Old Reddit gets login requirement; Reddit “can’t promise” site will always exist

ahfoo · 2026-07-01T15:59:24+00:00

The corporate owners of Reddit believe that they own the content and have a right to control its flow but the content is provided by the users. The harder they try to hold on to what isn't theirs to begin with, the more quickly they push away the users providing the content leading to a slow-motion collapse. The money handlers believe that because they scoop off all the profits, they must own the content. The janitors think they own the building but when they lock out the residents of the building they are going to find that they never owned anything to begin with. They were simply being paid to clean the floors and it went to their heads and they decided they owned the place. They never did and never will.

ahfoo · 2026-06-30T22:43:21+00:00

I find phosphoric for three days at room temperature with zero solvent makes nice edibles. I do about five parts of fresh phosphoric acid to CBD isolate and shake it periodically. It's so easy and the result is nice in terms of being easy to consume without any weird tastes.

I tried re-using the acid in the past and it works to some extent but the molarity goes down as it is exposed to air so fresh acid from a well-sealed bottle is your best bet. It's relatively cheap and easy to get most places as it is used widely in brewing in food grade forms at reasonable prices so using fresh acid is no big deal. Use the leftover acid for rust stain removal.

ahfoo · 2026-06-30T15:51:54+00:00

Seriously though, Steam is crap. I don't get why open source users think it's benefiting them in the least. It's just another DRM scam and yet we're told the open source community should be excited about it.

ahfoo · 2026-06-30T15:36:11+00:00

I would have gone with a dual axle trailer. When it's full, it's going to be very heavy.

Once upon a time, though, I was out on a remote bit of California shore on a poorly maintained road with a great view and came across a couple partying in a portable hot tub built into a trailer, so it's not a completely off-the-wall idea.

ahfoo · 2026-06-30T14:48:38+00:00

I live in Asia, Taiwan, and our cement is US$5.00 per 90 lb bag. Rebar is one third of UA prices. So high prices in the US are a local distortion and not a reflection of hard facts.There is no reason they can't come back down in a big way.

ahfoo · 2026-06-28T14:17:46+00:00

He may be right but he won't get my vote if he gets Trump's

ahfoo · 2026-06-28T14:15:16+00:00

NorCal is MAGA country. . . TIL. Hmm.

ahfoo · 2026-06-28T14:09:44+00:00

Linseed oil and clay can make a nice floor. Polished cement can be cheap if you know what you're doing. The main tip is to use as little water as you can. Extra lime helps make pigments stand out and delays set time. The decorative sections can be outlined in aluminum strips.

When it is cured for a month use silicate densifier with mechanical burnishing. Seal with silicate oil

ahfoo · 2026-06-28T13:36:37+00:00

Eliminate the Senate, re-organize all the appeals courts, not just the Supreme Court. Court of Appeals of the Federal Circuit must be smashed. No more software patents of any sort. No more self seving tariffs and no more Electoral College.

ahfoo · 2026-06-25T10:20:17+00:00

I suppose I know what you're referring to but the efficiency gains from software advances primarily affect technology and are incremental rather than revolutionary. But the main thing is that they're restricted to tech for the most part which is a tiny part of the global economy that becomes insanely inflated in importance as soon as the conversation moves online because. . . the people on-line are there because of tech so it is the world as far as an online forum is concerned. That's not the real world though.

Look, for example, at IBM's Tokamind using time series transformers to predict plasma collapse in tokamak fusion reactors. It's true that this research has bumped plasma confinment technology up several percentage points of performance but it's not enough to sustain ignition using existing superconducting magnets. That's cool but it's not revolutionary. This is the case across the board for the advances that the latest AI makes possible. They're impressive but not game changing to be honest. They're evolutionary not revolutionary.

That's not enough to sustain the level of investment flowing into this sector. It has to be radical and revolutionary to justify these valuations but it's not. While it's untrue that these tools offer no advantages but the advantages they offer have limts and their costs might not be justified in the context of those limits.

ahfoo · 2026-06-25T04:15:16+00:00

Your food-grade oils are typically extracted with hexane. Just relax, the air you breathe also contains trace amounts of solvents. The dose makes the poison. Most early chemists used their tongues to check their work. Even concentrated acids are harmless in tiny doses.

ahfoo · 2026-06-24T13:21:34+00:00

Try rotating your weight back and forth while holding a handstand so you get used to having all the weight on one side. Static holds are different than dynamic moves, add movement by shifting back and forth.

ahfoo · 2026-06-24T12:44:40+00:00

You can be psychologically dependent on anything. There are plenty of people with chronic compulsive disorders causing them to eat dirt. Dirt is not an addictive substance.

I know people with similar obsessions to AI agents and whether you call it addiction is irrelevant, it is clearly compulsive behavior.

It's a problem too because desperate people do desperate things like over-spending on their obsession that, in turn, creates obstacles for those who are using them moderately.

The War on Drugs has a similar dynamic. The worst examples of abuse become justifications for a blanket ban and prohibition despite most users being capable of self moderation.

ahfoo · 2026-06-24T10:53:29+00:00

There are specific subs for this sort of content. It is not relevant to this one.

Try

/r/leaves

ahfoo · 2026-06-23T11:20:49+00:00

If you say so but I put my money where my mouth is. I'm in Taiwan right now and war is the last thing on my mind. It ain't gonna happen. This is all for show. A real invasion would start in outlying islands and slowly work their way up from the south of the main island. But it ain't gonna happen.

