Is DSL not available in rural areas? That still uses the phone line and should be significantly faster. I don’t understand how people can still even use dial up, can a 56k modem load most websites in a reasonable time frame? I should try throttling my connection and seeing if it’s viable.

In the vast majority of elections I did or could have voted in, I have looked after the fact and seen how my contribution, or lack of, Did. Not. Fucking. Matter.

Elections are almost never decided by a single vote, do you think your vote only matters if it’s the deciding vote? I’ve watched so many election votes counts and so often I see evil win because the vote total for the lesser evil just didn’t bother to vote that eletcion. I’ve also seen areas flip because enough people think their vote doesn’t matter because it’s a “safe seat” until it isn’t. Why be one of those people, just vote every time. There will be an election this November that almost no one will vote in. I’ve seen vote totals in the 100s and elections decided by less than 10 votes. It would be so easy to sway the results if just a handful more people voted.

Also most options I am presented with most of the time are uninspiring or downright evil.

Vote for the lesser evil otherwise you are more likely to get the greater evil.

Its not my responsibility to “solve” America’s 250 years of lies.

I’m not asking or expecting you to, I just want you to vote. Voting doesn’t solve things it’s just a tug of war and I want more people constantly tugging for the lesser evil.

So have fun on your high horse as you highlight one cherry-picked recent primary result for one city in a country filled with 90,000 governments and countless elected positions.

It’s to show you that if you turn out, you can affect elections. You aren’t the only person with your belief that voting doesn’t matter, there are tons of you. If you all get out and vote you’ll make a difference, but it starts with you.

Your vote is a formality until it swings the state. What is a swing state changes every election. You never truly know until after you voted so vote every time.

The top part is true, but reversing 25% is something and it’s not a constant flow of more carnage. If you don’t give a fuck, then you are basically pro carnage since you are doing nothing to stop it, but fuck me right?

Also you can vote for who Dems up on the ticket in the primary. New York voters showed the rest of the country that it’s possible.

Those seem like niche things to hold on to. A 5090 should work just fine under Linux, what feature do you use that isn’t supported? Also a 9070 XT is capable of doing ray tracing. You don’t always have to have the absolute most powerful card.

I don’t have an HDR monitor so can’t say how well it works in Linux, but you can survive without HDR. Is a better lighting contrast that big of a deal?

If you complain something won’t do anything, then you must propose a better thing or the only thing you want is apathy.

I think you are ignoring point they are making. If the headline and article tell two different stories, those who just read the headline can come away with a different impression of what’s happening. You can argue people that just read the headline shouldn’t exist, but they do.

CO2 isn’t dangerous to inhale until after 1000 ppm, so we’ve still got a way to go for in the inhaling department.

I feel like people believe this because the next two movies were so awful. I’ve always felt like the force awakening was worse than the prequels. None of the good story telling from a new hope was transferred.

Both the cold and rot that can come from ice cream doesn’t make sense for a tooth to want. Which lends to the idea this tooth is beig mind controlled by bacteria on the surface of the tooth; they are hungry. Mind control all the way down, bacteria make all of our decisions in life.

I don’t see him starting a war without complete control of the military. While they are working on it, firing leadership, changing rules and policies, the military still has the power to say no to Trump, which is bad TV. Trump is also a bitch as seen by the wishy-washy way he approaches tariffs, he hates actual action because he just wants good TV and bad policy makes for bad TV.

The switch is more or less the same when docked, only additional feature is you get to use a higher resolution.

My theory is they have determined you to be a good human, so they want you to do more work for them. The more you “fail” the more work they get out of you.

FOSS stuff like lemmy and mastodon will never get past the first step, which is fine. they will just occupy a separate niche.

I wouldn’t say never, but fedverse projects will need to find ways to smooth off the rough edges. Also the more enshittifcation happens the more I think people will be willing and able to get past the rough edges. If any one of the services breaks through and becomes mainstream, it’ll provide a roadmap to success for other services and people will be more comfortable with the concepts.

Good job refiners. If you can make the quarterly quota we can have a waffle party.

I like this one better, doesn’t sponsor a shitty corporation and has the extra layer of eating his own leg.

You had it right the first time, crossed out the wrong name.

It’s not you, it’s fucking crazy.

That’s a literally interpretation, but what is the joke? That even with the ball being on a string the kid still found a way to break all the windows?

Why would Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly vote to confirm Zeldin?

“After meeting with Mr. Zeldin and evaluating his nomination, I found him to be qualified for the job. He has committed to working with me and Arizonans on the unique air and water quality challenges we face to make sure we both protect public health and natural resources while growing our economy. I’ll be supporting his nomination and look forward to working with him on these commitments and holding him accountable when we disagree.” - Mark Kelly