[-] juergen 4 points 22 hours ago

Agreed.

Would it be nicer if we lived in a multi party system? Probably. Do we? No. Voting as though we are is not useful (maybe unless you live in a state that you are 100% certain can not be flipped).

If you hate one candidate even slightly less than the other, for example because the former has not yet stated that they want to punish colleges that allow pro Palestine demonstrations, vote for that first one.

[-] juergen 15 points 1 day ago

Isn't that precisely what the article said?

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It has been said a gazillion times over the last few months, but is it getting through to those who need to hear it?

[-] juergen 37 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This is hardly the quiet part: He signed the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact in ‘23. Honestly, is he really wrong?

ETA: Of course, satire. I can't even tell anymore.

[-] juergen 5 points 4 days ago

Ah. That makes sense. Thanks.

[-] juergen -3 points 5 days ago

This far, Vance is only a dipshit millionaire (estimated ~10M).

[-] juergen 40 points 1 week ago

Did like: The radiant smile when the moderator told the two that their microphones had been cut.

Did not like: "During the last four years, Kamala did this", "She had enough time, why didn't she do that", and so forth. Dude, she was not the President, and the President is not the King. I was waiting in vain for someone to point that out. Also, what's with using the first name all the time? Would he have done that if the VP was a man?

[-] juergen 86 points 2 weeks ago

Somewhat boringly, the archaeologists posit that the bones may have been associated with cult practices.

Sometimes I wonder what archaeologists a few millennia down the line will think about small polymer statuettes of human females with disproportionately large breasts, but without discernible genitalia...

[-] juergen 57 points 3 weeks ago

They are, however, aces at reiterating the problem.

[-] juergen 99 points 3 months ago

I love how the quote cuts off right before "only goal".

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Most free web sites pay for their upkeep with ads. It has been an unwritten agreement since forever (or at least as long as there have been ads on the web) that if you consume the content, you pay the creator by looking at the ads on their site.

Consuming the content without looking at the ads is like shoplifting because you don't like the way a store's checkout counter works and/or the fact that they want money from you at all.

[-] juergen 33 points 6 months ago

I think of Debian as the Sensible Family Van.

[-] juergen 70 points 6 months ago

Elon Scissorhands.

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submitted 7 months ago by juergen to c/techsupport@lemmy.world

The power supply on my XPS 8930 gave up the ghost, so I replaced it with a Corsair CX750M (probably not relevant).

While I was at it, I also replaced the case with a Thermaltake CTE T500 (probably relevant).

I connected the power switch to pins 6 and 8 on the front panel connector, following the diagram at XPS 8930, GPU and CPU Liquid Cooler, PSU, Case Swap, Upgrade.

Things work as expected: I can power the computer on and off with the power button, all cool.

BUT: Every time the computer boots, I get an error message from SupportAssist during POST: "[...] Alert! Power Button Cable failure". I click Continue, and everything is peachy.

Does anyone know how I can get rid of this message? Did the power button in the original case know some secret handshake that the new one doesn't?

At this point, I would be OK with disabling the SupportAssist self check altogether. I don't need any SupportAssistance to know that the machine is getting a little cranky.

[-] juergen 40 points 7 months ago

I dislike Biden immeasurably less than Trump, and I plan to vote for him in November, yet:

“It is a red line," Biden said, adding, “but I’m never gonna leave Israel. The defense of Israel is still critical.”

That sounds to me like there is, in fact, not a red line.

Drawing a line without any consequences for crossing it is worse than not drawing a line at all (source: my pedagogy prof, many, many moons ago).

I realize that Biden did not, in fact, say that there were not going to be any consequences at all - but the other thing with lines is that the consequences need to be known in advance, and they need to be adhered to. From all I'm hearing in interviews, the US government seems very hesitant to commit to any consequences, and if the slaughter keeps going, it may save Netanyahu's political career, but seriously bite Biden in the tush come election day.

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