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You must not build SFF PCs. $150-$200 is pretty standard in that space, though there are definitely some great budget ITX cases.

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Oh no, this one isn't. Just saying that it's common in that niche space. I personally spent about $200 for my case, and the price was not my fave but the case is super portable and I love that about it.

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Cow Bees took me a second...I usually see "Beeple" more than anything else

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Here's a link to the Tom's Hardware post about AMD's new GPU strategy, cited in the GN video.

Some thoughts after watching this part of the video:

  • Sounds like AMD is hitting the point where AMD cards are a complete afterthought for devs, because NVIDIA has both dominant market share and the best performance by all metrics except price. But devs don't care about what consumers are paying for cards, they only care about developing for the card that most users have. And so, AMD is giving up on the top-end to focus on clawing back market share in the mid and entry level where NVIDIA doesn't compete as hard.
  • AMD is essentially swapping rivals, from NVIDIA to Intel, as Intel is targeting the same market that AMD is pivoting to. It'll be interesting to see how that shakes out.
  • NVIDIA will essentially have a monopoly on the top-end GPU market. I am not looking forward to that.

EDIT: I'm noticing on my Sync app for android that the bulleted list doesn't seem to be working right, although the bullets are working correctly on desktop. Just wanted to point that out for mobile only users - this is supposed to be a bulleted list!

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I think this is a net positive for sure. Two manufacturers competing to be the most affordable can only mean lower prices overall!

'4chan come to life': How Fox News, CNN, Taylor Swift reacted to wild Trump-Harris debate ( www.azcentral.com )

"In the end, we all knew what we knew before, that ABC's goal tonight was to help Kamala Harris, and ABC did help Kamala Harris," Laura Ingraham said on Fox News. That's one way of putting it. Van Jones on CNN found another....

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The gif from that article was very good and i need to find reasons to use this

https://beehaw.org/pictrs/image/e840e0f0-d935-4c2c-9647-77902e27e4b8.webm

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I'm slightly suspicious of this article coming from Times of Israel, tho i'm not sure how sharing this serves Israeli interests

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Yamaha watched all those "I made a guitar out of..." videos on YouTube and finally had enough

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Good luck with your little one!

Liz Cheney says Dick Cheney will vote for Kamala Harris, and she will support Democrat Colin Allred in Texas Senate race ( www.texastribune.org )

“Dick Cheney will be voting for Kamala Harris,” she said of her father, who served as vice president under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009. “If you think about the moment we’re in, and you think about how serious this moment is, my dad believes — and he said publicly — there has never been an individual in...

theangriestbird ,
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“One of the most important things we need to do as a country as we begin to rebuild our politics is we need to elect serious people,”

Liz Cheney channeling Logan Roy over here.

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From the article:

the role of monarch is not hereditary: The successor is determined by tribal representatives from across the nation.

The ceremonies took place in Tūrangawaewae Marae on the North Island, which is the seat of the Maori King movement.

The political institution developed in the 1850s, when Maori tribes decided to unify under a single sovereign in the face of an influx of British settlers and demand for their land, as well as broader political marginalization.

Today the role of the Maori monarch is largely symbolic. As a former British colony and current member of the British Commonwealth, New Zealand’s official monarch is King Charles.

So I don't think this is monarchy in the way that you are thinking. The "Maori Monarch" is more of a political leader than anything, so in a US context, it's kind of like the NAACP selecting a new president.

Linkin Park fans re-share Cedric Bixler-Zavala's message to Emily Armstrong over alleged links to Scientology and Danny Masterson ( www.nme.com )

So they have replaced Chester Bennington, a rape survivor, with Emily Armstrong, a rape apologist? They waited 7 years from Chester's death to piss on his grave with this replacement? Seriously?

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100%. It's made me rethink all of my support for the remaining members of the band. This choice aside: if they truly respected Chester's legacy, why not rename the band? You can still play a Linkin Park song or two at shows for your new band, no one will care. To me, all of this just smacks of "Mike Shinoda and friends didn't want to set aside the fame and album and ticket sales that come from having the Linkin Park name." It feels like they spent seven years honoring Chester's legacy so fans wouldn't revolt when they replaced the irreplaceable.

