AI February 2020 Chat Thread

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Krakkles: May 5, 2003

GnarlyCharlie4u posted:

I think I left out the part where America is a bunch of loving idiots and Trump is our punishment. We deserve this because we are terrible.
Sure, there's a lot of us who aren't terrible. Hell, even a majority of us didn't vote for Trump.

Voting for somebody who's going to get Trump elected is pretty terrible. It's not as terrible as voting for him, for sure, but it's a pretty obvious consequence of what a lot of people did in 2016 and what a lot of people are signaling they intend to do this year.

# ? Feb 6, 2020 22:20

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# ? May 24, 2024 15:49

Somewhat Heroic: Oct 11, 2007; (Insert Mad Max related text)

Darchangel posted:

I�m kind of impressed and horrified that our politics are so terrible that you know about them. I only know a very few details about Australia�s government from your countrymen posting.

The only political commentary I watch which includes my own country's political babble is FriendlyJordies takes on AU government stuff.

Politics are bad is my hot take.

# ? Feb 6, 2020 22:28

bird with big dick: Oct 21, 2015

Ain�t nobody rolling out Hillary�s moldy corpse when you got plenty of corporate centrist shitlords like Butti and Klob

# ? Feb 6, 2020 23:18

Grakkus: Sep 4, 2011

From over here it sort of looks like the reason Trump keeps getting elected is because the Republicans are a unified party while the Democrats squabble over everything, shitflinging accusations of racism or sexism or whatever that just makes everyone look bad.

# ? Feb 6, 2020 23:18

InitialDave: Jun 14, 2007; I Want To Believe.

Hell, if it wasn't for hating who's in charge of the country, you wouldn't have the USA in the first place.

# ? Feb 6, 2020 23:19

bird with big dick: Oct 21, 2015

Grakkus posted:

From over here it sort of looks like the reason Trump keeps getting elected is because the Republicans are a unified party while the Democrats squabble over everything, shitflinging accusations of racism or sexism or whatever that just makes everyone look bad.

He�s only been elected once and the RNC poo poo all over him as much as possible they just ultimately failed.

# ? Feb 6, 2020 23:21

bird with big dick: Oct 21, 2015

30% of trump voters did so because there�s a 50/50 shot he�ll say the N word on national television

# ? Feb 6, 2020 23:23

meatpimp: May 15, 2004; Psst -- Wanna buy

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bird with big dick posted:

30% of trump voters did so because there�s a 50/50 shot he�ll say the N word on national television

I am surprised at how deep they buried the Apprentice outtakes where he used that, plus called Baron a retard, plus more. Mark Burnett had to get paid out plenty to make sure that never saw the light of day.

# ? Feb 6, 2020 23:38

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

so cars hey people?

# ? Feb 7, 2020 00:42

Ether Frenzy: Dec 22, 2006; Nap Ghost

Grakkus posted:

From over here it sort of looks like the reason Trump keeps getting elected is because the Republicans are a unified party while the Democrats squabble over everything, shitflinging accusations of racism or sexism or whatever that just makes everyone look bad.

Also it helps you can reliably count on democrats to repeat rightwing talking points whenever possible to show how non-biased they are.

# ? Feb 7, 2020 00:43

Ether Frenzy: Dec 22, 2006; Nap Ghost

KakerMix posted:

Sorry I'm late, do you have a part number? I've gotten pretty decent and finding parts but I need a part number to start if possible.

I'll dig this up and let you know once I do a couple of things that other people suggested, thanks - and thanks to everyone else for the key advice, I'm trying to find a *~period correct~* replacement for that OEM one, I do already have two recut keys that work in varying degrees (one works in the trunk and the center console, but not very well in door or ignition, and one works in the door and ignition but not the trunk at all.)

The car is otherwise a 100% stock '92 "Superleggera" model (which I don't think Mazda called it, but they should have - it has no power anything, no AC, no radio and 14" steelies) with 69k miles on the clock and it's not concours or anything but I do like keeping vintage cars and their accessories correct if possible.

