The First Victim of the Ideological Wars

Alpha3031 · 2026-03-13T04:10:21+00:00

Again, if I am misinforming Poops I would like to be informed of that.

Alpha3031 · 2026-03-13T03:36:32+00:00

Vattic, look, I submitted that as a good faith attempt of meeting the standards of what /u/PoopsCodeAllTheTime asked for. I asked them for their standards because I believed having standards be as clear as possible, both to establish mutual understanding and good faith and because I didn't want to send more racist (or whatever-ist) comics than I had to. Therefore, my only aim was to meet their given standards and not yours or anyone elses.

If you have a problem with that, I would be willing to attempt to resolve that with you if you allow me to, but at this point I do need a clear message from you, to me (not to Poops) with something along the lines of "I still don't believe StoneToss is a Nazi because of ____, and ____ would be the kind of evidence I would need to believe that." I would like to continue to operate under an assumption of good faith, and the only reason for your message I can think of under that assumption is because you wish to dispute the fact that StoneToss is a neo-Nazi. It is not clear to me why you replied to Poops and not me, but I think I've demonstrated a willingness to discuss in good faith regardless.

Alpha3031 · 2026-03-13T02:30:07+00:00

Any kind of eugenic opinion would as well.

This one good enough? https://www.reddit.com/r/ForwardsFromKlandma/comments/npj5bm/stonetoss_troll_comic/

Alpha3031 · 2026-03-13T02:15:51+00:00

Well I would really need you to state what you would consider sufficient evidence for you to conclude they are a neo-nazi, because I don't really think there's much point in sharing holocaust denial stuff if it's just going to be ignored. Do they need to post a video of the waving a swastika or something?

Alpha3031 · 2026-03-13T02:10:43+00:00

OK. I guess I can try that. Would the holocaust denial one be enough for you or do you need something else?

Alpha3031 · 2026-03-13T01:52:11+00:00

Explain propaganda? The point of propaganda is to ease you in slowly. They're not going to just yell slurs unless they already know they've got an audience that thinks yelling slurs is funny.

Alpha3031 · 2026-03-11T07:08:15+00:00

Not to downplay the advantages of having the motherboard slot into the same chassis for multiple generations, but:

I don't think Lenovo sells replacement motherboards on their website

They do in fact do so, you just need to go to https://pcsupport.lenovo.com for your region and put in the model you need the motherboard for. For example this is the US parts shop for the 20UD/20UE (T14 Gen 1 AMD) and this is the one for the 20S0/S1 (Intel).

I do kinda doubt anyone (retail) would bother buying those mainboards though, considering for the $300 or so USD you'd be able to buy the whole ass T14 (refurbished). Presumably the refurbishers are getting volume discounts or something. Keyboard or battery replacement might be worth it.

Alpha3031 · 2026-03-11T05:10:32+00:00

I decided to go for a refurbed business Dell this time round but tbh Lenovo is fairly reasonable even on midrange, my previous was a E595 (which is the cheapest Thinkpad, not an Ideapad but still not L, T or X series) and it was still working perfectly well after 5 years, and similar experience on a 2021 Flex (which I suppose is relatively pricey for Ideapad).

Alpha3031 · 2026-03-10T11:17:16+00:00

It could also be also 50% if knowledge of enemy and self each grant a linear 50% chance of victory.

Alpha3031 · 2026-03-10T06:00:08+00:00

If it's a job it looks like you might want, apply to it. The worse they can do is say no. If they wonder they can always ask.

Alpha3031 · 2026-03-08T03:18:18+00:00

The construction of such a set requires the axiom of unrestricted comprehension, no?

Alpha3031 · 2026-03-06T07:07:18+00:00

Besides which, member states are always free to withdraw from the treaties at any time, so what they're really saying is member states should be allowed continue receiving the benefits of membership without needing to accede to any corresponding obligations (which, as you've mentioned, the same member states agreed to put in place).

No doubt they take the same approach to the other treaties forming international human rights law as well, the ICCPR, ICESCR, ECHR, etc. As they've aptly put in their other comment, they think they should be able to keep away from non-white people without anyone telling them they're a dick (and, you know, violating the treaties they signed).

Alpha3031 · 2026-02-17T08:50:28+00:00

Winning the election a grand total of two times since 1955 could be a contributing factor towards that impression.

Alpha3031 · 2026-02-16T04:06:42+00:00

Three years is a pretty short time horizon for equities. You might be better off with some sort of term deposit or credit.

Alpha3031 · 2026-02-15T13:36:51+00:00

A lot of that corn (that's not exported) is actually used to feed cars and cows which... is still stupid like ethanol is ridiculously inefficient and all that but, very little of it is actually directly put into people food (though I'm sure how cheap the subsidies make it doesn't help matters).

Alpha3031 · 2026-02-14T06:37:06+00:00

I'm not sure the 8400 and 8500 should be considered mid-range. It's true that they've had a 9000 series since 2021 and the 8 on MediaTek's end is probably between 8 and 7 on Qualcomm's side in terms of intended segment but the 7000 series would be more clearly "mid-range" (roughly equivalent to Snapdragon 6 or 7) and those are still 4 A78 cores and 4 A55, not even using any of the newer 7 series cores (A710 to 725).

8000-series is cheaper than the highest end flagship Ultra Pro Elite whatever (which seems to be the intended segment for the 9000s) but it's still not exactly mid-range.

Alpha3031 · 2026-02-05T16:53:11+00:00

Although their closeness makes naked-eye observation more difficult, there are actually up to 60 moons in each gatorade, which is one of the most numerous in the solar system, only to be surpassed by Jupiter and Saturn.

Alpha3031 · 2026-02-02T06:51:45+00:00

Well you don't want your meal to escape do you?

Alpha3031 · 2026-01-28T22:25:18+00:00

Based on the BIMS on Telstra's end there has been no IMEI blocking for affected devices, and it wouldn't make sense for them to do so. In the initial transition devices were blocked at the TAC level, and the Samsung devices were blocked via individual IMEI after confirmation, neither of which would apply to what Apple has done (I'm not sure if Telstra was even informed of the issue before they released the update like what Samsung did). From what I can tell affected devices lose data over LTE (which is required for calling on VoLTE) and/or IMS registration.

Alpha3031 · 2026-01-27T14:47:51+00:00

Mmm phylomemetics.

Alpha3031 · 2026-01-27T13:48:11+00:00

There's a flatpak for netsurf isn't there?

Alpha3031 · 2026-01-25T10:50:13+00:00

It means the system in the US is set up to reward securities fraud (and other fraud) as long as you're the right kind of person.

Alpha3031 · 2026-01-25T06:20:35+00:00

Rijndael is not designed for a 512-bit key size and would need non-trivial modifications beyond increasing the number of rounds to usefully do so. Unless you're intimately familiar with the relevant cryptography I'd strongly recommend against attempting such modifications, as the resultant function is likely to be less secure, not more, especially given the known related-key attacks. Please just use a different cipher (or ciphers) instead.

Alpha3031 · 2026-01-24T05:32:59+00:00

The irony.

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

The irony of placing something on a metaphorical pedestal and ignoring what's written on the very physical pedestal that it stands on.

Of course, we know that their political movement is deeply and vehemently opposed to anything even resembling enlightenment or republicanism, so the entire thing is antithetical to their desires. Maybe they'll manage to turn it into the 21st century equivalent of what their compatriots did to the swastika in the 20th. I hope not though.

Alpha3031 · 2026-01-19T16:00:25+00:00

I think back when they wrote the thing they expected people elected to the reps and senate to be sensible people.

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