I knew someone pushing this shit a few years ago and claiming it was "therapy." She got arrested for dealing (other) drugs and then fled the country after making FALSE accusations at a number of people...

There isn't unlimited time to debate every point while our oligarchy rapes kids and starves the poor.

Exactly! I live in Southern California and HEAR them at night. That's why you don't let your pets outside.

And that's why I'll keep getting pets from CR or when they just show up on my doorstep. You folks will be the ones chipping kids in the future, for their own good. You deserve the dystopia you are creating.

Ha, I found two of my pets off craigslist that were probably to young and infested with flees.They cost $10 each and then I got them shots and fixed. Probably saved their lives. The other cat I have just showed up one day out of the blue. The CDS (Cat Distribution System) doesn't work like it does in the dog world. I've never bought a pet from a store either.

Before the Internet was so prevalent, we use to just ask friends and family if they knew anyone that was having kittens. Someone always was or would be soon.

Once this batch of cats passes (ages 18, 12, 11), I'll probably get a rescue cat to give one that needs a second lease on life a good home. We'll see when we get there.

P.S. None of them are chipped and the vet hasn't ratted me out to California yet. I can see chipping a dog, but my cats don't go places. They stay indoors, at home or at the vet. Not safe to let them free roam anyway and they would definitely kill other creatures and get who knows what diseases. Best to keep them in doors or at most, let them use their catio that they can access via an partially open window. Balconies are good too, as they can be screened in easily to keep everyone safe.

Chipping sounds like rent-seeking behavior, at least in the USA. Next, you'll require pet insurance as well. Screw you nanny state folks.

Just wait until they make you chip your kids. It will start out as voluntary and then eventually get made mandatory.

I think you are over-estimating what the 99% know about networking. VLAN management? Their eyes will gloss over. It's not that you couldn't explain it to them and teach them, but they just don't know about these things because they aren't computer and network nerds.

I disagree completely. I have plenty of friends and family that like shit like this but don't really understand how it works or the dangers it could open their home networks to. They just see it as "magic" and neat future technology. The word geeky doesn't apply to them, they just like gadgets.

The only people I know that have home labs and special setups are actual nerds that do understand the stuff. The sort that actually know what a raspberry pi is. This does not mean the people that like gadgets are dumb, they just don't have domain knowledge in computers beyond basic operation.

I have one friend that fits this to a T. The man is brilliant at fixing pretty much anything mechanical. The sort that could fix anything in the house, isn't afraid to do car repairs, etc. He'd be the first person I'd ask for advice on those things. What he doesn't know is really how networks work or the nitty gritty of computers or operating system. Sure, he's fine to install software, do the updates, but beyond that it just isn't his domain.

Rest in peace MJ Rathbun

Heh. Heheh. Hahah. HAHAHHA. As if the company will allow users to dismiss the ads any more than any other ad driven revenue model company.

I guess I donâ(TM)t really have a problem with this. I get it. Every single Internet company has a self stated evaluation that only makes consistent sense if its future revenue amounts to 10-times-global-GDP and their profits are all-teh-$$$$. Its a part of salesmanship thats rife in the industry. There are at least a hundred tech bro CEOs that are just as shameless about it as Altman

The Lenovo ThinkStation PX (a high-end dual-socket Intel Xeon Scalable workstation) supports up to 9 PCIe slots. The exact speeds and lane configurations depend on whether you have one or two CPUs installed, as slots are split between the two CPUs (and some require the second CPU).

This is the full configuration with both Intel Xeon processors installed:
4 × PCIe 5.0 x16 (full height, full length, up to 75W, double-width capable in some positions)
4 × PCIe 4.0 x16 (full height, full length, up to 75W)
1 × PCIe 4.0 x8 (full height, full length, 25W, open-ended)

Total: 9 slots (all full-height).

Single PSU1850WFull output at 200–240V AC input.
At 115–127V: still 1850W.
At 100–110V: limited to 1400–1500W.Dual PSUs – Redundant mode1850W (system total)One PSU acts as backup. The system is limited to the capacity of a single PSU for full redundancy. Hot-swap supported.Dual PSUs – Team mode2350WBoth PSUs actively share the load (no redundancy).
Highest power mode, ideal for heavy GPU/CPU configurations.
At lower voltages (100–110V) output is still capped accordingly.

Anyone? Anyone?

crickets.

Doh! That was literally the direction I'd of gone as well. I guess there is no pleasing some people.

That literally sounds like California.

Ironically, I find both the rural areas of both states rather nice and peaceful. I've lived in both. I prefer the dry heat over the wet heat, so I stay in California. I really miss all the greenery in Florida and all the lakes and what not. We do have lots of cool mountains and deserts here in SoCal, but it's all pretty much a blend of brown colors that gets old after a while. Still, humidity is terrible.

We're talking about politicians here. Introspection has no part in what they are doing. I've never heard or read of one ever accepting they might of possibly, maybe, on the off chance, could have ever made any kind of mistake ever.