# ? Feb 7, 2020 00:50

KYOON GRIFFEY JR: Apr 12, 2010; Runner-up, TRP Sack Race 2021/22

Krakkles posted:

I think we need to stop idolizing businessmen, because A) they pretty much universally suck B) they get where they got by not giving two shits about anybody and C) how's this one working out?

i am a strategy consultant by trade (lol fake job) but i get to see a lot of senior leadership of very large private sector companies up close. a lot of them are pretty competent. but the fundamental disconnect between a businessperson and what you do in government is this: as a businessperson, you can always choose to exit the business and the consequences are pretty low. making widget A isn't profitable anymore? fuckin don't make widget A anymore, nobody's gonna die. these decisions aren't very hard. you put your capital to the things that make money or you think will make money. on the other hand in the government, sometimes you HAVE to do things. you HAVE to fund the police and the schools and pave the roads and do all these things, and a) you can't unilaterally decide not to and b) deciding not to do things potentially has life-or-death consequences for people. you can't just choose to not fund the fire department because education has a better ROI without people pushing back or possibly dying in the process. i think that's what people really don't understand about "running the government like a business"

# ? Feb 7, 2020 01:22

Krakkles: May 5, 2003

I agree completely, but would like to add: Generally when people are talking about "businessmen" as candidates, it's not just businessmen. It's billionaire businessmen, and you don't get to be a billionaire by giving a poo poo about anything except your own profit, and that's not really compatible with good presidential decision making. Obviously.

Granted the orange fucknugget probably isn't an actual billionaire, but he's closer than I'll ever be.

bird with big dick posted:

30% of trump voters did so because there�s a 50/50 shot he�ll say the N word on national television

And, as you know, once the president says it, then we call all say it!

# ? Feb 7, 2020 02:43

shy boy from chess club: Jun 11, 2008; It wasnt that bad, after you left I got to help put out the fire!

So speaking of assholes check out this beauty of a response I got from the eBay seller I got my lovely steering rack from

All he had to say was sorry dude or just nothing

# ? Feb 7, 2020 02:45

big dong wanter: Jan 28, 2010; The future for this country is roads, freeways and highways

To the dangerzone

Just got 32l/100k (7mpg for seppos) I really need to fix my o2 sensor and stop doing donuts (under no circumstances will I stop doing donuts)

# ? Feb 7, 2020 14:44

NitroSpazzz: Dec 9, 2006; You don't need style when you've got strength!

You Am I posted:

so cars hey people?

I like cars. I like cars so much I'm buying another today. I am however sad because when I looked up how to completely disable traction control, to provide the much necessary burnout video, I discovered people are breaking engine mounts when/if the tires hook up. So unless we get snow or I put something slippery down I probably can't appease the masses.

# ? Feb 7, 2020 15:49

randomidiot: May 12, 2006; by Fluffdaddy
(and can't post for 11 years!)

So my PC shutting off at random...

It stopped for awhile. So I've been sitting on this new power supply.

I plugged in my USB A to USB C cable yesterday to transfer some stuff on my phone. As I was bending it to plug it into the phone, I saw a small spark and the PC shut off. :stare:

GF's ~~wire-destroyer~~ cat chewed up the cable. :fuckoff:

It's normally plugged in and just left dangling. I wonder if that's why it's been shutting off this whole time? It's been unplugged a couple of weeks. I also stupidly opened the box for the new PSU, and have no idea where the receipt is, so I probably can't return it.

Oh well. Probably gonna do a new build this year, it'll come in handy then. I think at this point, the power supply is the third oldest part in this PC. The 1st and 2nd are a 500GB and 1TB HDD, both are over 10 years old, both have over 8 years of spin time on them. I don't even really use them anymore (one of them has my porn collection, the other is just sitting there empty).

# ? Feb 7, 2020 16:20

big dong wanter: Jan 28, 2010; The future for this country is roads, freeways and highways

To the dangerzone

NitroSpazzz posted:

I like cars. I like cars so much I'm buying another today. I am however sad because when I looked up how to completely disable traction control, to provide the much necessary burnout video, I discovered people are breaking engine mounts when/if the tires hook up. So unless we get snow or I put something slippery down I probably can't appease the masses.

