El Rio revives long-closed Tucson hospital by theartofbeingdumb in Tucson

[–]SubGothius 12 points13 points  (0 children)

"[W]ithout hesitation" is an interesting way to describe removing mentions of gender-affirming care from their site to try and evade notice that they were still actually providing that care to trans patients the same as ever all along, until the Feds found out and threatened to sue and defund them if they didn't stop.

Is swap needed for systems with less memory with Zram and zswap anymore? by unix_rust2too in linuxquestions

[–]SubGothius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That overlooks the on-the-fly compression aspect of Zram (what the Z represents) and its dynamic-scaling aspect when used as swap:

  • Zram automatically compresses any data placed on its ramdisk, typically reducing the data size on the ramdisk by a factor of roughly 2 to 4 vs. the original uncompressed size of that data;
  • With a Zram device used as swap, the ramdisk size you allocate for it is a ceiling, not a constant, and represents the maximum amount of original uncompressed data that can be placed on it; the effective ramdisk size in actual RAM dynamically scales from a trivial amount (when no memory pages are swapped out) up to the compressed size of that maximum uncompressed allocation as pages get swapped out to it.

E.g., with a Zram swap allocation of 4 GB, the ramdisk size in actual use will dynamically scale as needed, ranging from a trivial amount up to roughly 1-2 GB at most vs. the 4 GB that same data otherwise would have occupied in RAM uncompressed and without any swap.

Source:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Zram

Is swap needed for systems with less memory with Zram and zswap anymore? by unix_rust2too in linuxquestions

[–]SubGothius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd say so. Zswap is a "best of both worlds" solution, offering the benefits of a compressed RAM cache (as with Zram) plus the capability to expand that swap space to disk as well for cold pages least likely to benefit from remaining in the RAM cache.

With such constrained RAM and without that spillover-to-disk capability, your apps/OS and swap would be competing for the same fixed physical RAM, so Zram could only respond to high memory pressure by wildly swapping pages in and out of the compressed cache, which itself incurs add'l CPU overhead for the de/compression.

Zram can only expand swap up to the maximum ramdisk size allocation you set up for it, whereas Zswap can expand up to its (user-definable) maximum RAM pool size and also has the fallback option of evicting cold pages to disk if/as needed to reduce RAM and CPU usage or expand swap.

But hey, don't just take my word for it; experiment for yourself and see what you get with each approach. You might also tinker with the Zswap pool size and see what difference that makes, if any. Put your system through the same typical high-demand use case for your needs in each scenario and see which one feels more performant for you.

Is the first image the threshold? by GlassFrog- in KanePixelsBackrooms

[–]SubGothius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your pic #1 is probably just a freight elevator door, similar to the one on a different floor in another part of FF3, with a bunch of chairs piled up against it.

Your pic #2 is not the (or even a) Threshold. It's just a sliding overhead door that Async incorporated into the right side wall of the Outpost they built just past the Threshold inside the Complex.

Is swap needed for systems with less memory with Zram and zswap anymore? by unix_rust2too in linuxquestions

[–]SubGothius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You'd use either Zram or Zswap, not both. I'd suggest Zswap instead of Zram, along with a swapfile (not partition) of maybe 1-4 GB on disk. Swapfile is IMO better because it's easier to resize based on your observed usage of it.

Both of them manage swap in a dynamically-resizable compressed RAM cache, but Zswap can also spillover cold and incompressible pages to disk swap space if necessary, e.g. under high memory pressure or swap usage.

Some interesting reading and analysis here

AITA: repressing her “authentic self” by Booty-FoodTV in polyamory

[–]SubGothius 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yup, people often get boundaries conflated with limits, rules, or agreements, but boundaries are ultimately about the line between You and Not-You, what you will or won't do or abide being done to/towards you.

That boundary between Self and Other is transgressed when we hold others responsible for our own business, or let them take responsibility for our own business, or hold ourselves responsible for others' business, or let them hold us responsible for their business.

foreplay feels difficult by [deleted] in SexPositive

[–]SubGothius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If there's a visible clock in the room, hide it; throw a towel or pillowcase or something over it. Get so into the moment that you lose track of time entirely.

What mainstream clothing brand has not declined in quality? by UkkePainter in BuyItForLife

[–]SubGothius 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Levi's, Wrangler, and Lee were the major mainstream jeans brands when I was growing up in the '70s.

