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  • 7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux

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  • Ok, that makes a bit more sense then.

    eGPUs got pretty good support on Intel Macs in the years leading up to Apple Silicon. And that transition started 5+ years ago. And now all Apple Silicon Macs have no eGPU support.

    I find it weird that you cite eGPU support since hackintoshes almost always have PCI slots. And the eGPU support still comes from Apple (at the driver level) even on a hackintosh. AFAIK.

  • Authenticate thyself: Data has created a new and paradoxical social order: the promise of emancipation is made possible by classifying everything

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  • Because of this transformation, our sense of who we are is assembled in a strange and tangled fashion. The machinery of ordinalisation attends carefully to individuals rather than coarse classes or groups. By doing so, it appears to liberate people from the constraints of social affiliations and to judge them for their distinctive qualities and contributions. It promises incorporation for the excluded, recognition for the creative, and just rewards for the entrepreneurial. And yet this emancipatory promise is delivered through systems that classify, sort and, above all, rank people with ever-greater precision and on a previously unimaginable scale. The resulting social order is a sort of paradox, characterised by constant tensions between personal freedom and social control, between the subjective elan of inner authenticity and the objective forces of external authentication. It gives rise to a certain way of being, a new kind of self, whose experiences are defined by the push for personal autonomy and the pull of platform dependency.

    Sounds like their point is we were emancipated from being defined by our social connections and place in society. This is being done by data identifying our intrinsic properties that exist without our social connections.

    This is in line with the west’s (North American) ever increasing individualism. A trend that many suggest has gone too far, and is harming individuals, along with the rest of society.

    “Don’t just go with the flow in your community and family! Each and everyone of you have the potential for more! Break free! Buy our product, and show everyone who you really are!”

    This is just my take on your question.

  • Inside the Underground Trade of ‘Flipper Zero’ Tech to Break into Cars

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  • You can get devices that connect to home assistant for that too! (Just a comment, not a suggestion that you are doing anything wrong.)

  • 7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux

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  • The big reason to make a hackintosh was to use eGPUs?

    eGPUs were not supported natively? And now they are?

    What timeline are you talking about here? Is it all back 10-6 years ago?

  • Harvard dropouts to launch ‘always on’ AI smart glasses that listen and record every conversation

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  • And those were just assumptions about if it was recording. People should make similar assumptions about someone holding their phone or carrying it in their shirt pocket.

    All I’m saying is the fact we already have recording devices everywhere (our phones) means the transition into acceptance for glasses will happen. As long as the usefulness of the glasses is high enough.

    The usefulness of Google Glass was basically zero. So it went away quickly. The whole project was just intended to be a stunt, so Google could look like they were ahead of the curve. I’m convinced of that.

  • Wyoming launches first state-backed stablecoin on seven blockchains

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  • I don’t think I’ve read a clearer illustration of how red states would fall apart without money from other states. But that’s on me.

    Thanks for posting this.

  • Wyoming launches first state-backed stablecoin on seven blockchains

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  • It’s a foundation for future bullshit. I’m sure.

  • Wyoming launches first state-backed stablecoin on seven blockchains

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  • It’s funny how this might seem like Wyoming being super modern and progressive. When it’s really tip of the spear libertarian bullshit.

  • 96,000 UK Police Bodycam Videos Lost After Data Transfer Mishap

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  • All they need to do is access one of the multiple backups they have. Right?

    They don’t treat it like non-essential data, right?

  • Republicans sue to block Newsom's gerrymandering, point to legislative gamesmanship

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  • Treating it like a game means you may find cheating allowed. That’s how I was viewing it, for my joke that I’m assuming most people understood.

  • Copilot Broke Your Audit Log, but Microsoft Won’t Tell You

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  • When your AI buddy actually has your back, and wouldn’t tell on you…

  • Republicans sue to block Newsom's gerrymandering, point to legislative gamesmanship

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  • Ratchet Effect.

    It feels like the Democratic Party is designed on purpose to interact in this way. But that would be a conspiracy theory, right?

    Neoliberalism. Both parties pray to the same neoliberal god.

  • Republicans sue to block Newsom's gerrymandering, point to legislative gamesmanship

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  • Gamesmanship? But the whole theme of this era is gamesmanship. 🤦‍♀️

  • UK Official Calls for Age Verification on VPNs to Prevent Porn Loophole

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  • You should watch some Adam Curtis documentaries to get perspective on the UK.

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    I BUILT A GOOGLE NEWS CLONE JUST WITH ANTI-CAPITALIST AND LEFT-WING NEWS SOURCES

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  • Does it have working sort by magic? If not, no sale.

  • SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink

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  • If you look at the rest of the comments, you’ll see I was taking about my ping in a game. Not my shortest path to a nearby server.

  • SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink

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  • Thanks for the details! This makes sense now. I started asking questions because it seemed wild that the only ping I pay attention to, the one shown in a game I play, would be up to 4.5 seconds on starlink. I guess it would be ~250ms at the top of the range they quoted.

  • SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink

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  • How condescending. I’m obviously not wise to networking stuff. That’s why I was asking questions.

  • SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink

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  • About 5ms.

    Based on the various replies, it sounds like the poster I was originally replying to does not mean pings in any context.

    They just mean in this context. Along optimal routes. Right?