I'm not saying any of that is necessarily true, but the air of deception around this move makes one start to wonder if they have been deceived in other ways.

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So what to make of the Scientology links, then? And the whole thing where she doesn't "believe in" mental illness? If her statement is true, then she has dodged the most disgusting allegations, but idek if u can trust that it is true.

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I think this Vulture article sums up the veracity of the Scientology claims. Cedric Bixler-Zavala's accusation included the allegation that she is a true-blooded Scientologist, and she has yet to deny it. By my estimation, Scientology is an ugly (if not evil) organization using the veil of freedom of religion to deflect any criticism of its predatory and abusive practices. Armstrong really does have an excellent voice for this role, but I refuse to support anyone who participates in that shit.

She posted a note to refute the Danny Masterson connection, yet she pointedly ignored the scientology allegation. I think I land in the same place as @harrys_balzac on this one. Until she publicly refutes the Scientology connection, I don't want anything to do with a Linkin Park that includes her.

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it's sounding more and more like they should have...

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This was a great read! This was actually a local race near me, and I didn't pay THAT much attention because it isn't in my actual district, but I remember hearing about the race with one guy that was an "internet microcelebrity".

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In the first paragraph of the article, it says that they are leaning towards voting third party instead. Harris should be extremely concerned.

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Dems should be ringing the bell that it was Republicans that tanked Biden's border bill. Every single time this issue comes up, they should immediately pivot to educating the public on this, and questioning why the GOP turned down this bill if they care so much.

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the "always has been" astronaut meme. The first astronaut is looking at Earth, with overlaid, warped images of the feet of Yoda and Darth Maul. The first astronaut is saying, "wait...it's about feet?" and the second astronaut is saying "always has been."

Israel military fires on humanitarian aid workers from the World Food Program (WFP) in Gaza: "Totally unacceptable and the latest in a series of unnecessary security incidents" ( www.wfp.org )

The WFP team was returning from a mission to Kerem Shalom/ Karam Abu Salem with two WFP armoured vehicles after escorting a convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian cargo routed to Gaza’s central area....

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hmmm i wonder where they got those bullets from?

theangriestbird ,
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thank you for the added context! I always appreciate learning new facts about this complicated issue.

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I think Beehaw's a pretty kind place in my experience?

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Pushback is not the same thing as an attack! I think we tend to get the two mixed up when talking to strangers online.

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theangriestbird , (edited )
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she continues to be vague about her policy on stopping the genocide in Gaza, and that's all I needed to hear, personally.

EDIT: well I got y'all talkin, and that was my main mission.

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it wouldn't. it just sucks that the US is funding genocide and no one seems to care.

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I’d rather have an adult in the White House, personally

Is a capable, genocidal adult better than a petulant child?

theangriestbird ,
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The U.S. could theoretically stop aiding Israel as it commits genocide, but the realistic outcome of that would be neighboring countries committing genocide on Israelis, and since that’s the basic reason the country was invented… maybe that’s not the best outcome either

Israel is so armed to the teeth at this point, i'm not sure how you think they would just be sitting ducks without the US's support. And honestly at this point I kind of feel like they deserve whatever happens to them in the absence of US aid. 17,000 dead children is a lot of blood to wash off.

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Criticism of Harris ≠ Support for Trump

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First, I don’t condone sending arms to Israel or any country or group that is intent on eradication of others. Israel is run by a shit leader.

Glad we agree on that at least.

Second, Hamas is also at fault.

Hamas is the only entity doing something material to stop the slaughter of Palestinian children. This is not to belittle the efforts of protesters, or of nation-states that are advocating at the UN level. But to watch the mass slaughter and forcible relocation of a people, and then wag your finger at them for fighting back, seems...idk, patronizing to their efforts? Like only the white people can save them, they aren't allowed to wield power themselves. I don't think that's exactly what you meant, but it's how it strikes me any time anyone says "well Hamas is bad too".

