Comment on: Gab is not a Free Speech Platform | by Claire Lovely | Sep, 2021 | Medium
i see medium and i see "what are they going to accuse the right of now" and now it is because they don't want porn on their site. I think this is just an excuse to attack the religious people.
I'm pretty pro free speech but I wouldn't let porn on my platform (if i had one). Simple reason is I don't want to be responsible for it. Could you imagine having to hire people to scan through porn to see if there is any CP on there?
Yeah i'd just ban that... to many legal issues there.
disclaimer: my experience on gab was, create account, login, go.. ik, delete account.
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20 Sep 2021 19:42
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Epik host 'pwned' 15m user records leaked
1 0 comments 20 Sep 2021 12:50 u/None (self.technology) in g/technologyComment on: Australian High Court rules news outlets can be held liable for comments under their social media posts
Twitter and Facebook with rolling out features to disable comments on your posts.
(do they have this already? I deleted them a while back)
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09 Sep 2021 20:20
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Comment on: How to Survive an EMP Attack: 5 Tips Everyone Needs to Know
Did anyone else expect the first tip to be "Get vaccinated?"
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04 Sep 2021 02:00
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Comment on: Monoprice's 65-mile outdoor OTA antenna lets you finally cut cable for just $15 - 9to5Toys
pretty slick thank you!
Also reminded me monoprice exists.
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27 Aug 2021 19:14
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Comment on: Your Facebook Account Was Hacked. Getting Help May Take Weeks — Or $299
Solution. Don't use facebook. Delete your account.
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27 Aug 2021 18:18
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Comment on: Raspberry Pie and RetroPi SNES case
I have that controller and it works fine on Linux. Has kernel drivers. Mac probably needs a driver. You can just make a Linux usb boot to play it. Or buy a more popular controller like PS4 or Xbox
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13 Aug 2021 01:30
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Comment on: Facebook may be forced to sell Giphy one year after buying it | Ars Technica
its about damned time antitrust laws were enforced. when your country no longer represents (or respects, protects...) YOU, why should be represent THEM?
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12 Aug 2021 20:14
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Comment on: Navidrome - open source software that allows you to enjoy your music collection from anywhere, by making it available through a modern Web UI and through a wide range of third-party compatible mobile apps
I just read the Pi 4 has audio problems. I am hoping they fixed that by now.
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11 Aug 2021 00:52
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TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app
4 1 comment 11 Aug 2021 00:13 u/None (..) in g/technologyFirefox 91 Introduces Enhanced Cookie Clearing - Mozilla Security Blog
6 0 comments 10 Aug 2021 23:47 u/None (..) in g/technologyComment on: Navidrome - open source software that allows you to enjoy your music collection from anywhere, by making it available through a modern Web UI and through a wide range of third-party compatible mobile apps
THAT is EXACTLY what I was looking for. I only care about music.
So, in theory, I can put this on a Pi 4 server, maybe in a Docker?
I don't care about tagging music files or album covers - just playlists and sound quality. If anyone has suggestions from personal experience, please tell me. I use Quod Libet on my Debian desktop now and think it 100% fine for my needs - though, I am no expert on sound quality (want to learn more about it, though).
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10 Aug 2021 20:55
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Comment on: Navidrome - open source software that allows you to enjoy your music collection from anywhere, by making it available through a modern Web UI and through a wide range of third-party compatible mobile apps
Cool. I've been looking for something like this to DeGoogle my life.
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10 Aug 2021 15:28
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Comment on: A better, user-controlled Reddit alternative - DSCVR.
>Where is your team based?
>Portland, OR, and Los Angeles, CA.
Yeah, no.
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09 Aug 2021 14:04
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Comment on: A better, user-controlled Reddit alternative - DSCVR.
"Sign into Medium with Google"
Really?
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09 Aug 2021 14:01
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Uninstall Microsoft Edge and Keep it from Coming Back
6 0 comments 07 Aug 2021 16:01 u/None (..) in g/technologyComment on: Alternatives to Adobe
Takes some getting used to. I had some experience with photoshop for 10 years and then I started using Linux full time and even after a few years I'm not entirely used to GIMP.
