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saltesc @lemmy.world
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One in five Americans do not think Hitler was all bad: Poll
  • When you look into Hitler with a kind of Devil's Advocate-ish no pre-bias approach, certainly some good ideas. Was for workers, abortion, prostitution, national healthcare, good minimum wages, women's rights,... But there's just some... just a few... a handful, if you will, that were maybe...maaaybe what could be considered psychopathic monstrously batshit insane ideas.

    But, hey, plenty of people love the Christian god, and Hitler is somewhere between that guy and a Powerpuff girl, so no surprises for me.

    The power of charisma over those apathetic to self-thinking.

    Edit: Apparently we have a lot of God-fearing neo-Nazis here! Sorry, it was a joke, I'll just leave. No need to try track me down.

    hides under the floorboards They'll never look here!

  • Eight on trial in France over murder of teacher who showed Prophet caricature
  • Ah, Abrahamic religions. The number one cause of death and "sin". If there were any truth to them, it'd be that Satan is real and it's the greatest trick he's ever pulled off. Home boy doesn't even have to work anymore and the holiest are his puppets.

  • AMD's RX 6600 is the most popular Red Team GPU among Steam gamers, by a whisker — but no Radeon card makes the top 30 list
  • Half the "gamers" I am friends with play CoD on nVIDIA laptops, with a couple that wanted more serious with a PC and switched to AMD.

    I personally have bounced between the two with no bias over many years. I just get what's best at the time and don't care about the label on them. Right now, AMD offerings are a clear winner. It's a no-brainer.

    And as things have gone, it'll be nVIDIA's turn again at some point.

  • Finland closes world's last Lenin museum outside Russia
  • I wonder what's going to happen to the stuff?

    All opinions of historical events aside, I love history as a reminder of how things were and how things have changed; how they can happen again or should be again. All history is very important.

    Opinions included though; all history is important, especially the bad stuff. I don't like the redaction of bad history for being "offensive", it just shouldn't be esteemed, so excessive redaction on the side of victors or losers are not good.. It is so important that all societies are reminded of their past mistakes, especially when they appear to be repeating. There is a balance between pride and shame that we need to present history with so that it is not mistakingly lost or mistakingly glorified, just observed.

    So, I hope the stuff is not forgotten and buried.

  • Florida bail bondsman accused of coercing women to have sex for bond
  • My pseudo-intellectual what?

    I'm talking Darwinism and your retort is personal experiences in your immediate single-generational society, letting us all know what you are and aren't into in a partner.

    Literally, the topic is physical sexual attraction. Read OC. Unless you're living life seeing grannies and thinking, "I really want to get to know them in case my pee-pee go boing-boing to their emotional intelligence and financial stability" I don't think you're immune to the same nature pseudo-intelligence as what's being discussed.

    There's two types of elder Millennials, as there are all the other generations; those that jerk off to college porn and liars.

  • Nobody Wants Their Cable Channels Anymore
  • Years ago, in Australia, I wanted to watch Formula 1. It was only available on Foxtel. I had to pay $25/m to get Foxtel—all shit I didn't want. Then $25 to get the sports package—mostoy all shit I also didn't care about or watch. Then $25 to get HD (1080).

    $75 to watch F1, no other options but finding pirate streams. After a couple rounds, of course I cancelled and just pirated once friends found reliable sources.

  • Florida bail bondsman accused of coercing women to have sex for bond
  • I don't think so. Dial it back to us being mammals, and just like any other animal, we have peak sexual periods in our lifespans, based around promotion of survival. It is unusual to be sexually attracted to something that opposes survival instincts. I can only assume, but with fair confidence, that very few creatures, if any, have sexual attraction to something where survival of offspring is compromised or even possible. Obviously age is a huge one.

    This is sexual attraction at its core. Instincts that promote genetics and survival. Let's not try to think we're better than all the other animals by suggesting intincts may be a mental problem. Not being attracted may be harsh, but it's normal in nature.

  • Epstein showed me photos of Trump with topless young women sitting in his lap, claims author
  • Quite often, yes. I'm very extroverted, and have an exhaustingly large network of friends. I get invited to things by people I'm not that close with because I'm fun and entertaining.

