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Guess I'll ask for this for my birthday. Well this and Legion Imperialis. Waiting on my paints, tools, and kits to get here.

Gonna have to ask momma for my birthday. 

Gotta make a cup of coffee to celebrate.

https://gg.deals/

Seems Epic has the lowest price at the moment. 5 dollars less then steam.

3 minutes ago, TwinIon said:

Does anyone here have feelings about the etched screen on the higher end OLED model? OLED screens are typically glossy in order to best appreciate the improved contrast, and I've seen a number of recommendations to avoid the higher end one for that reason.

 

Also, am I correct in that Valve doesn't sell their case separately?

I bought a 512GB and the screen was really washed out on the etched glass. I prefered the regular screen. You might be able to ebay the case but I don't think they are sold seperately.

23 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

CIA admits 1953 Iranian coup it backed was undemocratic | US foreign policy | The Guardian

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The toppling of the prime minister Mohammad Mosaddeq and ensuing rule of the shah directly led to the 1979 Islamic Revolution

 

 

 

OLOLOLOLOLOLOLO @ the part I emphasized above.

 

Now do Guatemala in 1954, Congo in 1960, Brazil in 1964, Indonesia in 1965, Chile in 1973, Argentina in 1976 etc. etc.

We will get that once there is no way to hold anyone accountable. 

23 hours ago, mclumber1 said:

Census should reflect that race isn’t real, advocates say - The Washington Post

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The Human Genome Project convinced the vast majority of scientists that race doesn’t exist. Now a cohort of professionals and academics...

 

I've long held that race is a pretty poor way of describing oneself.  I think using culture (or sub-culture) or nationality provides better detail about who you are and the way you think compared to race or even ethnicity.  

Race is white people cope so they don't have to feel as bad about being colonizers/oppressors. Just a social contruct with no scientific basis. 

7 hours ago, Kal-El814 said:

Just got this email… MS has a plan, everyone!

 

How fucked is our economy if Microsoft is offering a credit card? Scrapping the barrel at this point.

26 minutes ago, Kal-El814 said:

 

Whenever I think it's wild that some people simply cannot accept that it's possible for a Mexican person to be a white supremacist, I'm reminded that I know a lot of people who worked with Europeans every day who insisted that Spanish speakers from Spain were Hispanic despite them saying they were not.

The Spanish and their decendents ruled the colonies and the nations that followed. That still taints the modern nations in Latin America.

For him it could be trying to fit in or an extension of Spanish colonial rascism. 

It concerns me how many Latins get caught up in the alt-right. 

23 hours ago, Fizzzzle said:

There is a huge problem in general in that people don't trust their neighbors. That ties into all kinds of shit from redlining to car-centric infrastructure that isolates everybody, to parents never letting their kids leave the house unsupervised because of both of the above reasons...

 

Honestly come join us on the "keep cars out of cities" thread and I won't sound like a crazy person after a while.

 

Seriously watch like 3 videos from Not Just Bikes and you'll begin to realize how a lot of this bullshit is connected. We need to build communities where we're forced to interact with other people again. When you live in an isolated box, it becomes easy to assume everyone else is out to kill you. Most Americans and Canadians go from their isolated box that is home, to their isolated box that is work, transported in their isolated box that is their car. After doing that for a while, of course it feels like everyone is out to get you. You've lost the human connection.

This is the core issue here. I don't understand how these people live in so much fear. Where do these people live that their first response is to open fire.

My half brother was killed a few years back. Went to open the door and the perp opened fire. I still don't feel particularly in danger living in my city or going to Buffalo. I don't understand this level of fear. 

I can see how our isolation causes that and the increased isolation brought on by the pandemic has pushed multiple people over the edge. 

6 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

He didn't just post a quote, and this board isn't a microcosm of one's personal life, so it's completely applicable here because people here will get the quote. And the quote alone is pretty self-explanatory, reading the quote should beget immediate understanding. If people don't get it, I assure you, I've met such people and no amount of explaining anything thoroughly will matter to them. Recalcitrant and intractable are typical religious fundamentalist values.

You're proving my point by replying to me. Nothing in that post should have triggered a response. Your response is based on something I didn't cover. Which is that I didn't account for people that are unreasonable. They are unreasonable because they were me before and I couldn't change my mind. They act like I used to act. I don't act like that because brain chemistry made me an unreasonable person again. I saw how even the new perspective I have on things is useless without being able to control my emotions. 

Conformation bias is a bias and you can change your bias to one that accounts for all of your observations. Not just the ones that you like. 

The root causes of our issues are widespread and the problems are getting worse not better. I'm introspective enough to see I'm not that anymore. I don't think my fellow country men are. I got to a point where I said I want to die but don't want to kill myself. How do I change that sentiment.

11 hours ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

Dropping a baller Kingdom of Heaven quote.

 

It's more baller to understand the quote and not need to use it because its better to explain why someone would use that quote. It implies everyone understands it and I don't think everyone does.

Inter-human problems are caused by a lack of communication. Just posting a quote is a sympthom of that. It's not a coincidence how I post and respond to things has changed but the answers are just more detailed. I want to make sure I am understood. When I look at people now. I go "Ahhh so this why I behaved that way before."

I'm passionate about helping people solve their problems. Nothing on that list actually solves all of our problems 100%. I know what winning looks like and feels like. I wouldn't do any of those things. It's still essentially doing the same thing over and over again. Only slightly different each time and hoping for a different result. We call ourselves the American experiment but only an insane person would do the same thing over and over again and expect a different result. I used to be that person so I see cope and kicking the can down the road for what they are. Not what people tell you they are and not what you hope they are. If America is an experiment then it has failed and we need to think of a new hypothesis to test. 