Third, you damn well know if Trump had been in office, shit would be even worse in the Middle East.

Yes, you're probably right. But that doesn't change the fact that Harris is endorsing continued genocide. I get that it isn't a single-issue election, but not all issues carry equal weight. I care about income inequality and Medicare-for-all and protecting the right to choose. But all of those issues seem miniscule when stood up side-by-side with literal genocide.

She will probably still get my vote because I care about all of those issues and I want to see the Overton Window shift left, but that doesn't mean i'm going to shut up about the genocide.

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Trump doesn’t give a shit about the Palestinians. Somehow suggesting she’s the worse choice in this race on that issue alone isn’t even true, regardless of the larger picture.

I actually think you're slightly wrong about this. She isn't the worse choice on this issue, because they are functionally identical on this issue. If we have 17,000 dead Palestinian children due to Biden-Harris foreign policy, does it really matter that Trump foreign policy might have led to 20,000+ dead Palestinian children? It's an unconscionable tragedy either way.

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i'm always aware of the irony. fully-clad in irony armor over here.

theangriestbird ,
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But now you’re saying more deaths is fine (and better than current policy) because you’ve reached some tipping point where more suffering and death is actually preferable

I did not say this. I said that 20,000 deaths is "functionally equivalent" to 17,000, not "preferable". Big difference in meaning. My point is that the two candidates are identical on this specific issue.

If your think the suffering of Palestinians is the greatest domestic issue facing the U.S., dwarfing all others combined, by all means let it guide your choice. But don’t complain about the internment camps that start getting built if Trump wins when you found everything else in this election irrelevant.

Well it's a foreign issue, not a domestic one. But that aside, I am aware of and care about the other issues. It just strikes me as selfish to focus on what will happen to us if Trump wins when people elsewhere in the world are being slaughtered, and the "morally good" alternative supports that slaughter.

Six hundred Nader votes in Florida going to Gore instead 24 years ago would have put this country on a very different trajectory, so it is not hyperbole that staying home or voting for the other guy can result in an even worse outcome.

Look, I been around the block. I voted third party in 2016 and saw what came of that. I'm utilitarian about this at the end of the day, and I want to choose the candidate that will cause the least total suffering in the world as whole. I want the Overton Window in the US to shift left, and I think that happens through repeated Dem wins. But don't get it twisted: the Dems are still the party that will throw you a few social justice crumbs so you don't complain about being ground up by the gears of capitalism. They bypassed the primary process and stole your voice from you so they could choose the moderate candidate that they wanted.

And ultimately, I hate that the Dems have so successfully-whipped y'all into a panic about Trump that y'all won't even DISCUSS this genocide anymore for fear that it will lead to a second Trump presidency. Watch them do it again with a new bogeyman in 4 years.

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In this thread, I simply pointed out that she dodged the question about Gaza, and I was bombarded with replies about how I am endorsing Trump. This says to me that Beehaw is more scared of Trump than they care about the Palestinian genocide, bc y'all refuse to even have a conversation about this.

Either way the people of Gaza have a much better chance if Trump is decisively defeated.

I don't disagree that Trump will be worse for the Palestinians. But I do disagree that things will be significantly better under Harris. 17000 dead children under Biden-Harris foreign policy, and Harris has given no indication that she will deviate from Biden's policy on Israel.

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I didn't think I was making a personal attack, but I'm sorry if it came off that way. In spaces like this, I'm usually trying to stick to only expressing my POV without saying anything specific about anyone that isn't a public figure. I know I can get a bit heated, tho. Sorry if I overstepped in my language, I have no bad blood for any Beeple.

Gaza War: Slamming Israeli Media Lies, Freed Israeli Hostage Says The Israel Military Strike—Not Hamas—Wounded Her ( www.commondreams.org )

An Israeli woman kidnapped by Hamas militants on October 7 and held hostage for 245 days before being rescued lashed out on Friday at Israeli media outlets that twisted her words to make it seem as if she was wounded by her captors when in reality she was injured in an attack by the military in which she once served....

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*since October 7th

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So what do you suggest they do? Lie down and die?

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