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Watching LGR slowly but surely lose his mind is somehow intensely satisfying
I've made a huge mistake and ignored the first rule of vintage computing: NEVER buy an old inkjet printer, especially a 90s Canon. Yet here we are with a BJC...
youtu.be... you know, I swear to god, I don't think people realize "lying" is legal fucking hell
Literally getting the "why would they call it AI if it wasn't AI" response and oh god it feels like someone is stabbing my mind
Trying to explain why calling something "AI" does not automatically mean it's capable of consciousness or comprehension is starting to make me doubt the capacity of *human* intelligence Jesus FUCK
Okay, let me get this straight:
Some popular YouTubers saw what the Fine Bros pulled about a decade ago and thought, "You know what? Somebody hasn't fucked up real bad on YouTube in a while, let's give that a try."
That about cover it?
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youtu.beI'm not sure if we're going to have the actual reckoning that the GOP keeps postponing - that is, the party schism leading to a full-on split - but I do know watching them constantly punch themselves in the dick is just a tour de force and Roger Ebert calls it "a cinematic masterpiece"
It's like Christmas I love it
Imagine being one of the most conservative right-wingers of your generation, way off in the anti-gay creationist white Christian nationalist cultural fringes, and because you let the House take a vote, now your people are calling you a "corrupt Democrat."
Wait the Watcher is starting his own streaming service I thought Uatu had money
FUCK AIR SHOWS.
Take your six billion dollar goddamn airplane and loop-de-loop it up your fucking ass, SOME OF US WANT TO HEAR IN OUR OLD AGE
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It's highly unlikely the Senate will risk any of the funding bills by sending something back to the House, so ... yeah, we're probably going to have a TikTok ban next week unless it's sold to a new owner.
Set off the fireworks and cue the Lee Greenwood, YEE HAW
If the Tik Tok ban goes to the Senate as part of all these funding bills, then in order to get rid of it the Senate has to send it back to committee and the House has to vote on it *again.*
Or the Senate can just pass the bills right now as written, no committee needed, and it goes to Biden.
Now for the bad news!
Guess what was bundled into the "must pass" Ukraine and Israel and Taiwan funding today?
THE TIK TOK BAN.
WEEEEEEEEEE.
Understand that to half the Republican base, Mike Johnson just betrayed them.
It doesn't even matter the substance of the vote; he chose the Democrats over his own party.
He is so beyond fucked and I love it.
Either Mike Johnson retains his Speaker position with the help of Democrats (which may cost him his seat in Congress), or he gets ousted.
I'm not seeing a downside here.
THAT'S EVEN BETTER.
The GOP Speaker of the House broke with *half* of his membership and used Democrats to pass the bills.
They are gonna McFreaking lose it.
He might not be coming back this fall ...
Mike cut a deal with the Dems. He is not going anywhere. The vote was not even close on this package. I give Mike credit for standing up to Maga idiots.
How many speakers does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop?
HEY MIKEY!
NAH NAH NAH NAH
NAH NAH NAH NAH
WAY-HEY-HEY
GOODBYE!
Breaking news: House passes $95 billion foreign aid package, with funds for Ukraine and Israel, with bipartisan support
The House is expected to vote Saturday on legislation to fund Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, among other priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com
Also can I just say this right here is why I'm a big fan of
GamersNexus?
Actual. Fucking. Ethics.
Imagine how much better so many things would be if large mainstream media organizations abided these kind of rules for themselves.
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Perspective:
Had I purchased a waterblock for my RTX 4080 from EK, it would have cost over $300 USD. That's not a full cooler, that's just a block of milled copper and acrylic.
Instead I purchased a block made by Barrow that performs almost identically for around $100 USD.
EK's "AI" cooling components are a big deal because Nvidia's damn cards draw way too much power. Keeping them cool and functioning at peak efficiency is a challenge and sometimes only water cooling can handle it.
And I don't know of any other OEM that makes those cooling blocks.
