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Cake day: November 3rd, 2024

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  • Or walking. I’ve been to a few US cities, and the common denominator for all of them is that walking anywhere isn’t really an option. Sure, you can’t always walk A to B in most cities, but at least European cities have public transit to cut down on the distance, necessitating only two short walks to and from a transit station.

    Observation: Saudi Arabia is heading down a Houstonian path. There was one pedestrian bridge near me, and outside of that one, getting anywhere involved strategic jaywalking to cross freeways. At least they seem to have a decent bus network, though.




  • Could you provide a picture? Something sounds off, like you’re conflating the CPU with something else, or you’ve missed a step such as opening the CPU “cage”.

    AM5 socket is similar to many other sockets, and it basically goes like this:

    1. Remove heatsink
    2. Open the socket with the small lever
    3. Lift open the socket.
    4. Pull the CPU out straight

    Note that if there’s an excessive amount of coolant paste that has dried up, some components might seem stuck.









  • Whenever something occupies the entirety of the media landscape, it’s bound to have at least some legitimate detractors.

    As for specific divisive propaganda, let’s say Russia and China, yes it’s there, but they’re more sophisticated than just going “America bad”. China usually sticks to generalized anti-western hegemony, and Russia usually goes the Newt Gingrich route of choosing wedge issues.

    While there’s a lot of “America bad” sentiments going around, a lot of it is legitimate opinions while others default to it due to their tankie background. I think the actual propaganda segment is fairly low.




  • Introducing three of my kids to D&D. One of them asked a few days ago how old he had to be to play, and I said 0. It snowballed from there and I have now planned an introductory campaign for them after brushing the dust of my D&D 3.5 rule books. I’m going to the library in a little bit to print out character sheets.

    They’re aged 10, 11, and 13, and I’m pretty sure they’d all get bored if the first session is all spent picking a character and learning the rules of character creations, so I’m flipping it a bit on the head: They’ll jump straight in with class and race unspecified, and introduce things as we go.

    The “tutorial” starts with them being tasked with clearing out a kobold lair, after which they will find some gear that will be tailored for each class. Depending on what gear and weapon they choose, I’ll help them pick a race and class.

    Then comes more puzzle-oriented task, which will introduce them to the skill system.

    Then they’ll Hopefully become lvl 1, which is when I’ll introduce them to features and spells if applicable.