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Synaesthesia··on HMD Touch 4G
3.2" display. Weighs 100g. Cheap (presumably)
Synaesthesia··on Nvidia, CoreWeave, and Nebius: Inside the Circular Financing of the GPU Boom
I think it will be like the 90's collapse but bigger. It must be noted that the financial markets have been awash in cash for some time since companies have been making huge profits since the 90's. So the money that will be lost will mostly be that of rich investors and large companies who were sitting on a bunch of capital they didn't know what to do with.
Synaesthesia··on The Music of Destruction
It was the greatest war in history, and made the Western front look small by comparison. 26 million people killed. The Soviet Union fought the Wehrmacht alone from June 1941 until July 1943. They made by far the largest contribution in defeating Nazi Germany.
Synaesthesia··on Never Give Them Your Face
A while back I opened a bank account for my daughter. All that I needed was to scan my face, then the bank got everything from the department of home affairs (South Africa)

That means my goverment already has my face, with all my details associated with it. Bit Orwellian but there we are.

Synaesthesia··on Iran stops negotiations with U.S., vows to 'completely' block Strait of Hormuz
I'm glad Iran is teaching the US and Israel a lesson. Their aggression and attacks have gone unchecked for far too long.
Synaesthesia··on Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions
The entire rest of the world is not just 3rd world countries.
Synaesthesia··on Naphtha shortages in Japan
Maybe the point of the Iran war was to boost the US economy, relative to East Asia, which is dependent on Middle Eastern oil and gas, while the US is an exporter.

I mean look who benefits from this, arms companies and oil/gas companies are having a bonanza.

Synaesthesia··on 100 Best Novels of All Time
Now I really want to read Middlemarch.
Synaesthesia··on How Monero’s proof of work works
Buy some other crypto like Litecoin then exchange it for Monero, there are quite a few exchanges around that do it anonymously.
Synaesthesia··on The abandoned war: Why no one is stopping the genocide in Sudan
Africa sadly just gets ignored. But one day it will unite and develop itself, so I hope anyway.
Synaesthesia··on We gave an AI a 3 year retail lease and asked it to make a profit
It's a business selling trinkets, I doubt it's going to make money.
Synaesthesia··on Picasso’s Guernica (Gigapixel)
Guernica shocked the world. It was the start of aerial bombardment of civilians, something which we have sadly normalised since WW2. but which I regard as terrorism.

Picasso also painted another great work titled "Korea" in the same vein.

War is an abomination, something we should all fight against.

Synaesthesia··on The rational conclusion of doomerism is violence
It was wrong, and yes would likely be seen as genocidal in the current day, rightly so. You can't just randomly kill innocent civilians, no matter what. It didn't even meaningfully accelerate the end of the war.
Synaesthesia··on Intel 486 CPU announced April 10, 1989
Pentium is a bad processor? It's way faster than 486, especially on FP it's not even close.
Synaesthesia··on [dead]
Immediately after the ceasefire Israel attacks hundreds of sites in Lebanon, what the heck is that! We are tired of this bloodshed.
Synaesthesia··on Cambodia unveils statue to honour famous landmine-sniffing rat
Land-mines, particularly anti-personnel land minds are just horrible weapons. They should be banned.
Synaesthesia··on Record wind and solar saved UK from gas imports worth £1B in March 2026
When I was young they talked about a green revolution. Now with low solar panel costs, as well as batteries and inverters we really are living in a green revolution.
Synaesthesia··on Ubuntu now requires more RAM than Windows 11
The amount of people still on less than 8gb of memory is really small.
Synaesthesia··on Steam on Linux Use Skyrocketed Above 5% in March
Ricing = making your linux desktop look pretty. arch = a 'techy' flavour of linux.
Synaesthesia··on Why the US Navy won't blast the Iranians and 'open' Strait of Hormuz
Because as the article explains the US ships cannot even approach the straits due to the threat of anti-ship missiles.
Synaesthesia··on What major works of literature were written after age of 85? 75? 65?
It counts more! His novels are mind-blowing. Blood Meridian is unsurpassed IMO
Synaesthesia··on Spain shuts airspace for US planes involved in Iran war
I mean have you seen what US colleges cost?
Synaesthesia··on Spain shuts airspace for US planes involved in Iran war
Iran was never a threat to NATO. It was posing no threat when the US launched this war. The entire threat is the fault of US aggression.
Synaesthesia··on Spain shuts airspace for US planes involved in Iran war
5k is almost free. And yes you pay tax to find universities. Makes sense. Paying full tuition in the USA is like paying a tax, only worse, it's a lot more.
Synaesthesia··on How Iran is making a mint from the current war
The big loser in this war is Europe and other roil importing nations.

The US is a major oil and has producer. It's benefiting from this war of aggression and not even taking any damage.

Oil companies and arms manufacturers are having a bonanza.

After the violence wracked 20th century I was hopeful the 21st century would be a bit more enlightened ...

Synaesthesia··on Miscellanea: The War in Iran
Israel is an arm of the US empire. It's a very useful ally of the US in the region. And when I talk about the US here I mean ruling elites.

The US is doing just fine from this war. The US is an oil and gas producer, the largest in the world. So they benefit from rising prices.

I'd say the biggest losers are countries like Europe, and neutral oil importing countries around the world.

Synaesthesia··on Miscellanea: The War in Iran
The purpose of the war is to destroy the Axis of Resistance, Iran, Hezbollah and its allies, the only force standing in the way of US/Israeli hegemony in the region.
Synaesthesia··on Miscellanea: The War in Iran
He writes that the region is not very important to the USA. It's not, but it is a strategically important area, not only in terms of its location, at the nexus of Asia, Africa and Europe, but also because of the oil there.

Now the US is not dependent on Middle Eastern Oil, but Japan, China and other countries are. So controlling the region will mean a lever of power over those regions.

Synaesthesia··on Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons
I don't know, I always see this pattern with iOS or MacOS releases. Everyone piles on at the time.

I've actually quite enjoyed some design changes in Tahoe, and looking at older versions of MacOS just looks old fashioned once you're used to them.

Synaesthesia··on YouTube is asking users if videos "feel like AI slop"
Good because damn, there is some AI slop out there.
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