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    HarryNyquist got a reaction from StDragon in Twelve Departments of The Norwegian Government Hacked   
    "sir, we could be hacked due to CVEs that have been known for many many months"
    "ok, but upgrading hardware costs money :("
    -time passes-
    "sir, we are hacked"
    "why did you not upgrade this hardware, you are fired"
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    HarryNyquist reacted to LAwLz in The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor has been found   
    You are trying to redefine a word. I have already given you several definitions and all of them disagree with you.
    Being skeptical means being neutral and open-minded until a consensus based on evidence has been reached. That is what the word means. Now please stop using the word incorrectly and follow one of the several dictionary definitions I linked you.
     
     
    Yes, and I completely agree with everything you said in this paragraph. But that is not what you said several times earlier.
    I absolutely agree that a skeptic is driven by evidence. That is exactly why I am so against the things you say because you are not driven by evidence. You made up your mind before any evidence was presented. That is not what a skeptic does. 
    Let me repeat what I just said so that it really sinks in. You made up your mind about what to believe before any evidence was presented. That is bad. Stop doing that. Please.
    Saying something is false until proven true is foolish. It's a logical fallacy. It's not what a skeptic does. A skeptic is neutral and unbiased and then lets evidence decide which side to take. You are doing the opposite. You are letting a lack of facts and evidence decide what to believe in. You are not basing your beliefs and which "side" to take on facts. You are basing that on a lack of evidence and facts.
     
    Do you really not understand what issue several others and I have with your posts? I have highlighted it over and over, and right now it feels like you are deliberately ignoring it and instead are getting distracted by something else and rambling on about that. Nobody has said that we shouldn't be driven by evidence. Nobody has said that we shouldn't wait for more evidence to come in. Nobody has said that we should just believe this is true.
    What I am saying is that claiming this is false because we don't have any evidence is just as stupid as claiming it is true without any evidence. We need evidence before we can determine if it's true or false. Is that really so hard for you to understand? That we should wait for evidence before making our minds up? That's what I am advocating for.
     
     
    Have you ever heard the quote "absence of evidence does not mean evidence of absence"? I think that's something you really need to learn.
    Right now you are using the absence of evidence as evidence of absence, which is wrong.
     
     
    The things you are quoting do not say the things you claim they are saying. They use very careful wording that emphasizes the uncertainty and that more testing needs to be done, and you deliberately ignore all of that because of your confirmation bias, and then just proclaim that the deal is done and finished now, and that consensus has been reached.
     
    Let me ask you this, if it is now confirmed that LK-99 isn't a room-temperature superconductor, why even run more experiments? We have already reached the truth, right? Hell, according to you, we shouldn't even have run experiments to begin with because it was obviously false from the get-go before we even tested it.
     
     
    And just to clarify because you seem to need a lot of clarification, nobody here, neither me nor anyone else who has disagreed with you, has said that LK-99 is a room-temperature superconductor. What we have said is that we can't say one way or another before experiments have been done and evidence gathered. Even if it turns out that it isn't a room-temperature superconductor does not mean you were right in thinking the way you did. Even a broken clock is correct twice a day, and people can arrive at the right conclusion for the wrong reasons.
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    HarryNyquist reacted to Monkey Dust in Twelve Departments of The Norwegian Government Hacked   
    When the money isn't being spent on stuff that benefits their friends or party donors?
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    HarryNyquist got a reaction from CarlBar in The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor has been found   
    Skepticism in science is good, as is people trying to test the concept.
     
    I'm glad so many people appear to be testing this out, it could be huge, or it could be another fraud publishing for clout, but either way it'd be good to see.
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    HarryNyquist got a reaction from da na in TC Helicon, maker of the popular GoXLR channel mixer, fired entire software development group (developing news)   
    Sucks for the developers.
     
    I never understood why people bought this hardware though. Every review I've seen says it's flaky at the best of times. You pay just about as much buying a decent audio interface or mixer from a reputable brand as you did buying the GoXLR, and the audio interface/mixer doesn't need software to work.
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    HarryNyquist got a reaction from WolframaticAlpha in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) announces Paywall on its source-code.   
    You are only forbidden from redistributing the source code if you leave all the Red Hat trademarks in (EULA Section 2 https://www.redhat.com/licenses/Red_Hat_GPLv2-Based_EULA_20191118.pdf). If you extract the trademarks as Alma/Rocky have already done, then you should be in the clear. I'm not sure why Alma says it would be a violation, considering Rocky has already stated they're going to pay for a RHEL subscription, remove the Red Hat trademarks, and re-publish it for themselves.
     
