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  • I'll copy and paste what I wrote elsewhere:

    To add context:

    Linus only reacted this way to people who really should have known better. This isn't a "here is my first ever patch, I read all the rules and I hope I didn't break any" situation. The person he is chewing out is a kernel maintainer. They are someone who is experienced and trusted and Linus was rightly angry that this poor quality work was submitted.

    However... Linus has also worked a lot on himself in the past few years, fully acknowledging that he shouldn't behave this harshly when someone fucks up. If the same situation was to present itself today, he would be much more professional, but would probably still be a bit angry and you'd know about it.

    Linus is a flawed human being, but credit where it is due, he has worked on some of his character flaws.

    And I'll add: This is the internet. There is no "taking down" of this. In fact, you're getting angry over a screenshot of the original. Once it's out there, it's never getting removed.

  • On the contrary, he stepped back from his work for a while to work on his personality flaws and is much better than he used to be.

    Credit where it's due: he has improved.

    It is less entertaining though...

  • To add context:

    Linus only reacted this way to people who really should have known better. This isn't a "here is my first ever patch, I read all the rules and I hope I didn't break any" situation. The person he is chewing out is a kernel maintainer. They are someone who is experienced and trusted and Linus was rightly angry that this poor quality work was submitted.

    However... Linus has also worked a lot on himself in the past few years, fully acknowledging that he shouldn't behave this harshly when someone fucks up. If the same situation was to present itself today, he would be much more professional, but would probably still be a bit angry and you'd know about it.

    Linus is a flawed human being, but credit where it is due, he has worked on some of his character flaws.

  • Many who chant it don't even know what river or sea they are talking about without looking it up.

    And they don't care what happens to the Jews. It's a racist chant which is basically supporting genocide.

    It's an idiotic phrase that only morons and racists would repeat. It's unrealistic and doesn't solve a damn thing. But of course the herd will repeat the catchy phrase because they have an excuse to be openly racist but still have a way of justifying it.

    There. I said it.

    And no, before these same idiots say otherwise: I am not happy with how Israel or the IDF is handling the current situation or the situation before October. Nor am I a supporter of hamas and their actions in early October; Israel just had their own 9/11, so of course they are going to react miltaryary, of course they fucking are, like every country on the planet would.

    This whole thing is like watching two unlikeable assholes having a boxing match. It's basically boogie2899 Vs wingsofredemption but with a lot more death and destruction, so it's not funny.

  • Yeah, someone from the UK lecturing Americans on how EV infrastructure is just fine is rich.

    I wasn't "lecturing" anyone. I was sharing my experiences and knowledge. Isn't that what we're here for?

    There are EVs capable of getting them pretty much anywhere in their country on a single charge.

    Nope. If I want to go from basically anywhere in Wales to London, then I'm charging partway there.

    Meanwhile, I wouldn't be able to visit my parents two states away without needing to charge halfway through.

    Correct. Do you normally do 600 miles in one go without a toilet/comfort/food break? You don't stop at all? If that's the case then you shouldn't be driving, as that's dangerous. And you might have dehydration.

    People seem to think that EV owners have only ever owned an EV. No, I've been driving for 20 years and owning an EV for 1. I wouldn't go back. The EV experience is vastly superior to the ICE experience where it counts. It's not universally better for every possible measure but I'm more than happy with the trade-offs. I did my homework and it's been a perfectly pleasant experience.

    It's fine. Really.

  • As long as there is a way of charging every 200 or so miles, you're probably fine.... If you're in Tesla or once the network is opened up enough. Otherwise you're probably stuck or at least having a shit experience

    This video is worth a watch. Robert does the same trip in a Polestar 2 and a Tesla. The experience was very different between the two: https://youtu.be/92w5doU68D8

    Tweet from the same guy who highlights your concern: https://twitter.com/AgingWheels/status/1722858752569651540 ... Unless you're in a Tesla: https://twitter.com/AgingWheels/status/1723001588388704427

    If you're genuinely interested there are plenty of apps which show the chargers and you can see how it works for your routes.

    Sadly Tesla is simply head and shoulders above the competition at the moment. So if you just don't like Teslas then it's probably best to wait for a bit and see how it plays out. Although they are gradually opening the network to non Tesla cars.

  • A second hand Renault Zoe can be had for about £5k. MG4 for about £25k if you insist on getting new. I appreciate these may not be options where you live but the prices are coming down if you're willing to look beyond the traditional brands.

    What these articles fail to mention is that it's the "legacy" brands like Ford that are struggling. Brands like BYD and Tesla are doing just fine and are struggling to keep up with demand in some cases.

    Also, you charge at home.

    The infrastructure where you live doesn't matter. The infrastructure where you're going to or on the route might matter if it's far away enough.

    I live in a town with a smaller population than yours. We have 2 chargers at 50kw, which is pretty slow by modern standards.

    So far I've used it once when testing that the car was working okay when I first got it. That's it. Never used it since. Because I charge at home.

    Nearest super charger is around 50 miles away. Which is fine. Because I'll always leave with 100% charge.

    I've never waited for charging. Probably because I own a Tesla and have access to their super charging network which was about 50% the reason I got that over the Ioniq 5 or Nissan Aryia. I look forward to the competition getting better and my recommendation being beyond "get a Tesla if you're worried about charging".

    And yes, I have done long trips (at least by UK standards) and I have needed to charge before I got home. But the car's range is bigger than my bladder's/stomach's range so frankly I would have stopped anyway and the car took care of adding charging stops for me.

    I have seen people queuing at non Tesla chargers and can only assume it's a frustrating experience. In the UK new chargers are being opened at an impressive rate (up ~40% on last year, IIRC) so hopefully that issue won't be so bad in the future.

    It's not there yet, but the problems are getting solved and the prices are coming down. If you can charge at home then it's probably a good option. If you can't, that's another matter.

    In the same way you don't care about MTU settings to get the best out of your Internet these days, you won't care about the issues with charging and prices soon. It will suddenly get better and nobody will even notice or care anymore.

  • Indeed, it's making me want to go back to Reddit.

    I left when the API price changes kicked in and at first Lemmy was alright, then the extremists turned up and the echo chamber in here is so ridiculous that there just isn't much point in being here.

    Not just the pedo apologists (next step will be AI CP actually being posted here and people defending it as "art"), but also seeing that YouTube is trying to stop freeloaders leeching from it and somehow that's evil literally every single day and seeing how evil cars are literally every single day and seeing how Linux is the next coming of Jesus literally every single day (and I say that as a 20+ year Linux user) is incredibly tedious.

    Sure, this existed on Reddit as well, but at least there was actually other content to dilute it and for the most part people were reasonable instead of the rabid extremism I'm seeing every day here. There is no way in hell I would have seen the up/downvote ratio like I'm seeing in this pedo apologist conversation on Reddit.

    Maybe it's time to go back.

    Pity. Oh well.

  • What on earth makes you think I wish to have an extended conversation about this?

    Child porn is not art. Even if AI made it.

    Banning child porn is not immoral or evil.

    Simple as that.

    If you cannot accept that basic premise then I have nothing to say to you.

  • I am categorically not researching that.

    Put it this way...

    The pedofiles that are smart enough to not get caught and use technology like tor and encrypt everything and can figure out how to use stable diffusion will be the pedofiles that have custom models trained on real children.

    And if you and me consider the possibility in a casual conversation online, they have also considered the possibility, heavily researched and implemented it if it's at all possible. And they know how to not get caught.

    But it's okay, it's "art" after all and we can't ban art because that's evil.... Right... Right?