Uhh, is this not a direct reference to that song? I immediately took it that way…
Uhh, is this not a direct reference to that song? I immediately took it that way…


Chess is like any other multiplayer game in one regard. Anonymous match ups turn people into assholes. Resigning at the drop of a hat isn’t too terrible, but it’s just something you wouldn’t do if you were playing a friendly game in person.
I play Stockfish exclusively now, fuck a rating, because for the brief time I was playing real people it seemed like every other match I’d get someone yelling in the chat, asking for moves back when they blunder, or just resigning when it started going against them. Especially with time pressure it’s just not worth it when you have an infinitely patient, world class chess opponent on call 24/7.

So, basically the same thing that’s happening now…
Thing is, no economic system will eliminate people that are afraid of the truth and are obsessed with covering their own asses. Best we can do is shift culture to reward being more up front and honest but it’s a pretty tall order to expect someone to happily be humiliated when they make a mistake even if there aren’t lives on the line.


Linus’ apathy may keep ten different competing security ideas from each being mainlined, but it’s not impossible for them to continue and prove their worth out of tree until some sort of coherent best practices are established.
Meanwhile, actual security issues will continue to be patched as needed and Linux remains the most analyzed and targeted kernel in the world.
Look on my works Sim Mayor and



Yeah, I got started in silicon thinking cheaper, faster, more power efficient chips would be a net benefit to the world… Then we became a social media surveillance state and AI dogshit is just the icing on the cake.
Now I drink to forget we’re boiling the oceans to ruin society. One day this capitalist hellscape will end.
So traditional it’s like a Norman Rockwell painting.


I agree, but I can envision scenarios where you are integrating into someone else’s workflow/machine and they (or their build system etc.) are expecting a shell script. Python is ubiquitous but sometimes you just want to work like everything else.
I subbed, but I think puzzle content is welcome here.


I am also interested in this, but don’t have good examples.
Ultimately, a lot of anarchist texts are describing anarcho-communist societies, but historically when communists and anarchists disagree, the communists ignore/fight them, or the revolution gets crushed before either really get a say.


I mean, anything is possible, but that seems farfetched to me. The router is typically a hard target for malware unless you have physical or at least LAN access. They are generally pretty locked down and don’t execute anything from remote access, they examine packet headers and send them on their way. If it was compromised I’d expect something more nefarious than ruining file transfers too.
The biggest strike against this being a network hardware/driver issue is that normal browsing works. If packets were being screwed up in transit, connections would drop, text and images would be corrupt as well (which the browser would probably choke on). It seems to have an issue only when the disk is involved, when data is being saved.


No sweat, I hope that’s enlightening. Another thing that may be interesting is checking dmesg after you trigger the input/output error (or just generally since you are seeing silent corruption). Bad errors there are usually signs of hardware issues, and may also give you something more specific to search with.


Huh, storage or RAM problems would be evident in your file tests (and elsewhere). Can you visit websites normally? Stream YouTube etc.? It would be very strange for a broken network device to corrupt files.
Also, since you didn’t mention where the downloads are coming from… No chance of corruption at the source?
The input/output error makes me think disk issue (since it should copy corrupt files just fine, it’s just data) but that should also be triggered by copying from a separate device. A more thorough disk check may be in order, like a badblock run or something.


Definitely agree. Had a couple of them and loved some of the ideas (touchpad sticks, gyro to mouse aim, all of the Steam Input flexibility) but they never really eclipsed my rechargeable Dualshocks in terms of feeling right. Taking some of the Deck’s refinements and giving it another spin is welcome.
Great series, amazing game 7. I thought the Jays were screwed just because the Dodgers are so ridiculously stacked, but they really showed they belonged there.


I put this on expecting a trainwreck and a cash grab too, but it still had me laughing my ass off. It really felt like they understood why the originals were so funny.


Yeah, my parents are still basically the same liberal Democrats they were when I was a kid. Meanwhile I’ve gone farther left and the rest of the family mutated into a virulent strain of fascist.
I had no idea that this was coming out, and it sort of makes me want a PS5… And then I check the price and I think I can wait a couple of years until it’s on PC.


Seriously. I want a personal HUD for navigation and reminders that also corrects my vision (like normal glasses), not to become a walking surveillance device / info mine.
I have a wife stuck in the Adobe-verse and yeah, going back that far should work great. It didn’t become a huge hassle until they started being insane with the licensing.