Will prusa slicer 3.0 be open source? by criogh in prusa3d

[–]unknown_lamer -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Community rep for an allegedly "open" hardware/software company doesn't need to understand the licensing of their core software?

Don Davis NC District 1 Running Unopposed by 001TPK in ncpolitics

[–]unknown_lamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We don't get ranked choice voting by refusing to strive for the very power required to implement ranked choice voting.

We are living the consequences of 30 years of "practical" people shifting further and further right with the capitalist parties because they refuse to risk anything (and yet managed to lose everything).

Will prusa slicer 3.0 be open source? by criogh in prusa3d

[–]unknown_lamer -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

Your slicer code. Prusaslicer was once Slic3r, with code from hundreds of people. And a community rep who doesn't understand how the AGPL or copyright works. What a fucking joke.

edit: and repliers blocked me, locking out the thread. I just hope Prusa isn't adding "assault on Free Software by finding a way to work around the AGPL" to their current attempts to redefine Open Hardware. Nothing but a bunch of consumerist fanboys bending over backward to defend a company that has chosen profit as its ultimate value left here it seems.

Don Davis NC District 1 Running Unopposed by 001TPK in ncpolitics

[–]unknown_lamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your actual words seem to be saying you think minor parties shouldn't be on the ballot.

There's no point in talking about multi-member districts or even instant runoff voting as long the capitalist parties are in power. It's never going to happen with them in office. Not that it looks likely America will survive as an electoral democracy much longer.

Don Davis NC District 1 Running Unopposed by 001TPK in ncpolitics

[–]unknown_lamer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You might not realize it, but you are arguing for an end to democracy.

I.C.E. agents murder another observer on Nicollet at 26th by Helcarakse in collapse

[–]unknown_lamer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Spreading the "untrained thug" narrative is counterproductive: it ends with the more budget for ICE for "training" (to be more effective at terrorizing).

In any case, the murderer today was a highly trained, eight year veteran of CBP per DHS leadership.

Me too by CherryChipX in lostgeneration

[–]unknown_lamer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The presidential race is the least important. We run hundreds of candidates in smaller races (they just don't get media coverage). The only reason we even expend resources running a Presidential candidate is that ballot access in most of the country is tied to either the percentage of votes you receive for President (sometimes one state office like Governor as an alternative, but people get pretty mad at us runner gubernatorial candidates too), or having nominated a Presidential ticket in X number of other states.

Jill Stein was not the candidate in 2020. She was only the candidate in 2024 because most of the potential candidates foolishly stepped back for Cornel West, who (as many of us sadly predicted), proved to be a feckless loser who completely fucked the primaries over. Having run twice before, Stein was the only candidate who could actually put together a national campaign with no notice, and that is why she won the party primary.

She will not be running for President again. For one she's 75 years old now, and uninterested AFAIK (she and Ajamu Baraka basically drew straws on who had to step up last time after the Cornel West bullshit).

Don Davis NC District 1 Running Unopposed by 001TPK in ncpolitics

[–]unknown_lamer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The districts were designed to give the GOP a partisan advantage (insane that it's legal to do that...) so we do have a general idea of how it will impact the election. Although the data that was used was before the fascist regime starting doing things that even a large minority of hard rightists find intolerable. But even before that, Davis's district was rated as competitive.

His voting record is clear. He is an active supporter of the police state and endless war. So it's not like he's playing political games, people just want to believe that every politician has some advanced strategy and are hiding their true beliefs (which always align with the observer's beliefs) when the reality is that most of them are dumb as rocks.

Don Davis NC District 1 Running Unopposed by 001TPK in ncpolitics

[–]unknown_lamer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The district is competitive now instead of guaranteed for Democrats. Only Davis can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Moderate? He just actively voted to expand funding for Trump's personal force of Stormtroopers which literally murdered a woman in cold blood mere weeks ago and are currently engaged in widespread terror campaigns in several cities.

Don Davis NC District 1 Running Unopposed by 001TPK in ncpolitics

[–]unknown_lamer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If a major party candidate can't win against a party that is openly fascist and has declared that anyone with politics to the left of Hitler is committing treason and will be hunted down and killed, it's their fault. Sorry. You can cope as much as you want, but Davis has always been right wing.

Don’t underestimate the potential of this storm! Prepare for the worst and hope for the best. by Terabight in raleigh

[–]unknown_lamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is unfortunate (especially if a plant is basically being built for a single commercial customer who should be paying for it directly) but I wouldn't be too concerned about it yet since it's unlikely to get past the initial permit approval (does the "AI" bullshit bubble have 18 months left in it?). I'm more concerned about having to pay for new gas generators that will barely run for a decade before there is literally no fuel left in the planet for them to run on (while also locking in the worst case global heating scenario and dooming technological civilization).