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07 Aug 2021 00:33
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Comment on: Alternatives to Adobe
Would add:
- Blender for 3D
- Audacity for audio
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07 Aug 2021 00:15
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Comment on: Google Claims To Create Time Crystal Inside Quantum Computer
### TIME CRYTALS!!!!
In a simulation
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06 Aug 2021 21:37
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Comment on: Banned from Reddit
>I got suspended from a subreddit for posting the same post too many times.
We don’t want you here either. Fuck off.
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06 Aug 2021 13:35
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Comment on: Substack doubles down on uncensored ‘free speech’ with acquisition of Letter
>Statements like this sound agreeable, yet this kind of language often appears in arguments that deem social justice a threat to free speech. But free speech shouldn’t mean endorsing hate speech
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06 Aug 2021 02:43
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Comment on: Speed Tests Show Starlink Is Now Nearly As Fast As Broadband
They are in full panic mode. Viasat has already tried to sue to stop Starlink launches claiming the environmental impact hasn’t been studied even though the Starlink sats are designed to burn themselves up at the end of their life.
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05 Aug 2021 03:27
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Comment on: Speed Tests Show Starlink Is Now Nearly As Fast As Broadband
That expensive part is just the equipment at first. Then the service it's self is noticeably low as far as I've hear at least at 99 a month. Cheaper than my area at least. ATT is 130 month. .. And one local company i have is 120. A third I don't have reach of at the moment is 115.
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05 Aug 2021 01:29
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Comment on: Microsoft deletes all comments under heavily criticized Windows 11 upgrade video - NotebookCheck.net News
Why would one want Windows 11? I only moved to Windows 10 (from Windows 7) because I got anew computer, and the USB ports were not supported on Windows 7.
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05 Aug 2021 01:28
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Comment on: Microsoft deletes all comments under heavily criticized Windows 11 upgrade video - NotebookCheck.net News
I'm just gonna upgrade all my systems to Manjaro
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05 Aug 2021 01:24
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Comment on: Speed Tests Show Starlink Is Now Nearly As Fast As Broadband
Less than a tenth the latency (45msec vs 630 msec) and 4-5x the D/L speeds? Wow. Those other satellite providers are toast.
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05 Aug 2021 01:04
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Comment on: Speed Tests Show Starlink Is Now Nearly As Fast As Broadband
Give me my fucking dish, Elon. I signed up on the second day the signup was available.
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05 Aug 2021 00:36
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Comment on: Zoom to pay $85M for lying about encryption and sending data to Facebook and Google | Ars Technica
Nothing will happen until the net profit from their decisions reaches the negative numbers.
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04 Aug 2021 05:07
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The State Department and 3 other US agencies earn a D for cybersecurity | Ars Technica
9 0 comments 04 Aug 2021 02:01 u/None (..) in g/technologyComment on: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT GPU launched under mid-range price segment
Considering this is a lower end card and the chip shortage is easing, it might be available. You probably want to get it on launch day though.
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03 Aug 2021 17:02
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Comment on: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT GPU launched under mid-range price segment
How many days until its priced at 3000 dollars like the rest of them?
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03 Aug 2021 13:30
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Comment on: Zoom to pay $85M for lying about encryption and sending data to Facebook and Google | Ars Technica
Not in any significant way. They just can’t use the term end-to-end anymore. That’s not fixing anything.
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03 Aug 2021 01:53
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Comment on: Zoom to pay $85M for lying about encryption and sending data to Facebook and Google | Ars Technica
correct its nothing
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03 Aug 2021 01:36
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Zoom to pay $85M for lying about encryption and sending data to Facebook and Google | Ars Technica
79 14 comments 03 Aug 2021 01:05 u/None (..) in g/technologyComment on: A Review of AntiX Linux Running on a Near-Vintage Computer
A 256 mb computer is not a vintage one. I remember running Linux on a 32MB computer back in 2001. The head of IT guy had a 128 mb Linux computer which was also running a few servers, and sometimes VMware with Windows 2000 on it, plus a browser, text editor, etc.
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03 Aug 2021 00:59
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New bank-fraud malware called Vultur infects thousands of devices | Ars Technica
2 0 comments 02 Aug 2021 23:11 u/None (..) in g/technologyComment on: Mastodon now has an official iPhone app - The Verge
Would it even matter since they removed the local timeline in the app?
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02 Aug 2021 09:23
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Comment on: Mastodon now has an official iPhone app - The Verge
> (like shitposter.club or poa.st)
The app doesn’t have any hardcoded filters.