Just do what my dirtbag friend did and hook up some junkyard windscreen washers full of bleach to spray at the rear tyres

# ? Feb 7, 2020 16:22

Wrar: Sep 9, 2002; Soiled Meat

I'm on a 4790k, 16 GB and a GTX 1070. I'm waiting for Zen2/Ryzen4k to come out before I jump.

# ? Feb 7, 2020 16:23

randomidiot: May 12, 2006; by Fluffdaddy
(and can't post for 11 years!)

2600k, 16GB, GTX 960.

It works, it's just a bit long in the tooth.

# ? Feb 7, 2020 16:28

Darchangel: Feb 12, 2009; Tell him about the blower!

shy boy from chess club posted:

So speaking of assholes check out this beauty of a response I got from the eBay seller I got my lovely steering rack from

All he had to say was sorry dude or just nothing

To be fair, all you did (from his point of view) is whine and say you're not sending in a core, to which he said "OK".
You need to suggest a course of action if you want one.
I mean, *I* would have apologized and tried to make it right, but I'm not a stereotypical eBay/Craigslist/FB Marketplace troglodyte. Actually, I guess I wouldn't have sold a leaky steering rack in the first place, had I known it was such.

# ? Feb 7, 2020 16:35

Krakkles: May 5, 2003

STR posted:

2600k, 16GB, GTX 960.

It works, it's just a bit long in the tooth.

2500, 16GB, I think GTX 560Ti?

It's very much the same. It works fine for everything except games, it's very long in the tooth, but *shrug*

# ? Feb 7, 2020 16:51

Somewhat Heroic: Oct 11, 2007; (Insert Mad Max related text)

big dong wanter posted:

Just do what my dirtbag friend did and hook up some junkyard windscreen washers full of bleach to spray at the rear tyres

Buy him an account and instruct :justpost:

# ? Feb 7, 2020 17:02

Humphreys: Jan 26, 2013; We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule

STR posted:

2600k, 16GB, GTX 960.

It works, it's just a bit long in the tooth.

I've gone and virtualized everything in the house onto an aging DL380 completely maxed out on what Xeons and RAM it will take, with my RX480 and 1060TI jerry rigged into it, then a 12 bay 2U RAID module for all data. So far everything is playing very nicely if I don't breathe hard.

I watch too much Linus Tech Tips and don't listen to enough Level1 for real advice.

# ? Feb 7, 2020 17:17

randomidiot: May 12, 2006; by Fluffdaddy
(and can't post for 11 years!)

I mean... there's 1 desktop in the house, so. No need to go that far. 2 laptops, my old as dirt Pentium T4400 with Linux Mint, GF has some kind of Toshiba that she hasn't used in over a year.

Ether Frenzy posted:

I'll dig this up and let you know once I do a couple of things that other people suggested, thanks - and thanks to everyone else for the key advice, I'm trying to find a *~period correct~* replacement for that OEM one, I do already have two recut keys that work in varying degrees (one works in the trunk and the center console, but not very well in door or ignition, and one works in the door and ignition but not the trunk at all.)

The car is otherwise a 100% stock '92 "Superleggera" model (which I don't think Mazda called it, but they should have - it has no power anything, no AC, no radio and 14" steelies) with 69k miles on the clock and it's not concours or anything but I do like keeping vintage cars and their accessories correct if possible.

Get some graphite powder, give each lock a little spritz. You can get it at any parts store that also cuts keys. One of the keys will probably start working pretty decent again.

I know what you mean about wanting period correct, though.

Krakkles posted:

2500, 16GB, I think GTX 560Ti?

It's very much the same. It works fine for everything except games, it's very long in the tooth, but *shrug*

The few games I play run fine on this.

# ? Feb 7, 2020 17:24

Krakkles: May 5, 2003

STR posted:

The few games I play run fine on this.

I think it's mostly an issue for this one because of the enormous monitor it's hooked up to (I used to play stuff in 1080p fine, but I got rid of those (two) monitors and consolidated into one larger higher res.

But it's really not an issue because I just play xbox anymore, if anything.

