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lemmy.world
Nah 60 is not good enough for me. I’m fine if it’s a mobile game or handheld. I have no problems getting 90 FPS minimum in A Plague Tale: Requiem and Cyberpunk 2077. In Starfield, not even 720p with lowest settings will help because the game is very heavily dependent on CPU. Looking at HW Unboxed benchmarks, the 5800X only managed to do 57 FPS average. You need a 7800X3D or a 13600K to get 90 FPS average.
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lemmings.world
This is the best summary I could come up with: Rail unions have said Britain’s trains will be “run as a public service, not for private profit”, as the new government announced early steps to renationalise the railways in the king’s speech. The government said that public ownership would be the “default position” for train operators, while bus services could also be owned and controlled by local councils under other legislation. Avanti West Coast bosses were put on notice to improve performance in a meeting with the transport secretary, Louise Haigh, on Tuesday. A separate railways bill will establish GBR in a similar way to the reform proposed under the Conservatives in 2021, creating a “directing mind” running a “unified and simplified” rail system, with track and train managed by the same organisation. Some of rail’s immediate problems, including the industrial relations breakdown that has plagued Avanti and others, may be ameliorated by measures in Labour’s employment rights bill – marking a swift end to Conservative plans for minimum service levels during strikes. The better buses bill will extend franchising powers from metro mayors to all local authorities, and remove the bar on contracting municipal bus companies to operate routes. The original article contains 709 words, the summary contains 190 words. Saved 73%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!
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sh.itjust.works
And your first example is COVID, a plague which surely killed one hundred thousand more Americans because of right-wing disinformation. The COVID death rate was a bit all over the place. Florida was lower than California and New York, and Texas was between those two. New York and California had much more strict policies than Florida and Texas, yet they had a higher morality rate. Why? It’s not because masks don’t work when worn properly, it’s because epidemics are complicated. Maybe people in Texas and Florida got more exercise, maybe not wearing masks exposed people to smaller doses sooner so they got natural immunity sooner, or maybe it’s something else entirely. It’s a complex subject. I like how my state (Utah) handled it: short shutdown to gather info free testing centers businesses must accommodate 6’ distance schools offer online school at parents’ discretion We had a lot fewer restrictions than most areas, but there were enough to remind people that things weren’t completely normal. And I think it worked well! Utah had among the lowest deaths in the country, partly because of our high percentage of kids and because outdoor recreation stayed open (so people would recreate outside instead of inside with other people). THERE WAS A FAILED COUP That wasn’t because people bought the nonsense about the election, at least not directly. The people who showed up to the capitol and fought with the police there weren’t there because they were mad about the voting system, they were there because they wanted to start something, and this was a good enough excuse. They don’t represent the average conservative, these were far right groups looking for an excuse. Here’s an article about perception of the 2020/election: That’s very similar to Monmouth’s findings in the weeks after the 2020 election, when 18% of Republicans, 67% of independents and 95% of Democrats said Biden’s election victory was fair. That’s something like 60% believe it was fair weeks after the election. That’s pretty low, but I think there’s also a fair amount of less than truthful answers, such as people intentionally misinterpreting the question as whether Trump should’ve won, and of course the people who refuse to say one way or the other. So it wasn’t like all Republicans thought Biden rigged the election, it’s just a vocal minority who riled up enough of the quiet majority to answer a survey saying it was rigged to make it more than a blip.
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lemmy.zip
https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/wiki/newdocks/ DisplayLink is not DisplayPort, avoid like the plague. Lenovo docks using this technology include “40AA”, “40A7”, “40A8” and the Hybrid dock “40AF”. So the 40AY looks like the best choice :) Thanks for your help! 40AY - ThinkPad Universal USB-C Dock Very similar to 40AS. USB C + MST dock and supports DisplayPort 1.4 and DSC. The charging capabilities are slightly improved - dock can provide up 65W with the standard 90W slim-tip brick, or up to 100W with a 135W or higher unit.
