andrew_bidlaw

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[–] andrew_bidlaw 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Wox News everyone.

[–] andrew_bidlaw 30 points 1 day ago

potential trial date

Does that mean he's taken?

[–] andrew_bidlaw 4 points 1 day ago

Citing historical parallels, particularly economic grievances fueling extremism

It is correct, but I struggle to compare late Wheimar economics to Biden stickers for gas stations sold on Amazon.

[–] andrew_bidlaw 1 points 1 day ago

Just Дональд, Московская область. Moscow has seen a lot of changes in what is seemed as their suburbs while it grew with time, so it extending to the whole other continent would not be surprising to russians who already rent flats said to be in this region only to have 2+ hours commutes to almost anything. Taking daily flights to work? Still better than traffic jams in the morning.

[–] andrew_bidlaw 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

That was him not talking. Media guys can paint a unicorn from everyone when they are static. Or, in Bezos's case, he just have no media coverage like many other rich people.

Musk being Musk publicly is what switched him from the Iron Man type figure to a deranged aged imbecile on drugs talking in zoomer slang. If you want to cringe a lot, watch a meme review with him: https://youtu.be/oJHb5a3ggzE He's that stupid and vocal no one can save him.

[–] andrew_bidlaw 44 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Zelensky isn't the best fit, and his opponents in Russia call him a clown, yet this clown used and uses his media knowledge to, as a first face of the nation, keep this conflict feautured in world news, frequent frontlines, give a lot of direct adresses to his own people in this struggle, ask for supplies and support from other nations. I believe, he puts 125% effort into this and is likely shortening his own life by a constant overwork and stress. He and his people aren't the best, and their country is plagued with post-ussr-style corruption, indeed, yet they do what they think is right in this turbulent situation.

I'd indulge in whataboutism and ask, who we are to compare with the dude. Putin, Trump or Orban? What's the baseline that'd put him to shame?

[–] andrew_bidlaw 3 points 1 day ago

Learning about idol scenes and how hardcore it is to be an idol makes me feel very uncomfortable, but I somehow find Mr Beast to be a fish worth this ocean. He's somehow uniquely compatible with what youtube wants now, and I doubt it's stirs him wrong. In my mind, he echoes what other creators feel about all that bs.

[–] andrew_bidlaw 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's weird how a person so seemingly unimportant hasn't been converted into a scarecrow, made to vouch for key positions in their plan, etc. This man is either sleaky enough to avoid much of responsibility for what happens or everyone in the HQ forgot about him. His position doesn't mean much power in the US, but it's really interesting that he doesn't get much coverage as a legally second in chief and seemingly abstain from everything while, before Musk got the wheel I thought he would play a key role in advocating for everythng techbros are up for.

[–] andrew_bidlaw 13 points 2 days ago

There is an aspect to that making it simplier in my eyes. Most cases of projection are a sign of being completely unaware of the world around them, other people's experiences, lack of interest and empathy. Trumps idea of slacking off is rooted in his own leisure routines because he hasn't talked with average people in a long while if at all. There's likely not that much of intent, not in his ramblings, but a genuine lack of touch. He's probably thinking that there are poor golf courses for poor people for casual networking like he does. You know, where they brag about their poor peoples deals, investments and tax dodging. He isn't a good liar and in his unscripted rants he is showing what he actually thinks. Rephrasing the old saying, if you are Trump, everyone looks like Trumps.

It's not like I excuse him or think he'd do better if he'd know his shit. It's just a common occurence that career politicians usually get caught on. My own dictator couldn't imagine that the average monthly wage isn't in 7 figures because he usually sat in his bunker since COVID and forgot what money even are.

[–] andrew_bidlaw 8 points 2 days ago

It'd certainly encourage me to up my torrenting game so this shit appears 24\7 at rather weird uploads around the globe.

[–] andrew_bidlaw 14 points 2 days ago

It's not unlike medical supplements before they got pushed away from real drugs and had all the markings on them about being just supplements rather than panaceas..

ATTENTION: LLM is not a real worker. Consult a competent manager before firing everyone around you.

Snake oil won't be a miscomparison on all points.

[–] andrew_bidlaw 26 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Is there a way to change the torrent client's name\version so you appear in a list of seeds as Mark Zuckerberg?

 

I'm OOTL on both Win11 and Intel's discrete gfx, and I wasn't there to see the drop myself, so I just retell you what onlookers've seen at the moment it crashed hard. It boots ok right now, so I can do every possible check. I just lack experience with both this system and this brand of vcards. I'm 100% sure some Lemmimgs have expertise in that and maybe even encountered that.

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As I had no experience with Valve's products, but rather ps4-5 knock-offs, I want them to have one or two scrollwheels with a sensory feedback in the future.

Switching radio stations like in old timea, adjusting your cam's focus in Outlast-likes, rolling the roulette while gambling in some Yakuza game, switching your equipment in some stealth game - it can certainly has it uses if it wasn't too weird.

But what idea or part would you like to add to generic controllers and schemes if you had an authority over that one an you had studios to follow this quirk?

 

Maybe it's something in UI, but many times I watch pictures (not even videos, they are their own can of worms), and want to save them, it shows me that I'm downloading them again although they are cached in whatever app I see them from.

Like this link with a happy dog: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/71/1e/52/711e52f1d6c7ead78f4380214f68c259.jpg

I see it in high rez in my browser, I can zoom in, and I can't tell any difference from a copy that I can download, but it's still, well, another download if I want to save it, and not a move from cache to my download folder, another request to the server, another waste of traffic.

Is there some rule of sandboxing for everything you load that I don't know about? In cases like our fediverse, I wouldn't like to cause double load when I already have the picture I want. Can I cut it down with some plugin in mobile Firefox?

I feel like I'm missing something big time.

 
  1. That's how we sometimes introduce first-timers (usually kids) to the idea of riding, it's easier to balance especially in the taffic jams and isn't as dangerous for first-timers;
  2. The space between and over two back wheels may be used for a motor, a battery and a place to put your luggage on.
  3. They have a good marketable slogan already in the name, as they are Try-cycles.

You just need to design it to cool and\or professional so the rider won't be afraid of looking like a kid or a clown.

Pro and con: it's width is way more than that of a bycicle, but at the same time it gives a bit of wiggle space for your feet.

 

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As I plan to clock in on Saturday to fill in some gaps I have missed before (all paid, thankfully) I don't need to wake up as early as I do all week and I don't need to hurry in the morning for there's no one to watch over me coming at the right time this day, but a convinience of a bus that goes on a fixed timetable, my trust in it, makes me consider repeating my daily routine anyway.

It's so easy to follow the script instead of thinking how and when to commute if I choose to arrive later. The amount of work stays the same either way, so even if I deny myself a longer weekend sleep and comfort, I'd have more time at my hands when I finish. Sounds like a good comrpomise.

Taking this route, I can ease my head a bit and instead think about what I can do at work while being that early and alone. Listening to podcasts from my phone's speaker, not headphones, may be one way, let it be something that could usually rise some brows like gritty true crime on English (no one speaks it there). Skipping my regular morning food prep and having either fast noodles or some simple non-McD take out for a dinner can be another way to make it lazier and less formal.

There'd be my condradictory attempt at showing to myself that I don't belong there today and can do anything... while working on Saturday from the office. It's fun to recognize that, and that's fun that I can't really imagine anything else less dull to spice it up that I myself would want, but that's really the most fun I need to have there. It's my work after all, and I don't want to spend more time than needed to finish it, and after having some thoughts about how boring I actually am, I find that I therefore waste less time on unnecessary 'fun' and would instead be free by noon if I'm lucky.

 
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