# ? Feb 7, 2020 17:46

cursedshitbox: May 20, 2012; Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.; Fun Shoe

Wrar posted:

I'm on a 4790k, 16 GB and a GTX 1070. I'm waiting for Zen2/Ryzen4k to come out before I jump.

My next long term build is gonna be a threadripper. just goddamn at the specs.

STR posted:

2600k, 16GB, GTX 960.

It works, it's just a bit long in the tooth.

punch the throttle on it some more :P 1060 would be an improvement, 1070s are cheap as chips now.

2600k/32gb/1070SC/m.2/10gig-e fiber here. 4.8/4.9GHz on water for the last year or better.

I still use the junker for cad/pcb tools and ml projects. It's on par with the 7700k I was running before. Asus' UEFI bios is a huge piece of poo poo that doesn't work which keeps me from booting the m.2. (yea, it has the right firmware injected into to the bios, even in stock bios form it won't post with uefi selected)
If there's more storage or power needed I shove it over to the server with dual E5 2690v2s hence the fiber.

Laptops?
X220t with an i7(2620m), and currently building out a x230 with an i7(3520m). gonna FHD it and use it for software/embedded projects. (16gb, slice battery + 9 cell with more than 20 hours battery life, ME firmware deleted, corebooted, EmbeddedController whitelist gone)

# ? Feb 7, 2020 17:57

Darchangel: Feb 12, 2009; Tell him about the blower!

Krakkles posted:

I think it's mostly an issue for this one because of the enormous monitor it's hooked up to (I used to play stuff in 1080p fine, but I got rid of those (two) monitors and consolidated into one larger higher res.

But it's really not an issue because I just play xbox anymore, if anything.

The reason I got an Xbox(Xboxes, now) was to get off that upgrade-for-every-game treadmill. I still think I play better with a mouse and keyboard, but I've gotten to where the controllers are fine.

edit: Hey, why's Ken's house thread closed? It ain't done yet.

Darchangel fucked around with this message at 18:10 on Feb 7, 2020

# ? Feb 7, 2020 18:03

Applebees Appetizer: Jan 23, 2006

Darchangel posted:

The reason I got an Xbox(Xboxes, now) was to get off that upgrade-for-every-game treadmill. I still think I play better with a mouse and keyboard, but I've gotten to where the controllers are fine.

I never understood how people can prefer to game with a mouse and keyboard over a controller, it's way too awkward for me and I couldn't get used to it. And talk about carpal tunnel, Jesus.

# ? Feb 7, 2020 18:22

Previa_fun: Nov 10, 2004

First person shooters are way better with the accuracy of a mouse and keyboard. I can't play them with a controller.

I still plug in my gamepad for third person games and platformers.

Driving games I lug out the logitech racing wheel. :getin:

# ? Feb 7, 2020 18:27

Krakkles: May 5, 2003

Darchangel posted:

The reason I got an Xbox(Xboxes, now) was to get off that upgrade-for-every-game treadmill. I still think I play better with a mouse and keyboard, but I've gotten to where the controllers are fine.

Same. I was beating myself up about wanting to buy a 1080 a couple years ago, and my wife suggested that I just get an Xbox One X, since it seemed like it would be a better one time purchase. She's smart.

Darchangel posted:

edit: Hey, why's Ken's house thread closed? It ain't done yet.

It's not?

Previa_fun posted:

First person shooters are way better with the accuracy of a mouse and keyboard. I can't play them with a controller.

Same-ish - I can, but they're definitely better with keyboard & mouse.

# ? Feb 7, 2020 19:06

shy boy from chess club: Jun 11, 2008; It wasnt that bad, after you left I got to help put out the fire!

Darchangel posted:

To be fair, all you did (from his point of view) is whine and say you're not sending in a core, to which he said "OK".
You need to suggest a course of action if you want one.
I mean, *I* would have apologized and tried to make it right, but I'm not a stereotypical eBay/Craigslist/FB Marketplace troglodyte. Actually, I guess I wouldn't have sold a leaky steering rack in the first place, had I known it was such.

Yea true, I wasnt really looking for anything besides saying sorry but I guess thats too much, all those extra letters. If they really were a stand up company they would have given a refund. I would have the second I got an email like that. There were 9 other feedbacks like mine with the same problem but I couldnt leave feedback since it was way too late by the time I found out how bad the part was.

