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@jasongordo626 @cdrsalamander @brentdsadler Great. That's fine. I want the "Nays" on record.

@cdrsalamander @brentdsadler If anyone needed proof that it will not pass the Senate, here it is. A procedural vote to open debate barely passed.

There it is. An 85/15 issue advances 51/48.

@FreyaHolmer I love it! Make it a thing!

been feeling kinda stressed lately so I made a little prototype is this anything

@AscensionMount @GamesNosh I use AI agents every day for programming. I also make cute AI photos. She still looks like a heroin addict. The added detail is basically wrinkles and heroin chic makeup. I'm allowed to think it looks terrible, and I'll love it when they they do it right. Until then: yuck!

@thingcreator @GamesNosh 5 hours not a single like

I know DLSS5 has been trained on Instagram models and porn, because Grace went from a natural blonde, to dyed blonde with dark roots.

@TheRedDragon I could see there being a technology like this that works well, but this isn't it. This changed every face the same way. Everyone just looked older, more gaunt, weathered and dirty. Until it allows tuning on a per mesh basis, it will just make everything look the same.

Gamers virtue signaling calling Nvidia DLSS 5 an AI slop filter In no universe would anyone say this Bethesda slop looks better with the filter off. You’re full of shit If you don’t want it, don’t turn it on As kids we always wanted realistic looking games. Now we have it

@LexnLin That's the eye of big brother, right there.

WHY did firefox remove the fox. name one reason

@sdamico @dstaley I have an induction stove, but it turns out it's really hard to find small kettles (1L or so) with bases optimized for induction, so it still takes way longer to boil than it should. :-P

@dstaley Just buy our stove and make your existing kettle 10kW

yeah actually there is ... we call it "impulse core" should be in home depot this year too

@blind_via Not at all. I simply answer "Nobody really knows. The ones that say they do are lying to you or themselves. Fields are a useful model, but we're pretty clueless about how they relate to reality".

"What are fields. What are magnetic fields made of?" Do electrical engineers struggle to answer this question clearly?

@yacineMTB Check out Amaranth, which is an open source Python Hardware Definition Language, and the FPGAs it supports.

Is there a FPGA out there that doesn't force me to use dogshit closed source software?

@WatcherontheWeb Yeah, I realise that. Just trying to let you know of the good stuff that is out there.

@thingcreator I met braves founder in Puerto Rico and have been using it ever since that day LOVE brave But this would block ads for things that can't use brave

Linux Update: I now undestand why after people switch over they often become "Linux People" It is a fundamentally different way to approach consumer computing, and as a result you kind of start looking into the ecoystem and realizing "hey wait... I have been paying monthly for x, but there are a thousand guides out there to teach me how to do it myself, for free, with WAY more control over my data" I say this to tell you I'll be building a Pi5 NAS server over the weekend. We canceled our streaming services a long time ago, so the media server won't save us money there, but I DO pay for cloud storage, email, VPN and password manager services.... and Now I will get all that for the cost of electrons, and some time setting it up...(Plus I guess the Pi5 and it's case and drives and such, but I had all but the case lying around, and the case is just vanity) AND I'm going to set it up so the pi blocks ads on EVERYTHING across our whole network... so... fun bonus Once I finish that I'll probably do a "war-station" tour If I was paying monthly for everything this baby will do, it would be about $100-$150 bucks a month... On PC you CAN do this... but on Linux it's "the culture." It's just "what people do" and they encourage you to do it, rather than throwing money at the problem and let the megacorps have all your data for free

@JamieGe26378480 @Nonpostjustread @ShirleyJwriter Yes, his point was that upper Egypt is called that because it is higher than lower Egypt, and that because upper Egypt is South of lower Egypt, the river also happens to flow from South to North. The teacher was claiming that elevation was irrelevant.

@Nonpostjustread @ShirleyJwriter Your teacher was correct and the Nile does flow from south to north. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_and…

I worked as an aide 14 yrs in public school. One afternoon in 5th grade a kid asked the teacher, What's Prussia? The teacher answered, what we called Russia a long time ago. Oh no no no, I stood up from my chair in the corner. Nope. Not today, lady with apples on her pockets.

@remarkmarketing @robschaper It's also pointless to vote, given that there is no chain of custody on votes and it's effectively illegal to attempt to verify any part of the process. I vote anyway, but I assume the results are adjusted when necessary. WA is lost and will not recover. I'll be leaving soon.