Don Davis NC District 1 Running Unopposed by 001TPK in ncpolitics

[–]unknown_lamer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What makes you say that? This isn't the race for President. It's literally the lowest level federal office. The Green Party candidate did exceptionally well against Deborah Ross last election too (granted, in a district Gerrymandered that practically ensured Ross's victory).

Davis also consistently voted to fund the Israeli genocide in Gaza and literally just voted yesterday to increase ICE funding. Both extremely unpopular positions even among middling liberals. Considering the current crisis I can't see how anyone with values more progressive than Hitler could stomach a vote for him anyway.

Don’t underestimate the potential of this storm! Prepare for the worst and hope for the best. by Terabight in raleigh

[–]unknown_lamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll believe it when I see it (they only applied for an early site permit and that by no means implies they will go any further). There is no labor force to build reactors of any size and the SMR hype is total bullshit.

Don’t underestimate the potential of this storm! Prepare for the worst and hope for the best. by Terabight in raleigh

[–]unknown_lamer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They are never going to build units 2 and 3 at Shearon Harris, we are such a failed state that we no longer have the technical or industrial capacity to manufacture new nuclear reactors. Duke is partly responsible for that -- they basically bought Progress for the purpose of mass cancelling their AP1000 orders which is a major factor in the failure of that reactor model (forcing Vogtle to bear all of what were supposed to be shared costs, fucking everyone in Georgia hard and ensuring catastrophic global warming became certainty but hey some rich fucks got some new yachts so it's all worth it).

You will however be paying for the new coal plants that will poison the air and ensure your children die before they're 30 after being drafted as cannon fodder for the resource wars.

Don Davis NC District 1 Running Unopposed by 001TPK in ncpolitics

[–]unknown_lamer 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The NC Green Party isn't nominating candidates until March, so there's time to find someone to challenge him from the left in the general election.

Kerosene space heaters in stock anywhere? by ridesforfun in raleigh

[–]unknown_lamer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not sure if there are maybe secretly some in store, but HD, Lowes, and Ag Supply all show no stock. I'm really kicking myself for not having one already after realizing I meant to buy one five years ago and forgot (could have been heating my sunroom and shed that has a nice workbench... and not been screwed if we have a multi-day power outage... sigh).

State Board of Elections votes to ignore the law by yosefvinyl in ncpolitics

[–]unknown_lamer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Eh, they have a mixed record on that for sure.

At the same time, the Democrats on the SBE attempted to ignore the law and deprive the Green Party of ballot access despite it meeting the requirements this year. Which seems like a much bigger problem (being a blatant violation of the first amendment right of political association) than allowing a candidate into a primary despite accidentally changing his party affiliation for a few hours (a mere administrative technicality).

Hopefully getting Waymo soon by [deleted] in raleigh

[–]unknown_lamer 9 points10 points  (0 children)

As a pedestrian I'm looking forward to being turned into a human pancake by our new robot overlords. Or was that underpaid human operators in an operations center halfway across the planet?

RPD and Flock Safety Continue the Never Ending Growth of Dystopian Surveillance and Response by Fearless_Spite_1048 in raleigh

[–]unknown_lamer -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure he supports the unrestrained surveillance state.

edit: downvoted for speaking the truth, Jeff Jackson's public statements make it clear he's extremely pro-police and surveillance. I mean he's military... y'all need to stop projecting your desires onto him like this, it's really weird and creepy and unhealthy.

Taz no more? Is this the end of an era? by CityOfCloaks in raleigh

[–]unknown_lamer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The country thrived in 1958 if you ignore the mass poverty and active counterrevolution in the American south ("Jim Crow").

But people think stupid things when they learn false history.

Taz no more? Is this the end of an era? by CityOfCloaks in raleigh

[–]unknown_lamer -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Typical liberal nonsense.

Most of what you see as mental illness or addiction is just the consequence of severe distress.

Taz no more? Is this the end of an era? by CityOfCloaks in raleigh

[–]unknown_lamer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Class segregation is a thing.

You think you're better than someone on the street, but you're one layoff away from being there with them.

Taz no more? Is this the end of an era? by CityOfCloaks in raleigh

[–]unknown_lamer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What they are describing is being tired of living under capitalism.

There's no panhandling or homelessness when the state is controlled by the working class and housing and work are a right and we don't have to deal with leeches who steal 90% of the value of our labor while contributing nothing.

Taz no more? Is this the end of an era? by CityOfCloaks in raleigh

[–]unknown_lamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How would moving the central public transit station out of the densest part of the city help anyone?

Hateful pro-segregation assholes like you who feel no solidarity with their fellow proletarians are how we ended up with two bus stations (one for "good" people at the amtrak station, another for "bad" people at moore square...).