# ? Feb 7, 2020 19:26

Darchangel: Feb 12, 2009; Tell him about the blower!

Krakkles posted:

It's not?

It is. That other one is his Jeep thread.

shy boy from chess club posted:

Yea true, I wasnt really looking for anything besides saying sorry but I guess thats too much, all those extra letters. If they really were a stand up company they would have given a refund. I would have the second I got an email like that. There were 9 other feedbacks like mine with the same problem but I couldnt leave feedback since it was way too late by the time I found out how bad the part was.

Were these sold as new or rebuilt? That would definitely be a problem.
And, as far as I know, you can leave feedback for some time after the sale.I don't leave feedback until I've verified the item, and sometimes that's a month or better. And sometimes I flat out forget to go back and leave feedback, so do it later when leaving it for someone else, too.

# ? Feb 7, 2020 20:12

Krakkles: May 5, 2003

Darchangel posted:

It is. That other one is his Jeep thread.

Oooooh. I mean, I know he was planning on selling and moving at some point, maybe now is that point?

I also find it remarkable that he's directly responsible for two 50+ page threads. A+ posting, right there.

# ? Feb 7, 2020 20:22

Rhyno: Mar 22, 2003; Can't post for 10 years!

House ain't done but maybe he got a job out west already.

# ? Feb 7, 2020 20:27

Galler: Jan 28, 2008

It might just be closed until the next update since it went off topic a week ago and didn't stop

# ? Feb 7, 2020 21:02

shy boy from chess club: Jun 11, 2008; It wasnt that bad, after you left I got to help put out the fire!

Darchangel posted:

Were these sold as new or rebuilt? That would definitely be a problem.
And, as far as I know, you can leave feedback for some time after the sale.I don't leave feedback until I've verified the item, and sometimes that's a month or better. And sometimes I flat out forget to go back and leave feedback, so do it later when leaving it for someone else, too.

Rebuilt and I had doubts since it looked pretty lovely and like it was just painted over rust and dirt and poo poo though I gave them the benefit of the doubt since none of that had anything to do with the seals. I should have rejected it instantly since it was definitely below my standards of the work that I do which is why I also repainted it. No huge deal since it was 150 bucks but losing the time and 90 bucks on the alignment pisses me off for not sending it back when I saw the lovely paint. I took video of the paint before I fixed it but I deleted it when I ran low on space and regret that now.

I tried everywhere to leave feedback but it must time out after some length of time since I couldnt and I really wanted to.

Next time Im in Florida Ill bring it with me and toss it in his lawn so he hits it with his mower and ruins his day. I got time, Im a very patient man.

# ? Feb 7, 2020 21:41

Beach Bum: Jan 13, 2010

Galler posted:

It might just be closed until the next update since it went off topic a week ago and didn't stop

That sounds like a very Ken thing to do; he'd be a great mod if he wasn't buried under The House of Theseus and 20 tons of scrap metal shaped like Jeeps, Subarus, and a 5ton.

# ? Feb 7, 2020 21:44

Krakkles: May 5, 2003

Beach Bum posted:

That sounds like a very Ken thing to do; he'd be a great mod if he wasn't buried under The House of Theseus and 20 tons of scrap metal shaped like Jeeps, Subarus, and a 5ton.

I mean, he's posted far more recently than and more often than the current mod, so I'm not sure that's a real argument against :q:

# ? Feb 7, 2020 21:56

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# ? May 24, 2024 15:49

slidebite: Nov 6, 2005; Good egg

Rhyno posted:

Neither can. But look how goddamned stupid the DNC is. loving look at them. It's a clusterfuck. Bernie Sanders could be the goddamned savior, like political Jesus and they hate him so much that they're going to do everything they can to push him out again.

Speaking as a total outsider, they may or may not push out Bernie, but no way will zombie Hillary be back. Even they know that's a 100% guarantee of Trump Mk2. Hell, she has to know that too.

As common sense with a lot of things that Bernie is, legitimately or not, he freaks a lot of people out.

# ? Feb 7, 2020 22:08

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