[https://files.catbox.moe/7vvhf1.jpeg](https://files.catbox.moe/7vvhf1.jpeg)
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02 Aug 2021 04:42
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Mastodon now has an official iPhone app - The Verge
18 8 comments 02 Aug 2021 00:59 u/None (..) in g/technologyComment on: I want a Gigaset GS4. Why the fuck is there no degoogled OS for it?
How long is a piece of rope? I can’t answer how long something like that would take. I can assure you that it’s not a service with a fast turn around. Also, development of a degoogled rom isn’t a single task to complete. You will want your modern phone to get security and feature updates as well. This is an arms race between the people hacking ROMs and the makers of the phones. To answer your last question, you shouldn’t ask for the phone back since development is a continual process and it can’t be done without the device.
The takeaway from this is the devs who are degoogling phones need support. They have the skills and knowledge, but they can’t sell what they do so they don’t make any money. If you feel passionately about having modern phones that fit your ethos, then your place is to use your money to help the devs win their battles. I can say with a high degree of confidence that the people bankrolling the operations will get first dibs on anything created and will be taken care of by the devs, but this isn’t a service where you can drop a phone off and pick it up in a few days. You are asking people who do this for a hobby to reverse engineer something a team of professional engineers created.
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01 Aug 2021 02:45
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Comment on: I want a Gigaset GS4. Why the fuck is there no degoogled OS for it?
Instead of posting a bitch fest of impotent rage, why don’t you do something meaningful like buying these new phones and sending them to the devs to be developed on? The reason that you can only get old phones is these people work for free and have to buy these phones with their own money. Be part of the solution instead of bitching about the problem.
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31 Jul 2021 21:47
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Comment on: Firefox lost 50M users since 2019
More like, forget about the users and developers, and suddenly you'll have neither.
When they announced they were focusing on finding new revenue streams, dropping developer focus, and mandatorily tweaking the UI... I just felt disappointed. Now the browser is slowly losing its stability, using brute-force UI design, and of course the 'free and open where we approve it' nonsense, they'll slowly go the way of the dodo.
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31 Jul 2021 16:56
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Comment on: Firefox lost 50M users since 2019
> at least the whole browser doesn't suck.
Must disagree. Safari is intentionally ~~falling behind~~ withholding capabilities, in order to prevent web apps from usurping the Apple App Store. And that 'sucks'.
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31 Jul 2021 16:43
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Comment on: Firefox lost 50M users since 2019
Mozilla borderline breaks their mission statement for a free and open web (in ideal not action.. yet), Users abandon Mozilla, no surprise.
I'm 'mostly' off of Mozilla though I'm posting this from firefox >.<
I'm 'mostly' on brave except for on MacOS... firefox is MUCH MUCH faster on Mac than it is on Windows. and i use it on my iphone and oneplus though i've been using Tor More and more. And I use thunderbird for mail...
So here is a question someone might be able to answer... Best mail client that can get multiple accounts in a decent UI? I'm redoing my windows pc in the nearish future and If i don't find one I may get MS office 19.
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31 Jul 2021 15:01
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Comment on: Firefox lost 50M users since 2019
you can use newpipe on android
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31 Jul 2021 14:36
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Comment on: Nokia C30 budget phone launched with price under Rs 10000
Correction:Rs 10000 ≈ $134.41
Rs 42000 ≈ $550
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31 Jul 2021 13:48
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Comment on: Firefox lost 50M users since 2019
Brave is far superior for the technically inclined. Tampermonkey and numerous other powerful script blocking extensions that I run give brave so many levels of added manipulation that to it's security policies and how it loads paged and transfers data that Firefox didn't support. Plus it's more efficient of a browser and you can run "morally questionable" extensions like dissenter. Or you could before that was abandoned. Point is that if you are willing to delve into the same amount of under the hood tweaks as you at least should have on Firefox then brave has all that and then some.
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31 Jul 2021 12:21
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Comment on: Firefox lost 50M users since 2019
Brave doesn't have extensions on Android. Firefox's uBlock Origin is more effective than Brave's built-in adblocker; with Brave, I sometimes get ads on mainstream websites like YouTube, and even debilitating popups and redirects on certain obscure sites. Firefox lets you add a custom search engine, so ironically I got to try out Brave Search there before Brave made it available on Android. There was also the issue of Brave not hiding my navigation bar when viewing a video full-screen, which didn't happen in Firefox.
