ArbitraryValue

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[–] ArbitraryValue 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'm not saying it isn't valuable - only that it isn't surprising. With that said, leaking a private discussion which just coincidentally shows they're not bluffing is awfully convenient...

[–] ArbitraryValue 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

I don't see any new loathing revealed here, because the participants' private attitudes appear to be consistent with their public statements. Did the people who are surprised by this think that the public hostility was just an act?

(On the contrary, I think this was a relatively reasonable discussion aside from some gratuitous insults. Isolationism is a normal ideology compared to, say, trying to annex Canada.)

[–] ArbitraryValue 1 points 4 days ago

I'm picturing it jump up rapids like a salmon.

[–] ArbitraryValue 18 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Identify specific acts Trump has taken to harm you that cannot be construed as core executive functions. This will give Roberts the chance to list some conduct that is—and conversely that can never be—a core executive function, to diffuse Trump’s notion that he can get away with murder. Hint: trying to impeach a federal judge is not, and can never be, a core executive function. Lying to American citizens about a foreign invasion is not, and can never be, a core executive function.

I don't see how the Presidential immunity ruling is relevant to Trump's current actions. So what if something Trump does is not a core executive function? The idea that Trump could face criminal charges right now, as the sitting President, seems far-fetched. It's especially far-fetched for these examples, which he doesn't need immunity for because they're not crimes.

[–] ArbitraryValue 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Floating upstream - what a coconut!

[–] ArbitraryValue 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

A great game if you like gritty fantasy, turn based tactics, and losing.

[–] ArbitraryValue 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I don't think they're feral anymore if they live in an apartment.

[–] ArbitraryValue 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Would you like to be a moderate? I'll propose giving the hogs the assault rifles and you'll instantly become a moderate.

humans have assault rifles <--- no one has assault rifles ---> hogs have assault rifles

Edit: would arming both humans and hogs also be a good compromise?

[–] ArbitraryValue 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I think Tsar Putin wants the Russian Empire, not the USSR.

(Thanks Alamy!)

[–] ArbitraryValue 37 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

Coconuts have evolved to spread from island to island by floating, but it's still weird that one happened to float to the other side of the world in historic times. I would have guessed that either the currents could never take a coconut there or that the currents would have taken a coconut there long ago.

(When I visit Florida, I see coconuts float by sometimes. Some have been in the water a long time - they're covered in barnacles. However, if they're still floating does that mean they might still be viable?)

[–] ArbitraryValue 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

It looks like a fire-damaged apartment in an otherwise nice building, and it could be worth a lot more than 105k in the right location.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ArbitraryValue to c/[email protected]
 

I have an Intel i7-4770 CPU (from 2013) and I don't think I have ever been CPU-bound so I would rather not spend money on upgrading it. However, I want to upgrade my graphics card to a Radeon RX 7600. My motherboard supports PCIE 3.0 which the RX 7600 is fine with.

Is there anything I should look out for? I'm worried that I'm missing something that will prevent me from running a 2023 video card on hardware ten years older than that.

(In case anyone is curious, my current video card is a GeForce GTX 960. It has been good enough for Diablo 2 Resurrected but I don't think it will be able to handle Baldur's Gate 3.)

 

I bought a new-in-box LG V20 about 18 months ago because I was tired of phones without removable batteries and headphone jacks. However, it gets absolutely terrible reception for some reason (as in, no signal in the middle of Manhattan). Some guy had the same problem and he soldered a big antenna to his phone to fix it. I might try to do that but given how great I am at soldering, there's a good chance I'll break the phone. Should I do it? I don't want to have to buy a modern phone with a built-in battery but I can't just have a phone which doesn't work when I'm away from wi-fi...

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Cars are awesome. (self.unpopularopinion)
 

Driving is the most comfortable, convenient, and fun mode of transportation. Walking and biking can be OK but only for traveling relatively short distances in good weather. Mass transit is inherently unpleasant. No matter how nice you try to make it (and most mass transit systems aren't nice) the fact of the matter is that passengers are still stuck in a crowded box with a bunch of strangers and limited to traveling to the mass transit system's destinations on the mass transit system's schedule. Compare this to getting into your own car and driving wherever you want, whenever you want...

I currently live in a place too crowded for driving to be practical - I get that places like this need mass transit. But needing mass transit sucks!

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