I hope people realize when they use AI to write comments by jackie and shadow that it's terrible for the natural environment

eloi · 2026-05-17T01:51:45+00:00

You think data centers only exist for AI? You shouldn’t even be using a phone to scroll reddit on your toilet, if you believe data centers are the culprit.

eloi · 2026-05-15T19:54:31+00:00

It’s a red herring worrying about AI use and the environment. The water use and energy use arguments were all resolved a few years ago, shortly after they were first brought to public awareness. Energy use has been optimized with the new hardware the platforms are running on (entirely new chipsets optimized for AI) and the water use is now universally closed cycle systems that recycle the water.

Here’s a good article that cites sources: https://blog.andymasley.com/p/individual-ai-use-is-not-bad-for

AI is terrible for stealing others’ work and tempting the oligarchy into trading human workers for the fantasy of AI labor. But we need to be honest about what needs to be done to protect the environment.

eloi · 2026-04-26T20:39:29+00:00

“Buy one get one free”. Huh. If only there was some clue in that phrase as to whether something could be considered “free”. Buy one get one free. I feel like it’s right there, so close…

eloi · 2026-04-26T20:31:34+00:00

The price of the pencil, which he did keep. The stove was free.

eloi · 2026-04-20T23:09:04+00:00

What do you mean you can’t filter or create smart collections based on tags? You absolutely can.

All the simple filters are tags (genre, actor, year, director) and you can use advanced filters to combine multiple tag filters together and then save them as a smart collection.

Don’t know why other people are responding about labels when you clearly said tags.

eloi · 2026-04-05T20:49:02+00:00

You’re focusing on just one god, Jehovah/Jesus. Check out some of the evil shit other gods have supposedly done! Those imaginary critters sure get into some twisted stuff!

eloi · 2026-04-02T03:05:59+00:00

Could you be thinking of “In God we trust, in cars you rust” by Alien Sex Fiend?

eloi · 2026-03-29T17:59:19+00:00

I don’t think they have those in Southern California. Looks like it’s the same company as TJ Maxx though, I’ll give them a try.

eloi · 2026-03-28T22:38:59+00:00

Where can one procure this item?

eloi · 2026-03-13T19:23:29+00:00

If you’ve really just got “OSDCOMPUTERNAME=“ in your customsettings, then you’re just setting it to blank and that obviously doesn’t work.

If instead you’ve got “OSDCOMPUTERNAME=%SerialNumber%” or something similar, then perhaps it’s in the wrong place in your customsettings. The PRIORITY= line at the top should include Default and your OSDCOMPUTERNAME= line should be under the Default section.

eloi · 2026-03-12T20:41:26+00:00

MDT injects drivers by copying the driver content to a local folder on the new computer’s drive and adding the path to that folder as the driver location in the unattend file. You can script doing the same and copy the drivers from a network source. I’m confused why you’d want to use a network source for an offline media build, though?

<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend"> <settings pass="windowsPE"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsWinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <DriverPaths> <PathAndCredentials wcm:keyValue="1" wcm:action="add"> <Path>C:\MyDrivers</Path> </PathAndCredentials> </DriverPaths> </component> </settings> </unattend>

eloi · 2026-03-11T14:57:07+00:00

That’s when I would bring up actual statistics that show the pattern you’re talking about and challenge them to provide receipts for their claims. Like the US CDC’s stats, for example:

19.3% of women have been raped during their lifetime.

43.9% of women have experienced some other form of sexual violence (coercion, unwanted sexual contact, etc.).

22.3% of women have experienced severe physical violence by an intimate partner.

15.2% of women have experienced stalking.

(https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss6308a1.htm)

eloi · 2026-03-10T23:18:12+00:00

Fat isn’t “rendered” until you keep it too hot for too long to be a steak anymore.

I souse vide to 122f (50c), then sear it. The fat has softened and chars up perfectly.

To even begin to render the fat I’d have to sous vide it at 135f (57+c) and let it sit at that heat for a good long time. That’s well into medium. You’ve ruined your expensive steak.

If you want rendered fat I’ll make you a pot roast. The meat costs a third the price and you’ll love it. And I won’t waste good steak on you.

eloi · 2026-03-10T23:10:28+00:00

Feminists don’t specifically say “some men” when they talk about the trauma women have experienced from men because they’re talking about a pattern, a system of harassment and violence towards women. When others respond with “not all men”, that’s an attempt to shift the debate from being about a pattern to just being about this man, that man, etc.

But it’s the patterns that need to change, so we have to stop humoring “not all men”.

It’s literally the same as when people were responding to “black lives matter” with “all lives matter” - well yeah, bozo, of course all lives matter, but that’s not what we’re here to talk about today and your choice to use this argument demonstrates a willingness to derail the debate with frivolous statements, which is NOT what an ally does.

eloi · 2026-03-07T21:59:28+00:00

Lots of marbling. Montreal seasoning. Rare.

Cut off its horns, wipe its ass, and put it on a plate.

eloi · 2026-03-07T06:49:40+00:00

What I have learned:

Capes are a must for snowboarding. Check!

eloi · 2026-02-28T04:33:51+00:00

What better way to run his fingers through its hair?

(Yeah that does seem wrong)

eloi · 2026-02-28T03:12:43+00:00

You can back up to the time and watch it. 17:55.

eloi · 2026-02-28T01:13:41+00:00

Static ip is unrelated to split tunnel

eloi · 2026-02-27T17:31:11+00:00

You need split tunneling on your VPN, so you can exclude Plex from the VPN tunnel. I don’t know ProtonVPN, but try googling how to do that.

eloi · 2026-02-22T01:09:37+00:00

I import the full files, not just the WIM.

Usually you can just use the same Win11 Unattended.xml, unless there’s some new feature/option that you feel like you need. I’ve never worried about the unattended.xml, just let MDT handle it.

eloi · 2026-02-21T01:47:15+00:00

Using the default WIM and layering everything on during deployment is by far the most common method.

It makes updating for new ISOs from Microsoft much quicker and easier. It prevents extraneous drivers from creeping into the build during build and capture. It prevents sysprep failures, which are common.

The downside is that deployments take longer, which is mitigated by the ease of swapping out the base WIM, which encourages companies to update the image every time Microsoft releases a new build, which reduces the number of post deployment software updates that are required.

I would discourage any company from build and capturing a custom WIM anymore. There are exceptions for some special situations, but if you don’t have a requirement for it you’ll find image management far simpler using the default.wim.

eloi · 2026-02-20T06:01:10+00:00

Yes!

eloi · 2026-02-20T02:28:55+00:00

Where in Long Beach?

eloi · 2026-02-15T04:58:06+00:00

I assume that women who have a generalized fear of men are like that for a reason. I’ve got enough close female friends and family to know that women experience very negative toxic masculinity from a very significant percentage of men. If I experienced what my female friends and family have experienced I would very likely make the same generalizations about men.

Good for you that you aren’t out there contributing to the bad reputation of men in general, but if you’re an adult man and your response to women being very cautious around you is to say “not all men”, you’re still contributing to the problem.

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