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lemmy.one
I know you mean well, so have an upvote. It’s true there is a setting in DuckDuckGo to select a region, or to leave it set on “all regions.” Unfortunately, it is functionally useless since I’ve confirmed that it does provide data tailored to my IP. In fact, not just my IP, but the name of my exact county and home town. The HTML fork does not have such a setting, but it was only more subtle about providing location-tailored results. At the end of the day, I can’t rely on it. Qwant doesn’t have such a setting, but at least it gets as general as “United States” (which would be fair enough for me – like you said, and it’s also occurred to me about searching in English – but searching English terms is also deliberate input from the user and would fall under the category of “keywords and syntax.”) However, Qwant does not simply provide US-based results, but actually targeted toward my exact location. I’m not aware of any setting in which I can change this. If you know of one, please let me know where to find it, because it’s not in the regular settings page. Kagi is the same as Qwant, but with the addition of an “international” setting. Again, it is non-functional since it persists in providing very specific results to my location. In fact, Kagi is one of the worst I’ve tried so far. It even presents the results in a style reminiscent of Google, including starred reviews and all. I find it ironic that I avoid toxic algorithms like the plague by not using Facebook or Twitter, yet I am seeing data manipulated by the very search engines I use every day. There’s got to be some obscure old-school search engine out there that works like they did in the 90s, right?
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lemmy.blahaj.zone
♪Episode Song References♪ ᕕ( ᐛ)ᕗ 00:22:40 Michael Jackson - Remember the Time 00:26:35 Blazing Saddles - I’m Tired 00:28:26 Vanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles 00:31:55 Pinocchio - I Got No Strings 00:36:42 Montell Jordan - This is How We Do It 00:39:43 Merv Grifin - I’ve got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts 00:47:20 Fergie - London Bridge 00:52:06 Freak Nasty - Da’ Dip 00:55:25 TLC - No Scrubs 01:08:29 By Mennen Jingle 01:17:43 Chumbawamba - Tubthumping (I Get Knocked Down 01:33:29 Manfred Mann - Blinded by the Light 01:44:52 Michael Jackson - This Time Around 02:11:24 ♪Scrag! aaaahh!♪ Queen - Flash Gordon 02:49:05 Harry Belafonte - Day-O 02:52:34 ♪whinny and poo♪ Winnie the Pooh Theme 03:22:26 Madonna - Like a Virgin 03:28:19 Bette Midler - From a Distance 03:31:59 David Bowie - Rebel Rebel 03:56:55 Coolio - Fantastic Voyage 04:10:10 John Williams - Indiana Jones Theme 04:15:59 The Old Gray Mare 04:16:27 Ashley imitates the Wonka Piccolo Tune 04:21:07 ♪Hunter’s Mark the worm♪ Frank Sinatra - Fly Me to the Moon 04:28:31 Staind - It’s Been a While Highlights 00:15:36 Down below Holy Aura level 8 concentration. Radiat light for 5 feet around you. Advantage on all saving throws, enemies have disadvantage on attacks. 00:26:26 Grog:“Hey guys, we’re saving the world again.” 00:29:34 Freedom of Movement on Scanlan and Keyleth 00:31:05 Vex:“I’ve got Love of the Dawnfather on me.” 00:32:43 Travis learns that Vex can shoot the distance of two football fields with her Fenthras bow. 00:34:09 Windup Toy: Professor Anders 00:40:10 Marisha:“Who’s mind-fucking me?” Travis:“Isn’t that always the question?” 00:41:35 Travis is unsure about the spelling of Lieve’tel, “There are a bunch of E’s and V’s in there, somewhere.” Ashley:“Lieve Schreiber?” 00:43:18 No Mercy Percy. 00:48:18 Travis:“If only you had more time to prepare…” Laura:“Shut up!” 00:51:43 Taliesin:“There’s no wrong way to eat a Reese’s.” 00:53:08 Vidulch from above shatters a rock on the map into rubble which Matt replaces with gravel and some flare. Travis:“He just Salt Bae’d that shit!” 00:54:45 Ozo Cruth:"Children it’s feast time. Scrag, show them a welcoming. 