infinitevalence

infinitevalence , 11 days ago

not having to work until I die at my desk

Lol this guy thinks there is a chance he will die at his desk. I wish I could feel that optimism.

Chances are better that at best you will die in gig or part time job like Walmart. The most likely is in you kids house, really yours but you will give it to them, and without medical support beyond basic hospice.

Many of your peers and friends will die in homeless camps or from police violence.

infinitevalence , 15 days ago

She killed it in the expanse so this makes me happy!

infinitevalence , 17 days ago

Most of the time I just DIY for anything that's not massive, but when it comes to big projects like Roof/Foundation you listed Friends/Family/Neighbours I trust who have used them in the past.

Once I find a not shit contractor, I latch on to them and maintain that relationship.

infinitevalence , 17 days ago

You forgot all the heavy metals too! Lots of brutal heavy metals in coal emissions and waste, which we dont get even in low level fission waste.

infinitevalence , 17 days ago

That is simply not true, storage is a solved problem, and the reason for not having locations is a political problem. NIMBY (Not in my back yard) keeps the world from having permanent storage locations, not science.

infinitevalence , 17 days ago (edited 17 days ago)

Honestly yes! I made a strong bold statement its only fair to ask for references.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDUvCLAp0uU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8x_E1pMSHE

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mrs-bulletin/article/abs/glassceramics-for-nuclearwaste-immobilization/6C69A3D12C516F1B98DE91A9675F9411

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mrs-bulletin/article/abs/studies-of-ancient-glass-and-their-application-to-nuclearwaste-management/B11A67361CE124E7A8A84415545A112A

https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/abs/10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.236.01.04

https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/sgt/gt/2000/00000041/00000006/4106186

So here are a few general video's along with a few interesting papers regarding storing HLW as/in glass-ceramics. The academic research and discussion of this immobilization methods is very robust so lots of stuff you can read on that subject.

BUT we dont have to store Fission HLW if we reprocess it and run it in conjunction with other reactor types like LIFTR. Much of the remaining waste produced in currently operating reactors is still mostly unused and at most 5-10% of the total material is used up. We can pass that through a breeder reactor and convert U238 to P239 which turns "useless" naturally occurring non fissile uranium into fissile plutonium.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium-239

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzQ3gFRj0Bc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaC2pvDMPc0&t=603s

So, my point is that assuming we keep using low enrichment uranium to power current BWR/PWR reactors we have an existing solution for the waste (which if ALL of the worlds HLW was combined would not even fill a professional stadium) that easily takes care of all the waste created since we started production.

BUT all that waste is actually fuel if we recycle/reprocess it and we can burn up another large percentage of that waste and its remaining elements are generally shorter lived forms of waste.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301421510007263

infinitevalence , 20 days ago

When I realized that what I want to do and enjoy in life has nothing to do with my career.

Work is work an and if you're lucky maybe you get a job with a good team for good company. Maybe your job is even social positive an the that's even better but it's still a job not a calling so perfect it's purely subjective.

infinitevalence , 23 days ago

If you drag everyone down to the ground that's kinda what happens.

infinitevalence , 23 days ago

Look I appreciate value and history of socialism, but suggesting that life was good under Soviet rule ignores reality. If you talk to people who lived under it life was so bad that risking death and imprisonment to flee to the west was a worthwhile endeavor. Bread lines existed, famine happened, quality of goods was shockingly bad, violence was how order was maintained, and the idea of free speech and discourse even in ones own home came with great personal risk.

Now, dont think for a second that just because I take issue with remembering the USSR with rose glasses I think things are all rainbows and holding hands in the west throughout history. Capitalism is clearly more destructive to the world. Capitalism created global warming and climate change, it has extracted nearly all wealth and value from people to the extent that most people in the US struggle with basic needs.

