elgordino

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[–] elgordino@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago

Personally I don’t think there’s any obligation. Folks have campaigned for rights to be enjoyed, not for those people who receive the rights to feel obligated to join the fight.

If you can afford it consider donating to a charity that supports campaigners for the rights you enjoy. This way you can increase their ability to campaign without needing to be directly involved.

[–] elgordino@fedia.io 12 points 1 week ago

The crazy thing is, it’s not 5% of the budget it’s 5% of GDP. Usually a government budget is somewhere around 20% of GDP. So spending 5% of GDP on NATO would mean about 25% of all government spending going on the military.

[–] elgordino@fedia.io 23 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I once went through a BART gate line by mistake, I was trying to get to the trolley service and misread the signage. I immediately exited. The charge: $6.20. Still can’t believe it.

[–] elgordino@fedia.io 27 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Jet lag must be pretty tough at 78

[–] elgordino@fedia.io 107 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

is expected to serve as Air Force One

The security implications of this are mind blowing.

[–] elgordino@fedia.io 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I tried this on my 6700XT I had to play in 720p, the performance was that bad. Any of the available upscalers just made it look worse.

I upgraded to a more modern card since then and it works fine, but if you’re on something like a 6700xt I’d be wary or prepare to refund if you don’t like the performance.

[–] elgordino@fedia.io 14 points 3 weeks ago

When I think of the Online Safety Act I think of Humphrey Appleby in Yes Minister. There’s a line where he says “The Official Secrets act isn’t to protect secrets, it’s to protect officials”.

The Online Safety Act exists to protect the safety of the government, not its people.

[–] elgordino@fedia.io 14 points 4 weeks ago

‘Soar’ is fine. It’s taking about the relative value of the currency vs the dollar. Not the attitude of the countries toward the dollar, where indeed ‘sour’ would be appropriate.

Ripples from Friday and Monday's record rally in the Taiwan dollar are now spreading outward, driving surges for currencies in Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia, China and Hong Kong.

[–] elgordino@fedia.io 40 points 4 weeks ago (12 children)

‘Vibe coding’ is where you code only with prompts and never look at the generated code.

Seems like a great way to create insecure unmaintainable code if you ask me.

[–] elgordino@fedia.io 27 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

The Tory party purge during Brexit doomed them. All the heavyweights were booted out and there was nothing credible left.

[–] elgordino@fedia.io 8 points 1 month ago

Absolutely the most terrifying aspect of driving on the Interstate.

[–] elgordino@fedia.io 31 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Yeah this article is woefully uninformed. Author seems to be butt hurt about GPU pricing rather than any serious interest in how the protocol actually works.

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