Now, while you can say "so what, this is just gamer shit," it's not.
EKWB is one of the few companies that makes water cooling for *server* components, systems, and - most notably - NVidia's "AI" processing cards.
That's eyebrow-raising right there.
Every player in the PC cooling space has focused on making better and cheaper stuff (except for Corsair, because they're bloody Corsair). Even Alphacool is more competitive on price than EK, and they're also based in Europe.
It sounds like EK waited too long to course correct.
This isn't good, but it makes sense.
EK's prices for watercooling parts compared to companies like Bykski and Barrow are far too high, not to mention closed loop cooling has plunged in price and you can get an excellent air cooler for under 20.
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And this is also kind of baffling.
It's just the number 33! Nothing on the pin suggests or implies "Vault-Tec" or "Fallout." As branding goes it's weak as shit.
They even put a demonstration of a better design *on the packaging itself.*
Obviously a hoodie is a hoodie, there's limits on what you can do.
But it's just a "33." That's it. Where's the yellow trim to suggest a Vault suit? The Vault-Tec logo is way down on the sleeve near the wrist and it's tiny.
It's so lazy.
I know I've been kicking Bethesda's marketing people around this week, but this is just sad.
This is an officially licensed product and you can barely tell it apart from something a fan threw together for a con at the last minute.
It's amazing but you can both not listen to Taylor Swift *and* shut the fuck up about that fact at the same time.
Like Jesus Christ I have many opinions about the matter but just fucking let people have their fucking music the planet is literally boiling us alive
I love how there's absolutely no self-awareness by Facebook, where they tried to rebrand as "Meta" to chase a completely illusory trend Zuckerberg attempted to will into existence and now they're stuck with a brand no one acknowledges or uses except the press.
Hell, I'd theorize that some of the pushback against AI comes from the plain and simple fact that the pitch has been so goddamn aggro.
If you tell people they have no choice, that becomes a great big motivator to make your life a living hell.
Ah yes, because the aggressive overwhelming push and almost-threatening stance that this is GOING to happen and you should just accept it worked ever so well for the "metaverse."
Only two things keep people in any situation: obligation or enjoyment. Without either, they drift away.
Breaking News: Meta will begin to incorporate its newest AI-powered assistant more comprehensively into Facebook, Instagram and other apps. The software will become practically omnipresent — inside the news feed, in search bars and in chats with friends.
Users of Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Messenger will be able to turn to the new technology, powered by Meta’s latest artificial intelligence model, to obtain information and complete tasks.
www.nytimes.com
Right, sorry I'm late, sorry, I had to put away dishes and get trash out ... so, where were we?
Oh yeah, we just got Liam Neeson killed.
Fallout 3 continues!
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No, I really REALLY need to harp on this:
Since merging with Warner Bros, the stock has lost *over half* its value. That's less than two years.
The stock has been hovering around $8.00 *the entire year.*
How the fuck are investors happy with this bullshit?
I love America, where if someone does their job very badly and loses a ton of money for the company they're given a 25% raise.
Don't you love those "I'm a fuckup" raises? Those are the best.
David Zaslav, president and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, had a 2023 pay package worth $49.7 million, up 26.5% from the year prior.
variety.comOkay, let's go.
NY’s Attorney General asks the court to reject Trump’s sketchy Knight Insurance bond and give him a week to replace it with a bond from a reputable surety. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
I'm a little behind on chores today so we'll get Fallout 3 going about 5pm ET. I'll see you then!
Please oh please let's do it again round three FIGHT
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been looking for at least one Republican ally in her effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson. This week, she found two.
www.msnbc.comTell me with a straight face we're a meritocracy when David fucking Zaslov is on course to completely shred whatever value there is left at Warner Bros and get paid a fortune to do it.
For perspective, if they'd actually released Coyote Vs. Acme they would have made back Zaslov's annual salary three times over, easily.
If you told me Zaslov is part of an evil plot by Disney to destroy Warner Bros, I'd fucking well believe you.