    It can be very exhausting if I'm down in the dumps, but generally it's great. I have a lot of people in life that care for me and I give back to them how I can.

  • Monkeys will never type Shakespeare, study finds
  • (E: never mind that, as has already been suggested to you, the theoretical thought experiment in question specifies not only infinite monkeys, but infinite time too, so they've not stuck to either parameter)

    Whoah, whoah, whoah.... Big critical thinker here thinks the paper is about disproving a thought experiment?

    You understand that this is impossible? Even if it were attempted, such a venture is more a philosophical one, not a mathematicians forte.

    Obviously the paper is not looking at that, it's doing math

    “Yes, it is true that given infinite resources, any text of any length would inevitably be produced eventually. While true, this also has no relevance to our own universe, as ‘reaching infinity’ in resources is not something which can ever happen.”

    That needing to be pointed out to you is... Well you'll have to excuse me if I don't waste my energy "critically thinking" yet 👍

  • What could the reason possibly be?
  • Well I had no symptoms. My partner was super sick and I had them test. Thought I would as well after they were positive, and I was too. I'd been on the mountain snowboarding all day and was all pumped and planning tomorrow, I felt excellent.

    It was about a week later, my tinnitus would be incredibly loud at times. Every 30s or so, I'd get this weird palpitation sensation at the back of my skull, coupled with dizziness or pain in the head. Brain started just not working and I'd give up on thoughts. Then the fatigue hit and some days Id sleep up to 14 hrs when I usually sleep 6.5-7.5.

    But still, not a single cough, sore throat, nothing. It was all in my skull and I could feel it in there.

  • Epstein showed me photos of Trump with topless young women sitting in his lap, claims author
  • Im looking for news that affirms reality.

    You...affirm your reality...by looking forr news...that does so?

    With the intent and purpose of rational thought, it's supposed to be the other way around.. In by doing this, it is the premise of "fact checking" and the antithesis of misinformation.

    That's how reality, by definition, works. A statement is made. We look to confirm it. It is real if confirmed. You don't look for statements to confirm a hypothesis and say, "Well, that's my reality."

    What you just said is no different to stating that you look for Google results that back up what you want to hear...

    Are you trying to prove my point for me?

    Trump's public record words and actions already left no doubt that he's molested children. This writer's credible but unsourced account is just to remind people that trump has molested children, something that most people realize from trump's words, actions, associates attitude.

    That's unrelated to anything I've said and I don't know why you thought I'd want to hear it.

    When something looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, hangs out with ducks, eats bread at the park, and admits in public and private to being a duck - it's unreasonable to argue that we can't assume it's a duck.

    That's an unrelated example of abductive reasoning. Again, I don't know why you picked me to share that with. If it bears any relation to what I've said, it's irony in that by saying it, you're proving my point further.

  • What if it's hot and I want cold regards?

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    Drumming sets off steps on my new watch. New goal is to drum marathon distance.

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    Do you donate money? How, why, why not?

    I was thinking about it. I donate to quite a few charities, but they specifically mean something to me. Others I don't really think about, though they're good. I guess we all have a threshold or we'd be broke and for many that could be no donations at all or just a fiver the the street guy.

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    A Finnish Lapphund dinner

    It's an interesting diet this breed needs. Basically small frozen scraps, but very rich in content. Their digestive systems evolved as nomads north of the Arctic Circle and know nothing else, so a bit of care needs to be taken. His body will do a lot with the vital scraps of tundra animals, and doesn't know how to handle big foreign diets which make him unenergetic and unwell after a few meals.

    Tonight's menu is sheep and beef tripe—their organs go well, but their meat and fat doesn't.

    Frozen salmon cuts—these dogs know fish as well as reindeer and love frozen meet. They extract all the goods from them.

    And a rabbit foot—Fur and bone is common in their diet and helps clean. They can start to poop bad without fur fibre.

    One of the more tame dishes considering the other weird off cuts of bits and pieces he gets. Thought some may find it interesting for a bit of an unusual breed outside of Finland.

    Edit: And yeah, the photo makes the meal look big and him small. But he's 20kg and that dish is about 3/4 a banana in diameter.

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    Oh yeah, King Gizzard &The Lizard Wizard dropped yet another album recently

    Just in case you're like me and forget to pay attention for a moment and three more albums slide on by without realising. It's also excellent, as usual. Probably a top 3 of their disco for my personal taste.

