Posts by ryan@bemrose.social
(DIR) Post #B2vruUuvHUwFLnS1i4 by ryan@bemrose.social
2026-02-03T03:59:50.037999Z
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@ent @progo There's three ways to transfer heat: conduction (direct contact), convection (immersion in a fluid), and radiation. Radiation is the weakest of the three, and is the only one that works in vacuum at a distance.There's also active cooling - expending energy to move heat in a medium (eg: water) from one place to another. Very useful when you have somewhere to put it, but in space, you still eventually have to radiate it away.Radiative efficiency is also directly proportional to operating temperature. It will be interesting to see if they can balance the high temperatures needed to radiate sufficient heat with the low temperatures needed to not melt your components. All modern CPU/GPU hardware relies on convection or active cooling to the outside environment. It's definitely going to be an engineering challenge, and the math is not on their side.
(DIR) Post #B2xFIwY2h4bi6HKnOy by ryan@bemrose.social
2026-02-03T19:56:41.681378Z
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Reminder of the difference between mute and block:Problem: Somebody is posting things you don't want to see.Mute = Solves the problem.Block = Solves the problem spitefully.If the only thing you need is to filter your timeline, then Mute is the correct solution.If your goal is to raise the overall level of hostility and resentment on the fedi, then block away.I, for one, think there's already plenty of hostility and resentment to go around.
(DIR) Post #B2xPmLCv5aHUWG6wsq by ryan@bemrose.social
2026-02-03T21:54:02.223938Z
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@miyagiyoda This would be a solid argument if block worked the way it's advertised. But it only works if all of your posts are already restricted.Assuming your posts are public, it's trivial to evade a block by logging out or switching to an alt, and everyone knows this. At that point, all you've done is to mute, but passive-aggressively.
(DIR) Post #B2y7hBCZG5Vq1SINs0 by ryan@bemrose.social
2026-02-04T06:06:06.097681Z
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@PeaceandProsperity That sounds like a bug in the software. There shouldn't be any difference between mute and block in that situation.
(DIR) Post #B32DIITATcV7gGPyzI by ryan@bemrose.social
2026-02-06T05:27:41.895534Z
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@nanook @TechLibre It's also your eyes.Focusing close for hours on end is not good for the eyes. We are built to focus in the distance. The warning sign is eye fatigue and headache, which incentivizes you to take breaks.Screen time causes the same close-up eyestrain, but it is tricking the brain into thinking you're looking at something far away, so you don't get the warning signs. Staring into screens of any type, for hours and hours every day, has damaged the long-term eyesight of entire generations of modern humans.
(DIR) Post #B32DbvSBl5q05eJsvI by ryan@bemrose.social
2026-02-06T05:31:16.843113Z
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@nanook @TechLibre My body signals me to take frequent breaks when I'm reading a book (as I said). Because unlike a glowing screen that produces the illusion of depth, my brain knows it's up-close work.
(DIR) Post #B35WHDjr3sjVK1IrnE by ryan@bemrose.social
2026-02-07T19:44:32.941640Z
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Raise your hand if you’re old enough to remember back when the Democrat Party at least pretended they weren’t always cheating.https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/02/new-virginia-democrat-gov-abigail-spanberger-signs-radical/
(DIR) Post #B37TAb1CCNw7wuU3eq by ryan@bemrose.social
2026-02-08T18:18:38.710603Z
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@progo And I'm not replying to your virtue signal about not commenting.
(DIR) Post #B37jKKXXuxhr0OHMC8 by ryan@bemrose.social
2026-02-08T21:20:10.659268Z
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@cbrooklyn112 You can do either one, or both if you prefer. You know there's no judgment here.
(DIR) Post #B39vxksTW5jZkXYOjw by ryan@bemrose.social
2026-02-09T22:50:42.391372Z
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ICE, Ukraine, Epstein... All bread and circuses. The only political issue that matters is securing elections.Without that, the public vote is compromised, and cannot be trusted on any issue. Both parties will continue to do whatever the people in power want: Filter tax money through massive fraud machines; Pass draconian laws that infringe rights and further tyranny. They will claim that they have a mandate to do so because without trustworthy elections, nobody will be able to prove otherwise.And the public vote that should be distrusted most of all is when they argue that the public doesn't want secure elections.
(DIR) Post #B39wSo5TdIw4gJRSlM by ryan@bemrose.social
2026-02-09T22:56:48.466708Z
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@cbrooklyn112 I am insufficiently blackpilled to believe that is the only option we have remaining. Though I'm getting closer.