Suggesting that authoritarian police states like the USSR are where life was good is a dangerous re-painting of history, as is suggesting that capitalism comes with no risks or costs to humanity. We obviously need something better, but the USSR is not the history lesson we should base our next society on.

infinitevalence , 23 days ago

https://discuss.online/pictrs/image/3d5adc3d-fe8a-4dbe-a086-2efc5d912639.png
https://discuss.online/pictrs/image/8798a7f2-25c9-4f27-bb0c-f6b38a0e3d6a.png

Opps, turns out creating a bunch of charts without fixing the value makes life in the USSR look amazing.... Only no, no it was not. Go back make all of your charts again, but this time dont use relative change or log to make things look like they were closer or better.

infinitevalence , 23 days ago

I'm really glad that was your experience, for my friends and family who got out and to the west life was measurable worse under the USSR.

infinitevalence , 1 month ago

Did you get an opportunity to suggest realistic alternatives? Or did the Democratic party steamroll your local primary and rob you of your voice?

infinitevalence , 1 month ago

Thats lucky, we were not given any choices in my state, we had no discussion, no primary debates, and no discussion as to the viability of running with Biden.

I love Bernie, but his real shot was 2016 and the Dems blocked his path so they would not have to have a real vote which would have embarrassed Hillary.

infinitevalence , 1 month ago

Just because someone does not want to vote for Biden does not mean they want Trump to win. That is a reductive argument and its the root of the issue with the system in the US. Picking the lesser evil is not a viable method for electing people to positions of power. What if the dems also nominated someone openly fascist, not just genocidal?

Would we pick the least fascist, fascist? The Democratic party needs reform, and unlike the Republican party they might actually listen because they at least say they will. Its either that or were already in a fascism and were being gas lit by the democratic party to think we have a voice.

infinitevalence , 1 month ago

I find this situation unacceptable, I will not be held hostage to the democrats because they cant be bothered to enact real reform when they should have, nor when they bent over backwards to let the court be stacked by fascists.

Were here, because of them, the republicans have been crystal clear since basically Nixon that their goal is a white christian fascist state. I cannot and will not continue to reward a do nothing party when they manufactured this situation to force me to vote for them because the "other guy" is worse.

I also will keep fighting fascism, but I will NOT pick up the democrat's flag and wave it as though I support them.

If not voting for Biden is a vote for Trump, then its the Democrats fault because they ran Biden, not mine. I will vote my conscience, and I will vote based on the best evidence in-front of me.

If the Democrats want me to vote for them, they know where I am, and they are more than welcome to reach out and talk to me and listen.

infinitevalence , 1 month ago

Yep, and its a real issue that I have to wrestle with in my own decisions. The good news is my state wont go for Biden because were gerrymandered to hell and back so I can vote however I want.

infinitevalence , 1 month ago

I dont think you get it, I can't vote against any of these things, they are not options in my state. I dont get choice, we did not have a primary, the democrats are NOT viable in my state.

My plan is to stand between the fascists and my neighbors who are identified as part of any "other" group. Fascism already runs my state, and they are just waiting for the rest of the country to get on board.

The only choice left to me is to physically risk my life and the life of my family, because even protesting is against the law in my state. So when it gets to that point, it will be what I have to do.

infinitevalence , 1 month ago

No shit, its been hard watching my freedom, and my voice slowly being eroded by the fascists over the last 30 years.

In that time I have only ONCE missed an election, and I have never had my vote elect a single person with the exception of the city council. Its hard to keep going when you have been disenfranchised for most of your life.

infinitevalence , 1 month ago

I somehow doubt that.

