Semi-Hemi-Demigod

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 10 months ago to news in Florida school district orders librarians to purge all books with LGBTQ characters

I'd take out all the books that have any characters that don't mention their sexuality and say that I'm protecting kids because Huck Finn could be gay.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 10 months ago to selfhosted in Do any of you use Raspberry Pi’s ?

I only have one that's hooked up to my 3D printer for Octoprint. I'd like to set up another one as a SDR, but I leave my app hosting to more powerful machines.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 10 months ago to technology in Online Ads Can Infect Your Device with Spyware

Even better: Thanks to ad tracking you can show specific malware to a specific cohort of people. Want to get spyware on every computer in DC? Just sign up for our ad program!

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 10 months ago to technology in AI-Generated 'Subliminal Messages' Are Going Viral. Here's What's Really Going On

Yvan eht nioj

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 10 months ago to news in The price gap between renting and buying has hit the widest point since 2000

By my count this will be the fifth "once in a lifetime" economic crash in my lifetime.

Yay capitalism!

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 10 months ago to news in The price gap between renting and buying has hit the widest point since 2000

Way ahead of you

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 10 months ago to news in Downtowns are dead, dying or on life support, says expert with over 50 years of researching urban policy

There’s plenty of drugs and crime in the boonies, too

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 10 months ago to news in Queen's Brian May helped NASA return its first asteroid sample | CNN

There's an episode of Nova where E talks about his dad and his tragic life. It's one of my favorites

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 10 months ago to technology in Metaverse: What happened to Mark Zuckerberg's next big thing?

I think Apple has the right idea going after the professional market. Assuming it works well, I could see it being useful for design, architecture, town planning, and anything where having immersive 3D would be advantageous.

But until there's the VR equivalent of spreadsheets and word processors, things people use at work and then want at home, it's going to be relegated to gaming and porn.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 10 months ago to technology in Alternative ways to run Plex?

With a pihole you can block all ads and tracking on the Roku, too. I've got five of them and they're all in a special group to limit tracking, and they all primarily run Plex

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 10 months ago to risa in It would be less dramatic though

No engineer would build a system like that purposely, so they must be required to have high-energy plasma in them in order to work.

My headcanon is that the high energy plasma in the consoles sends signals FTL, using something like subspace but in the conduit. This is necessary because the ship is moving at superliminal speeds, and regular electronics won't work due to the subspace field.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 10 months ago to news in Missing Michigan toddler found in the woods asleep on family dog

We don't deserve dogs

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 10 months ago to technology in The Internet Is About to Get Much Worse

The Tragedy of the Commons is another of the foundational stories of capitalism, along with The Myth of Barter.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 10 months ago to memes in EVs

Humans starved to death frequently before the invention of the car simply because they couldn’t carry enough food. So tragic.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod , 10 months ago to technology in Unity backtracks, no runtime fee for sub $1mil or for games on current/old versions

When someone shows you who they are, believe them.

Fuck Unity.