brachypelmasmithi @ brachypelmasmithi @lemm.ee

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Direct quote from the article:

Having difficulty securing enough grid power to fuel the energy-hungry data center, xAI brought in 35 portable gas turbines, and assembled them without environmental permits or pollution controls.

Looks like it's not just cooling that they're doing there. The link in the quote leads to an article describing the data centre's new turbines, specifically referring to them as methane gas turbines.

I skimmed that article briefly and I don't think it points out the mechanism by which these turbines work - if it does, I must've missed it. I did however see a line that said the turbines also release formaldehyde during operation.

Methane in this case seems to me to either be a byproduct of power generation or unused fuel somehow leaking from the system. I have no clue how gas turbines work, so I'm talking out of my ass here. In any case this seems to be the source of the methane emissions.

Ooh, could you elaborate on that if possible? I have some vague ideas why JS is a scourge on the web but I've never looked into the specifics.

Do most of the issues stem from the language itself (which is held by effectively duct tape) or do they stem from how it is used?

but I do like being able to fully collapse the stock

My stock is also foldable, actually! Emphasis on foldable, as yours looks to be actually collapsible.

If I can be a spoilsport, please, please don't use lasers

Very, VERY valid point, and yeah, I don't use my laser at all, really - it functions as tacticool decor more than anything else. I forgot to mention it's a laser+flashlight module, with a function to switch on either or both, and so I always basically use the flashlight and nothing else.

I really like it, and yeah, you were close! It's a 32mm non-illuminated scope with a 3x-9x variable zoom. And it is in fact meant for .22LR - I picked it up brand new for a measly 250 PLN (~$60)

Granted, I rarely, if ever, use the higher zooms, because neither my MP5 or my cheap sniper rifle are accurate enough to make use of that kind of magnification.

And that prism sight looks real nice! I don't mind having a basic scope, since I've gotten quite decent at hip firing at close range, so I'd rather have the added power a scope like that provides.

And since you've shared your build, I'll share mine, in my dingy old garage back when I was cleaning it.

That one's without the foregrip and the laser module attached. It's quite literally a poor man's G3, but hey, as long as it works.

EDIT: By the way, judging by the positions and looks of all the pins and screws and some other parts, I assume that's also a CYMA?

Kinda ashamed that I never thought about just getting scope rings! I'll definitely look into those. Thanks for the Locktite tip!

That actually looks really close! I'll take a better look at it when I get back home next weekend. Thanks!

While we're talking about tower defence, I really recommend the Gemcraft series! IMO probably the best tower defence games out there. Chasing Shadows and Frostborn Wrath are both on Steam, and I highly recommend them.

can confirm that it's a constant sine wave, at least for me.

i blew myself up by accident a month ago, and while my left ear has fully recovered my right one wasn't so lucky. lost all hearing above like 10kHz (which isnt really noticeable, especially with my left ear still being good on frequencies), and i also now have some very minor tinnitus there. ironically if i had to guesstimate the frequency of my tinnitus it would be around 12 kHz, which is past my hearing range, though it can change briefly because of external stimuli.

If it doesn't bother you, could you say what happened? This sounds really interesting!

I think these are usually contained within most adlists for the pihole. The biggest one is incoming.telemetry.mozilla.org

god-tier post, this goes hard

he probably doesn't have anything to think with at this point

holy shit! how many terabytes is that?

it really does seem like it, though at least it doesn't get worse on multi-language setups, which i thought would happen but thankfully didn't (at least for me)

::|:;

As a native speaker I use jedzie in the context of boats embarassingly often. It doesn't really make a difference in casual settings since you get the message across anyway, but of course you wouldn't say that in any formal situation.

Pretty cool technology ruined by greed. If we don't get this under control (which we won't probably) we're in for a pretty interesting age of the Internet, maybe even the last one.

Same plan here, bought Mail Plus for a year back in May. Although if they decide to enshittify everything before May I'll just bail early.