Fair, its semi-hyperbolic as I do enjoy basic federal protections regarding free speech. The problem is that in practice and enforcement its effectively illegal.

https://www.ericjburch.com/blog/2021/1/new-tennessee-law-may-make-protests-illegal.html

https://wpln.org/post/tennessee-gov-bill-lee-signs-law-that-will-increase-punishments-for-protesters/

https://tennesseelookout.com/2023/08/22/tn-house-passes-rules-to-restrict-speech-limit-disruptions-and-public-during-special-session/

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2021/04/29/tennessee-bill-offers-immunity-drivers-running-over-protesters/4881949001/

https://www.aclu-tn.org/en/know-your-rights/your-right-protest-tennessee

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/tennessee-gop-expels-2-democratic-state-lawmakers-gun-protests-rcna78531

Disorderly Conduct

TCA § 39-17-305:

(a) A person commits an offense who, in a public place and with intent to cause public annoyance or alarm:

(1) Engages in fighting or in violent or threatening behavior;

(2) Refuses to obey an official order to disperse issued to maintain public safety in dangerous proximity to a fire, hazard or other emergency; or

(3) Creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act that serves no legitimate purpose.

(b) A person also violates this section who makes unreasonable noise that prevents others from carrying on lawful activities.

(c) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Failure To Obey

TCA § 55-8-104:

(a) No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer invested by law with authority to direct, control or regulate traffic. (b) A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Resisting Arrest

TCA § 39-16-602:

(a) It is an offense for a person to intentionally prevent or obstruct anyone known to the person to be a law enforcement officer, or anyone acting in a law enforcement officer’s presence and at the officer’s direction, from effecting a stop, frisk, halt, arrest or search of any person, including the defendant, by using force against the law enforcement officer or another.

(b) Except as provided in § 39-11-611, it is no defense to prosecution under this section that the stop, frisk, halt, arrest or search was unlawful.

(c) It is an offense for a person to intentionally prevent or obstruct an officer of the state or any other person known to be a civil process server in serving, or attempting to serve or execute, any legal writ or process.

(d) A violation of this section is a Class B misdemeanor unless the defendant uses a deadly weapon to resist the stop, frisk, halt, arrest, search or process server, in which event the violation is a Class A misdemeanor.

The summery is that if a duly appointed officer of the law says, even unconstitutionally, that I cannot protest, and I do not instantly and polity comply with this unconstitutional order, then I have committed a felony.

My only redress is to prove that the request was unconstitutional in court, AFTER i have been arrested and put in jail.

So yeah... GL.

infinitevalence , 1 month ago

I am open to education, so what do they mean?

infinitevalence , 30 days ago (edited 30 days ago)

We can start with recent history first:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/21/filibuster-voting-rights-manchin-sinema/
The democrats have not had the balls to stop filibuster abuse

https://www.npr.org/2018/06/29/624467256/what-happened-with-merrick-garland-in-2016-and-why-it-matters-now
The Democrats did watched as a justice appointment was stolen, and did nothing substantial.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/democrats-used-rail-against-dark-money-now-they-re-better-n1239830
Remember Citizens United, and how we all knew that it would open the flood gates to dark money... Well now that the Democrats are on the receiving end you will notice how silent they are about any campaign finance reform beyond lip-service.

What about the two most important redistricting, where were the democrats in protecting voting rights and fair elections? The Heritage Foundation enacted a plan to sweep red leaning people into key positions throughout the US in 2000 and again 2010.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REDMAP
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/685691
https://www.vox.com/22961590/redistricting-gerrymandering-house-2022-midterms

So much of this goes back as far as the 1920's
https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1901-1950/The-Permanent-Apportionment-Act-of-1929/

So, what real reforms do I want, and have I been pushing for at local to state levels?

1. Money is not speech, and individuals can donate, but corporations should not be able to do so.
2. First Past the Post always produces a 2 party system, we need to switch to something like ranked choice, or other voting system where my vote counts, and i can vote for candidates who I actually want to win.
3. I want redistricting to be non partisan by law, and proportional universally as was the intent in the constitution. If that means that we need to expand the house (which we do) to keep at the 30,000:1 ratio defined in the constitution then we should do so.
4. I want voting right to be treated as rights. Automatic registration, paid national voting holidays, and overturning felony disenfranchisement.

