So I'm going to check first, you understand that there are jobs and/or situations that require a car right ?

Edit: I phrased that poorly, not an attack, genuine question.

New is the key word here.

That's fair, it isn't how i read it but i can see it's importance now you've pointed it out.

We should be boycotting all companies that we don’t agree with. And NVIDIA is a department of war contractor and American Regime mega donor.

This is nice in theory but the practical application is difficult.

I can get into it, but it's a common conversation i have on here, almost all of modern society is built on horrific shit, where is the line?

Is it first order disagreements like this NVIDIA boycott, or is it second order as well ? Meaning any company that willingly works with NVIDIA or explicitly buys new NVIDIA gpu's ?

It's not a trick question, I'm trying to gauge what you meant by that statement.

To be clear, i'm not saying to do nothing, i'm trying to figure out where your line is and why.

If you actually need something, and it’s possible to need a GPU, then you can buy second hand from within your community. Try to buy as local as possible, look for things like surplus office equipment or at local repair shops.

That's fair, though i would add a caveat to say "where possible"

As a concrete example, GPU's right now are ridiculous which means the secondhand market is tight, if your timeframe/need is also tight then it might not be possible to always do the "right thing™".

In your example of a car, buying a used car is also better than buying a new car in many ways, especially since cars made before 2014 were not able to surveil you.

Agreed.

Why pick 2014, was there some regulatory requirement introduced then ?

Boycott bad companies / practices, and stop consuming the latest slop they put in the trough.

See my question about lines above.

You know what, i applaud your efforts.

I suspect you're doing a way better job of it than me, it's way more difficult than a lot of people give it credit for.

Fair enough

I'd advise you to think of that next time you use any electronics or eat any meat products or chocolate or coffee, drive your car (if you have one).

... wear anything by most of the major clothes or trainer brands , buy anything from amazon or use any of their services, use google services or facebook or instagram or tiktok...or whatsapp.

If you want to argue about selective integrity and conviction , I'm willing to hear your position.

I wasn't saying buying GPU's is good, i was saying that the argument that they are optional is weak.

Jobs, social activities, entertainment, groceries, non-emergency medical care.

Don't get me wrong, cars are a shitty necessity to have, but they are a necessity in some places.

If you want to argue that society should change so this isn't true, I'm right there with you, but it's not the reality of now.

Putting aside the fact that i was in no way claiming you could do all the exact same things with a car as you could with a GPU.

There are in fact jobs that require a dedicated gpu.

It's optional not to buy a car but it certainly limits your access to things.

That's just it, it's not.

It's a whole economy based on the threat of neverending warfare.

An actual war, where they aren't just stomping on something from a great height, that is short term benefit compared to selling them the re-up every cycle, "just in case"

Military keeping up with the Joneses.

Sure we did.

"Lines Of Code" is a good one, more code = more work so it must be good.

I recently had a run in with another good one : PR's/Dev/Month.

Not only it that one good for overall productivity, it's a way to weed out those unproductive devs who check in less often.

This one was so good, management decided to add it to the company wide catchup slides in a section espousing how the new AI driven systems brought this number up enough to be above other companies.

That means other companies are using it as well, so it must be good.

If you reach 20 companies that aren't ad-centric for-profit companies you can qualify for the false equivalency pro-league.

It's up there with mental gymnastics in the bad-faith Olympics, a lofty achievement.

well. i'll give you ad-guard , canonical is also making great strides towards ad-centric so that one too.

Basically all of modern society functions off of the back of an elaborate , rigged gambling system.

That's what the stock market is, in a very real way.