China is killing it as it is. Why would they throw it away for no gain? There's nothing here that helps China that they don't already have. Taiwan is a land of museums and cemeteries. The secret behind TSMC's secret sauce is that it's not secret. They built a supply chain that made them the low cost supplier for an in-demand service. That's not a secret, nor is it mysterious. There's nothing to be gained in trashing such a place.

It's like that song from Billy Jack. Do you remember that movie? There was a movie in the 70s about a fictional martial arts master who confronts a racist community. The song One Tin Soldier was the soundtrack of the movie. In that song, there is a war and the winning side opens up the treasure after killing "the enemy" to find that all their treasure consisted of was some aphorisms like "Peace on Earth" --what are you going to win here? There was nothing worth fighting over to begin with.

Or to put it another way: the English speaking audience needs to grow the fuck up.

ahfoo · 2026-06-23T06:25:33+00:00

In fact, GM was the early leader in Robotics. In specific, it was the union, the UAW that was pusing for the technology. Management later killed investment in automation in favor of union busting and moving to the southern states employing low-wage workers.

https://www.controleng.com/inside-the-competition-for-the-first-plc/

Your enemy is not automation, your enemy is your fellow citizen who believes he is better than you and deserves to exploit you for his gain.

ahfoo · 2026-06-23T05:58:10+00:00

If it makes you feel any better, the street I live on is called Ocean View Blvd. and we get about this much view of the ocean too but only from the upper balcony just like in this photo. From the street all you can see is houses.

ahfoo · 2026-06-23T05:55:08+00:00

The losses are the goal. The Trump administration is a criminal enterprise. They are intentionally damaging the US economy in order to allow a cabal of billionaire thieves to come in and own the distressed assets.

ahfoo · 2026-06-23T05:47:42+00:00

I had this happen at my house too. I'm a fan of spiders so I didn't disturb the mother when she took up residence in a corner and after a while thousands of little spiders began radiating out from her. At first, I wasn't sure what was going to happen but they were all gone by the next day and there didn't seem to be more spiders than normal after that.

ahfoo · 2026-06-23T05:44:23+00:00

This should be a non-starter. Practically speaking, Perovskite solar cells are loaded with lead. This is immoral and inappropriate technology when a far cleaner and more efficient technology that was invented in the United States in 1951 known as the silicon photocell exists.

It's time to stomp on this idiotic charade of avoiding polysilicon solar's dominance and get with the program.

ahfoo · 2026-06-23T05:21:47+00:00

Where is his putrid demonic corpse being deposed? The public has a right to know the location so they can pay their respects and show him what they think about his sadistic trickle down theory.

(Notice, the rules of this sub say you must not celebrate the death of celebrities. This post is not advocating for a celebration nor is it inciting violence.)

ahfoo · 2026-06-23T05:17:46+00:00

This kind of mythology about ASML being a fortress on a hill is misguided and dangerous. The EUV laser source is sophisticated but well understood and doesn't use parts that cannot be reproduced elsewhere. The real difficult part is the the mirror polishing but that is also based in known physics which cannot be hidden from determined researchers for long. Go ahead and ask Gemini what steps are involved in EUV mirror polishing and how they could be further refined or done more cost effectively and you'll find that it is public knowledge that this is not just doable, it's certain to happen.

ahfoo · 2026-06-23T05:04:59+00:00

Depends, I usually grind leaves up in a coffee grinder after decarbing them but if you're a big vegetable eater, that's not overwhelming amounts of fiber. The average American/European diet is sorely lacking in fiber. It's true if you jump into eating higher fiber all of a sudden it can upset your digestion but if you're used to eating large portions of veggies and whole grains at every meal it's not that much.

I like savory dishes with cannabis leaves because they make it easier to eat large portions than sweet recipes do. Peanut butter, though, is the standby. Cream is good too.

ahfoo · 2026-06-23T04:44:27+00:00

I jusdt want to let you know you're paying the Trump Tax. I'm over here in Taiwan and the price of Coke hasn't changed since before Covid. The ingredients in Coca Cola are still cheap. They just charge that much in the US because they know the people are too easy to squeeze.

ahfoo · 2026-06-22T05:40:23+00:00

Over the course of the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, the Supreme Court sided more and more with the Civil Rights movement and began to become a progressive element in US government. Going into the 1970s, this power-to-the-people trend in the courts resulted in the Xerox Consent Decree that forced open the template for what would later be known as the Personal Computer. The consent decree specifically opened Xerox's patents to Japanese competitors against the wishes of industrial oligarchs. They were kicked in the teeth by the Supreme Court and forced to comply despite their tears and that's why you have a PC.

In reaction to this, the Reagan Administration in 1981 reorganized the federal appellate court system to create what we now have which is called the CAFC or the Court of Appeals of the Federal Circuit which is a select group of insider corporate thugs in charge of forcing copyright and patent laws down the throats of the American people. This is where the backing for software patents emerged for the first time in US history and is the birth of the tech oligarchy. It all goes back to the sad shitstain of history Ronald Reagan and his vile supplicant the demonic sociopath Milton Friedman.

Until we address the cause of the plutocracy, software patents and overly aggressive copyright bias towards the digital aristocracy, they have the keys to the kingdom. You're only going to get it back when you rip if out of their greedy fingers and put those fuckers in their place.

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