My takeaway was that this was the important bit

The project arrives as Chinese EV brands expand across European markets with assurances about local data processing. Observed network behavior appears to contradict those assurances.

I once considered neodymium implants in two of my fingers in order to feel if a wire was live or not while working on electronics. I hoped to be able to sense when a wire was mistakenly left live so that I could use that as an opportunity to stage a workplace accident in order to sue the pants off of my employer, which would fund more magnet-based body modifications and allow me to eventually transform myself into Magneto.

I suppose that makes me an anarcho-transhuman hacktivist opportunist X-Manarchist

they had early episodes depicting the people tearing down the rainforest as heroes.

South Park is satire, and they very often use irony. I feel very rude for pointing that out, but you've missed the point entirely if you genuinely do think their intention was to... Depict deforestation as heroic...

GLONASS

Of all the acronyms they could have decided on, this was the correct choice.

Seriously, it's like nobody even tries to embiggen their vocabulary anymore

Good god, I thought the longer version was lost forever, thank you

I just had a conversation about common confrontation-averse social norms/behaviours which are considered generally polite or courteous, and how damaging they can be to relationships between people. This is a good example of that.

It might be considered polite or courteous to say nothing, but in doing so you'd be enabling your friend to unwittingly annoy you repeatedly by sharing a non-mutual interest, which only erodes the net positivity of your friendship little by little. I'd bet that your friend is sharing these garbage amalgamations of sound morphed into something resembling a musical arrangement (like a freshly birthed greasy unit of bologna, haphazardly moulded into a lumpy homogeneous sculpture vaguely resembling a six-fingered mutation of Michelangelo's David) simply because it's something that brings them enjoyment, and they just want to share that enjoyment with you.

If you break the pattern of toxic courtesy by just being honest and letting them know that you aren't interested in hearing any of it, you'd be saving yourself from allowing your friend to (again, unwittingly) annoy you several more times, potentially lowering your overall perception of the friendship to a point that creates distance between you.

TL;DR be honest and tell your friend that you don't like AI-generated audiobominations. But of course keep in mind that there's a fine line between being honest and just being an asshole.

This is such a bizzare proposal. The terms outlining what types of discourse would be allowed or warrent removal/bans seem to be very open to moderator interpretation. Wouldn't this leave anyone who takes part in a discussion vulnerable to heavy-handed moderator action, if a moderator happens to disagree with or dislike an argument?

And if we assume that no moderators would take advantage of the vagueness of this proposal to silence the discussion of viewpoints opposing their own, it still undermines free speech.

Additionally, I strongly believe that if a viewpoint is incorrect or based on misinterpretation, or if an argument is built on a shaky foundation or made in bad faith, it should be the job of those who recognize this to refute it properly, publically, for everyone to see. To simply silence them robs everyone of the chance to read or write a properly argued opposing viewpoint, and spares the offending party a potentially much-needed "verbal evisceration" of sorts.

Hard no from me, if my vote is worth anything at all.

V-Sauce had an incredible video on this, outlining exactly how unfathomably colossal the number 52! actually is. If I remember correctly:

Stand at the equator and set a timer for 52! seconds, press start, then stand still and wait for 1 billion years. Then, take one single step forward, and wait another billion years.

Continue walking at this pace until you've made your way around the Earth and back to your original starting position, then remove one drop of water from the Pacific ocean, and set it aside.

Repeat this process until you've completely emptied the Pacific Ocean drop by drop, then set a single sheet of paper on the ground beside you. Refill the Pacific Ocean again (instantly), and do it all over again.

Continue this process, setting each sheet of paper on top of the last, until the stack of papers reaches the sun. Then tear it all down and do the whole thing over again, 999 more times.

At this point, the timer would be about a third of the way to 0 seconds.

The video continues with an alternative mind-boggling process to kill the rest of the time while you're waiting for the timer to reach 0, which involves dealing yourself 5 cards from a well-shuffled deck once every billion years, and buying a lottery ticket for each royal flush you deal yourself. If that lottery ticket hits the jackpot, you'd (EDIT: throw a grain of sand into the grand canyon, repeating until it's full - forgot this step) then remove 1 ounce of rock from Mount everest, and repeat all of this until Mount Everest is completely leveled.

After doing this 256 more times, then the other two-thirds of the timer will have elapsed, and it would finally reach 0.

That's how long 52! seconds would be.

FIVE THOUSAND?!

Jesus nun-fucking Christ, what an absolute scam. I bought a 1070 for $220 in the first few months after release. Guess I'll just have to hope it can run for another 10 years...

Came here to say Peep Show, what an absolute treasure