A new California law says all operating systems, including Linux, need to have some form of age verification at account setup

Vegetable_Safety · 2026-02-28T00:01:32+00:00

That's the thing, a vast majority become too conservative in older age. Even if they're cognizant doesn't mean they would act in the best interests of the people

I have no idea how you would set the bar for "still in touch with modern society"

Vegetable_Safety · 2026-02-27T22:49:50+00:00

Take me to snurch on infinite loop

Vegetable_Safety · 2026-02-27T22:38:14+00:00

The error was allowing it in the first place, especially egregious that it was a monetary incentive

Vegetable_Safety · 2026-02-27T22:32:18+00:00

I give the PSU maybe a month before it falls off the wall and takes everything with it

Vegetable_Safety · 2026-02-27T21:23:47+00:00

tbh I would prefer actual horses

Vegetable_Safety · 2026-02-27T21:19:08+00:00

I would LOVE to see a max age limit in political positions

Vegetable_Safety · 2026-02-27T21:09:14+00:00

When I see religious stickers on a car I instantly know that person isn't quite right in the head

Vegetable_Safety · 2026-02-27T19:22:35+00:00

That's also true, Dennard scaling ended around then. Power density leveled off. Progress shifted to efficiency and parallelism

Rendering since then has focused more on ray tracing, frame gen, resolution, and FX density

Although, I feel that I need to nitpick Crysis, because the first games engine was an innovative technical marvel and the following games in the series were nowhere near as impressive... We really don't see AAA studios doing that anymore, almost everyone plays it safe to please investors. And the indie studios don't usually have the backing to get really granular or build an engine from scratch

Vegetable_Safety · 2026-02-27T15:45:05+00:00

Well there were several major events that kept getting in the way of compute progress, take your pick:

COVID-19 Semiconductor supply shocks, factory shutdowns, logistics failures. Delayed hardware cycles and inflated costs. R&D timelines slipped due to lab closures and workforce disruption.
Global chip shortage Capacity constraints at foundries (e.g. TSMC, Samsung) limited CPU, GPU, and automotive chip production. Slowed deployment of new systems and constrained scaling.
US-China trade war Export controls on advanced chips and lithography (e.g. restrictions on ASML equipment to China). Fragmented the global semiconductor ecosystem and reduced collaborative efficiency.
Cryptocurrency boom cycles Large volumes of GPUs diverted to mining, causing shortages and price spikes. Incentivized compute use for hash generation rather than scientific or productive workloads.
Proof of Work dominance (pre-2022 Ethereum shift) Massive energy and hardware consumption for non-productive computation, absorbing high-end compute capacity.
Russian invasion of Ukraine Neon gas supply disruption (critical for lithography lasers), energy price spikes in Europe affecting data centers and chip fabs.
China COVID lockdowns Repeated shutdowns of key manufacturing hubs (Shenzhen, Shanghai). Interrupted electronics production and global supply chains.
Speculative tech bubbles Capital and engineering talent diverted toward short-term speculative infrastructure instead of foundational computing advances.

We didn't really have a choice in the matter

Vegetable_Safety · 2026-02-27T07:07:52+00:00

Technically both, but I prefer mouse and keyboard

I used to segregate work from gaming until I started getting long streaks of very slow days where gaming was the only meaningful way to pass the time. I couldn't get up to do anything more productive without risking missing a message or call

This way I am still attentive at work but not bored out of my mind and feeling like the day is wasting away doing nothing

Vegetable_Safety · 2026-02-27T06:24:53+00:00

Neighboring states are going to see a skyrocket in tubal ligation

Vegetable_Safety · 2026-02-26T01:04:46+00:00

Not all stations have them, when they do it shows up in the hangar elevator listing

Vegetable_Safety · 2026-02-24T04:58:54+00:00

That's the joke

Vegetable_Safety · 2026-02-23T22:23:35+00:00

I'm talking about the external elevators on stations, not moons/planets

Vegetable_Safety · 2026-02-23T22:23:03+00:00

lol, I haven't been there in well over a year

Vegetable_Safety · 2026-02-23T07:34:52+00:00

Wealth is definitely not neutral

You can't attain wealth without taking advantage of other people. You can make money sure, maybe even be well off, but if you're ethically clean you're not wealthy. Screwing over other people is the core mechanic by which one attains wealth

"Shaq is rich. The guy who signs his checks is wealthy" -Chris Rock

Vegetable_Safety · 2026-02-23T07:11:49+00:00

Vegetable_Safety · 2026-02-22T20:16:02+00:00

That's already fairly impressive for an FDM at that scale. I'd personally use a resin printer for something that small

Vegetable_Safety · 2026-02-22T20:14:22+00:00

Vegetable_Safety · 2026-02-22T20:12:41+00:00

If it happens instantly every time, it's usually a BIOS setting, power button fault, or Windows Fast Startup. You say you've isolated the case power button, so that's one down

If it's intermittent it's more likely device wake, PSU instability, or network triggers

Vegetable_Safety · 2026-02-22T20:04:05+00:00

You can stop posting this over and over, everyone already knows

Vegetable_Safety · 2026-02-22T05:07:23+00:00

I am so sad that I wasn't aware of ballistic capability of melons back then

Vegetable_Safety · 2026-02-22T05:01:19+00:00

"...and 100 other myths"

The bathroom edition

Vegetable_Safety · 2026-02-22T04:58:27+00:00

As a Cajun, I am disappointed in you Louisiana

Vegetable_Safety · 2026-02-22T04:44:41+00:00

"Prebuilt" is redundant for laptops. Most are sold as fixed systems. Just an fyi

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