01:00:52 Liam:“Save us, Cerkonos.” Robbie:“I’m not even on the map, baby. Me and Pike are having a latte.” Ashley:(sips drink)“This shit’s crazy, right?” 01:07:09 Three-point landing. 01:08:46 Laura:“What do your horse eyes see, Scanlan?” LotR reference Travis:“What do your removed’s eyes see, Scanlan?” 01:09:42 Scanlan's Hand! 01:13:50 Ozo’s glass sword’s name is Carnage and another mace weapon is named Bone Graver. 01:17:25 Head & Shoulders 01:19:07 Ozo:“Vorak, take your pick.” 01:19:54 “Dildo nightmares.” - Sam 01:23:47 Cerkonos casts Conjure Animals at level 5 01:27:52 “What I Would Like to Do” by Ashley Johnson 01:37:00 Vorak swallows Grog 01:39:05 “Should’ve put handrails.” 01:40:22 “Bozo Cruth?” 01:42:31 “Lieve’tel usually survives…” [Note: this is factually incorrect] 01:44:15 Lieve’tel’s concentration drops her 8th level Holy Aura spell 01:48:27 Percy pulls out his Greythorn Stick 01:51:02 Professor Anders the windup toy successfully poisons everything in range. 01:57:57 Vex comes in like a wrecking ball dealing 72 damage and bringing Trinket into the battle 01:59:00 Marisha channels Pâté into her elemental briefly while busting out Earthquake under the Malleus Key 02:05:05 “What did you do in the war?” (about the blinded Reiloran that keeps falling down stairs) 02:07:49 Sam:“There’s a bear on his back. He’s bear-backing!” 02:10:12 What about Grog? 02:13:42 Travis mimes Grog taunting the tower to fire at the worm eating him. 02:14:14 Poor Laura plagued again by “fart noises” 02:15:26 Vex is driven to the ground 02:17:37 Lieve’tel:“I left Raven’s Crest for this purpose. Lady, I am here to serve your will. Your champion’s prison lies before me. Unlock his fetters and pull that beacon to me.” Divine Intervention Let’s. Fuggin. Go. 02:19:37 Fan Art Moment The swarm of ravens encircling the tower and imploding against the armor around the relic (Vaxilorb) 02:21:13 “Back and to the left.” 02:22:39 Grog starts his turn taking acid damage. Taliesin:“We’ll buy you some Pink Floyd.” 02:25:31 Grog deals over 100 damage with three attacks and is freed. 02:29:55 Fan Art Moment For a second, you see seven different versions of Scanlan and six different timelines, one in which he’s a ghost, one in which he’s a king. In that moment your eyes come back to reality and the hand pulls the beacon free from the center of the tower, at which point, the Bloody Bridge shuts down and you see these glimmering beams of red light are sent adrift in the space between Ruidus and Exandria… The rainbow gossamer threads of magic around the world that were on the cusp of tearing themselves apart begin to return to their natural order. INTERMISSION As we’re jumping in, it is the middle of Scanlan’s turn, after managing to tear the remaining beacon from the center of the Malleus Key, and as such, shutting down the Bloody Bridge and releasing Ruidus from its arcane-locked placement in the sky. 02:50:11 Scanlan succeeds in casting Dominate Monster on Scrag Liam:“Just don’t let it hit Trinket.” Sam:“Yes, I will tell him to to kill ANYthing on its back.” (teasing Laura knowing Trinket is holding Ozo Cruth) 02:50:46 Scanlan backs up his horse butt against Lieve’tel to protect her from attacks. 02:51:05 Matt does the “You don’t know” callback before declaring “Ozo’s go.” 02:52:03 Frenzied Wrath allows Ozo Cruth to make an additional attack for every successful hit. Much like Dorian’s father’s sword’s ability. 02:54:58 Vex’s defensive ability knocks Ozo prone and Matt decides he will continue attacking from the ground without advantage. 02:59:13 Vex’alia falls 03:02:41 Grog’s Sentinel ability prevents the great spined worm Vorak from fleeing 03:02:58 Something happening offscreen to ask Marisha about. 