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31 Jul 2021 12:20
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Comment on: Firefox lost 50M users since 2019
I had switched to brave even before they started preaching woke bullshit.
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31 Jul 2021 12:15
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Comment on: Firefox lost 50M users since 2019
Get woke go broke.
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31 Jul 2021 08:36
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Comment on: A 'Fairness Doctrine' for the Internet Could Backfire on Conservatives - Foundation for Economic Education
Not the same. Not limiting people. Limiting the companies that pretend their a public square then turn around an act like and edditor.
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30 Jul 2021 19:20
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Comment on: Apple broke bad news to iPhone fans | ZDNet
Right to repair is looking more and more important these days.
Either that, or we declare a butlerian jihad and start training mentats.
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30 Jul 2021 05:44
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Comment on: Apple broke bad news to iPhone fans | ZDNet
I literally could not care less. There is simply no level at which I could care less. My iPhone SE 1st gen works great and after I have its old battery replaced it will have five more years of useful life ahead. Those chasing the latest iPhones are just adult children.
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30 Jul 2021 04:57
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Comment on: Please Bring Back Our Downvotes: Society Desperately Needs It
Block cookies on Medium and this won't happen.
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29 Jul 2021 16:00
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Comment on: CRT Degaussing With A Drill
Or you could just buy a new one. That is pretty cool though.
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29 Jul 2021 12:50
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Comment on: Google's Latest App Lets Banks Lock Your Android Device | Beebom
Pine phone
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29 Jul 2021 12:14
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Comment on: Scam-baiting YouTube channel Tech Support Scams taken offline by tech support scam • The Register
This is unfortunate. Jim Browning does a good thing for the world.
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29 Jul 2021 04:50
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Google's Latest App Lets Banks Lock Your Android Device | Beebom
21 3 comments 29 Jul 2021 04:35 u/None (..) in g/technologyScam-baiting YouTube channel Tech Support Scams taken offline by tech support scam • The Register
13 1 comment 29 Jul 2021 03:26 u/None (self.technology) in g/technologyComment on: California and five other US states ban pre-built gaming PCs based on energy standards - in December standard will expand to include devices featuring high-speed networking, multi-screen notebooks, and gaming monitors
I would totally start wasting energy just to spite them
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28 Jul 2021 02:47
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Comment on: Why You Should Want Driverless Cars On Roads Now
**Assistant:** "Sir Congressmen that guy that's been talking about the illegal sexual acts you've performed had gotten a hold of some paper work involving the incidents. How would you like to proceed?"
**Congressmen:** "Just remote access his smart car and run him off a cliff or into water. Oh and make sure the doors don't let him out."
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27 Jul 2021 14:40
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**Congressmen:** "Just remote access his smart car and run him off a cliff or into water. Oh and make sure the doors don't let him out."
Comment on: Why You Should Want Driverless Cars On Roads Now
Because they will kill the naive fools who trust them and improve human genofond?
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27 Jul 2021 13:03
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Comment on: 16 of 30 Google results contain SQL injection vulnerabilities
This is why companies “can’t find” qualified people. Passing a tech challenge and personality interview is easy. Doing your job without googling every step is the challenge. The problem isn’t google, it’s interpreting what you see and that’s the skill they don’t interview for.
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26 Jul 2021 01:51
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Comment on: Rumour: Low end GPU market will disappear and this guy has a good theory as to why it may happen.
Lol. I got technicoly to melt down and the rdrama bit explains the reaction from heroicmessage when I associated him with that group
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25 Jul 2021 21:54
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Comment on: Rumour: Low end GPU market will disappear and this guy has a good theory as to why it may happen.
Lol. Got blocked by @technicholy the dumpster fraud
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25 Jul 2021 21:40
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Comment on: Rumour: Low end GPU market will disappear and this guy has a good theory as to why it may happen.
Fuck you loser. You lost and are too much of a faggot to admit it. You’re a clown just like the rest of your faggot cabal.
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25 Jul 2021 21:33
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Comment on: Rumour: Low end GPU market will disappear and this guy has a good theory as to why it may happen.
Not dodging at all. You are trying to argue against things I never said or implied because you are literally too stupid to understand the English language. That is your problem. Not mine. Ignorance is fixable but stupidity is forever. And as I said repeatedly now, I am done with you. Next reply from you results in a block. Life is too short to deal with dumbasses .
