suck. Hope you snap out of it some day and realize you can be a better person.

Yes and no. There has been a HUGE jump in integrated graphics over the last five years. I’m guessing your Intel CPU is older and not one of the newer ones with Arc cores.

Integrated will never compete with a discrete GPU, but for indy and midrange titles you can now do without most of the time if your target is casual gaming (1080p and below, 60fps and under). The biggest issue is AMD and Intel don’t do a very good job of showing which CPU models actually come with good GPU architectures as they often package older ones on budget models.

Snapshots and the contextual information derived from them are saved and encrypted to your local hard drive. Recall does not share snapshots or associated data with Microsoft or third parties, nor is it shared between different Windows users on the same device. Windows will ask for your permission before saving snapshots. You are always in control of what apps and websites get saved in snapshots, and you can delete snapshots, pause or turn them off at any time. Any future options for the user to share data will require fully informed explicit action by the user.

Considering the thread we’re talking in, it’s up to you if you trust MS to implement this well, but they are not uploading the screenshots to the cloud.

Personally I think the idea of Recall is great if it works to help you and only you. The problem isn’t the idea, it’s the trust. If a reputable open source project or Linux distro made a feature like this I think it would be cool, because I know my privacy is going to be respected and the feature is designed solely to help me and nothing more. However, when MS suggests this I’m immediately cautious, skeptical, and concerned about how it could be used against me.

It does. People often throw this out there as if it fits all situations, but it doesn’t. Plex is handling the proxying for you which is what makes it so easy.

A better comparison, if running your own reverse proxy was too complicated, would be to use something like Cloudflare Tunnels. However that’s still extra steps, they dont want you media streaming on their free plan, and you still have the issue of Jellyfin not being the most secure code that you really want to open up to the whole internet. That’s why a one size fits all answer is difficult.

Ah, understood. I thought you were talking about the hardware.

Sorry, what about it isn’t the same? Is the pixel not using DPAlt mode do handle external montors/docks?

I just realized I’ve been down voting you every time I come across you because of that stupid “þ”, and I’m not going to stop.

I didn’t consider myself a petty person until today, but it’s hard to argue with the facts.

Used to be. Have you seen SSD prices recently? 1TB is now ~$250 CAD.

Reminds me of this: https://youtu.be/OccgHwPwwjo

I get where you’re coming from, but we as a society haven’t even TRIED to hold billionaires accountable. Do they make it difficult? Of course they do, but a huge percentage of the population still look up to the ultra rich and think they’re geniuses who deserve it.

If society ACTUALLY got fed up and demanded they be held accountable, and jail and seizing their assets wasn’t enough, then you consider more severe forms of punishment. As it stands right now we’re barely handing out the equivalent of an occasional speeding ticket to these people and wondering why it isn’t effective.