03:06:06 Pike:“Everlight, please. Not today. Please bring her back.” 03:07:37 Vex is back up to 1 hp playing possum. 03:09:10 Metapigeon appearance 03:15:47 Grog tanks several light hits easily 03:16:33 Round 3 03:17:35 Taliesin:“I’m within 90 feet of dat ass now.” Percy emits residual smoke from his corrupted past (due to the impassioned anger at seeing his love killed) and Hexes Ozo Cruth. Sam:Is this Smoke Monster?" Taliesin:“It’s just happens when I’m really pissed.” Laura:“Or really turned on.” 03:18:57 Percy tosses a ball-shaped item called “Manners” into the fray, but unfortunately doesn’t connect and resembles a failed attempt at catching a pokemon. Marisha:“You were tryin’ to catch that Charizard.” 03:19:48 Matt noticed Sam’s shirt 03:26:38 Travis:“You’re going into the suck?” Laura:“I don’t know where else to go. Where is the not suck?” 03:32:09 The Earthquake spell brings down the tower 03:34:03 Liam:“Balls deep.” Laura gets the giggles. 03:35:45 Vax is back and joins the initiative order. 03:38:14 Sam pleads with Matt that he was being an asshole and didn’t mean to attack Trinket. 03:38:50 Fan Art Moment Ozo Cruth noticing his prized companion Scrag, ridden by an armored bear, bearing down on him to attack. Laura:“I love that Trinket is riding his back, though. Trinkets having the fucking time of his life.” Travis mimes Trinket doing the one-handed rodeo rider pose. 03:40:03 Ozo’s lookin hurt 03:41:49 Contact with the beacon momentarily distracts Lieve’tel, but she still gets off a Mass Heal cast at level 9 (max level 700 HP to distribute). 03:49:21 Grog’s turn, he heads straight for Ozo Cruth, singing his own theme music, and going into a Frenzied Rage 03:51:37 Fan Art Moment Grog’s HDYWTDT against Ozo Grog’s Home Run Music is almost heard in the background. 03:52:13 Ozo’s pets (Vorak the worm and Scrag the Vidulch) gain the Feral and Frenzied conditions 04:00:44 Cerkonos’ W.W.S.D. (What Would Scanlan Do) Bracelet Cerkonos:“Hey! You look like diseased genitalia! Does it burn when you urinate!?” 04:03:19 Pike, seeing Cerkonos’ flame from the inside of the worm, successfully grants Wargod's Blessing to his attack. 04:06:19 Fan Art Moment Pike’s 7th level Inflict Wounds does the trick (foot ha!) and the worm spits her back out. 04:07:01 Matt and Sam:“Turnpike.” 04:08:33 Laura’s voice pitch progressively increases 04:09:51 Scanlan drops a log 04:11:03 Liam:“It’s called…” Sam:“Butt stuff.” (continued)
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lemmy.world
Countries with more efficient governments lose fewer lives than countries with less efficient governments. But also more open countries lose more lives than more closed countries. And authoritarian countries, other things equal, lose fewer lives. This means that structures that immobilize small power, but not big power, and have better infrastructure for big power, are encouraged. Thus corporations with oligarchic ambitions are, yes, interested in big pandemics. A bit like Hanseatic cities and other such unions became much stronger after European populations shrinking from plague. Except then it would also lead to servitude becoming softer and less normal, because of shortage of hands. Our current world does not have that shortage. No pandemic will bring it. Maybe a nuclear war and planetary hunger. This is a level higher. Modern nation states are being dismantled slowly. We will have that cyberpunk dystopia, but as always, it will be different from what’s been predicted. There will be genocide, and there will be nationalism, and there will be death squadrons, and there will be militant marxist groups, and there will be mafia organizations. I mean, they all already exist, it’s just that 90s worldview was a rare period of truthful representation of reality in public perception, where we felt how huge the world is. Now it’s glossy bullshit again.
