douglasg14b @ douglasg14b @lemmy.world

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Welcome to the day and age where courts have all the power :/

Like ~95% of the rest of the internet that uses cloud infrastructure.

Google, AWS, or Azure

What is your point?

I think you're being intentionally obtuse here and betraying the spirit of the question?

Your meta analyzing the question instead of just taking the questions as it is, and in the process failed to actually address the core question. It's a hypothetical scenario where most of our radio communication is jammed and unusable.

The mechanics of how the question got there don't really matter, that's not part of the question, it's pointlessly pedantic to pick it apart. Just imagine the scenario with the mechanics you can consider plausible for such a scenario, and roll with it 🤦

"Aliens have technology beyond our means and largely render radio communication impossible by way of jamming"

Connectors come loose, which makes them dangerous.

They are uninsulated points that allow water and material ingress, and can partially or fully pull apart, causing arching. Which can cause combustion.

This is the main reason these are dangerous, which the majority of this entire thread misses. The added length or connector resistance is somewhat negligible here unless you're daisy chaining long conductors, which often isn't the case for in-home extensions.

Distance by itself would be no different than a single cord of the same length.

However, connection points are areas of localized resistance where connectors meet. This can introduce dangerous areas.

That said, those aren't really the problem here:

The practical, human, problem here is important. Connectors come loose, which makes them dangerous. The majority of this thread is treating this question like a paper test problem, when in reality there are other factors that outweigh the "under ideal circumstances" problem.

Is it just me or is anyone else perturbed that the cable sizes in this infographic are all the same gauge?

If you're not willing to engage in good faith, intelligent, discussion, please consider leaving the platform and making it a better place for the rest of us.

"I couldn't be assed to read the article nor understand the problem, but I will assert my God given right to an ignorant opinion on it regardless"

Isn't what this platform needs.

Unfortunately it won't, assuming Lemmy grows.

Lemmy doesn't get targeted by bots because it's obscure, you don't reach much of an audience and you don't change many opinions.

It has, conservatively, ~0.005% (Yes, 0.005%, not a typo) of the monthly active users.

To put that into perspective, theoretically, $1 spent on a Reddit has 2,000,000x more return on investment than on Lemmy.

All that needs to happen is that number to become more favorable.

Heuristics, data analysis, signal processing, ML models...etc

It's about identifying artificial behavior not identifying artificial text, we can't really identify artificial text, but behavioral patterns are a higher bar for botters to get over.

The community isn't in a position to do anything about it the platform itself is the only one in a position to gather the necessary data to even start targeting the problem.

I can't target the problem without first collecting the data and aggregating it. And Lemmy doesn't do much to enable that currently.

You don't analyze the text necessary, you analyze the heuristics, behavioral patterns, sentiment....etc It's data analysis and signal processing.

You, as a user, probably can't. Because you lack information that the platform itself is in a position to gather and aggregate that data.

There's a science to it, and it's not perfect. Some companies keep their solutions guarded because of the time and money required to mature their systems & ML models to identify artificial behavior.

But it requires mature tooling at the very least, and Lemmy has essentially none of that.

Well, yes, but let's not be intentionally obtuse eh?

"Harm" in this case refers to the seasoning (polymer layer), which takes time and effort to repair if it's significantly damaged.

In the same way that scratching a wood floor is harming it (you can just resurface it), or denting your drywall is harm (you can just repair it).

Two things can be true you know.

That's... Largely a financials problem.

Steam: $8-10 billion/y

GOG: $80-120 million/y

Steam can throw 10 GOGs worth of resources at a problem and barely break a sweat. Yeah, of course they are making huge strides, that's how consolidation of wealth works when that wealth is actually reinvested.

It's likely this is a bot if it's wide spread. And Lemmy is INCREDIBLY ill suited to handle even the dumbest of bots from 10+ years ago. Nevermind social media bots today.

Found the Linux community admin 🤣

How does it? Subjectivity is defined by the same things that cause a variance in values and differences in weights placed on problems of others.

Which is exactly what I'm talking about. Humans are complex we all have differing values.

Isn't that my precise point but more words?

Humans are complex. Different people will have different values and we'll have different lines. This is fundamental to the individualistic nature of people.

Asking for a source on something ingrained in our everyday lives is almost a bad faith statement. That's like asking for a source on every piece of casual conversation just to shut it down.

Do you really need a source that tells you that different people have different values and weigh the problems around them differently?

Democrats at least in the last cycle told their voters what they can get based on what is achievable during a term.

It was a realistic outlook. It wasn't just lying and pandering.

What seems to be what you would prefer which is absolutely crazy. Why do you want to be lied to just for your vote and then no actual action taken? Somehow that is better than being told what is real and then action being taken on what is possible?

The amount of commentary in this thread that share the sentiment is mind-boggling. If most of the voter base in this country only cares about lip service then this place is well and truly fucked. Nothing can fix that, not within a couple generations.

If this is the case then idiocracy really was a documentary....

Most of the thread seems to take this lesson. Which is crazy.

They would literally rather have a pandering candidate who just lies to them to get their votes and then does nothing after then a candidate who is transparent about what they can and cannot do, and pushes realistic change that can actually be achieved within their term.

This country is fucked, because the voter base is comprised of morons. The education system has failed this country and there really isn't any turning back now. If entire generations lack critical thinking ability then they lack the ability to make good choices, and are unable to see past their nose, never mind vote.

Given the number of people in this thread stating they'll never vote Democrat again I don't expect that to change.

I'm pretty pissed at the system myself but in no way am I going to encourage more Republican leadership. Which is far far worse than what we would get otherwise.

It's really weird to shoot yourself in the foot just to spite your hand.