Colonel_Gerdauf

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I find this untracable argument to be a bit sus, as the kids these days say it. We have been seeing case after case after case of people getting criminally caught despite trying to do things in the world of crypto. Crypto alone is not nearly enough to properly cover your tracks, not even close. That argument is often used as a method to dupe idiots into thinking that all they have to do to "completely evade legal systems forever with zero ability of them to trace anything to you" is to do crypto transactions.

To keep my argument succinct: just about every argument in favour of cryptocurrenices are either comically redundant with how the world works nowadays, or flimsy strawmen that ultimately expose to the public less than noble intentions

I have so much to say, but to put it in a TLDR: this is big ado about nothing, designed to rile up smug idiots First thing first: why the **** are we so stuck up with practically ancient and low-level information? That is what it is, and the world only moves in one direction and that is forwards; move on already! Second: The information actually makes a lot of sense in the practical macro angle. Let's step out of our Windows power-user or linux box for a minute; the computers around us are simplified to the point where a user gains nothing from understanding the concept of directories. I myself am very knowledgeable about directories; in fact I know things that a lot of the smug power users are clueless on, such as symlinks and attributes. But looking through the lens of a regular person, and I can already see how needlessly irritating folders can feel. I am a person who is pretty deep into the topic of User Experience (UX), and I can recognize the basic fact that these "power users" love to deny for some reason: at the end of the day, simplicity wins in terms of design direction.

Ultimately I feel so torn about this. On one side, I would def see a bright future for portable PC gaming system, initiated by Aya and GPD then catalyzed by Valve On the other, I am having a tough time unthinking about the clustertruck that the Steam Machines brought into the scene Remember, in order for this to work well, a lot of separate components need to talk nicely with each other, from Steam API to Arch Linux, to Proton layer. And that is a logistical nightmare when you have teams working with different end goals in mind.

Is this a low blow? Perhaps it is, but as been explained here, it is very much a real world test of how scams in the wild are run. IMO it makes little sense to complain about a company baiting you when the example it was trying to simulate, actual scammers, hold absolutely no punches in trying to trick people to doing their bidding.

Nuclear reactors commonly use water to water to water cooling.

If I wire a WC loop to a full bathtub with a massive radiator in the bottom, does that count as passive?

Oh, how the mighty have fallen... To me, this is solid evidence that nobody with half a brain cell should create or join cults on the basis of some arbitrary principles such as FOSS. Let me remind you that there has been a string of very questionable behavior inside the scope of this kind of mindset.

I am sorry, but that is not how it works here. Have you ever heard the burden of proof? How about you prove to us that this maliciously out of context "marketing double talk and rhetoric" bunch of hot air is even applicable to this topic. There is no need for me to present anything, as I am not the one making the original claims, and a lot of people have already made very concrete points that you in your rose tinted glasses have chosen to ignore. Your dismissals of actually on-point data is not going to help you.

Should I mention the double irony of the name KFConsloe? Not only is KFC a brand reference to Kentucky Fried Chicken, but it also refers to the three different units of measuring temperature (Kelvin, Fahrenheit, Celsius)

The main issue with this so-called "information" that you have presented is that you have presented them in a way that is intentionally and maliciously dismissive of the context and relation to the actual subject matter Uh-huh... what a nice way to twist someone's else words into something they aren't. Not only is this accusation insanely petty and completely unwarranted, but is also factually inaccurate and once again shows everyone your complete disregard and dis-concern for anything that may be outside your bubble of confirmation biases.

You really need to stop projecting, because that accusation will be turned around and used against you. Instead of conflating objectively irrelevant things, maybe try to put out information as is, if you have any? And if you are going to pin me as a "fanboy" just for calling out your silly stunt there, then you have already proven to me at least that you have zero intent of arguing much of anything in good faith.

Well then... now I certainly don't feel any less conflicted... The recent topic of mutual empathy is an interesting one, and it highlights how important it is to take a step back, remove yourself from any emotional attachment to people or companies, and to try to look at the bigger picture of what is actually happening.

I have so many mixed feelings about this. The discontinuation will negatively affect the reception to RHEL On the other hand, I do not see too much value of RHEL or SEUS over the likes of BSD. On the other hand, this hurts the intended goal (in the eyes of many diehard Linux/FOSS fanboys such as Eli) of Linux coming to take over Windows in usage shares. On the other hand, there REALLY needs to be standardization in the Linux world if the above hope and dream has any hope at all of coming to fruition.

My point is that there are valid questions to be raised on the integrity of HUB, but at the same time also valid questions on the impact and petiness of nVidia's decision here in the bigger picture.

Still, and this is my hot take, I have yet to hear of a single even strong-ish argument here

I don't even know what "side" to take, as there is an unbelievable amount of nuance to the story, and I have seen a lot of very weak and fallacious arguments made in this very thread.

IDK, my experience with Adobe products tells me that it is very poorly optimized for... anything, basically. Hell, the reason why 10-bit is even such a big deal in Nvidia-land is the fact that Adobe refuses to upgrade their APIs from OpenGL, where 10bit is locked to Quadros, to DirectX and Vulkan, where 10bit is supported on GeForce line

Okay, fine, but my previous statement stands: Remember, calling facts opinions does not ever make the facts opinions, no matter what nonsense you pull.

I am going to ignore everything else you said, as it is too unbelievably out of touch with the conversation and reality to bother responding to. But this I will need to highlight: What exactly have you brought for citations? I have been looking at your post history in this thread, and you have not delivered anything of merit. So... again, stop bullshitting everyone and talk to us straight, please.

I do not like this line of thinking at all. There are no "opinions" about this, so get off your god damn high horse and look at the actual matters for just a minute. This idea of mining for the profits falls into the exact same line of thinking that many scalpers have. "hey we bought it, so it is fair. Nobody has a right to complain about how much we choose to sell the cards for hurr durr capitalism". This I will absolutely not ever entertain, and this kind of ultra-linear thinking is what got us into so many nightmares in the tech world alone. Doing it for the science? Redundant as it is the world's least efficient way to learn about discreet mathematics. Doing it to "kill fiat"? Lmao, good luck with that. That is the same nonsense preached by the miners back in 2013, and looking at the real world, zero progress has been made. Doing it for fun? both of the previous objections stand here. Remember, calling facts opinions does not ever make the facts opinions, no matter what nonsense you pull.

Okay... putting aside the fact that one of the citations here is a very well known liar and charlatan (seriously, if you take MLID seriously in any regard, shame on you!), and putting aside the fact that the questionable reputation of the claim made would make this entire news and discussion moot... Can someone explain to me what is the benefit is nowadays of bitcoin mining? If you are doing it for profits, then congrats, you are no better than the damn scalpers many of us are having to deal with. If you are doing it for the science of it, there are much better and much more straightforward way of satisfying your curiosity. If you are doing it for the principle of bitcoins one day "killing fiat currencies", I would ask of you to take your first step outside your basements, look at the real world around us, and then come back and tell me that this principle actually makes any sense at all. My hot take: there is absolutely no legitimate purpose to pursue crypto mining, especially now in 2020 when it has completely failed to take a foothold in anything at all.

About the dropping of 32-bit support; bloody took them long enough.

Neat. Now I need to build a script to automate the process for the other computers in my home.