Its crazy, that I would ask the Democratic party to enact actual democratic policy that protects, and encourages citizen participation.

infinitevalence , 30 days ago

I would guess idiot because I have no clue what "agitprop" is.

I am having a hard time understanding why you are attacking me, and my level of intelligence rather than providing evidence or reasoned arguments to better help me understand why my positions may be invalid.

I dont disagree that they did not have the votes, and that is the problem, they never have the votes when they need them, and never use them when they have them. The Democrats are a loose coalition and calling them a party is laughable.

If they want my vote they have to earn it, because every single election they pull the same shit saying that this republican is the most evil. They did it with Regan, with Bush Sr, with Bush Jr, and again with Trump. And yet somehow the most evil always shows up the next election, and nothing changes. Having a most evil is how they maintain power, and is a requirement for it to continue. If the Democrats really cared they would have already made this type of fascism impossible without having to beg and plea with the population that this time is different, and this time we just have to win to save the country, and maybe, maybe if we beg enough we can make a difference this time...

Maybe there is a third alternative, maybe you have Stockholm syndrome and are in love with your jailer.

infinitevalence , 30 days ago

Money is not speech, and individuals can donate, but corporations should not be able to do so.
First Past the Post always produces a 2 party system, we need to switch to something like ranked choice, or other voting system where my vote counts, and i can vote for candidates who I actually want to win.
I want redistricting to be non partisan by law, and proportional universally as was the intent in the constitution. If that means that we need to expand the house (which we do) to keep at the 30,000:1 ratio defined in the constitution then we should do so.
I want voting right to be treated as rights. Automatic registration, paid national voting holidays, and overturning felony disenfranchisement.

So, these are not my ideas and they are being fed to me, by who? Also yes not a single one of them is my idea they are concepts that I have found through research, discussions, and deliberate thought.

You keep attacking me personally but providing no rational rebuttal to any of the references or points I have made. I really am open to adjusting my opinions when provided with better evidence or better arguments (logical not emotional). I really dont understand what you want from me, do you want me to just vote for democrats because Trump is evil? Do you want me to just vote because you think every vote counts? Do you think I have an agenda to get people not to vote for Biden because I disagree with his support of Netanyahu?

Could you please take a moment to stop attack and help me understand?

infinitevalence , 1 month ago

many times, shucking is a very valid way to get large format disks for cheaper than retail NAS parts. But be aware of what your buying and make sure that the disk your getting if its a white label is a reliable disk. WD Easystore/Mybook are generally good, as are the larger format Seagate external.

infinitevalence , 1 month ago

What am I supposed to do then. I tried voting progressive and Democrat, I tried organizing, I tried donating and fund raising, I tried at the local level.

And every step of the way the Democrats have gone out of their way to help move the goal posts to the point that my choices for a school board member we're someone openly racist or someone who is openly sexist.

For president I get genocide or fascism... Gee really motivating me there folks.

infinitevalence , 1 month ago

Not even close but that still does not mean I have a valid choice.

infinitevalence , 1 month ago

I will never suggest any form of equivalency because there simply is not one. The republican party is clearly a bad actor and comparing the democrats and suggesting they are in some way an equal evil is a ludicrous fallacy.

But that does not mean that voting democrat is an imperative, nor that they become a valid choice because the "others" are invalid.

The bulk of my voting power comes from republican primaries where I can have an outsized impact on which evil will get the chance to run, but beyond that my votes count for nothing.

My point is simply that if the democrats actually cared about making a difference, they would not prop up dead candidates, they would not bend over backwards to help move the goal posts for the republicans. What they could really do is change the laws around how we vote, create automatic registration, make election days mandatory holidays with mandatory time off to vote, pass laws around campaign fiance and transparency. But they wont, because the same tools help them "win" and have power.