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25 Jul 2021 21:25
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Comment on: Rumour: Low end GPU market will disappear and this guy has a good theory as to why it may happen.
Same dodging as the last guy. A 3070 costs less than a 1080ti and outperforms it so your entire argument is bullshit.
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25 Jul 2021 20:55
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Comment on: Rumour: Low end GPU market will disappear and this guy has a good theory as to why it may happen.
Yep. Reading comprehension has been shown to be extremely hard for you.
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25 Jul 2021 20:50
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Comment on: Rumour: Low end GPU market will disappear and this guy has a good theory as to why it may happen.
>I said nvidia acts as a monopoly which is true
So AMD doesn’t exist and doesn’t produce cards that directly compete with Nvidia? How stupid are you?
>I said they increase prices for each new release of cards at all levels compared to release price of the previous gens
That’s because the performance increases. What you’re missing is the *same* performance in the new generation costs less because the lower tier cards replace higher tier cards from the previous generation. Why should you get a better card for the same money when they sell the same performance from last generation for less?
>I said CORRECTLY that supply and demand have been strongly impacted by covid and other factors JUST AS EVERY OTHER INDUSTRY has.
Covid has nothing to do with this.
>other factors
Those other factors are the main factor and it’s TSMC. TSMC was not affected by covid at all because the entire plant is automated. Hardly anyone actually works in the factory. I posted links that explain exactly what happened and why they are behind. You chose to ignore those facts because they didn’t fit your narrative.
> I said they increase prices for each new release of cards at all levels compared to release price of the previous gens.
Why should you get more performance for the same money when they offer the same performance for less money? Your argument makes no sense and ignores the fact that a 3070 replaces a 2080 which replaces a 1080ti. A 1080ti msrp is $699. A 3070 msrp is $599. A 3070 outperforms a 1080ti. You get a little more performance for less each generation.
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25 Jul 2021 20:35
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Comment on: Rumour: Low end GPU market will disappear and this guy has a good theory as to why it may happen.
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25 Jul 2021 20:20
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Comment on: Rumour: Low end GPU market will disappear and this guy has a good theory as to why it may happen.
This is the last time I humor you
> There is no conspiracy by Nvidia. This circle jerk is based in bullshit. I dare you to address the facts and links I’ve posted. You and your cabal can’t bully me into silence because you are all full of shit.
No where did I claim this. I said nvidia acts as a monopoly which is true. I suggest you get back on your meds because you are losing it.
> You can’t prove Nvidia increased their prices after launch because it never happened.
Never said they did. I said they increase prices for each new release of cards at all levels compared to release price of the previous gens. This is also true and easily shown .
> You can’t prove Nvidia is holding supply down because their own press releases and financial statements say the opposite of that. They would ship more cards if they had the supply.
Never said this or implied this. I said CORRECTLY that supply and demand have been strongly impacted by covid and other factors JUST AS EVERY OTHER INDUSTRY has.
> You can’t prove that Nvidia charges more for the same performance each generation because the opposite is true. In fact, they discount their older cards to keep them in line with the price to performance of the current generation.
Never said they did. I said they increase prices for each new release of cards at all levels compared to release price of the previous gens. This is also true and easily shown .
So my advice is get back on your meds, learn reading comprehension, and shut the fuck up because you are a fucking idiot
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25 Jul 2021 20:14
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Comment on: Rumour: Low end GPU market will disappear and this guy has a good theory as to why it may happen.
I did present facts and links. You and you faggot cabal chose to ignore that and called me names instead. Now you’re doing the same thing because you got nothing but baseless memes.
There is no conspiracy by Nvidia. This circle jerk is based in bullshit. I dare you to address the facts and links I’ve posted. You and your cabal can’t bully me into silence because you are all full of shit.
You can’t prove Nvidia increased their prices after launch because it never happened.
You can’t prove Nvidia is holding supply down because their own press releases and financial statements say the opposite of that. They would ship more cards if they had the supply.
You can’t prove that Nvidia charges more for the same performance each generation because the opposite is true. In fact, they discount their older cards to keep them in line with the price to performance of the current generation.
If you want to take a swing where your butt buddy failed, step up.
