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Cake day: January 16th, 2024

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  • You’re getting downvoted but you’re seeing the big picture.

    The way elections work now, Democrats know they don’t have to cater to coastal cities. They got the big EC votes in the bag as long as they pay minimal lip service

    Not so much because “vote blue no matter who”, moreso “republicans are verifiably, objectively evil and the system is rigged to prevent a third party from succeeding, so this is the only choice”.

    No, the real battle is the purple states.

    When you consider the current media landscape (and mainly the fact that nearly all local and national broadcast, and print media, and major social media, is owned by pedos or pedo sympathizers), I sincerely do not think that a progressive message will be able to penetrate that information bubble deep enough to get the state.

    So they gotta cast a net that appeals to a majority of those voters.

    Which is probably not possible with a PoC or any body who sits to pee, which is another problem all together.

    This is all also assuming a free and fair election, which I’m having more doubts on every day.


  • I’m a white boy but in highschool my best friend was 1st-generation Chinese-American.

    His parents owned a Chinese restaurant that I worked at…Americanized Chinese, like everyone in America is used to.

    While I worked there his parents also opened up an authentic Chinese restaurant.

    Most of the stuff on the menu, Americans would ball at. There were dead ducks and pigs hanging in the window.

    But I tried cow tongue there for the first time. It was amazing. And something else with white sauce I don’t remember what it was but it was so damn good.

    I had a falling out with him, and the parents lost their restaurants in COVID.





  • It wouldn’t work, at all.

    You’ve got USB to db9 serial, to db25 female, back down to db9 serial. At this point, since the chain started life as a USB to serial adapter, this should be a functional serial port.

    But then, it gets converted to PS/2 mouse. Then to AT keyboard, then back to PS/2 mouse, before becoming a USB port again.

    That’s not how it works.

    You see, he should have just plugged the dongle directly into the usb port on the laptop.


  • Everything is going to be soldered except on some mid and high-end corporate laptops within a couple generations. Those, and desktops will use CAMM. My prediction.

    Torx is a superior screw though. On low-torque applications, sure, Phillips is a bit more convenient.

    Reason being, it’s very difficult to cam-out or round a torx head if you are using the right size driver.

    Torx are absolutely my go-to for general construction screw, when I’m using an impact driver and can zoom zoom zoom. Quite satisfying.

    I think the reason torx wins in laptops and pre-built PCs is probably because they are much better for assembly-line or automated assembly. The right tools are always there and will always securely grab the screw.

    If you slip with a screwdriver on a main board, you can easily destroy the main board. Making torx superior for large-scale assembly.

    My dad wrecked his Abit BH6 back in the day, trying to secure the slotket for an upgrade (to a Malay Celeron 300A), due to the screwdriver slipping out. Managed to slice an SMD capacitor right in half. Good for him, even at like 55 he was able to hand-solder a replacement in and revive the board.