Mostly the people running and modding it are insane.

You’re entitled to that opinion. You’re not entitled to misrepresent 70 year old letters to say something they didn’t say.

They’re referring to a political party in Israel not Israel itself.

Because NYC is far more influential. We’re a soda fountain town.

WNY is a backwards, weird place.

As in, a family member would say “can you get me a coke from the fridge?” And you’d reply “what kind?” And they’d say “sprite!”?

Because that’s what this is referring to. I’ve never heard it anywhere outside of the south.

Nope, not at all. All that falls into the intolerant and intolerable category.

Defending capitalism or Israel - or even suggesting that both sides might have agendas - will get you banned in quite a lot of subs here.

Nope, not at all. All that falls into the intolerant and intolerable category.

Defending capitalism or Israel - or even suggesting that both sides might have agendas - will get you banned in quite a lot of subs here.

Hard anodized aluminum is sealed with something, often teflon.

Nope. It’s exactly the same process - it’s just Type III not type II.

The sealer is what makes it non porous. That sealer is usually teflon that wears off.

I think I’m arguing the exact opposite. We should ban/defederate nazis and tankies. But we shouldn’t ban people with different views that aren’t beyond the pale.

You can have a nuanced opinion of Israel/Palestine without being labeled as a genocide denier since it’s still in the fog of war.

It’s much harder to have a nuanced opinion about Rohingya, the Holocaust, Uyghur, Darfur.

Nope, definitely not - which is why I’m not a free speech absolutist. Let those instances sit on an island by themselves.

Exposure to other viewpoints is good. No need to debate. And if you’re on a large instance, you’ll see that. Not everyone thinks alike, there are shades of gray. Discussion is allowed to happen but intolerance isn’t tolerated.

The tankie instances ban anyone for even asking questions politely that they don’t agree with. It’s a total monoculture and I assume they’re mostly still kids, because everything is black and white and can be solved without any nuance at all.

HAMR is still not out, but will be 30+TB. We’ve had 20+TB drives for a long time. They’ve been plateaud there for a while.

Price per GB hasn’t really been coming down much on CMR/SMR.

Which was my point. Until HAMR is in use and at mass production, storage costs haven’t really come down.

They’ve been out for a while, but it’s the same SMR tech. HAMR/MAMR are just starting to get going that will enable the next leap. But they’re not shipping in volume and reliability isn’t yet known. It’ll be a bit before you see them in widespread use.

Yes, but that’s been slowing. They’re reaching limits until the next advance in HDDs.

Flash is still much more expensive per GB.

Power costs, server costs and Datacenter space are going up.

It’s more complicated than that. There are lots of people that will be very annoyed when they unbox their iPhone and their plug that they don’t think about at all doesn’t work in the 7 places they’ve left them.

Just wait.

AI drawn boomer humor feels like a new low.

Pretty sure they know and are making joke.

What nonsense is this. The airline checks your ticket against your passport prior to departure. If airlines board anyone without the proper passport or visa and are rejected on arrival, it’s the airlines’ responsibility to fly you home on their dime.

No airline lets you book an international ticket and board it without a valid passport and appropriate valid visas that match the name on the ticket.

You can of course fly domestically without ID (even getting through TSA, it’s onerous but TSA has a process for that).

Your information on that ticket is also electronically sent by the airlines to the next port of entry for a huge percentage of countries.

If that doesn’t match the passport you have, you’re going to have problems at immigration wherever you’re going.

You can see this is action on any boarding pass you get for international travel.

It will say something like DOCUMENT CHECK REQD or DOCS OK right on your boarding pass.

Not for nothing, but pork bun has been great for me.