There’s probably a Port-a-Jon out there thats been in service for decades and seen thousands of construction sites and county fairs &etc.
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8·1 day agoThe fact that this is labelled as a “flashlight” and the product listing doesn’t tell you anywhere that it’s actually a laser is shady as fuck. The seller is probably trying to dodge safety regulations.
There’s a review on the same product from a different seller that has a close-up of the label:
This is a 50W laser, which is pretty dangerous.Just looking at the reflection spot where the laser hits something could damage your eyes, and never mind looking directly into the beam. If you’re going to use something like this you should be wearing properly tested safety glasses rated for that frequency, not the cheapos that come with it.Edit: that safety label is definitely wrong. Class III lasers are between 5 and 500 mW, so this is probably 500mW and not 50000mW, which makes a lot more sense because you’d never fit that in an object this size.
The fact that the safety label is wrong makes this thing even worse.
Will wonders never cease?
Hmm, what if the toilet fixture was replaced due to age/damage/upgrade, but is still in the same location connected to the same drain? Is it the same toilet? Does a toilet of Theseus count, or does the counter restart?
Too real to be funny.
Fuck.
60·2 days agoEvery single generative model in existence was produced by stealing the work of artists for training data.
There is no nuance to this. Never mind the argument about generative AI taking away potential future work from artists. The training of these models is theft now. To use these models is to be complicit in the theft.
Edit: the people who downvote this while making no counterargument are doing so because they wish to remain in denial, so that they do not have to admit to themselves that they are complicit in the theft.
Every single generative model in existence was produced by stealing the work of artists for training data.
There is no nuance to this. Never mind the argument about generative AI taking away potential future work from artists. The training of these models is theft now. To use these models is to be complicit in the theft.
Edit: the people who downvote this while making no counterargument are doing so because they wish to remain in denial, so that they do not have to admit to themselves that they are complicit in the theft.
17·4 days ago
Ah, but if it’s bad enough the Internet will remember it forever:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecce_Homo_(García_Martínez_and_Giménez)
I hope you’re not judging Tom on his perspectives on bookshelves?
choco upgrade allNot a built-in, of course, but chocolatey gets you Linux-like package manager behavior on Windows. With it you can run headless software installs and automatically update software. It’s great for remote/VM management.
18·6 days agoIf you were planning to buy any electronic devices soon, do it now and be satisfied with the specs for the next 2 years.
18·9 days ago
Maybe if we keep hitting it more money will fall out
What is that, like 1 minute’s revenue for Amazon?
28·11 days agoWhen you watch the video, it doesn’t quite make the same impression.
What impression do you get?
I see a single civilian facing down a column of tanks. If anything, seeing the context of the photo makes him look more brave.
And for more context, everyone should know more about the events leading up to the massacre, just how large the protests were, what happened during, and the aftermath:
Content warning: violence, blood, gore, death
I think it’s important to understand this part:
Donald’s cable to London described the “atrocities” against several thousand pro-democracy protesters as being undertaken by the 27th Army of Shanxi Province. He called this truculent group of soldiers “60 percent illiterate” and “primitives.”
According to Donald and his trusted source, however, the troops that entered Tiananmen Square prior to the 27th Army were unarmed. This was an initial attempt to disperse the massive group of protesters without violence, as most were students, unarmed, and non-violent.
[…]
“The 27 Army APCs (armored personnel carriers) opened fire on the crowd before running over them,” Donald wrote in his cable. “APCs ran over troops and civilians at 65kph (40 miles per hour).”
He explained that even though the CCP had provided protestors with a warning, even this small amount of leeway was underhanded, a lie, and viciously broken.
“Students understood they were given one hour to leave square, but after five minutes APCs attacked,” Donald said.
[…]
“Students linked arms but were mown down,” wrote Donald. “APCs then ran over the bodies time and time again to make, quote ‘pie’ unquote, and remains collected by bulldozer.”
As if this wasn’t atrocious enough, the government’s criminal and brutal activity that day got even worse. With no regard for the families of these victims, not to mention their identities, what was left of them was disposed of — in an unspeakably callous manner.
“Remains incinerated and then hosed down drains,” Donald wrote.
[…]
On top of that, the recently declassified cable stated that the 27th Army was called into action that day specifically because of its disregard for anything but orders. The troops were “the most reliable and obedient,” Donald explained.
“27 Army ordered to spare no one,” he wrote. “Wounded girl students begged for their lives but were bayoneted. A three-year-old girl was injured, but her mother was shot as she went to her aid, as were six others.”
The first group of Chinese military didn’t kill anyone, by some accounts wouldn’t kill anyone, and attempted to disperse the students peacefully. This didn’t work, so the CCP called in a group of brainwashed thugs who could be relied on to kill anyone they were instructed to, and they did, with no regard for life and no respect for the dead. Those thugs made the CCP what it is today, and there is still no regard for life or respect for the dead, which is why they are so desperate to hide information about what happened, spread disinformation, and suppress memorials.
Never let these people, or the crimes committed against them, be forgotten.
Hooray, it is of indeterminate wattage.
In the context of economies of scale, I think it’s possible that a lot of these laser pointers are made with surplus Blu-ray diodes, which have obviously been produced in mass quantities. It would explained why they can be had so cheaply.