    No it doesn't. Every version of the GPL says you may charge people a fee for access to the source code. Copyleft also applies meaning if you derive new work from GPL-licensed work, you must license that derivation under the GPL.
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    HarryNyquist got a reaction from AlTech in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) announces Paywall on its source-code.   
    You are only forbidden from redistributing the source code if you leave all the Red Hat trademarks in (EULA Section 2 https://www.redhat.com/licenses/Red_Hat_GPLv2-Based_EULA_20191118.pdf). If you extract the trademarks as Alma/Rocky have already done, then you should be in the clear. I'm not sure why Alma says it would be a violation, considering Rocky has already stated they're going to pay for a RHEL subscription, remove the Red Hat trademarks, and re-publish it for themselves.
     
    No it doesn't. Every version of the GPL says you may charge people a fee for access to the source code. Copyleft also applies meaning if you derive new work from GPL-licensed work, you must license that derivation under the GPL.
  8. Informative
    HarryNyquist got a reaction from ebprince the computer nerd in Give it up for Product #286: Google kills Google Domains   
    Summary
    Google is shutting down Google Domains, passing all domains (and their users) to Squarespace.
     
    Quotes
     
    My thoughts
    I mean, what else is there to say? The jokes kinda write themselves with Google killing things off. While I wonder what Squarespace's domain experience is, I'm glad I got onto namecheap when I did.
     
    Sources
    https://9to5google.com/2023/06/15/google-domains-squarespace/
    https://killedbygoogle.com/
  9. Funny
    HarryNyquist reacted to AlTech in Give it up for Product #286: Google kills Google Domains   
    I hate to be that guy but Google Domains is actually Product #286.
     
    Product #287 is Google Album Archive and is due for deletion on July 19th.
  10. Informative
    HarryNyquist got a reaction from soldier_ph in Give it up for Product #286: Google kills Google Domains   
    Summary
    Google is shutting down Google Domains, passing all domains (and their users) to Squarespace.
     
    Quotes
     
    My thoughts
    I mean, what else is there to say? The jokes kinda write themselves with Google killing things off. While I wonder what Squarespace's domain experience is, I'm glad I got onto namecheap when I did.
     
    Sources
    https://9to5google.com/2023/06/15/google-domains-squarespace/
    https://killedbygoogle.com/
  11. Informative
    HarryNyquist got a reaction from Taf the Ghost in Give it up for Product #286: Google kills Google Domains   
    Summary
    Google is shutting down Google Domains, passing all domains (and their users) to Squarespace.
     
    Quotes
     
    My thoughts
    I mean, what else is there to say? The jokes kinda write themselves with Google killing things off. While I wonder what Squarespace's domain experience is, I'm glad I got onto namecheap when I did.
     
    Sources
    https://9to5google.com/2023/06/15/google-domains-squarespace/
    https://killedbygoogle.com/
  12. Informative
    HarryNyquist got a reaction from da na in Give it up for Product #286: Google kills Google Domains   
    Summary
    Google is shutting down Google Domains, passing all domains (and their users) to Squarespace.
     
    Quotes
     
    My thoughts
    I mean, what else is there to say? The jokes kinda write themselves with Google killing things off. While I wonder what Squarespace's domain experience is, I'm glad I got onto namecheap when I did.
     
    Sources
    https://9to5google.com/2023/06/15/google-domains-squarespace/
    https://killedbygoogle.com/
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    HarryNyquist got a reaction from JobinJames in RARBG one of the most trafficked torrent sites shutdown on June 1st.   
    Plenty of people knew about it and used it. They had the good high-quality stuff. Now it'll be fun trying to sift through the virus laden ones or finding a private tracker to use. 😕
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    HarryNyquist got a reaction from dalekphalm in US considering requiring AM radios in all Cars   
    It's actually more than that. Any phone that is capable of connecting to a network, when dialing 911, MUST connect to a network even if the phone is not authorized to do so for normal calling, or even if the phone has no SIM card at all.
     
    Also this is absolutely a thing I support. AM is piss-easy to implement on transmit and receive; a low power AM station can reach far further than a similarly powered FM station. The highway signs are usually associated with a low power station broadcasting info for that part of the highway.
     
    People might not use it for general listening, sure, but that's not the primary usage of those bands anymore.
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    HarryNyquist got a reaction from Taf the Ghost in US considering requiring AM radios in all Cars   
    It's actually more than that. Any phone that is capable of connecting to a network, when dialing 911, MUST connect to a network even if the phone is not authorized to do so for normal calling, or even if the phone has no SIM card at all.
     
    Also this is absolutely a thing I support. AM is piss-easy to implement on transmit and receive; a low power AM station can reach far further than a similarly powered FM station. The highway signs are usually associated with a low power station broadcasting info for that part of the highway.
     
    People might not use it for general listening, sure, but that's not the primary usage of those bands anymore.
  16. Agree
    HarryNyquist got a reaction from BondiBlue in US considering requiring AM radios in all Cars   
    It's actually more than that. Any phone that is capable of connecting to a network, when dialing 911, MUST connect to a network even if the phone is not authorized to do so for normal calling, or even if the phone has no SIM card at all.
     
