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Ideally, the Dems should've pushed the security out of the way and physically removed the DOGE team and their hardware and software. Instead they performatively argued with a single private security guy blocking the doors. The Dems are already capitulating talking about letting the "blue dogs" vote with the GOP.

I'd like to see a large amount of Dems in congress and in other high positions to take direct action, get arrested, and jailed. I think this would force hard conversations in the media about what's going on, and courts and judges to more or less definitively rule.

I don't doubt there was some localized fraud going on. I do doubt fraud was responsible for the red-shift in the vast majority of counties as shown on this map: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/06/us/politics/presidential-election-2024-red-shift.html

I think they tried to steal the election, but didn't need to. I do wish there were more investigations, because they're probably going to do all the same stuff and much more in the next elections.

This article is a good summary of the rabbit-hole I started going down when that Sam Altman/OpenAI drama happened (effective altruism -> effective accelerationism -> dark enlightenment -> etc). I had no idea so much of the "elite" were that out of touch with reality before that.

on sponsor rule · c/onehundredninetysix · 11 pts · 1y

I assume if companies have a positive ROI for ads/sponsorships, they have very high profits (i.e. they're ripping people off).

I don't think walmart's warranties are pro-rated. They advertise "3 year free replacement." A couple years ago, I brought in a ~2 year old battery, and they just gave me a free replacement. All 3 batteries I was looking at have different CCA ratings, but I'm guessing ratings can be fudged too.

on How do you keep up? · c/selfhosted · 9 pts · 1y

If it works, I don't update unless I'm bored or something. I also spread things out on multiple machines, so there's less chance of stuff happening like you describe with the charts feature going away. My NAS is pretty much just a NAS now.

You can probably backup your configs/data, upgrade, then deploy jellyfin again, restore, and reconfigure. You should probably backup your data on your ZFS pool. But, I recently updated to the latest TrueNas Scale from ~5 year old FreeBSD version of TrueNas and the pools still worked fine (none of the "apps" or jails worked, obviously). The upgrade process even ported my service configurations over. I didn't care about much of the data in the pools, so only backed up the most important stuff.

I personally use a dual core pentium with 16GB of RAM. When I first installed TrueNas (FreeNas back then), I only had 8GB of RAM, but that proved to be not enough to run all the services I wanted, so I would suggest 12-16GB. Depending on the services you want to run any multi-core x86 CPU that allows 16GB of RAM to be used should be adequate. I believe TrueNas recommends ECC RAM, but I don't think using consumer grade RAM and hardware has caused me any problems. I'm also using an old SSD for the system drive, which I is recommended now (I used to use 2 mirrored USB thumb drives, buy that's not recommended anymore). Very importantly, make sure the HDD(s) you get are not shingled drives; made that mistake initially, and performance was ridiculously bad.

Yeah. If you're a minor you have to take Drivers Ed that requires a couple hours of driving with an instructor. If you're an adult, you can just take the written and driving test. I think I just drove around the block, and did a reverse parking test for my driving test. Depending on where you live, roundabouts are not common here. I don't think I saw one IRL until I was in my late 20s when I moved to a different state.

IIRC, a deposit is made by two parties to create a lightning network channel that's enough to cover all transactions (kinda like a multi-sig escrow), and both parties have to sign-off on their balances after every transaction (the last balance signed by both parties is the only valid state). I think most people would use a custodial wallet where the custodian already has channels set up, and this would require trust in the custodian. Lightning networks didn't exist, and wasn't fully spec'd out the last time I looked into it though.

The Laken-Riley act pisses on the 14th amendment. People can be deported for just being suspected of committing a crime. The crime can be as small as being suspected of stealing a candy bar. There is mandatory detention, without bail, for all immigrants, with papers or not. It's not uncommon in the US to wait years before going to trial, and I doubt they'll be any more expedient for immigrants. And these people can just be deported without a trial.

on The deed is done. · c/retrogaming · 3 pts · 1y

I don't really like rogues (because you pretty much have to redo everything again), but I do usually play games with the difficulty settings all the way up (not on "ironman" though). Being able to retry from a recent save isn't too frustrating, and you can finish many games without even learning or using various mechanics if you don't use the highest difficulty.