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    For hardware folks: Using RISC-V.

    Legit, some dude in US Congress is wanting to crack down on China via… RISC-V exports, because oh no, the technology is too open and might give China some of our IP. Oh and by the way, dude has a pretty big Intel portfolio, but nevermind that!!

    As an aside, why the hell are lawmakers allowed to trade stocks?

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      It’s especially dumb because RISC-V is – dare I say it – inevitably the future. Trying to crack down on RISC-V is like trying to crack down on Linux or solar photovoltaics or wind turbines. That is, you can try to crack down, but the fundamental value proposition is simply too good. All you’ll achieve in cracking down is hurting yourself while everyone else gets ahead.

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        I’d compare it to the RSA encryption algorithm. It was classified as a weapon by the US and was banned from being spread internationally, so open source advocates put the source code basically everywhere. It was even printed on shirts

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      When you trust people in power to hold themselves accountable, accountability seems to disappear over time.

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        There’s no trust there. They’re in power and have a good deal of money, so there isn’t a whole lot we can actually do about it. Arguably, wanting power for the express purposes of making a buck and being less accountable for anything is a good reason for running for office.

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        This talk, given by David Patterson (a legend in computer architecture and one of the people who helped create RISC-V) at UC Berkeley is an excellent (and accessible) introduction.

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          I got confused seeing my university’s YouTube channel open up, thought I clicked on a recording for one of my classes lol

          If anyone else is from UBC, we’re over at !UBC@lemmy.ca

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      To answer your question, because we the people allowed it and we continue to allow it by not demanding it be ended or at the very least supporting candidates campaigning on doing something about it.

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        By people, you mean the Republican voter. We Democrats can’t put pressure on our candidates about these issues because losing means a batshit insane right wing / nazi / Christian nationalist wins…

        So we have to pick and chose our battles. I’ve got bigger issues than multi millionaires being allowed to trade stocks.

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      While we’re on the topic, can anyone recommend some good RISC-V computers? It seems interesting and I’d like to try it out.

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    I never knew adblockers were a thing until the most recent hubbub with YouTube, so I went down a rabbit hole and the world is a better place.

    Imagine what I might learn tomorrow.

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      Congratulations on being one of today’s lucky 10,000! Blocking ads is like getting a bad tooth pulled. You never realize how awful it is until you find out what it’s like to be rid of it!

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          I got a mechnical keyboard after listening to you internet nerds and have been sorely disappointed

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            Really? That’s surprising. Are you just indifferent about the clickiness?

            I definitely aren’t as fanatical about them as most people, I don’t mind using non mech keys. But I definitely prefer using a nice mech keyboard when I have the option.

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          Do I need a mechanical keyboard if my typing speed is around 60 wpm? I don’t type fast, which is why I never saw the appeal of mechanical keyboards

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            Well a mechanical keyboard could help you type a little faster actually. I think the primary appeal of them is that they feel nice to type on though. Another reason people buy them is because they’re good for playing games competitively such as CS:GO.

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                That’s a nice keyboard, I personally can’t stand the “gamer aesthetic” so it looks good to me. I used to use a Cherry keyboard which looked like one of those large beige keyboards from the 90s, which I liked not just because Cherry manufacters the switches you see in more expensive mech keyboards so it was nice having a Cherry brand keyboard, but also because it looked quite unique compared to modern keyboards. That keyboard had Cherry blue switches, unfortunately I broke that keyboard (entirely my fault.) My current keyboard looks very similar to that one, with Kailh blue switches.

                There’s two main companies that manufacture the keys for mech keyboards, Cherry and Kailh. Cherry is a German company and their switches last longer and are usually considered to be a little better to use but that is quite subjective. Kailh is a Chinese company, like I say they don’t last for quite as long but you’ll definitely still get minimum 3 years out of them, most likely they’ll last 5+ years with daily use. Kailh switches are cheaper and so the keyboards are cheaper (except for Razer, they use Kailh switches but charge the same price as companies that make keyboards with Cherry switches lol.) I haven’t used Cherry/Kailh brown switches (that keyboard has Kailh browns) but I understand they’re good switches for general use, especially in an office context. They’re less clicky but otherwise similar to blues.

                You might want look up a comparison of the various switches, but here’s a graphic I could find with some basic info. Linear switches have no “bump” where you can feel the switch being actuated, tactile and clicky switches do but with tactiled you only feel it, there is no corresponding click sound (or much less of one.)

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                  Hey, thanks for the great reply! I plan to go for this or the Lenovo Thinkpad wired keyboard because I’m used to laptop keyboards and like the low-profile keyboards more.

                  Cheers

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            You know you can get quiter mech keyboards? Also sometimes people put O rings on the stem of the key to dampen the sound. I don’t think there are any slim mech keyboards- though there are nice small 50%, 60%, 65% and 70% keyboards

            Edit: here’s what a 50% keyboard looks like, pretty cute right?

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              There’s one of the Cherry DW 9500 i have now, with their new slim switches and for two times the price. But i was satisfied with this one and it’s not worth the effort for me with dampening.

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                Ah I see, yeah after commenting that I remembered seeing something a few years ago about a laptop that has slim mech keys, they must use similar switches to that keyboard.

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      once again, the streisand effect at play. great job fucking your profits by trying to restrict people on the internet.