    Also this is absolutely a thing I support. AM is piss-easy to implement on transmit and receive; a low power AM station can reach far further than a similarly powered FM station. The highway signs are usually associated with a low power station broadcasting info for that part of the highway.
     
    People might not use it for general listening, sure, but that's not the primary usage of those bands anymore.
  17. Agree
    HarryNyquist got a reaction from SorryBella in US considering requiring AM radios in all Cars   
    It's actually more than that. Any phone that is capable of connecting to a network, when dialing 911, MUST connect to a network even if the phone is not authorized to do so for normal calling, or even if the phone has no SIM card at all.
     
    Also this is absolutely a thing I support. AM is piss-easy to implement on transmit and receive; a low power AM station can reach far further than a similarly powered FM station. The highway signs are usually associated with a low power station broadcasting info for that part of the highway.
     
    People might not use it for general listening, sure, but that's not the primary usage of those bands anymore.
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    HarryNyquist got a reaction from The_Machine125 in I HATE being lied to… but I love the ROG Ally   
    >the steam deck wins on low power, but this wins on higher power modes
     
    Isn't lower power consumption kinda the entire point of a portable handheld gaming device? You want it to consume as little power as possible while still being performant enough to play.
     
    Sure, this is faster on high power, but more power in means more power out. If the steam deck wins when it's using only 10 W I think that's a bigger win than the ally winning with higher power draw.
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    HarryNyquist got a reaction from NocTheRocc in I HATE being lied to… but I love the ROG Ally   
    >the steam deck wins on low power, but this wins on higher power modes
     
    Isn't lower power consumption kinda the entire point of a portable handheld gaming device? You want it to consume as little power as possible while still being performant enough to play.
     
    Sure, this is faster on high power, but more power in means more power out. If the steam deck wins when it's using only 10 W I think that's a bigger win than the ally winning with higher power draw.
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    HarryNyquist got a reaction from Birblover12 in I HATE being lied to… but I love the ROG Ally   
    >the steam deck wins on low power, but this wins on higher power modes
     
    Isn't lower power consumption kinda the entire point of a portable handheld gaming device? You want it to consume as little power as possible while still being performant enough to play.
     
    Sure, this is faster on high power, but more power in means more power out. If the steam deck wins when it's using only 10 W I think that's a bigger win than the ally winning with higher power draw.
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    HarryNyquist got a reaction from darwin006 in I HATE being lied to… but I love the ROG Ally   
    >the steam deck wins on low power, but this wins on higher power modes
     
    Isn't lower power consumption kinda the entire point of a portable handheld gaming device? You want it to consume as little power as possible while still being performant enough to play.
     
    Sure, this is faster on high power, but more power in means more power out. If the steam deck wins when it's using only 10 W I think that's a bigger win than the ally winning with higher power draw.
  22. Agree
    HarryNyquist reacted to WereCat in Another day, another awful console to PC port release (The last of us: Part 1)   
    While not really something you can rely on as much as a 2h limit.... I was able to refund a game with 16h of gameplay in the past. And few more games with over 2h gameplay as well.
    But you must either have a good reason or sweet talk the support. Having the refund go to your Steam Wallet rather than back to your bank/credit probably helps as well.
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    HarryNyquist got a reaction from leadeater in Another day, another awful console to PC port release (The last of us: Part 1)   
    It's worth noting that steam's 2 hour limit is not completely rigid. If you say "I was unable to play the game within 2 hours due to shader compilation taking 3 hours" you will almost assuredly get a refund.
     
    I was able to do that with MS Flight Simulator when it took 6 hours to download the "asset packs" in-game and I wasn't able to actually play the next day.
  24. Like
    HarryNyquist got a reaction from WereCat in Another day, another awful console to PC port release (The last of us: Part 1)   
    It's worth noting that steam's 2 hour limit is not completely rigid. If you say "I was unable to play the game within 2 hours due to shader compilation taking 3 hours" you will almost assuredly get a refund.
     
    I was able to do that with MS Flight Simulator when it took 6 hours to download the "asset packs" in-game and I wasn't able to actually play the next day.
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    HarryNyquist got a reaction from Dracarris in Epson programs printers to self destruct   
    Stop buying inkjet printers. Buy a laser printer.
     
    Don't get me wrong, laser printers do the same crap and are just razor-and-blades as inkjet printers. It's just that toner carts are much better value for your money than inkjet ink carts, with the bonus of the toner still working perfectly even if you don't print something for a week.
     
    The only good case for inkjet is photo printing, but even there you will lose less money long-term buy ordering photo prints online or doing them in a kiosk in a store.
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