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oilkillsbirds··on Unknown number of Texas voter registrations went unprocessed due to DPS error
You think there’s no voter fraud in Europe?
oilkillsbirds··on I wanna live an NPC life
"Don't give a fuck" - Ignore your feelings. Ignore your thoughts. Ignore others. Exist in some detached unalive state divorced from the human condition. Because it's easier. Oh and the monks did it. It's also easier to die, that's the end of that path of thought.
oilkillsbirds··on I wanna live an NPC life
This is pure escapism. Numbing yourself to the burden of being. Likely from a stress tolerance so shallow and under-developed that the slightest inconvenience or expectation feels like a crisis.

The truth is that after the brief initial relief of excusing yourself from being anything at all, you'll end up in a deep depression. It's a naive and immature fantasy.

Remove all electronics from your life, they are a constant nervous system stimulator that has prevented you from truly relaxing into a state of repair. Then introduce responsibilities into your life, start small. We are wired to be needed, wanted, useful, accountable, social. You're just stressed out.

oilkillsbirds··on Z2 – Lithographically fabricated IC in a garage fab
Look at RATE of growth (GDP, employment, safety, etc.) since immigration started getting bad in places like the UK - compare it's growth directly to the UK, or even the entire EU
oilkillsbirds··on Z2 – Lithographically fabricated IC in a garage fab
It's basically an objective fact at this point that excessive immigration is really, really bad, just look at all the politicians flipping sides on the issue. Look at the stats on European countries with the highest immigration rates vs those with the lowest (e.g. Poland)
oilkillsbirds··on Nvidia won, we all lost
And no I don’t work for nvidia. I’ve just been in the industry long enough to watch the immense contribution nvidia has made to every. single. field. The work of their researchers is astounding, it’s clear to anyone that’s honestly worked in this field long enough. It’s insane to hate on them.
oilkillsbirds··on Nvidia won, we all lost
Nobody’s going to read this, but this article and sentiment is utter anti-corporate bullshit, and the vastly congruent responses show that none of you have watched the historical development of GPGPU, or do any serious work on GPUs, or keep up with the open work of nvidia researchers.

The spoiled gamer mentality is getting old for those of us that actually work daily in GPGPU across industries, develop with RTX kit, do AI research, etc.

Yes they’ve had some marketing and technical flubs as any giant publically traded company will have, but their balance of research-driven development alongside corporate profit necessities is unmatched.

oilkillsbirds··on What enabled us to create AI is the thing it has the power to erase
I have a solid understanding of AI, and it will destroy the value of most human work, creative and non-creative. The power to do exactly what your job is with the push of a button, for free, in seconds. If it's not already here, it's coming.

Ubiquity kills the value of anything.

Anything short of an actual boycott on AI produced work/art will result in this.

oilkillsbirds··on Fun with C++26 reflection: Keyword Arguments
Poor, poor C++... cries in C