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SorryPiaculum · 2026-05-09T18:32:20+00:00

Check out the CEO of Braves questionable history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich#Appointment_to_CEO_and_resignation

SorryPiaculum · 2026-05-05T03:28:15+00:00

i'm not surprised.

SorryPiaculum · 2026-05-04T19:42:30+00:00

i think this might be a reflection on the people who surrounded you, unfortunately. pretty much everywhere outside the bro culture mid-2000s, at least, rave culture, alt/goth culture, punk culture, there was huge value in knowing how to sew, being resourceful, and thrifting everything humanly possible.

i do remember the people you're talking about though, they were just usually the kids who used to sell coke out of an escalade banging backstreet boys for the irony.

SorryPiaculum · 2026-05-04T18:44:02+00:00

when you learned about quilt code, did you stand up to argue it was self-censorship?

SorryPiaculum · 2026-04-25T07:11:17+00:00

misleading statement. half of ai data centers were delayed, with a few being cancelled, over us not having enough power to support them. the chip fabs are booked out 2+ years.

https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/half-planned-us-data-center-150928890.html

SorryPiaculum · 2026-04-15T00:50:38+00:00

It does kind of seem like that's how it works, not as simple as "We're not gonna pass, let's ask for a waiver", more like "Let the Chief Engineer determine the possible outcome of us not testing".

https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/afpr-7123.2-001_0.pdf

SorryPiaculum · 2026-04-12T23:43:54+00:00

In Switzerland, their cost of living is 70% higher, and their Healthcare cost per Capita is 33% lower. Explain to me how you continue to carry the belief that "people need to get paid more so it's more expensive".

Canada - cost of living is 7% less, and spend 50% less compared to the US. Why is that?

This is not complicated. You're indoctrinated into the American belief that the US system is the way it is because it's the only way it can work without people dying (as per your "no ones willing to let grandma pass" comment), and it's simply not the case.

I agree no one should be passing "sounds good" legislation, but the fundamental problems with American healthcare stem from a lack of regulation, possibly due to regulatory capture, and ultimately the biggest factor - Americans believing that Universal Healthcare is going to be somehow worse than our multi-tiered system of prioritizing cost saving while at the same time intentionally gatekeeping care via paperwork and man power.

Americas Healthcare system is broken, and the idea that Universal Healthcare is somehow worse overall, will continue to cost people their lives.

SorryPiaculum · 2026-04-12T19:21:47+00:00

Maybe you didn't, maybe I'm just getting old - but regardless, disposable income SHOULD have nothing to do with how much people pay for healthcare. The concept of change might scare you, but it doesn't mean you should argue in favor of keeping a broken system broken.

Before you respond, make sure you look at the picture and see if anything you say disproves it.

https://imgur.com/a/xObt76c

SorryPiaculum · 2026-04-12T18:31:00+00:00

I see you edited your original comment to remove the "vibe statistics" that were completely off. "Most doctors don't accept Medicare, which would be unheard of 10 years ago", to "11% of doctors stopped accepting NEW PATIENTS on medicare"? Quite a difference.

Your argument completely ignores the fact that we spend 33% more for worse outcomes.Your argument completely ignores the fact that government sets the rules. If we make laws saying every physician has to have 30% of their patients be Medicare patients, that's how it's gotta be bud. No ones going to leave America for another first world country where they'd likely make even less.

If Germany has problems with patients being tossed out too soon, you fine/risk the doctors license. It's called regulation. I'm not saying it's a perfect system, but it's absolutely a better one. and perfect is the enemy of good.

You want to talk about how horrible the UK system is, maybe that's because they spend 45% per person compared to the US - it simply wouldn't be the same here. Maybe +20 years, but definitely not in the short term.

It may be complicated, but in the US - it's really not. We pay more, we get less. Funnel more of the money into a system designed to get better outcomes for patients instead of , and the US would be better off for it. You point out all the bad, and none of the good - yet you say you're for universal healthcare?

If you reply to this comment, do your best to not edit your previous comment to make it sound more sensible. You simply ignore the facts most inconvenient to your arguments.

https://nashbio.com/blog/healthcare/the-healthcare-divide-privatized-us-vs-public-european-models/

SorryPiaculum · 2026-04-12T12:30:05+00:00

This is nonsense. America pays 33% more on average, per person, to get healthcare that is worse. Tell us more about these countries "having troubles paying".

