Is it just me, or has the Pope suddenly and very recently taken a turn into being a very shitty person?

I get that he’s always had some problematic views, but he’s become more extreme lately. Or at least, that’s what the coverage seems to be.

I can tell you that they wouldn’t have included it if it didn’t serve a purpose. However, that purpose might be for a feature you don’t use, or possibly even one that doesn’t exist for your board (e.g. if there’s a similar model with features added/removed, they may simply leave components off the lesser SKUs. For instance, you sometimes see solder points for 4 RAM slots, when only 2 are installed)

While I’m a fan of using things until they truly break, you have to consider what this could mean. If they are for voltage regulation, you could end up with rich, chunky volts to your CPU, RAM, GPU, etc.

If they are for thermal cutoff, things could melt or even catch fire. It might even happen when you aren’t home.

And if they are for RGB controls, you could end up with no lights, and that would just be too boring to accept. (/s)

You have posted enough questions on related topics that I recognize your name.

I say this with all the kindness in the world, I think it’s time for you to speak with a therapist. This is about more than just your career progression.

Your mistake is thinking these are particularly special. The only thing noteworthy is that one particular design caught on.

Anyone can make a sticker, or a T-shirt, or a shot glass. If your favorite YouTuber sells it as merch, it’s easy to get. You can get an order made of (nearly) whatever design you want, and pretty cheap. There might be a minimum order size (say 1000 stickers), but otherwise the only requirement is an image.

In fact, if you Google for “Trump Putin sticker”, you’ll find a number on Etsy that seem to fit your desire.

I had one of those power bank cases, and it was absolutely awesome for extended battery life. It was always there with the phone, it was just a bulky case (which did not bother me), it tripled or quadrupled my battery life, and it was about $20.

Sorely missing that it’s not available for my current phone (Pixel 8a).

You’re both right. It’s important to note that this classification only applies to botany. Botanically, it’s a fruit. Just like a peanut is botanically a bean.

Culinarally, tomatoes are a vegetable.

And for the purposes of tariffs, taxes, and customs, according to Nix v Hedden, it’s a vegetable.

There are many ways to classify an item. This just happens to cross boundaries depending on context.

There’s almost some truth to it. Certain foods, like salts and carbs, in certain situations, like low salt/carb diets, can have a ripple effect. 100g of carbs, or a few grams of salt, can cause your body to retain water. The effect being that you gained several pounds from eating just a few (hundred) grams of certain foods.

However, for your body to retain that water, you must also consume said water.

Have you noticed the rich are suddenly encouraging people to have (more) kids? It’s the only way to put more labor into the system. And labor is what money really represents.

The rich are stealing your labor.

If you have chronic back pain (not temporary, and not linked to an activity), you need to see a doctor first.

No, really. See a doctor. Because ALL of the exercises you see can seriously injure you, even permanently, depending on your exact condition. What works miracles for someone else may work backwards for you. Even if they have a similar condition, or it’s in a similar group (e g. Core strengthening)

And above all else, listen to your body. If it hurts, stop doing it.

Source: I’ve been through this the hard way

Defederating is more than just blocking communities hosted on those instances. Most importantly, and the reason why most instances get defederated, is that it blocks comments.

If your instance blocks hexbear, it blocks all comments from hexbear users. That also applies to all communities on other instances.

I just checked the list at https://lemm.ee/instances

The only blocked entries are Threads and burger/burggit, which is defunct. I was not able to search defend.xyz to see who is blocking them.

For anyone considering it, just be aware that it will be a much less filtered experience. Most instances block lemmygrad, hexbear, etc. Most also block porn.

You will likely want to set up your own instance blocks

I’m not familiar with NYC, but isn’t this exactly the opposite of their goals? If you are staying within the congestion zone, you should be taking a different form of transportation. It’s only when leaving that area that you have a (potentially) valid reason to take your own car.

Pirates are absolutely still a thing. But it’s not Blackbeard and Captain Hook. It’s usually Somali pirates, with a heavy emphasis on the violence.

South Park actually had an episode about exactly this.

In a world of anarchy, you can get away with anything, until someone stronger (i.e. military) shows up.

If the entire Internet/power grid just shut down permanently, it probably wouldn’t take very long until you (and everyone around you) died. It’s not just your entertainment anymore.

