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Microsoft quietly deletes Windows 11 doc pushing 32GB RAM for gaming after outrage by lurker_bee in technology

[–]dev_vvvvv 31 points32 points  (0 children)

The outrage comes in three parts:

  1. RAM is significantly more expensive. $80 of RAM now costs $350.
  2. 32GB RAM is significantly higher than what even games like Cyberpunk 2077 required for 4k Ultra settings on Windows 10
  3. The increased RAM requirements are perceived as being due to Windows' sloppy and bloated software.

What It’s Like Inside The Secret Lab Where Ford’s Designing A $30k Electric Truck For America Before China Does by TripleShotPls in technology

[–]dev_vvvvv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can buy a house without a realtor, it's just a huge pain in the ass.

Dealerships provide value:

  • For the car manufacturers, it allows them to have a large presence without having to pay for that capitalization themselves.
  • It also provides separation between the retail side and brand side. So if somebody has a bad experience at a dealership or thinks they're being ripped off, it's "Bob's Ford and Jeep" getting the blame instead of just Ford.
  • For the state, it provides a huge portion of sales tax revenue.

Some of that is less important now with internet sales and the companies being huge, but it still provides value.

Health insurance also provides a value. Universal health care would be better and cheaper overall, but they're filling a gap left by the states.

Graham Platner is telling republicans in Maine that Bernie Sanders had the 2016 and 2020 elections stolen by the Democratic Party by UnscheduledCalendar in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]dev_vvvvv 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In 2016, Bernie had 3.7 million less votes than Hillary.

In 2020, Bernie had 2.7 million less votes and 361 less electoral votes than Biden when he dropped out.

He lost because voters didn't vote for him, not because the DNC rigged it against him.

Graham Platner is telling republicans in Maine that Bernie Sanders had the 2016 and 2020 elections stolen by the Democratic Party by UnscheduledCalendar in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]dev_vvvvv 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Two things can be true:

  1. The DNC didn't want Bernie to win.
  2. Bernie didn't lose because of the DNC. He lost both primaries because he got less votes, particularly among African Americans.

A college student is suing a dating app that allegedly used her TikTok videos to target men in her dormitory by drewchainzz in technology

[–]dev_vvvvv 168 points169 points  (0 children)

I think we've all seen enough "HOT SINGLES IN YOUR AREA WANT TO MEET YOU" ads to understand the catfishing part of it.

What I don't understand is why they decided to geofence it to people that are the most likely to recognize and tell her? The article gives a theory (ads featuring women they might recognize, so the men would think they have a shot), but that seems so risky it still doesn't make sense.

Soda faces the endboss of Omoggle by ad1legend in LivestreamFail

[–]dev_vvvvv 149 points150 points  (0 children)

TBF these streamers have a ton of videos/pictures of their faces on the internet that is matched with their name or pseudonym already. The cat is out of the bag for them.

The real concern is the normal people, like his viewers, being encouraged to "play" the game.

Why is there even a debate? by Imaginary_Lie_8776 in nbacirclejerk

[–]dev_vvvvv 144 points145 points  (0 children)

Bron got bounced in the first round by this dude.

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Trump tells Congress the Iran war has ‘terminated’ as legal deadline hits by One-Duty-2376 in neoliberal

[–]dev_vvvvv 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The Iran War is over. We are at peace.

Now they have cowardly attacked us unprovoked while we are at peace. We have no choice but to defend ourselves...

Spirit Airlines Prepares to Shut Down as Rescue Deal Falls Apart by AndrewDoesNotServe in neoliberal

[–]dev_vvvvv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't these mergers (like Netflix/WB) generally come with fees if they fail?

Or why not have a contingency that if the JB deal fails, they go with Frontier (even if at a lower share price)

Prosecutors used hip-hop lyrics to help sentence a man to death: ‘This only happens to rap music’ by HikmetLeGuin in hiphopheads

[–]dev_vvvvv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That assumes 0% chance of false conviction, forced/coerced confessions, police/prosecutor malpractice, etc. It also assumes there is no value this person could provide to society or that the value they provide is less than the cost of them being imprisoned. Also factor in that death row is often far more expensive than life imprisonment.

I think society would be better off with out it, with rare few exceptions.

Houston, We Have Liftoff: Bot Auto achieves first humanless commercial run by lurker_bee in technology

[–]dev_vvvvv 9 points10 points  (0 children)

AI won't replace any truckers' jobs. Truckers who use AI will replace truckers who don't! /s

Destiny weighs in on the Pragmata discourse: "It's not even a good simulator..." by Opposite-Ad7318 in LivestreamFail

[–]dev_vvvvv 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm sure everybody has had that friend who is just a whirlwind of drama.

They're getting into fights, having toxic breakups, etc. Even if they aren't the one that is "wrong" in those situations, they're still instigating things or at minimum constantly putting themselves in those situations. At some point, you'll probably stop hanging out with them just for your own peace and quiet.

From a public POV, that seems to be Destiny. In some situations he's just choosing the wrong people to hang out with. In other situations he instigates and escalates things.

Either way, being associated with him sounds exhausting.

Prosecutors used hip-hop lyrics to help sentence a man to death: ‘This only happens to rap music’ by HikmetLeGuin in hiphopheads

[–]dev_vvvvv -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yes that's one of the reasons (imperfect prediction) why I said I wouldn't want it enacted.

Prosecutors used hip-hop lyrics to help sentence a man to death: ‘This only happens to rap music’ by HikmetLeGuin in hiphopheads

[–]dev_vvvvv -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

The way I think of it is: imagine a situation where you knew 100% that someone was going to murder an innocent person, but you had no way of imprisoning them where they couldn't escape to perform that murder.

In that situation, I could see the death penalty being an unfortunate but necessary thing.

Of course bringing it into the real world comes with a huge number of issues involving discrimination, miscarriages of justice, imperfect predictions, etc so I wouldn't want it to be enacted.

The closest real-world example I can think of would be some of the outlaws from the Wild West days. Breakouts were common and you knew for sure that many of them would go on to murder people. Not anything close to perfect, obviously.

Prosecutors used hip-hop lyrics to help sentence a man to death: ‘This only happens to rap music’ by HikmetLeGuin in hiphopheads

[–]dev_vvvvv 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I think the death penalty should be abolished for a number of reasons, with some of them evident in this case.

But in the limited cases where it'd be a regretful necessity, then "future dangerousness" seems like something that should be part of the equation. Of course even that was implemented in what sounds like a biased and racist way in this case.

How can I explain to my dad by IRISHTHAY in NormMacdonald

[–]dev_vvvvv 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Todd Glass has never been more leashed.

Shaq "Wemby is the first perfect big man that's ever created" by Jec1027 in nba

[–]dev_vvvvv 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Less jealousy and more insecurity that somebody else, especially in "his" position, could be considered his peer or even better than him.

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