Just look at Trudeau, who ran on a platform of voting reform in Canada, the second he had control he dropped that promise like it was radioactive. Why voluntarily break the system that put him and his party into power.... It clearly worked for them before. Same logic applies to the dem's in the US. They wont change the system, even while its being broken, because they still think it gives them a shot at power. We dont need power, we need actual population based representation and robust protection from corporate ownership of our government.

infinitevalence , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago)

Im not sure Intel has any worthwhile CPU's unless you are getting them used.

Currently E cores are mostly trash, and not all that "efficient" and letting a P Core turbo up and get the task completed uses less overall power.

Secondly Intel is lying about its heat output, and power use. Everything from 10th gen up is a power hog if you dont limit the performance to well below "stock" settings.

https://www.techspot.com/review/2612-intel-core-i5-13500/

This is a good match up between an i5-13500 vs R5 7600, which is the most interesting IMO. The R5 7600 seems to be about $15 less expensive for just the CPU and uses 3/4ths the power which will be a greater savings over time vs Intel. The AMD Motherboards also still seem to trend a bit lower in cost than Intel.

So overall its a good question. If you can get a use 13500 or one under $150 then its probably worth it, but at retail prices the 7600 will cost less to buy, and less to own while being similar in performance.

infinitevalence , 1 month ago

Well in the USA history and statistics probably back up that feeling.

infinitevalence , 1 month ago

Same I grind fresh every time I make coffee and I generally only have one bag open at a time so my beans stay fresh.

infinitevalence , 2 months ago

Bring back the Pebble watch, its been dead for years and is still the best "smart watch"!

infinitevalence , 2 months ago

https://www.homedepot.com/p/THEWORKS-1-2-in-PEX-F1960-x-3-8-in-O-D-1-4-Turn-Straight-Stop-QTS111/310003446

Yours has a different crimp style, but its a 1/4 turn shutoff valve with PEX crimp. Looks like standard builder quality.

infinitevalence , 2 months ago

Rising Sun, it opens with the violent rape and murder of a woman, it was rated R for a reason and we should have never been let into the theater even if it was my friends dad with us.

I think he wanted to see it and did not give a shit about what it might do to us.

infinitevalence , 2 months ago

Nope just quality use of Tennessee tax payers money.

infinitevalence , 2 months ago

Is it really that bad? I finished the series recently and I was kind of hoping that maybe it would be a reasonable interpretation

infinitevalence , 2 months ago

Narrator: it was.

infinitevalence , 3 months ago

But he's rich, worth billions, and he's the perfect kind of criminal to bond why would he have issues?

infinitevalence , 3 months ago

All the imperial and colonial powers?

infinitevalence , 3 months ago

Meet up, climbing gym, running clubs, church.

infinitevalence , 3 months ago

Only because the Democrats have contributed to support a failed and broken system because it sometimes kept them in power.

Conservatives have been openly stating their goals for the last hundred years all the Democrats had to do was stop supporting the status quo.

infinitevalence , 3 months ago

How so?

infinitevalence , 3 months ago

That's my point, and that's why democracy is at risk.

infinitevalence , 3 months ago

Why would a billionaire need a bond? Could he be lying about his wealth?

infinitevalence , 3 months ago

Shhh im waiting to see if he answers because maybe then we will find out how "poor" he really is vs his lies about his wealth. Away with your facts and reasons!

infinitevalence , 3 months ago

I have read it at least twice, because I love the idea of Apes and Dolphins in space!

Read the whole series its worth the context and wont leave you with any gaps.

infinitevalence , 3 months ago

Sometimes there are vendors or distribution rules that require that they don't post discounts publicly so people can't price match or other retailers can't demand a discount to match.

infinitevalence , 3 months ago

Create 3 VM's and pass-through disks to each VM. Boom ceph cluster on a single computer.

ZFS/BRTFS might still be better, but if you really want Ceph this should work and provide expansion and redundancy at a block device level, though you wont have any hardware redundancy regarding power/nodes.