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25 Jul 2021 20:05
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Comment on: Rumour: Low end GPU market will disappear and this guy has a good theory as to why it may happen.
You provided zero facts and presented your opinion instead which is demonstrably ignorant of reality and economics. Then you started trying to be an insulting little shit when I didn't by into the bullshit you were trying to sell. So no I am not going to continue arguing with you. Its pointless and like arguing with a brain dead leftist, which you likely are.
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25 Jul 2021 19:37
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Comment on: Rumour: Low end GPU market will disappear and this guy has a good theory as to why it may happen.
So, you’re just going to downvote and run away like a punk? I stated three facts and you got nothing else to say? What a loser.
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25 Jul 2021 16:19
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Comment on: Rumour: Low end GPU market will disappear and this guy has a good theory as to why it may happen.
You’re a dishonest loser who ignores facts that aren’t convenient.
Fact. The same compute performance costs less each generation from AMD and Nvidia. This is indisputable.
Fact. Nvidia never changed their MSRP as a result of the chip shortage. This was unequivocally proven by Best Buy last week.
Fact. AMD, Nvidia, and dozens more companies including automakers are unable to get the raw materials they need to make their devices. This is indisputable.
You’re a dishonest troll trying to push a narrative based in bullshit. Anyone that reads this thread and does the most basic google search will see right through your nonsense.
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25 Jul 2021 15:05
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Comment on: Rumour: Low end GPU market will disappear and this guy has a good theory as to why it may happen.
As I said before I would agree with you but we would both be wrong. Double down on stupid all you want. I don't care. Your immediate resorting to attempts at insult instead of honest debating says all I need to know about you. The fact remains that nvidia is acting like a monopoly and has been for years. AMD has joined this game as well, because they can, as these two are the only players in this market. Apparently you are the only one that does not know this.
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25 Jul 2021 14:57
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Comment on: Rumour: Low end GPU market will disappear and this guy has a good theory as to why it may happen.
>Factory Incentives.
There are no factory incentives for graphics card, brainlet. Also, that means the car dealerships aren’t selling for a loss since they get money on the back side so you just proved best buy didn’t sell GPUs for a loss which proves the retail price hasn’t changed. Good job.
>raises their prices every generation which is a fact, and happens at all model levels gen to gen
Why should a higher performing card cost the same each generation? You keep missing the point that equivalent compute performance generation to generation is cheaper. If you buy the same performance with a new generation it is cheaper full stop. If you buy the same tier of card, then you get more performance which costs more.
There is nothing going on from Nvidia. This is a supply chain problem, like everything else you listed. Firearms makers aren’t charging more for guns, sellers are. Ammo makers are paying more for raw materials, they aren’t fleecing the market. Appliances and cars have the same chip shortages as computers and electronics, they aren’t making more money per item.
You’re just a moron who is doubling down on the Nvidia circle jerk when you have no clue what is causing the disruption. Nvidia isn’t leaving money on the table to jack prices on a handful of cards while literally the entire world complains. That is just pants on head retarded.
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25 Jul 2021 14:31
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Comment on: Rumour: Low end GPU market will disappear and this guy has a good theory as to why it may happen.
> Also, there isn’t a car dealer on this planet who sells cars for less than they pay for them
Have you ever sold cars? I have. This happens all the time and the reason is simple for new cars. Factory Incentives. For example if a dealer sells x amount per month they get a huge bonus . this bonus far offsets any difference in loss by very large amounts. This is why you hear stories such as the best time to buy a car is this or that. Dealers are trying to get those quotas for these bonuses. It does not mean they sell all cars under cost either just some here and there. And they also sell others to people who don't negotiate and pay msrp or take stupid dealer loans, of which dealers also get cuts
And you have still missed the whole point of everything I said. All I said is that nvidia acts like a monopoly and raises their prices every generation which is a fact, and happens at all model levels gen to gen. Those prices determine what retailers can sell them at with supply/demand considerations, such as we have seen the last year with low supply and high demand. This is economics 101. This environment can cause scalping as well from some sellers. the GPU market isn't the only market this has happened in. Every tangible product has seen this since covid, such as
- firearms and ammo
- cars and trucks, as well as parts for repairs. Ford for example has fields of f-150 trucks they cannot complete because of lack of components and available inventory sells for much higher than normal
- lumber
- appliances
- roofing materials
and on and on
If you cannot comprehend this then I don't know what to tell you
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25 Jul 2021 14:19
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Comment on: Rumour: Low end GPU market will disappear and this guy has a good theory as to why it may happen.