Electricity obviously keeps your electric appliances going, including HVAC. Even if it’s gas, it probably needs electricity to work (e.g. fans on the furnace).

Electricity at a grid level keeps the natural gas flowing. Any backup options would quickly deplete.

It’s also necessary for gasoline, since it all stops flowing if it can’t be billed. Remember the gas shortage because of a ransomware attack? Those systems won’t have power very long.

You won’t have tap water, nor would there be clean/treated water at the source.

Now, what if you had electricity, but there was no longer any Internet? Well, that’s a little better. It’s possible that emergency operations could be implemented (using the military) to keep you barely alive, until things could be fixed. But let’s just assume the Internet is completely gone. Then what happens?

Remember when I mentioned the ransomware attack? Those systems probably don’t have an offline mode. If they can’t bill for it, the gas stops flowing.

No credit cards, no bank transfers, no phones. The public Internet is now the medium for nearly all communication outside of an org.

You can’t buy food at the grocery store, but it won’t matter for long because they can’t order anything more, and the trucks can’t deliver it.

Most people would be dead in about a week, maybe 2.

To me, it looks like defective vram. The cursor is rendered at a different physical memory location, which may still be intact.

ETA: the cursor being intact is actually very important- that quite effectively rules out the screen itself (LCD panel), since they wouldn’t care if it’s the cursor.

What you’re looking for is the Original Design Manufacturer, or ODM. These are the companies that actually make the pieces. Some have mentioned Clevo, but there’s also Pegatron (ODM for ASUS), MSI, Quanta (a favorite of HP), Compal (common for Dell and Toshiba).

A more complete list is available here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_laptop_brands_and_manufacturers

Now, there’s a bit more involved in this process. The ODMs make stock designs that they sell to the smaller OEMs. The same way that you can buy white box desktops, you can buy white box laptops. Typically, these come as a barebones laptop base. The OEM will add CPU, RAM, SSD, and WiFi. They will also load the OS/additional software, procure licensing, etc. Then they sell and support it.

The large OEMs like Dell/HP don’t use stock designs. They contract with the ODMs for something custom. Sometimes the ODM also handles the full manufacturing of the final product.

BTW, the ODMs are mostly from Taiwan, not China.

This type of question is common during the interview phase. It’s usually used (by the applicant) to show leadership and accountability.

It’s weird to see it as part of the application phase. I guess it’s just front-loading the questions, but it does feel like “jump through our hoops”

Also, be sure to run extensive burn in tests before deploying for production use. I had an entire batch from GoHardDrive fail on me during that testing, so my data was never in danger.

The delay on USB was to let the industry standardize on its own. The EU hinted to all manufacturers that they needed to standardize. Then it outright stated. Then because Apple was run by pricks, the EU had to legislate USB-C to force it.

Now, when something better comes along (like when mini USB gave way to micro USB, then to USB-C), there will need to be new legislation to allow that connector.

These are all design constraints that need to be taken into account. Most EVs these days have heating and cooling on the battery pack, for the reasons you mention. Adequate protection for it is also certainly solvable.

Extended use is a more challenging need. I’ll assume for a moment that the machinery uses as much power as an EV at highway speed, although I’m pulling that assumption out of nowhere. That would mean a comparable battery only lasts ~5 hours, and you need it to last 15+ (with a full charge happening overnight). Farm machinery is already very heavy - would the extra 4,000lbs for a triple-size battery be a solution? What about a battery trailer that is easily swapped? That could also create a different form of vendor lock-in, just like your power tools. I really doubt the same machinery is used all year long. Branded batteries are an effective way to keep customers from jumping ship on their next purchase.

Does the same machinery have to run all at once, or is this just how things have always been done?

These ideas obviously have problems, not the least of which is running enough electricity to the farms. But it’s just engineering a design to meet the needs/use cases. I’m sure that John Deere, CAT, etc have all had conversations on the matter. I haven’t seen them announce anything yet, though. That could mean they can’t do it yet, they aren’t ready to announce anything yet, or simply that they don’t feel it to be more profitable.

Given Deere’s infamous lock-in and the repairs needed for ICE, that doesn’t surprise me.