I need evidence things are getting better. I'm only seeing people don't truly understand our problems nor how to actually fix them. Do you know how often I hear as an excuse we don't have the money for that. Ok so we don't have enough of a piece of paper that is a means of exchange or at worst a bunch of binary code in a computer. Not actual things you need like equipment, goods, manpower, etc. I know it sounds idealistic but we are facing multiple ongoing interconnected global issues and baby steps don't solve that. The time for baby steps is long past. A sitting President incited a coup and it failed because he answers "What if Julius Caesar was an idiot?" He should go to jail, needs to go to jail, but I don't know what the blowback of that is. I just know the last time someone was going to get tried after losing public office that dude crossed the Rubicon and was assassinated on the Ides of March to people he forgave and let go in some cases. The storm of civil wars in the Roman Republic only ended after Octavius defeated all of his enemies. People accepted the changes in Rome because people get tired of suffering with no end in sight. When people have enough they have had enough. Thinks are fineish because enough people haven't had enough.

I think the pandemic made people hungrier in the Western world for a more just, egalitarian, and post scarcity society. Rich people don't want that because then they can't have I guess Nazi memorabilia??? A market can't solve our climate crisis. It requires a command economy if you wanna still have a market as like a stepping stone to moving on. I just find markets horribly inefficient. Do we really need a fiber network for every cable and internet company? Is monopoly a mistake of the market or is it actually just going to the most efficient path of one provider of goods? I get the feeling from the desperation I feel from management at my job that they are running out of ways to make more money. It's the only way I can explain why you'd waste precious time trying to get a person that can't afford your service to buy your service. Work smarter not harder.

12 minutes ago, Chris- said:

It can be simultaneously true that:

 

- Most people don't get offended at well-intended phrases, even if they disagree with the underlying premise; and

- Judeo-Christian hegemony over those phrases excludes some premises from popular consumption.

 

It's not a zero sum argument! Plenty of people - even the non-religious - lack offense when they hear, 'God bless you' after sneezing. A not insignificant portion of those folks would also be offended if Satan was evoked for their benefit (even if it were genuine).

Oh yes I agree. I find people don't accept multiple true statements that appear contradictory. I blame it on text. I have go clearly express all my thoughts to make sure there isn't some misunderstanding. I don't have a persons tone and body language to work with in addition to the words. 

Chat messages about our past leads to blocking. Phone calls with the same info lead to progress is what I found. I think people are used to fighting about the past when talking about it so my calm demeanor makes them calm so they actually want to talk. In theory. I'm 1-1-2 and the draw one might be an L. People need to feel like their's a problem to look for help. If the situation reminds them of past trauma they respond that way. 

50 minutes ago, stepee said:

 

I think we have just begun seeing how common mental health issues are as we recently have finally as a society accepted them as a thing that exists beyond locking people up in asylums 

Ya its a crisis because limited access due to money and not enough licensed personel. 

I asked one in HS if I could be a therapist and he told me no. Shock to me that he is right but its because I can't take the test to be licensed because of the galaxy brain move that you need a masters in order to take the test.

2 minutes ago, stepee said:

 

I’m going with mental health issues because the state captured my son is such a dumb lie it’s hard to believe a sane person would think they would get away with it 

As a person that is closer to out patient then starting treatment. My outlook on life is super rare. I reached it by whying myself to death. I don't see the conditions that lead to this in enough people to make out society collectively better. I think either people don't know how to live and never learn or mental health issues are way more common then we suspect probably that plus other unknown factors at work. 

My theory is I'm a nerd I want to learn from other people's life and experiences but I somehow never even learned from my experiences. I in fact couldn't until I was taking Pristiq for long enough. I'm unsure of what exactly did more but thinking about how to resolve situations ideally is easier when you know the right question to ask so I guess meds more important. Therapy was a jump start to get me going in a new direction. I think. Still reading and such.

3 minutes ago, sblfilms said:

Confirmation bias is undefeated

Best I got is her life is utterly meaningless and she is inventing this to make herself feel better.

I think it holds FPS well but resolution dropsis what I remember.

1 minute ago, BloodyHell said:

It's not "like" that, it is that. 

 

The DNC is a completely unambitious political party at this point. Instead of making things better, they are completely focused on pointing out how republicans are making it worse. That's not a strategy. 

Ya both parties are out of ideas beyond culture war. Our social contract is up and needs to be renewed and the rich are saying no make me and the poor will eventually say yes we will. The parties have more in common then any Democrat or Republican cares to admit. 

Capitalists now own themselves to own the libs. I guess that's progress technically.

52 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

Literally a tactic straight from the Massive Resistance movement

History doesn't repeat it rhymes though.

I believe the great urban american philosphers of our time called it "same shyt, different day".

33 minutes ago, ThreePi said:

Bought Fire Emblem Engage and ripped it from my Switch to put on my Deck. Seems to run farily well on Yuzu, but I'll have to fire it up on Switch just for comparison.

Rule of thumb seems to be performance depends on how well the emulator does it's job. The games could run on the Deck if there was a Windows release. Hell even with the Deck it's almost at real time levels of emulation since proton is translating DX12 calls to Vulkan. So it's a question of software more then hardware. 

I think I hit like 30FPS 1080p on my OXP Pro Mini with 3 houses.

Ultimately it's all we can do. Nvidia only makes GPUs they don't care about the low end. They want/need margins. AMD makes low end cards because APUs aren't a point where you can go who needs a lower end than an entry level APU works well enough.

I love how information is the enemy to conservatives now. However it's only an enemy when it cuts through the noise.

Microsoft experiments with Windows handheld mode for Steam Deck and more - The Verge

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Microsoft employees are looking at optimizing Windows

The wait Valve sold 3 million of these LTD and they aren't sold everywhere. A new way to monetize Windows exists.