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New comment by titmouse in "Dutch Parliament: Time to ditch US tech for homegrown options"

titmouse — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:25:52 +0000

Best thing about Libre Office... if it doesn't suit their needs, they can invest in improving it :)

New comment by titmouse in "The Origin of the Pork Taboo"

titmouse — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:06:23 +0000

I've seen suggestions that livestock can actually be a key component to carbon sequestration, if done correctly. I think it was mentioned in the documentary Kiss the Ground, narrated by Woody Harrelson, but I may be wrong. I believe the gist was that no-till farming and managed grazing helps to save the topsoil, sequester more carbon dioxide, and make something like cattle farming effectively carbon-negative (ie, they're actually helping to mitigate climate change). I'd recommend watching if you haven't, it shows some compelling examples such as a farmer who's the only one in his area farming this way, and he's also the only one who's having successful harvests while being environmentally conscious.

Also, farmed livestock don't automatically exist in a "living hell". Factory farms, yeah, but a properly-managed ranch should have happy, healthy animals.

New comment by titmouse in "Partnering with the Shawnee Tribe for Civilization VII"

titmouse — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:37:48 +0000

Ah yes, the ole "two wrongs DO make a right" argument

New comment by titmouse in "Brazil justice orders ban of video platform Rumble"

titmouse — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 18:53:57 +0000

Even if true, this comment isn't really conducive of a constructive or interesting conversation.

New comment by titmouse in "Why Ruby on Rails still matters"

titmouse — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:13:12 +0000

It's the false positives that make it useless. Even if it's generally very good at detecting AI, the fact that it can and does throw false positives (and pretty frequently) means that nothing it says means anything.

New comment by titmouse in "We were wrong about GPUs"

titmouse — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 18:35:48 +0000

That makes sense, thank you!

New comment by titmouse in "We were wrong about GPUs"

titmouse — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 14:17:22 +0000

Could you elaborate? I may very well just be ignorant on the topic.

I understand that if you write machine code and run it in your operating system, your operating system actually handles its execution (at least, I _think_ I understand that), but in what way does it have little to do with what the CPU is doing?

For instance, couldn't you still run that same code on bare metal?

Again, sorry if I'm misunderstanding something fundamental here, I'm still learning lol

New comment by titmouse in "Resigning as Asahi Linux project lead"

titmouse — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 23:03:29 +0000

is there any particular reason it couldn't have been done in C? I'm having a little trouble believing these claims

New comment by titmouse in "Resigning as Asahi Linux project lead"

titmouse — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 23:02:00 +0000

PTSD seems a bit of a stretch in my (perhaps uneducated opinion), but he's definitely been under a pile of stress that he's internalizing more than he should be.

New comment by titmouse in "Resigning as Asahi Linux project lead"

titmouse — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 21:02:50 +0000

I didn't even know what the whole issue with the "thin blue line" comment was until I read this thread. I was never under the impression "thin blue line" was about corruption or brutality, I think people are conflating "thin blue line" with "blue lives matter", which is an entirely different subject.