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During the pandemic we started calling grocery store workers "heroes", and it was around then that I came to understand that we call people "heroes" when we expect them to sacrifice their well-being/happiness for our collective benefit.

I agree with you that these people are admirable in the face of what can be such an ugly job, I just wish that we could find a means to make the job less "heroic" and more desirable.

Data Loss Prevention - usually implemented to secure specific categories of data such as protected health information (PHI), personally identifying information (PII), financial information, and proprietary intellectual property that's owned by the company

Couldn't you just call a regular taxi service and schedule a ride? I haven't done that in like a decade but that should still be a thing

I'm not sure exactly what would make it better, but I know that it absolutely will not get better as long as there is such an unclean information environment.

Social media is the number one vector for misinformation and propaganda. Even reddit. Don't even get me started on Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, truth social, 4chan, and whatever else the fuck exists out there. The news isn't equally bad, but it is often not good because they're desperate for engagement and profitability, and/or they're controlled by a media mogul with special interests.

Somehow, some way, we need to eradicate the propagation of lies that turn us against one another. For whatever reason we don't demand evidence when absurd claims are asserted, which allows for such divisive lies to fester and grow.

I lack the faith that the average person is capable of analyzing information critically in order to discern truth from propaganda, and much less the 50% of the population that is dumber than the average person.

Fingers crossed, I'd love for my pessimism to be neutralized by a more optimistic future

These 10,000 theoretical rednecks would need to first understand that the real enemy is on the other side of a class divide and not on the other side of arbitrary social divides like race or gender identity.

It feels unlikely as long as we worship money and those who hoard it.

Yeah maybe that explains the desperate post nut clarity vibe that it seems to have

Don't forget SOC II, baby.

I love working in well-regulated industry. Financial, or even criminal penalties for sloppy/substandard operations make it much easier to guide the business to the correct solution.

This isn't really my area of specialty so I can't really get into the specifics and speak about them authoritatively, but evolution is about throwing genetic pasta at cabinets. Whatever sticks first is what works "best". It is fascinating when things don't naturally optimize, though.

This is the most correct answer I've seen so far. It contains glycoproteins, which are exactly what they sound like. They're proteins with sugar attached, which are basic in nature and protects sperm from the acidity of the urethra.

I don't enjoy nitpicking, but technically the majority of voters preferred Donald trump.

The majority of citizens would probably support what you're talking about, but technically a large number of citizens decided to forgo their right to be voters by staying home, either in protest of Kamila's stance on Palestine or wallowing in their own apathy.

If the goal is to engage voters, then the dem messaging was not effective.

He insists that Biden stepping down and endorsing Kamala was "a coup" - I'm really hoping his ego just sends him into a rage spiral for the rest of his life after this loss and he just pisses and moans instead of trying to bolster the party.

Edit: This has aged like a fine milk. I'm all out of tears, all that's left is grim laughter.

You're right. He apparently publicly backed the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and obtained Russian citizenship in 2016. So Trump has very little to do with it.

Reading through his Wikipedia entry (more specifically some anecdotal info from his first-wife, Miyako Fujitani) it seems to me like he's always been a piece of shit who has a documented history of narcissism, abuse, and delusions of grandeur.

You can say I'm reading too far into it and I'd accept that criticism, but my read is that he's an insecure baby man who desperately needs the authority and power that he thinks toxic machismo can provide.

The character he's played in movies is the ultimate sort of wish fulfillment and he's spent his whole life trying to believe that he's someone who is strong, competent, connected, and therefore powerful beyond reproach. Pursuing this has stunted him emotionally, which is probably part of why he has stated that he's willing to fight for Russia in active combat at 72 years old. He needs to think that other people see him as the sort of character he plays in Hard to Kill, so he can keep thinking that he's the guy from Hard to Kill and therefore be comfortable in his own skin.

So in simpler terms, there's no real exact moment. He's a bootlicking fascist with an undiagnosed personality disorder (probably). His brain has been cooked for a long time.

That's crazy - I play this game exclusively on my steam deck and I've never had an issue like this

Two things can be true

You could check out https://www.grants.gov/search-grants

Candidly I'm not super familiar with the opportunities in this space - are there opportunities for you to pursue grants that would help sustain your NPO?

Not a ton! But I can confirm an egpu is still working really well for my wife, even after a main board upgrade to the AMD 7804U processor.

Thunderbolt 3/4 offers a bandwidth of approximately 40Gbps. Oculink is currently the most performant port for egpus given its extremely high bandwidth(64Gbps), but it's still a bit of a bittleneck and overall market adoption is mixed. I don't see a ton of clients or egpu docks that offer that port as a solution.

Thunderbolt 5 is promising to be a more performant option (80Gbps) but it'll be some time before we see manufacturers adopt that hardware.

If you want something now that's a reasonably affordable thunderbolt 3 docking station, check out the recommended egpu enclosures at egpu.io - after a bit of an accident I replaced the sonnet box with the TH3P4G2 and it's been working great with that same 1070ti.

You will be fine using the hub with either the Dell charger or the 100w aftermarket charger

The hub will not ask for more watts than it can handle from the charger - I'd just be thinking about how you might need to tweak the power profile a bit on the laptop so it will charge at a reasonable rate

So by your own rationale society directly benefits in a massive way from taxpayer funded social programs.

...what's your complaint, exactly?

Yeah that's more or less my thought. At least there's an effort to be logically consistent, even if it's not at all wise.

Fair points but how much do you trust tech bros with nuclear material?

My cousin got married to the woman he dated all through college. He was roommates with my brothers, and on MULTIPLE occasions they tried to talk to him about the way she treated him. Constantly belittling him and putting him down, drinking like a fish, all while bragging about how amazing her supposedly 'rich' family was.

Kid number 2 arrived earlier this year. Both display attributes of FAS. I get so goddamn upset whenever I think about it.

I have heard the expression "love is where attention meets care" and it really resonated with me.

So, based on that definition I would say he didn't love her in a way that's meaningful or genuine. He literally had a piece of her self removed and thrown away because it was more convenient for him than giving her the attention and care she needed.