>I've opted not to update the MSRP of the GPUs, many models did get price reductions over their lifetime, but it would be a pain to go back and determine exactly when certain models were cost reduced in order to recalculate.
So his analysis is bullshit. Also, there isn’t a car dealer on this planet who sells cars for less than they pay for them. You’re just trolling or a complete moron if that’s your take.
The fact is Nvidia hasn’t marked up prices excessively, retailers have. Best Buy’s own sale proved that because they aren’t going to lose money on the most scarce device on the planet. The card performance per dollar has tracked steady over the years unless some lazy fuckwit twists the numbers to their favor. The shortage is caused by disasters at TSMC and not GPU makers artificially holding down supply.
https://wccftech.com/tsmc-550-million-blunder-destroyed-thousands-of-nvidia-gpu-wafers/
https://m.slashdot.org/story/370680
It’s not just high end chips that are in short supply either.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/michael-dell-says-chip-shortages-will-probably-last-for-years
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25 Jul 2021 00:09
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Same reason car dealers can. Because they get incentives at special times to do so and they are a volume seller. Dont be surprised if amazon does something similar. Its Not rocket science. They were also selling at msrp which is already higher than retail normally would be.
Supply is also increasing now as it is in many other industries (guns and ammo) with prices slowly coming back down. Does not change the fact that nvidia is still acting like a monopoly with their pricing and with it going up generation by generation. There is a great analysis of it in this old reddit thread. https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/ih6gvd/analysis_of_nvidia_gpu_prices_over_time_or_why_is/
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24 Jul 2021 23:50
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What happened to you? If Nvidia is setting the price, why did best buy sell cards last week for less than everyone else? Did they just lose money on purpose? Based on what you said, the only explanation is that best buy lost money on purpose.
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24 Jul 2021 23:21
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It’s so fucking stupid. They are angry at the wrong people and there is the most basic economic reason for all this.
People complain about the troons acting out because they were never told they were wrong then post here with the same exact energy.
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24 Jul 2021 23:12
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So, best buy was selling cards for less than they paid for them? Explain how that works.
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24 Jul 2021 23:06
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I would agree with you but then we would both be wrong
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24 Jul 2021 23:01
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No, the fuck they aren’t. To get the same GPU performance from the next generation means stepping down in card tiers. A 3070 replaces a 2080 which replaces a 1080ti. A 3070 and 2070 are not equivalent and shouldn’t cost the same price.
You don’t even know why there is a shortage of all cards right now. Please don’t tell me you are stupid enough to think Nvidia would leave money on the table to fleece a handful of cards because that is just fucking stupid. They tried to stem the tide from miners by locking them out unless they bought mining cards, but the problem isn’t Nvidia, it’s TSMC who is the sole supplier for Nvidia.
Quit buying into this ignorant hype that’s based on stupidity. They would be selling GPUs at gas stations if they had the silicon to put in them. If you divide the computer performance in tflops by the price and plot it over the life of the GTX and RTX lines you would see that the retail price has lagged performance by a little bit. It gets cheaper to buy the same performance each generation.
Prices are high because of scalping by retailers unless you want to claim that best buy was selling cards in person a week ago for less than they paid for them.
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24 Jul 2021 22:51
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> The cards get faster and go up in price, that’s nvidias prerogative.
You just supported my whole argument. Its pure artificial pricing on nvidias part, just as Intel did. And retailers are paying x price from nvidia for the product. They are not marking that shit up like crazy because then they would be undercut by the others. That is how competitive business works. They are not colluding to set a price either. That is pure fantasy to blame that cost now all on the retailers. Their profit margins are not that great.
Supply and demand, primarily because of covid and mining , is what has driven the prices to extreme levels right now but even if the supply is there nvidia is still jacking those prices up way beyond what it costs them. been doing it for years. If you think differently you are being the ignorant one. They are doing exactly what Intel is famous for doing. AMD is the only thing keeping them somewhat in check in the consumer realm. Its even worse in the business one for professional level GPU solutions because they have no competition. To add insult to injury they add recurring licensing costs here for additional functionality.
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24 Jul 2021 22:41
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The source is the retail price. Divide the tflops of each card by the suggested retail price. The retail price increased a little less than the performance gain for each generation.