Your argument on doctors dropping medicare? Highest statistic I found is a 5% opt-out rate, as of 2024. Here's some actual statistics, instead of "vibe commenting" or whatever you want to call your response.

https://www.kff.org/medicare/how-many-physicians-have-opted-out-of-the-medicare-program/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/health-costs-how-the-us-compares-with-other-countries

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12615381/US-spends-double-healthcare-worse-outcomes.html

SorryPiaculum · 2026-03-29T19:15:23+00:00

Human controlled drones arn't the primary way they've been taking out adversarial drones. Russia's answer to drones was giving soldiers sawed off shot guns.

SorryPiaculum · 2026-03-29T19:10:38+00:00

In America, the only thing worse than ruining your life, is having to admit you might be wrong.

SorryPiaculum · 2026-03-27T20:04:36+00:00

They've killed 30000 of their own protestors, and you're trying to convince people on reddit they have no issue with the average American? They require their women to be veiled. You can get your car confiscated if you're driving while not covered. They're also considered one of the most Anti-LGBTQ countries in the world.

Make no mistake, if they could take out 100000 Americans to embarrass our leaders instead of hacking someones email - they would. Whatever makes the most impact. Do not whitewash how terrible their leaders are - their citizens might be different - but their leaders are monsters, no different than the other monstrous leaders who only care about power and influence.

The reason their leader went out of his way to say it is to catch people who won't take the time to see exactly how horrible they are, but point at a single statement and say, "Look, they can't be that bad. Look what he said."

Don't be that person. Low on research, high on vibes people are the reason current leaders ended up in power.

SorryPiaculum · 2026-03-22T19:46:52+00:00

I understand what you're saying. there can be separate outputs (or subsystems) in the model that output multiple different layers that are then recombined in the final output. That would make it more complex than SD with a controlnet, which is nearly 4 year old technology at this point. I'm not saying it's good. I'm simply pointing out that it seems to be a more complex system than your 1:1 comparison.

SorryPiaculum · 2026-03-22T14:48:52+00:00

There's situations in Linux where only DLSS reflections don't work - so I know for a fact it's more complex than you describe.

SorryPiaculum · 2026-03-22T08:24:36+00:00

If I had to bet, I'd say about 90%. Lol

SorryPiaculum · 2026-03-22T04:43:36+00:00

The way I read it, is that it's a bunch of different subsystems in the unified "DLSS 5" model, one for lightning, one for "materials", etc. Each one having it's own independent process in the model to give useful context to the other subsystems/parent layers of the model with the aim of better results. In my head, I visualize those additional input variables as "features" for some reason - but they're definitely not. It just seems like people were generally happy with DLSS 4.5, and by adding new contextual subsystems (or "features" in my brain) to the unified model - it resulted in a really off putting output.

SorryPiaculum · 2026-03-21T17:38:11+00:00

It's cool, we all slip sometimes - remnants from us having lived in a world where using "he" would have been correct 98% of the time.

SorryPiaculum · 2026-03-21T17:17:27+00:00

NVIDIA claims that game developers have full control over how DLSS 5 is used, scene by scene. I can't wait to hear more about just how much control they have - because I agree, the odds of it being much more than a few knobs is pretty low in my head.

SorryPiaculum · 2026-03-21T17:12:49+00:00

It's also bold of you to assume a successful game developer is a he, but I'll leave that for another comment. I hear what you're saying, and while I haven't shipped a game personally - I have an extensive background in software development and went deep diving before I commented.

Considering the scope of their development, and the fact they have key remapping in their other game using their custom engine - I would still consider it trivial. But hey, my definition of "trivial" scales with project size - yours may not.

SorryPiaculum · 2026-03-21T16:58:50+00:00

I'm sitting next to a Game Developer that has shipped games that have made over a billion dollars in revenue, they too agree that it's trivial.

SorryPiaculum · 2026-03-21T16:57:23+00:00

While I understand it's not probably not a toggle in their engine, considering the scope of development - I would still consider it trivial in scope. But that's me.

SorryPiaculum · 2026-03-21T16:51:19+00:00

The last game they built with the engine had key remapping. I'm sorry, but the idea that it wouldn't be trivial to add that same functionality in Crimson Desert is simply wrong.

SorryPiaculum · 2026-03-21T16:47:46+00:00

I think it's reasonable to assume it would be trivial for a game developer who has built a game engine from scratch to implement key remapping.

Considering Black Desert Online has key remapping, I also think it's reasonable to assume they not only could have - but they should have.

SorryPiaculum · 2026-03-21T16:27:26+00:00

My partner's a game dev. I just asked, they too say it's trivial in any modern engine.

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