(DIR) Post #B3AEnu06dmVQHH8eFE by ryan@bemrose.social
2026-02-10T02:22:20.461617Z
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@eriner The devil, as always, is in the details, and your two-word hypothetical proposal is woefully short on those. What are you getting at here?
(DIR) Post #B3AGfbRlwHhuKGFWjI by ryan@bemrose.social
2026-02-10T02:43:15.054834Z
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@eriner I was prioritizing a problem without offering any particular plan to fix it. I didn't provide details, because I wasn't proposing a solution. You may fairly criticize me for that, but not for failing to give details of something I didn't suggest.Of course you assumed a solution, then you asked if I "support" your given solution. I'm unable to answer that without either more detail, or some kind of extrasensory mind-reading ability.
(DIR) Post #B3AGsEOewzSibLob5M by ryan@bemrose.social
2026-02-10T02:45:31.880830Z
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@eriner As to the actual question of how to secure elections, the answer is complicated and nuanced, and I don't have all of the answers.As a rule, I don't tend to favor "nationalization" of anything, which is why I would want to review the details before pledging "support" of such a thing. In general, I think local control - as local as possible right down to the individual where feasible - produces the best outcome.But there are other solutions that haven't been tried at a national level, such as decertification of elections that aren't secure, or stripping representation from jurisdictions with incompatible laws.
(DIR) Post #B3AInjN4YpUV7x3Rjs by ryan@bemrose.social
2026-02-10T03:07:07.757504Z
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While it's true I'm on Pleroma, which affords more than 500 characters, it still doesn't provide enough to make every post a scientifically rigorous treatise, nor did I realize that I was expected to do so. The parts of the fedi that I federate with sport a higher-than-twitter average IQ, but I don't think even they demand that from every opening post.If you want to engage and don't think I've provided enough information, feel free to ask for clarification before whipping out the gotchas and accusations. If I want to be accused of bad faith in every reply, I'll follow Maggos again.For all you know, my proposed solution might have been "We need to jettison California and have a stronger country without them".(Actually, that's unlikely. I prefer not to invoke the name of the Statist God "We", as it too often leads to solutions with high popular appeal and almost no chance of working)
(DIR) Post #B3AKZr6rBzb8yvyuQa by ryan@bemrose.social
2026-02-10T03:27:01.888762Z
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@eriner > I thought you had already thought the issue throughI have not. At least not so far as a solution. I'm uncomfortable with the "we have to shoot our way out of this" solution, but that continues to be the only one that I see which doesn't involve the expansion of federal power - a solution I like even less, because of its limitless capacity for unintended side effects. The only other option I see at this point is a national divorce, or otherwise an end to the American experiment, which I also don't like.Like I said, it's a fair criticism that I came without a solution. I guess I came in hoping someone might propose something I hadn't seen. Barring that, you may simply accuse me of trying to "raise awareness".My original post came in response to seeing yet another thread about the political theater of the moment, and my thinking was merely that the specifics of what the government is doing with its illegitimate power is far less important than trying to address the fact that the power is illegitimate.
(DIR) Post #B3ALhQvgVtxs3Xvtwm by ryan@bemrose.social
2026-02-10T03:39:36.322704Z
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@CSB Does this take into account the inevitable re-evaluation of what constitutes and AI job once the VC bubble bursts and suppliers start charging what it actually costs for LLM time?Does it take into account the rising fatigue (and associated coming backlash) that most normal people have for having AI shoved into every orifice and every consumer product?AI's rise to ubiquity didn't happen organically. It has been forced by almost limitless speculation, marketing, and wishful thinking on the part of the companies trying to position themselves to be its provider. I wonder what the stage will look like when all of that inevitably equalizes.
(DIR) Post #B3AMRhuTiEi22cQwsq by ryan@bemrose.social
2026-02-10T03:47:58.405255Z
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@eriner Not in a state with all-mail-in ballots I'm not.
(DIR) Post #B3AN8jguxv8o1Abn9s by ryan@bemrose.social
2026-02-10T03:55:44.810748Z
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@eriner The last option - and the one which seems at the moment most palatable to me is "kick the can down the road".It's not a solution per se, but I figure I've got maybe 25 more years left in this world. If the inevitable societal collapse can just wait until 2050, then it all becomes someone else's problem. Selfish, sure, but it's an effective cop-out.
(DIR) Post #B3APFPRSqkqX9RgquW by ryan@bemrose.social
2026-02-10T04:19:21.775017Z
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@eriner While I don't agree with all of those individual points, I do agree with the seeming impossibility of reversing them.At the very least, it would require a widespread shift in attitudes among people who've been public-school trained from a young age to believe that every one of those things you seek to eliminate is sacred and must not be questioned. How to do that without engaging in the same kind of centralized indoctrination that got us here?