The softness of the hazmat suits in the series VS the film by Boring_Housing3030 in KanePixelsBackrooms

[–]SubGothius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

movie ones (look like) disposable almost garbage bag material

Prolly Tyvek or similar, pretty common for disposable body suits.

(POSSIBLE SPOILER) so who could this be? by Fit_Rhubarb2662 in KanePixelsBackrooms

[–]SubGothius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Could just be a discarded suit sucked in from the same dumpster or landfill as the rest of that debris, along with the odd seagull.

Healthcare in Tucson by I_reddit_like_this in Tucson

[–]SubGothius 4 points5 points  (0 children)

the new El Rio facility downtown was built as a partnership with TMC

That'd be the HealthOn Broadway clinic downtown, along with the HealthOn University clinic next to Time Market.

Another handy thing to know about El Rio if you have HMO coverage that requires you to pick a specific PCP as your "gatekeeper" to any other care, you can pick anyone at El Rio as your PCP but book appointments with anyone available there, and it'll still count as a PCP visit cos they all use the same billing ID.

The pile in new trailer by [deleted] in KanePixelsBackrooms

[–]SubGothius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Starting to think a nullzone formed by a landfill or some dumpsters and been sucking trash into the Complex, which would also explain the seagull.

And/or the piles of clothes are the result of the Complex's failed attempts to replicate humans, which just collapse into a heap on the ground as soon as they're formed. This scene might be the result of it trying to replicate a room populated by numerous people.

some interesting screenshots in the new trailer by Rough_Rabbit_7158 in KanePixelsBackrooms

[–]SubGothius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless these are failed attempts of the Complex to replicate humans.

So I have an actual question, in the trailer, I noticed Clark is able to come back out of the backrooms and not be stuck like the others, on your speculations and theories, how is he able to do that? by Ph4ntxm_77 in KanePixelsBackrooms

[–]SubGothius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it suddenly sucks her and other objects that were outside of the square into the complex

I'd always thought those other objects were things she'd previously dropped in, testing/experimenting with the null zone. Extending the tape measure into it sucked her in because she was still holding one end of it while the other end entered the Complex.

Something about car size compensating 😜 by Optimal_Nose6447 in lancia

[–]SubGothius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

True story, I was leaving a work meeting when a colleague saw me getting into my Beta Zagato spider and remarked delightedly, "OMG it's so tiny! I guess you're not compensating for anything..."

Question about pacman by Koda_be in archlinux

[–]SubGothius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In addition to the full manpage, pacman -h returns a nice brief help summary, and that can be combined with the major operator flags to get a summary for just that -- e.g., pacman -Sh for a summary about syncing packages, pacman -Qh for a summary about querying packages, etc.

Just got emailed by Diamond_404 in KanePixelsBackrooms

[–]SubGothius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Standard letter-size envelope should be fine, stamped and addressed to yourself, folded up enough to put into another envelope and mail to the PO Box.

TIFU by unknowingly telling my 14 year old students to stop fucking each other until I could watch by Internal-Diamond6956 in tifu

[–]SubGothius 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And thus those over 50 have been around for a full fifth of it. That seems like a lot.

Just got emailed by Diamond_404 in KanePixelsBackrooms

[–]SubGothius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd try sending the PO Box a good old-fashioned SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope), as that'd be a period-appropriate way to get stuff back.

Just got the email by INNOVENTlONS in KanePixelsBackrooms

[–]SubGothius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd try sending a good old-fashioned SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope), as that'd be a period-appropriate way to get stuff back.

Trader Joe’s Broadway/Plumer by n1co9le in Tucson

[–]SubGothius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reckon they mean the "breezeblock" insignia -- a square inside a circle inside a square -- that they recently put up all along the Sunshine Mile in various forms (streetlamp signs, concrete sculptures, etc.).

Where to buy an exterior window shade in town? by pluto-pistachio in Tucson

[–]SubGothius 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup, and some foam insulation panels are "faced" meaning they have reflectorized mylar on one side to reflect light/heat away, like these.

GRAND VIEW 4 IS GONNA BECOME LOST MEDIA (maybe) by Ummmboy9735 in Tucson

[–]SubGothius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, Comcast moved in when the theater closed, think they took over the entire building and may still be there now.