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Latest from a channel that uniquely highlights systemic climate issues in a genuinely entertaining way. If you haven't seen their stuff I'd highly recommend it.

On SUVs in the US: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPm4de6-eTg

[Climate Town](https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA?cbrd=1)

How Your Parents Ruined Driving

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Luc Feb 24

@robhughes definitely fair. I'll be curious to see what you end up going with and how it pans out.

Luc Feb 23

Zane Selvans Feb 23

I note that a disturbing proportion of Sailing YouTube is actually Small Engine Maintenance YouTube or Complaining About Engines YouTube. I wish electric propulsion was ready to go at a reasonable price.

Luc Feb 22

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Zane Selvans Feb 22

But it was much better to have the beach at the end of the trip. Easier to just laze and feel okay about it. And Mazunte definitely seemed to be into the lazing. Situated on a south facing point, you can watch both the sunset and sunrise over the Pacific in the winter.

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Luc Feb 22

@robhughes this might be the problematic sponsorship you're referring to.

https://community.frame.work/t/framework-supporting-far-right-racists/75986

I have had a #frameworkcomputer 13 for 4-5 years now and have generally been happy with the hardware. The upgrade path and community are pretty excellent.

Their support is a pain to deal with in my experience (~1 email per day, ~7-10 business days to go from initial warranty claim back to a working system, 2 claims in 4-5 years). I've also had two i7-1260p mainboards die on me, one just last week.

My verdict is I'm going to buy another board to see if the new AMD hotness keeps me in the orbit for another 5 years. I'm feeling the #Asahi gravity pulling me towards the impressive efficiency of an m2 Linux MacBook Pro though...

Framework supporting far-right racists?

Hi, I am not exactly sure how best to frame this, but recent events have got me wondering where exactly Framework, as a company, stands with regards to human rights and equality. If I understand correctly (and please do correct me if I am wrong), it seems like Framework has started sponsoring Hyprland: So I presume this is fact: Framework, as a company, has decided to sponsor a Wayland compositor who is well known to be led as a rather “toxic and hateful community”. Separately, but on the ...

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Luc Feb 8

Bosque Bill Feb 8

Great Horned Owl
Albuquerque Open Space, NM

I was reminded that today in the U.S. it's #SuperbOwlSunday

#photo #nature #WildBirds #NewMexico

Luc Jan 23

Tom Sullivan Jan 22

Navy vet responds: "If I had done this to an enemy prisoner under my control in the warzone, or if as an officer I had allowed this by any man under my command, I would still be in prison right now. This is the American government doing it to an American."
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https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426

Luc Dec 25

Technology Connections Dec 25

I'm wishing to bring tidings of comfort and joy with this new video.

Or at least comfort and slightly reduced stress levels!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCVsyY5TRQI

I made my whole-home humidifier slightly less terrifying

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Luc Dec 25

@bergmeister I was just extremely impressed with swiss trains on my visit in the fall. Bravo for any part you played!

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Luc Dec 5

@sixhat circular dependency. Need RAM to run an LLM that allows "me" to "optimize" other programs to need less RAM, to make more RAM available to the LLM, to... Y'know all this thinking is making my head hurt. I'll respond again when my next free Claude session is available.