Nice. Flagship features like these so often feel overlooked in the Linux GPU discussion. I like to think that’s because we’re all very serious pragmatists who don’t care for such frivolous addons, even if the simple truth is that vendors are indifferent towards Linux as an end-user platform.

In light of that, features like these coming in with 1st-party support is a welcome sign that things are (slowly) changing. Emphasis on “slow”; I don’t find it terribly impressive that Nvidia’s partially reversed the proprietary own-goal which they call NVAPI, especially considering the still ongoing parade of new (also proprietary!) standards which they insist on shoehorning into it… but I’ll acknowledge that they’re making progress nevertheless 😤

• Alexei Navalny
• Markus Persson
• David Attenborough

Sugarcoating pills is fairly common, especially for pills which are frequently ingested or target older demographics. It’s because sugar coatings are much gentler on the esophagus (i.e.: less likely to cause esophagitis, “pill burn”). Advil (i.e.: ibuprofen) is a cheap, well tolerated, and non habit-forming pain reliever – it’s about as safe as such a thing could possibly be, so hopefully that helps to explain why a sugar coating might be warranted given the aforementioned upsides (for the love of all that is holy; always read the directions on the label, it’s still quite possible that Advil is not safe for you specifically). FWIW: the bottles also have childproofing mechanisms built into the caps (… at least in U.S. markets. Not sure about elsewhere?)

I just really like tsunderes, okay?

What an incredible postdiction

So you don’t think religion often drives a wedge between groups of people that otherwise would live together without issues?

Is that what I said? Don’t strawman me.

Let me put it this way instead: given any system of self-replicating information, be it DNA or gospel, you will observe convergent evolution. If the environment offers a productive niche, then it’s only a matter of time before that niche gets exploited. Monotheism isn’t a tragic freak accident – it’s an inevitable response to an unexploited niche. Wishing it away is pointless because then something nearly identical would spring up to replace it. If one wishes to alter the reflection (i.e.: culture), then they must direct their focus upon the subject therein (i.e.: human society)

But I think that monotheistic religions throughout history were one of the most divisive factors among people that otherwise would get along just fine.

Yes, I believe this is the part that got you oh buddy’d. People make religions, they are a reflection in the mirror. Trying to solve the history of humanity by excising monotheism is like trying to convince your reflection to stop scowling at you

You could argue that “moral compass” means more than just a strong sense of right/wrong. Presumably, most people have that, even if we don’t describe it as such. I think OP intended something more like a “strong sense of harmony” wherein everyone has a shared common understanding of some greater good and therefore work towards it with common cause.

It’s still a fairly naive notion, but for an entirely different reason. Rather than self-righteous chaos, such a wish would lead to a sort of moral tyranny imposed by one single person’s preconceptions of what constitutes a moral life.

It’s a hypothetical. Assume for the sake of the exercise that the pig is the tastiest to ever live by sheer unknowable chance.

I’ll answer your question with another question: is it Vegan to eat bacon made from a pig you personally raised up from birth after it dies naturally having lived a full life?

If you define Veganism as a diet, then bacon’s bacon. If you define Veganism as a personal reaction to the cruelty of industrial farms, then perhaps this is how you get Vegan bacon. If you define Veganism as something more spiritual, then perhaps desecrating your dear friend’s corpse by eating it is even worse.

A brain implant that I can store a short memo in. I have a very bad working memory so it would be incredible to somehow store lists/numbers longer than 4 items in my head without hacking it by whispering the list to myself over and over.

You’ve killed another one, doctor. Congratulations

I’d make it illegal to park in no parking zones, bike lanes, and turning lanes…

radio chatter from an inexplicable earpiece

What do you mean that’s already fucking illegal??

That’s cool. At the end of the day I’m just generalizing my own lived experience and to tell you the truth I am not a particularly wise person. Normally I wouldn’t lecture on about this sort of thing at all – it just so happened to be topical today.

An excellent observation! Isn’t it funny how the hardest apologies are the ones where you don’t feel like you’ve done anything wrong? Indeed, more often than not, it’s easier to choke down a slice of humble pie before trying to come clean. Then again… sometimes the only available option is to cook up a disingenuous apology and lie that sucker out through your teeth – both costs are valid forms of payment in the world of apologies. Whichever currency you spend, the most important part is not wasting it!

People like the benefits of apologizing but don’t want to pay the ego tax. It’s one of the singlemost powerful social rituals we have as a species but you wouldn’t know it based on how tightfisted so many apologies get.

The main issue is that it partially reassigns blame onto the recipient of the apology. As if you’re saying “I could have done better, but if you were someone else it might not have been an issue in the first place”.

Keep in mind that most apologies are being given unto hurt people and hurt people are less likely to give you the benefit of the doubt. That’s why rule #1 is to keep it simple and spare the details.

EDIT: A good example of this in context: “I’m sorry for this mixup. It should’ve been written better.”

Making the object of the sentence explicit (“this mixup”) removes the implied presence of the recipient (“I’m sorry for not being more clear (with you)”).

🚫 Conditional apologies:

• “I’m sorry if…”
• “I’m sorry but…”
• “I’m sorry for [not the main thing you should be apologizing for]…”

🚫 Apologizing on behalf of the recipient:

• “I’m sorry you feel that way”
• “I’m sorry you came to that conclusion”

🚫 Insulting the intelligence of the recipient by way of apology:

• “I’m sorry for not being more clear”
• “I’m sorry about being so misleading”

🚫 Non-apologies:

• “I apologize for…”
• “It’s regrettable that…”
• “It was terrible to…”

When in doubt, keep it simple. Get the main apology out ASAP, then carefully start saying your piece afterward. Focus on yourself if the situation demands explaining yourself (many don’t). Be extremely careful to speak only constructively about other individuals during the apology (if you can’t say something nice…).

For example: “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it like that. Is there anything I can do to make it up to you?”

Behold!

Oh, I have the perfect Funko for this situation… You can really feel the subtextual criticism of capitalism!