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24 Jul 2021 21:29
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No, it is being ignorant. The 3070 retail price is the same performance per dollar as the 1070. The cards get faster and go up in price, that’s nvidias prerogative. The current market of cards going for more than twice their retail price is in no way Nvidia’s fault. There is only one foundry in the world that can make these chips.
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24 Jul 2021 20:46
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Just move the goal posts wherever you need them. It doesn’t change the fact that GPU sale prices are set by the retailer and not Nvidia.
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24 Jul 2021 20:40
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Its not being ignorant at all. Its called long term observation. Even before the current madness their prices were high for the product delivered and they have gone up in price every single year whereas almost every other component made came down in price. Nvidia is the worst offender on this but AMD is also not blameless. Nvidia over the last 5 years has been following the old Intel playbook
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24 Jul 2021 20:26
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>Nvidia and AMD are raping everyone on GPU pricing and there is no justification for it except abuse of being the only market players.
This is fucking stupid. Retailers are the ones that are fleecing the market. Nvidia and AMD are getting the same cut they always did. The proof is when best buy sold 3070s in person the other week, they went for normal retail price.
Look up TSMC or read my other comment in this thread and quit being ignorant. Nvidia would flood the shelves with GPUs if they could, but they don’t have the chips to do it because the world depends on one foundry for all high end chips.
Edit: I’ll add that if you actually kept up with the news about this instead of talking out your ass, you would know that Intel bought a company with three foundries. It will take them years to catch up, but they are already in the game, so is Texas Instruments.
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24 Jul 2021 20:18
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There has been plenty of posts about this on Ruqqus over the past few weeks. Intel bought a company with foundries in three countries and Texas Instruments is building a new foundry in Texas, ironically. It will take them years, likely a decade, to catch where TSMC is now because you can’t shortcut these types of processes. China has been trying for years and can barely break 40nm which is what chips in bottom end devices like refrigerators and alarm clocks use.
The reason we are in this situation is because TSMC was so far ahead that it took this global supply chain shortage to justify spending the 10s of billions of dollars to just get started on the path. This won’t be fixed for several years, at the earliest.
To be clear, Nvidia and AMD aren’t fleecing anyone, retailers are. The reason the steam deck is so popular is because the GPU performance per dollar is way lower than anything else available. By the time mid tier Steam Decks ship, TSMC will have all their lines back at full capacity including the new process lines that come online this year.
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24 Jul 2021 20:09
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Jfc. Nvidia doesn’t set GPU prices, retailers do. When best buy sold 3070s in person the other week, they were for the normal retail price. The retailers are the ones scamming people, nvidia makes the same cut they always did.
The hardware shortage is caused by TSMC having outages last year including a major one where they lost an entire line of wafers. Quit spreading ignorant bullshit.
There are other portables available now, but they aren’t flying off the shelves because they are in line with the rest of the market. If it was the form factor people wanted, they can have that now.
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How much cheaper will it actually be tho?
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24 Jul 2021 17:48
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we need another competitor. i wish Intel would figure it finally. Nvidia and AMD are raping everyone on GPU pricing and there is no justification for it except abuse of being the only market players. I refuse to pay their prices, even if it means i do not pc game anymore, or just replay older titles. My 1660TI was the best bang for the buck at the time i bought it and refuse to pay more than that for a GPU. When those high end fuckers cost as much as a macbook air or other common laptop you know they have jumped the fucking shark
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That’s an ignorant take that ignores the current market. If you could buy a 3070 for what it should retail for, the steam deck wouldn’t be nearly as big a deal. Even low end cards are going for twice their value because the industry has relied on TSMC for decades and never thought it would go sideways like it has. TSMC won’t begin to recover from their backlog until at least the middle of next year, which coincidentally is when the mid and high end steam deck will ship, at the earliest. It will take them another year to catch up at current demand levels. Intel and TI are half a decade away from any sort of relevance. The steam deck APU is obviously coming from the new process line at TSMC that comes online this fall.
A portable PC that is way below the market price for equivalent GPU power selling like hot cakes isn’t a bellwether of customer acceptance, it’s 5th grade economics.
Edit: you dumb fucks really think there is a shortage because nvidia wants to fleece you on the trickle of cards they can produce? Y’all stupid.
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