I hope so. But I fear there's massive voter apathy, "vote blue no matter who", and an incompetent state GOP that are blockers. I'm amazed how many don't even know what's going on in Olympia, and seemingly don't care. I really don't care about party as much as I want common sense and less extremism. Hopefully this will get people to participate now.

I've been in tech in the PacNW since the early 90s, working for big companies, and many start ups. There will never be the equivalent of one of these companies founded, or based in Washington. (founded, maybe. But they won't stay.) If you're a newbie to the Seattle area, these companies are legends and it's time to get a clue on the history. Under the new taxation, the founders of these companies would have never successfully grown and collectively hired hundreds of thousands: Attachmate WRQ Microsoft Amazon Avalara Concur (SAP) McCaw Cellular (Now AT&T wireless) Expedia T-Mobile Aldus (acquired by Adobe) Immunex ZymoGenetics Real Networks F5 REI Eddie Bauer Costco Zillow Starbucks Expediters International Alaska Airlines Paccar Airborne Express UPS (yes, UPS was founded in Seattle) Nordstrom Eagle Hardware (acquired by Lowes) Blue Origin Why would a founder of any of these companies start the equivalent of any of these legends if they'd have to give up 10% to the state when they're still in an early stage? And save me the sanctimonious "paying my fair share" virtue signaling. Grow up. This is one of the most aggressive tax schemes in the country. And our once vibrant economy will be relegated to satellite offices and incubator stage companies. Nice work, Washington!

@DataRepublican Forcing a real vote protects the ones that vote yes, rather than just making everyone disgusted at all Republican Senators + Trump. The Senate wants Trump to lose, indirectly. Forcing a vote means individual senators lose instead.

I don't care the votes don't exist. I want to see the soft Republicans cast their "NO" vote while looking at their constituents in the eyes.

@FamedCelebrity Quite comical, really.

Common math error. It means you get the decimal point in the wrong place. In an effort to fix this, Europeans replaced it with commas, but that led to great confusion about whether one was pausing or making a mathematical statement.

@DataRepublican Forcing a real vote protects the ones that vote yes, rather than just making everyone disgusted at all Republican Senators. The Senate wants too lose the midterms. Forcing a vote means they can't use the SAVE act as a way to force a loss across the entire country.

They refuse to hold a real vote because they know the outcome: when forced to choose, they will side with their sponsors, not their constituents. They don't have a clear conscience on this. That is the most disgusting part of all.

@andy_garin I would argue that for people who are on the edge, variation in income is a strong negative. Minimum wage regulation in gig work decreases the number of transactions which increases variability. It effectively increases risk.

Of course, barriers to entry also undermine the flexibility benefits of gig work for workers who need ways to earn extra cash at key moments. Our findings suggest that there is no easy win-win with minimum pay regulations. 13/13

Data-driven research, at its best, presents you with results that surprise you. 😲 When I began studying Seattle's minimum pay standard for delivery drivers, I personally expected to see high-attachment delivery drivers making more money after the policy went into effect. 1/13

@vaxryy Do it. Don't even think about it. Don't come back until the day after you think you should.

taking a day (possibly more) off of hyprland development. I'm very ill, can barely walk or even sit, let alone think. Sorry guys

@pronounced_kyle @Jordan_W_Taylor I read "Consider Phlebas", decided Banks was radioactive cancer and have never touched any of his stuff since. 🤮

@Jordan_W_Taylor I was advised to start with Player Of Games and glad I did, might not have gotten hooked by Consider Phlebas. But now I might just do publication order from here

Who has read this book? I just finished it and want to start a spoiler-heavy groupchat. I have Theories

@caballerobrah ARexx. Rexx started on IBM mainframes. Arexx was big on the Amiga, and let people fully automate and script data processing pipelines, except the programs being controlled were multitasking GUI applications. Everyone got the best of both worlds: great scriptable GUIs

Really cooking on my OS. It’s the most unUNIX thing I can think of but my imagination is stunted from decades of *nix use. If you can think of good anti-UNIX design patterns plz reply. If it’s something from mainframes or VMS (neither of which I’ve ever touched to my shame) you get bonus cred Replies with word “file” gets zero cred “Everything is a ${SOMETHING}” minus cred