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    The 4th Gen Mitsubishi Delica

    Because some genius in Japan wanted to know what would happen if you put a 4×4 drivetrain into a van.

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    it's true

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    Skid marks on Eau Rouge

    The elevation change and subsequent plank scrape made eau rouge look like it had a shit stain.

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    That's not what I meant...

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    This has to be a joke...

    And no, you cannot find the original post anymore. At least it's missing for me, the OP, unless I locate it through inbox history.

    Coincidentally, the meme was about mods on shitposts lol. I'll be banned soon 🫡

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    sigh...

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    What do Canadians think of Stroll?

    Seeing him wave to the Lance Stroll Grandstand, I got wondering on his popularity with F1 fans from his home country.

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    Almost that time of season again...

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    Almost that time of season again...

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    Advice on current direction of build (Gaming + Data Science)

    Gaming

    • Mostly a huge array of co-op games, performance doesn't matter much, just good 1440 frame rate with high settings.
    • HOWEVER, sim racing is my exception and I'm wanting to upgrade from a single 27" to something more immersive. Considering I'm on the most minimal, a TV, triple 24s, or VR are all big immersion upgrades, but each with their pros and cons. But all demanding more of the GPU,ideally keeping rates at 120, even 90 maybe... 1080 for triples, but ideally 1440 all-round to make use of FSR better.

    Data Science

    • I need my PC to be a workhorse. Many hours of my week are ETL of big datasets and complex models. Lots of calculation time and lots of loading tables/arrays into memory for queries and transforms.
    • Ive recently gone up to 32GB DDR4 3600 (going to go to 64) and an R9 5900X. It's done nothing huge for gaming, but it's increased my data crunching tasks significantly.

    What I have right now...

    Guts

    • Asus PRIME X570-P ATX AM4 Motherboard
    • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 3.7 GHz 12-Core Processor
    • MSI MECH 2X Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB Video Card
    • Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory

    Storage (This is way behind)

    • Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
    • Silicon Power UD90 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
    • And some ancient 2TB 7200 HDD that's a dying archive only drive

    Primary display

    • Acer Nitro XZ272U Pbmiiphx 27.0" 2560 x 1440 165 Hz Curved Monitor

    Cooling

    • Lian Li Lancool II Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case
    • Deepcool LT520 85.85 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

    Where I'm stuck...

    • Should I go up to AM5 even though I just got the 5900X?
    • Do I then go DDR5 instead of 64GB DDR4 or am I getting too many year's ahead of myself?
    • The 6700XT is not overclocking friendly, for sim racing I may need to bump up if going for more display.
    • For storage, what's the best way to go for a bunch of games installed, but also not having stuff get in the way of data crunching applications and calculations? Should I reserve a drive purely for data? Can I dedicate anything to it on top of the 64GM RAM coming in?
    • Lastly, the display conundrum for sim racing; VR, TV, triples... 49" UW on top of any above upgrades is just way over budget.

    I'm basically just after ideas of what to prioritise next, what can wait a while, and what path I should be starting on for future-proofing without spending the budget on future gear too soon while it's all expensive.

    Advice much appreciated.

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    Which accents are "hot" in your part of the world?

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    Turned 1 today

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    Golf @lemmy.world saltesc @lemmy.world

    Getting beginner clubs

    Hello. I do the golf and am about a 3/10 at it. I sold my old set when I moved but am looking to get a new set again but immediately hit a conundrum...

    Do I get a cheap new set? Do I get a second-hand set? Do I take time to build a secondhand set?

    The other problem is; I have no clue when it comes to what makes a good club. My previous driver was brutal, but highly rewarding when hit just right. Whereas I'd use friend's drivers and found them much more forgiving. I have no idea why that was except I noted my club head was smaller, maybe that?

    I also don't really know what clubs I should have in the bag. I figure I'd go with what I've used most, or maybe just go Driver, 3, 5, 7, 9... and then we go with the speciality clubs. Never had a hybrid, never had a wedge apart from PW and SW. I used a friend's loft wedge no idea what it was, but I loved it.

    Does anyone have good advice on all these queries? Or have a good source that isn't a crappy algorithm article?

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    Okay

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