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lemmy.world
Of course they have basic utilities in the Balkans. They had it in Yugoslavia and then they were demolished in the wars. The modern states are hobbled by debt accrued during the rebuild and still plagued by border violence. There’s no single interstate grid, the highway system is littered with checkpoints and blockades, and the disparate countries have lost their pre-collapse industrial capacity to the bombings of the 90s. I’ve travelled to every single Balkan country this past year, including Kosovo and Montenegro, as part of a border police exchange program, and enjoyed my stay at all of them. Then I’m sure you stopped off at Obrovac Aluminum Plant and Obrenovac Thermal Power Plant, critical backbones of the old economy that were never fully repaired, much less reintegrated into the regional economies. Perhaps you had a ride in one of the surviving locally manufactured automobiles, once a common export of the region but now functionally impossible to assemble due to the fractured political landscape? What were you policing in this now peaceful and bountiful utopia, btw? Crime, I’m sure, is way down from the Tito era, right? And arms smuggling? That’s not a thing anymore, is it? At this point I’m convinced you’ve never travelled to or studied the history and national policies of the countries you’re talking about Sure. You played cops and robbers in Kosovo for a few weeks and now you’re an expert. I just spent half a decade at a hedge fund, watching my bosses pick Eastern Europe clean, asset by asset and industry by industry. You’re so smart, bro. You should write a book about your experiences.
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libranet.de
@tomasz I initially read “How has the Cold War ended?” and I was just writing a very long answer explaining the pitfalls of communism and the whole process, but now I re-read your question. Well, good question. I am always wondering. I do not think the Cold War ended entirely. As the Cold War was a war fought for the minds and spirits of people, I believe that without a change of mindset, this war cannot be ended easily. The '90s-2000s period was a great period of time, which showed that world collaboration can help us put an end to our problems. However, many people, especially politicians, are still locked into the mentality of confrontation that plagued our world until 1980’s-90’s. You might instantly think of Vladimir Putin and the Russian elite, who feel that somehow the West is invading them. However, in his autobiography, Lech Wałęsa was also telling how he, as the president of Poland, struggled to convince the West that it is in its best interest to turn its attention to the former Soviet block, and regard these states as partners, rather than a bunch of states that should be punished for being forcefully sided with their evil (the USSR). I think that when enough important people will start seeing collaboration as a way to solve their problems rather than flexing their muscles, then the Cold War will truly make its way to the history books in it’s entirety.
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aussie.zone
“The CLP government proudly announces that even more of our people will be jailed,” he said. Well yeah, they’re committing crimes and people in NT are fed up, hence why they voted for the CLP Crime rates in the territory have increased over the past decade, with some offences reaching record levels in 2023. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-13/crime-dominates-northern-territory-political-debate/104193316 A certain demographic has also ruined one of the few things the NT has going for it Alice Springs’ reputation as a tourist destination has been overshadowed by crime and antisocial behaviour that has been plaguing the region for several years. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-24/call-for-tourism-package-rebrand-troubled-alice-springs/103869390 This happened over 8 years of the Labor state government in NT and based on this: https://australianpolitics.com/states/table-of-australian-governments/ They’ve been in power all but 4 years since 2002. “Our children and their children’s children cannot be living in fear.” Why not? It sounds like good vibes and whatever you were doing before wasn’t working, if whatever you were doing before worked you wouldn’t be in this situation to begin with Maybe instead of asking the federal government to ask the CLP to go easier on criminals he should turn around and focus on his own local community ?