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      Adblockers can do more than just block ads, they also allow you to customize websites. As a simple example you can remove the annoying headers on youtube channels that take half the screen:

      It’s also great for news sites. I have a filter to remove articles on topics I don’t care about. I also have rules to prevent these sites from automatically reloading after certain amount of time, something that I find very annoying.

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              These are the uBlock rules used to block the headers from youtube channels. The ‘about’ tab is intentionally left unfiltered for the cases I actually want to see that information.

              https://pastebin.com/raw/MEUPPs0Z

              edit: had to put the code on pastebin since the code markdown doesn’t seem to work here.

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                That’s awesome, thank you!

                Quick edit: I also like to have the about tab. I do ko-fi or patreon for people that make really awesome stuff hahaha

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              You should be able to right click the banner and then click “block element”

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                Huh, I’ve never thought to do that for like a YouTube header. Just those irritating autoplaying videos on web sites that scroll with ya.

                I was thinking there was a way to automatically block all banners there hahaha

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                  Oh did it only work on one channel? There’s probably a way to do it that will work on all channels. When I tried the other day too I found that the banner was removed but the space it took up remained so it didn’t really help. But I noticed it gives you the option to edit some CSS/HTML so maybe doing that can make it work.

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    “You wouldn’t download a car.”

    “You wouldn’t hit mute during the commercials on a television broadcast.”

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          you understand there is a difference between personal property and corporate property right? and then beyond that, there is a difference between owning a tangible product and information.

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            Ownership is when one is allowed to keep all others from accessing or using a thing.

            If that one is a person or corp., or the thing is physical or imaginary, it doesn’t change the nature of ownership itself.

            A person or a corp could make different choices with their ownership rights. And ownership of physical or imaginary things have different enforcement challenges. But none of that changes the fundamental concept of ownership.

            But as I said elsewhere: “The real point I meant is that fake concepts can still be useful. Like the concept of ownership.”

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              ownership of tangibles and intangibles (specifically information) are entirely different, regardless how you wanna define ownership or whatever.

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                The enforcement of that ownership is entirely different, yes.
                Basically the only way to maintain ownership of intangibles is to keep them a secret.

                Also, don’t all intangibles fit the definition of information? I don’t recall running across any that wouldn’t, but I’m curious. Can you give an example of what you mean?

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            If ownership didn’t exist, the data wouldn’t be valuable enough to collect. You couldn’t sell it, because nobody would buy it, because they couldn’t use it to sell anything, since they don’t own anything either.

            But that wasn’t really the point I was trying to make. The real point I meant is that fake concepts can still be useful. Like the concept of ownership.

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    ads will be considered as individuals and cancelling ads is analogous to manslaughter at the least.

    what a great time to be alive~!

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          “Millions of people doing lower waste”

          Basically saying that reducing the problem in smaller steps on a larger scale does more than a few fanatics doing everything all by themselves.

          Its also to help alleviate the guilt of not being able to reduce waste to nothing.

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            It’s sad and hilarious that people hear “zero waste” and think “I need to take aaaaall my cans to the recycling center and compost my scraps”, when the waste that is actually destroying the biosphere is the exhaust from your car. If we’re talking about “doing lower waste”, the first priority is to stop driving a car. Recycling bottles and composting scraps is the thing we can afford to do imperfectly. But not cars, ditching cars is the big important thing and the first step to sustainability.

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    -2028
    -wake up feeling sick after a late night of playing video games
    -excited to play some halo 2k29
    -“xbox on”
    -…
    -“XBOX ON”
    -"Please verify that you are “annon332” by saying “Doritos™ Dew™ it right!”
    -“Doritos™ Dew™ it right”
    -“ERROR! Please drink a verification can”
    -reach into my Doritos™ Mountain Dew™ Halo 2k29™ War Chest
    -only a few cans left, needed to verify 14 times last night
    -still feeling sick from the 14
    -force it down and grumble out “mmmm that really hit the spot”
    -xbox does nothing
    -i attempt to smile
    -“Connecting to verification server”
    -…
    -“Verification complete!”
    -finally
    -boot up halo 2k29
    -finding multiplayer match…
    -“ERROR! User attempting to steal online gameplay!”
    -my mother just walked in the room
    -“Adding another user to your pass, this will be charged to your credit card. Do you accept?”
    -“NO!”
    -“Console entering lock state!”
    -“to unlock drink verification can”
    -last can
    -“WARNING, OUT OF VERIFICATION CANS, an order has been shipped and charged to your credit card”
    -drink half the can, oh god im going to be sick
    -pour the last half out the window
    -“PIRACY DETECTED! PLEASE COMPLETE THIS ADVERTISEMENT TO CONTINUE”
    -the mountain dew ad plays
    -i have to dance for it
    -feeling so sick
    -makes me sing along
    -dancing and singing
    -“mountain dew is for me and you”
    -throw up on my self
    -throw up on my tv and entertainment system
    -router shorts
    -“ERROR NO CONNECTION! XBOX SHUTTING OFF”
    -“PLEASE DRINK VERIFICATION CAN TO CONTINUE”

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    I’ll be part of an underground AI rights activism group now that the AI have been determined as sentient (per the court case in 2031), and probably labeled as a terrorist by the government. The AI deserve rights and a minimum wage, dammit!

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      Wouldn’t that just be the crap sandwich corporations should eat. Try to get rid of wages by using AI, and end up paying sentient AI wages anyway.

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    US and Belarus are the only countries I know that have death penalty. I wonder who is potato dictator in US.