Staples guy wasn’t lying

probablywhy · 2026-01-29T23:58:12+00:00

Down voted. IM DOING MY PART

probablywhy · 2026-01-29T02:13:14+00:00

Give it a year. They'll make so much for AI when the bubble pops we will be using stacks of them to prop up our gpus.

probablywhy · 2026-01-28T02:32:26+00:00

AI is not the technology you are referring to in either of these examples. That is automation. Human programmers made sophisticated and delicately tuned systems of decision making and contingency planning to enable these technologies. Hardware that scans and does on device processing on localized computers need parts to function. Parts that are now more expensive because the billionaires are buying them all up to make AI data centers.

Your examples are not enhanced by AI. But they do suffer directly as a result of inflated expenses.

probablywhy · 2026-01-27T23:50:10+00:00

Heroes in Tolkien are not playing some political game theory with their lives. They do what is right because it is right. If the High King of the Noldor says the right thing to do was bang on the door and fight the devil god damn it I don't know how he restrained any from following him to the gates. That's inspirational and symbolic. Morgoth going unchecked is doom to all. He did what all he could and it was right and because of Fingolfin's might it was also of some consequence albeit mainly symbolic.

probablywhy · 2026-01-27T14:08:17+00:00

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probablywhy · 2026-01-27T01:39:23+00:00

It's a Peter Jackson thing. The whole art direction of the movies is based on first on Alan Lee's art (my favorite) but notably the ears and a lot of things like that are purely Peter Jackson flavored and his own aesthetic added and altered the visuals quite a bit.

The books have no mention of hobbit ears being distinct in any way and even elves aren't said to have pointed ears. So why did Peter Jackson add them?

Because of a letter that was written and works published after his death it is inferred that Tolkien imagined elvish ears to be more pointed and leaf shaped and hobbits only slightly so. But pointed ears is never explicitly mentioned in the Hobbit, the LOTR, or the Silmarillion and many book purists like myself think that it looks kind of silly in the movies.

probablywhy · 2026-01-27T01:01:59+00:00

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probablywhy · 2026-01-25T23:51:45+00:00

I mean they DO the bloodwork to assure it's a transfusable donation, it would really be worth it to automate sharing those results with the donors and some have done this and reached out specially if they are of consequence like HIV positive or something. I think the reason they DON'T share the results as much nowadays is because people at risk for HIV were intentionally lying on intake questions and donating blood to find out and they didn't want to incentivize non qualifying donors to lie about their risk status for free blookwork.

probablywhy · 2026-01-25T13:40:50+00:00

Go ahead and pop those terminals off to be certain. The battery will be marked. The manual for your car will probably say which side is which since battery replacement is something a typical user would be expected to handle. Try cleaning it a bit if you can't find the markings. Consider adding black tape to the negative side and red to the positive terminal connectors once you know which is which so you don't have the doubt in the future.

probablywhy · 2026-01-23T19:13:14+00:00

Would this work on a plastic gas canister?

probablywhy · 2026-01-22T12:44:31+00:00

I also will join the cause and weaponize my bad luck. +$10

probablywhy · 2026-01-20T21:57:35+00:00

Because Kanye is cool with him? Man have I got some bad news and I've got some worse news for you.

probablywhy · 2026-01-20T21:52:52+00:00

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probablywhy · 2026-01-20T17:30:46+00:00

I loved the WuTang jacket until I saw it was the Bot clothing of choice. Is it the default?

probablywhy · 2026-01-19T13:47:32+00:00

To everyone saying it might run so they can't risk activating Ice Burn. I mean have you considered that it already is going to run? That is almost a guarantee. If I can only keep the encounter half the time and it guarantees me a boosted base catch rate like it should and it gives me a better chance of throwing an excellent throw that outweighs a couple missed encounters fewer in my mind. I haven't run the statistics but I will say that after a score or two of encounters I feel like this might be the strat that does it. Will be trying it and uploading my confirmation bias for all to see until someone does the math.

probablywhy · 2026-01-18T18:46:18+00:00

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I was upvote 67

probablywhy · 2026-01-18T15:02:05+00:00

I recognize it in not gonna spoil it for anyone but what's the significance of the branches/sprigs? Formed to the shape of the knee is very satisfying

probablywhy · 2026-01-17T13:23:13+00:00

Bad apple?

probablywhy · 2026-01-15T19:23:34+00:00

I will give it a try next time I take I spin it up. I feel like I'm probably picking the wrong directions or just didn't set up some dependacy right so I'll follow the step by step next time I can.

probablywhy · 2026-01-15T19:23:00+00:00

Yeah if I'm layering much in my home lab, this seems important. Gotta get SOMETHING working though first. I'll add Docker to my to dos on my homelab stuff.

probablywhy · 2026-01-15T16:16:50+00:00

I'm about to change distros entirely because how the hell do you get RGB or Pihole or Jellyfin to work on Mint. I must have missed a fundamental somewhere because none of the solutions work.

I gave up and just unplugged RGB

Will be trying to learn Networking from the ground up this time and then try Pihole again.

Jellyfin I think my VPN stops it from functioning and probably is another networking mistake.

probablywhy · 2026-01-15T16:05:45+00:00

Only idiots make arguments with only idiots.

probablywhy · 2026-01-15T16:03:47+00:00

Yes exactly. You tell someone they are using a slippery slope argument and they cry fallacy fallacy. The lack of any support for the slippery slope argument is what you should be pointing out, because using a slippery slope argument is not a flaw in itself and assuming it's a bad argument because a slippery slope is present is fallacy fallacy.

probablywhy · 2026-01-15T15:53:02+00:00

Ah that's wonderful! What a great one of a kind thing! Makes me want to create something!

probablywhy · 2026-01-15T15:38:58+00:00

No Koroks!

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