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My first thought was a self-made sigil, it even has a clue as to the creator in it.

But I’m not a narc, so if their HR is watching they can get fucked.

Pretty much it, I’ve been made an “honorary black man” twice, once for handling my self well at a black fraternity a former roommate was joining, and once… well, for the alleged size of my wedding tackle. I don’t count that last one as a good reason, but I didn’t say it.

Are you black? No? Don’t say it. Don’t sing it. Do your best to remove it from your mental vocabulary and thoughts as well. Its an ugly word from an ugly time, that a fear we’re heading towards again, so… yeah. Just no.

Remember, race doesn’t matter. This is class warfare. We are villagers trying to survive pillaging dragons, ending lives and hoarding wealth with no benefit to any sort of greater good.

This is a time of dragons, look to the dragon slayers of old for guidance.

The tech isn’t there yet.

Yet.

I’m not sure LLMs can really handle that level of complexity, including graphical assets and all that crap.

Plus, it needs the seed of creativity that brings something fresh that isn’t going to come from an “AI” that regurgitates everything.

Slop will remain slop. I’m not sure LLMs are a pathway to a Trek-esque post-scarcity lifestyle some of these tech bros are dreaming of, but they’re interesting none-the-less.

Killing some old white dudes with other old people is not the tactic to rely on.

You need the young and radicalized who are terminal.

I wish, wish, wish I had faith in the system, checks and balances, and all that bullshit.

Violence should only be used in self defense when violence is going to be used on you, or to protect other who can not protect themselves.

Fascism, sadly, only seems to understand pain and suffering. I suppose a clean kill is more merciful than that, though I can’t say I condone it outright.

Southern US.

I was kid at the time it originally aired in America.

I agree, its <Color> Ranger, or as a group, The Power Rangers.

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Had something similar, but for a GPU. Also corsair.

Yeah, the tubing on the AIO failed and fried the GPU. There did not appear to be any external damage to the tubing. Just… dripped out over the years. Good bye 2080 TI, you served me well during the pandemic and the scalping of GPUs.

I went back to air cooling after that, just with a lot more focus (from me) on airflow, orientation, etc.

Plus, the high end air cooling stuff is good. Like, in the 90s (decade) we dreamed of cooling that good with air, and then water cooling came along. I just never cared for the concept of water running inside my electronics.

Now if I could get that super expensive crap from 3M that isn’t conductive and has similar thermal capacities to water, and run that through a water cooling system, I’d be fine with it. Its just prohibitively expensive.

At a LAN party (yes I’m that old) a dude came in with a box fan ziptied to the side, like it was a case side.

I didn’t think to ask about orientation though. As in, push or pull for airflow.

Whatever, it worked for him.

I joked about blood on my soundcard at an IT job.

Because yes, I managed to cut myself installing a sound card.

The younger guys were just like, “Sound card?”

Unless you really need something specific, the stuff built into mobos is fine these days.

Before moving, there was a Goth club called The Church.

That outfit would, from what I’ve heard, be far too formal and restrained.

Apparently, and this was coming from a platonic female friend, anal is like shaking hands there so what do I know. I never had the urge to drive from North Fort Worth to Downtown Dallas to drink, and then turn around and drive back after drinking and possibly making stupid choices.

I have two types, natural redheads, and goth chicks.

WD-40 is not a lubricant, it can do it short term, but makes things worse long term.

WD-40 literally stands for Water Displacement - Formula 40.

Its to keep mechanical components hydrophobic so they don’t rust or otherwise degrade due to the presence of water.

For locks and keyways, you want powdered graphite as a lubricant. I keep a small tube (puffer style) in my pick kit if needed.

Or slightly more expensive, if legal in your area, are actual locksmith tools.

I have a pick set I busted out this morning to unlock a pad lock on our circuit breaker (outside for some stupid reason, locked because its a new development and we had construction workers turn the house off while me and the wife were the only people on our respective jobs working the shift remotely)

We need power to run desktops. A UPS is handy, but its a bandaid to shut down correctly until power is restored fully.

You don’t get dependencies in real life like that.

You work 10 years in an industry and try to get a promotion? That may be a dependency issue.