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I really, really was looking forward to the new Daft Punk music video, "Tron 3"

mseidlon Nvidia Limits RTX 3060 Hash Rate

It was a typo.

mseidlon Nvidia Limits RTX 3060 Hash Rate

Fuck miners. They drove the cost of the 1000 series cards up when btc peaked at 14k. Then the 2000 series was the same price as when the btc peaked. Now the 3080 is selling at 2000+ euros.

mseidlon Nvidia Limits RTX 3060 Hash Rate

This is the other thing I don't understand.

I'm from Germany and our power is around 35 cents per khw.

Even using a 14th/s asic with bitcoin as high is it is now, you're losing lots of money. It uses 1,3 kilowatts.

The fact that the prices of the cards are so high in Germany now too... the 3080s are at 2000€ plus.

mseidlon Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA testing kit

Nobody should use electronic voting.

mseidlon Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client

I used pidgin along time ago when I was using aim/msn/yahoo.

It's been a REALLY long time.

mseidlon Stop the “Hard Work” Obsession

America has a really high income inequality, they are 66th, they are literally up there with African countries.

mseidlon Pfizer vaccine appears effective against mutation in new coronavirus variants

AFAIK, Biontech developed the vaccine and had successful tests in mice/monkeys, then they asked Pfizer help for bigger scaled testing/manufacturing?

mseidlon GTK4 for Graphical User Interfaces

#qt4ever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGZyVSOnqm0

The tl;dw: Kernel guys made a scuba diving app, using C + GTK. They switched to C++ and QT, due to issues/poor quality of GTK, bad attitude by GTK. QT also fixed a lot of complaints they had about C++. Also QT looks like native application on other platforms.

mseidlon Coolest custom mechanical keyboards

I want one of these!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-cadet_keyboard

mseidlon Cyberpunk 2077: How 2020’s biggest video game launch turned into a shambles

Sony pulled the game from the PS store. So, it's a not just a little deal.

mseidlon MDMA-assisted couples therapy investigated in pilot trial

I remember reading an article or something that was something like "Soldiers with PTSD try MDMA, give rave reviews"

mseidlon CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re American (2017)

I like it when you speak Deutsch to me.

mseidlon Transitioning from Docker to Podman

I love it. Not that it doesn't have it's issues. I've been here 10 years now though.

mseidlon Transitioning from Docker to Podman

We use it as the default at SUSE. In SLES and openSUSE.

mseidlon Transitioning from Docker to Podman

We have our LTSS -> Long term support at SUSE. Just in case you're a big government that wants to throw us lots of money.

mseidlon OpenSUSE MicroOS

Yeah, we have SLE -> SUSE Linux Enterprise , then S or D or others stuff. Server, Desktop, 4SAP, etc.

mseidlon Introducing the next generation of Mac

I'm waiting for their mac pro with apple silicon to be capped at 16gb of ram! ;)

mseidlon Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable Mac computers

The max ram in all 3 is only 16gb :(

mseidlon Pixel 5 review: Google spends its bill-of-materials budget unwisely

I've been a long time Linux/android guy but I was thinking of trying my first iphone now.

mseidlon USPS patent for reliable voting system secured with blockchain

Voting should never , ever be electronic...

If you wanted to sway an election with electronic voting you would just have to hit a few points versus going through the hassle of voting in person... Or even voting by mail.

Plus, the problem is lazy, stupid humans. You could have the most secure system on the planet, but if the password is password then it's worthless. Social engineering is a HUGE thing. Look at defcon videos where they "hack" via pretending to be someone in the company and make a phone call. It happens so fast(minutes). Also, there's a video on electronic voting , it might be a vice video or jon Oliver... districts left voting machines easily accessible, not under lock and key, no cameras, nothing...

https://youtu.be/svEuG_ekNT0

America should do what Germany does with voting make the ballots easy to read/use, none of this stupid chad shit. There are big circles on our ballots to mark the vote, it's simple/clear.

The xkcd comic sums it up perfectly too.

https://xkcd.com/2030/

mseidlon Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S.

Well if you vote for Trump you like what he says or it doesn't bother you enough, then that speaks volumes. Like when he called Mexicans rapists/murderers/drug dealers, or when he made fun of a disabled reporter, or said a women was too ugly to rape. Trump is just a horrible person. I'm German, a and left wing European.(I used to live in the US also). I don't like democrats politically. But if I could have, I would've voted for them as I view them not as destructive as republicans. But, even if Trump was as left as Sanders, one of the few American politicians I actually like, I wouldn't vote for him.

mseidlon Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S.

Crossing the country "border" is simply a misdemeanor(like driving without insurance). But if you're a refugee there is no "illegal" way to cross. You can cross where ever then once you make it over you can apply for refugee status.

mseidlon Mutt 2.0 Release Notes

I switched to neomutt a while ago.

mseidlon Tunnels in the US cost more than anywhere else

The EU/Germany has much better worker rights.

mseidlon Grubhub sued for listing restaurants without permission

I'll have to find the story, but there was a comment on hn when the last story about grubhub or other food delivery services. But there was a Italian place that didn't do delivery but they were getting bad reviews about cold pizza when delivered.

Then they found out company was delivering their food without their permission.

mseidlon Spanish police plans to extend use of its lie-detector while efficacy is unclear

https://youtu.be/ScmJvmzDcG0

He did a great video about forensics.

Also, this on lie detectors...

https://youtu.be/nyDMoGjKvNk

mseidlon YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA

If a kid can use curl, then they deserve the porn.

mseidlon The physiological effects of slow breathing in the healthy human

I learned/practiced this in my martial arts. I guess I'm the same level as a navy seal.

mseidlon AMD Announces Ryzen “Zen 3” and Radeon “RDNA2” Presentations for October

I will get a 3000 series. While I've never actually owned a AMD graphics card.... (25 year Linux guy) For a really long time AMD on Linux was absolute garbage, like lower end NVIDIA beating the this crap out of high end AMD. And I really appreciate the open source stuff, it seems to still be problematic. The other issue is, I use DaVinci Resolve which works a million times better with NVIDIA than AMD, even if it works at all.