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There're a lot of privacy enthusiasts who seem to view privacy as a binary. So because Mozilla isn't perfect, it's as bad as can be.

They also commonly have little understanding of the underlying technology, law, business, etc., which I guess is why they can't do any threat modeling. They're just really scared of a nebulous threat they do not understand. Which I can sympathize with.

But privacy then becomes more about "staying pure" in some abstract sense, rather than about avoiding concrete threats.

(As a tip to those who want to do better, any real security starts with threat modeling. There is no such thing as perfect security, it's always a tradeoff. So you must do threat modeling to make sure you're putting your resources where they will make a difference.)

It's not about identity as much as it's a very poor way to try to convince someone.

Don't base your line of argument on a statement you know the other person will likely disagree with.

For example "You should play Pathfinder because DnD sucks", holds no weight to people who don't think that DnD sucks. In fact if they happen to like DnD, it undermines your argument, because if you disagree about DnD, aren't you also likely to disagree about Pathfinder?

If they play a system, they probably like that system and find its shortcomings acceptable. You can't convince someone that a system isn't enjoyable when they have first-hand evidence to the contrary.

Asking people to stop being comfortable doing something they like, so that they can be uncomfortable doing something you like, isn't a good value proposition.

If you lead with "Thing you like is actually bad", their immediate response will be to disagree with you and start defending the thing they like. And if you want someone to listen to your arguments, rather than just try to poke holes in them, you must avoid putting them on the defensive.

To get through to people, find common ground and build off that. "If you like FEATURE in GAME, you'll probably love SIMILAR FEATURE in OTHER GAME because..." is something that's actually going to get someone interested, rather than start a pointless argument :)

Well there are no crits on checks in 5e, so a nat 20 +0 is no different from a nat 6 +14. And someone with a +14 can't fail a check with a DC of 15 or lower.

Having Degrees of Success built into the system in PF2 is really neat though. And seems like something DnD could easily incorporate if Wizards had any vision.

Hi!

After a lot of thinking, reading reviews, and fondling gear at my local shop, I got a completely new setup recently. 8" board, 8" Thunder hollow lights, and 52 mm 93a Dragon wheels.

Having such a small, light, and low board feels really good (coming from 8.5 indys), and those wheels let me skate some spots that used to be too crusty for anything but my cruising wheels.

In fact the 93 durometer wheels (Powell Peralta Dragons and Spitfire Soft Sliders) are probably the most interesting development of the last few years. They handle rough ground and pebbles well, but still slide and bounce almost like hard wheels.

There's still some trade off, but I'd say they're perfect for skating actual street in any place that gets weather.

I don't really bike much when it's wet, and never in mud, but the main downside of a slicker (but not slick) tire I've noticed is on steep gravel trails. I have a knobbly in front, so descending is ok, but ascending is definitely harder.

Mind that tread isn't everything, tire size, air pressure, rubber hardness etc. all play a part. A wider softer tire might not struggle as much even without tread. (Speaking of which, I should try letting out some air next time.)

"if Republic of China want to become Republic of Taiwan, they probably should publish the declaration of independence"

They don't have that choice. While independence is quite popular in Taiwan, the PRC has made it very clear that they see any movement toward Taiwanese independence as cause for war. Going so far as to fire literal warning shots over the island in 2022 and 1996.

Depending on where the burn is you can just put the burnt part in a container with cool water instead. It's much more practical to walk around with your hand in a cup than to be standing next to the faucet.

But the PRC is not a direct continuation of the Qing.

The USA can't lay claim to Great Britain just because they used to part of the same country before the revolution.

I run Michelin Country Rock as a hybrid tire. Anything that's not knobbly is going to be a huge upgrade on pavement.

You also don't need to run the same tires on both wheels. Having a slicker tire in the back can make sense as you put more weight on it, and slipping with the back wheel is a nuisance, while slipping with the front is often a disaster. So you could start off just swapping the rear. That way if it doesn't work out, you also spent only half the money :)

Lastly I'd want to share that I really disliked those wheels that are only knobbly along the edges. Leaning over when taking a curve at speed, and suddenly transitioning from smooth to vibrating was very unsettling to me.

Since you don't want to shift the front gear while under pressure I try to shift it first before a big hill. But planning ahead is the only reason to pick one or the other of your overlapping combinations.

Here's a tool to visualize gear ratios that I found interesting https://mike-sherman.github.io/shift/

I also use this combination, that way I can even lock my seat and helmet if I want. And the wire lock means I can always lock it around something, even if the only option is like a thick tree.

Something not mentioned in the video is that you want to use the smallest U-lock you can.

This is because one of the easiest ways of defeating a U-lock is to use either leverage or a jack to force it open. But for that to work there usually needs to be extra space inside the loop. If the lock is snug around the bike and post it's hard to get a tool in there, or to manipulate the frame into a position where it can be used for leverage.

It might be tempting to get a large U-lock to make it easier to lock it to things, but you should know that's a trade off for security.

"shouldn't be too hard"?!

A regular lich is CR 21.

For comparison, an adult red dragon is CR 17 and the most powerful demon, the balor, is CR 19.

There are almost no creatures more powerful than liches. Even ones that are not Vecna.

It's available here as well. But at 50 eurodollars less, for half the VRAM, it's not a card anyone should ever get.

I looked strictly at 16 GB versions as the 8 GB should not exist.

I wasn't sure if US listings actually included some kind of sales tax without saying so, if not, the card is actually cheaper here 🥹 (before taxes).

4K is an outrageously high resolution.

If I was conspiratorial I would say that 4K was normalized as the next step above 1440p in order to create a demand for many generations of new graphics cards. Because it was introduced long before there was hardware able to use it without serious compromises. (I don't actually think it's a conspiracy though.)

For comparison, 1440p has 78% more pixels than 1080p. That's quite a jump in pixel density and required performance.

4K has 125% more pixels than 1440p (300% more than 1080p). The step up is massive, and the additional performance required is as well.

Now there is a resolution that we are missing in between them. 3200x1800 is the natural next step above 1440p*. At 56% more pixels it would be a nice improvement, without an outrageous jump in performance. But it doesn't exist outside of a few laptops for some reason.

*All these resolutions are multiples of 640x360. 720p is 2x, 1080p is 3x, 1440p is 4x, and 4K is 6x. 1800p is the missing 5x.

$250 in 2016 would be $335 today. A 16 GB 9060 costs $370 which is only 10% higher. So prices are getting reasonable; after having been completely outrageous the past few years.

Now these are US prices. But the 9060 is available in Sweden for $435 eqv. which is really not bad.

Last time Iran tried to become a liberal and democratic country the UK and US organized a coup to replace the government with a more dictatorial one, which is how they ended up like this. Is more violent foreign intervention the solution? We're about to find out!

Looking at their track record there's no reason to believe Isreal would give an occupied Iran any rights or do anything good for them. More likely it's just more territory to be ethnically cleansed and repopulated after they're done with Palestine.