Many things that were conceptually conceived in the 20th century didn't become viable until the 21st, such as OLED, VR and AR, raytracing, telesurgery, a whole slew of types of artificial organs, a gigantic amount of miscellaneous advancements in integrated circuit fabrication, alternative vehicle fuel such as methane, hydrogen and rechargeable batteries; maglev trains, innumerable safety improvements in aviation, mRNA vaccines and so on and so forth. I don't think it's fair to credit all that stuff to the 20th century, unless someone somewhere saying "be real cool if we could do that" counts as inventing something.
I'm fairly sure those are just the author's (only slightly hyperbolic) comments on what vibe those before-after photos tend to convey
I did not interpret my original comments as genocidal rhetoric, but seeing as how they have been interpreted, I now realize that they contain an element analogous to that of "the conflict in Gaza is too complex". I am sorry for causing this pointless argument and will be more careful with the implications of concise opinions from now on.
I do think that the substance of our disagreement here is minute and the "no good side" statement I opened this with is far from the best way of wording what I was referring to here. Please note, however, that at no point did I bring "shades of gray" or "both sides equally bad" into the conversation, and that the antagonistic nature of your gotcha is deeply reductive, insensitive and automated.
I wholeheartedly agree with the moral character of Ukraine's self defense. What I don't agree with, however, is the moral character of the US, a supplier of "aid" that never gives anything to anyone for free.
I once again inquire what fascist state you were so unbelievably convinced I was simping for.
It's rather misleading to portray Ukraine as a democracy in any sense of the word, but I'm curious as to which fascist state you're immediately convinced I'm simping for here. Is it perhaps my own country, which I've watched debase its entire population with the plague of Christianity, authoritarianism and anti-"wokeness" into a horrifying type of zombie that still has the audacity to call itself a Russian "person", all just to distract us from 200% cumulative inflation in 12 years that has reduced the horizon of planning of most of its people to one week, with the state replacing the notion of "law" with "obedience" in the process to polarize every living thing that has a brain?
I do not operate under the terms "the saviors" and "the baddies", nor do I believe that the US should cease military aid to Ukraine. I'm just committed to dispelling the image of normalcy that a "good vs evil" portrayal creates.
I don't think Russian imperial warfare in Ukraine is necessarily contradictory with American imperial interest in Ukraine
to think this conflict involves "the good guys" in some way is laughable
Cast the constipation spell instead
shit in pants is temporary, bloating and persistent abdominal discomfort 24/7 can drive a person insane
No, "overwritten" data doesn't actually get erased right away due to wear levelling. As SSDs get esoterically smart with how they prevent unnecessary erase operations, there's no way to be sure without secure erase.
A special feature known as SSD secure erase. The easiest OS-independent way is probably via CMOS setup – modern BIOSes can send secure erase to NVM Express SSDs and possibly SATA SSDs.
There's no modem needed, actually. All of that can be done in software, and you can configure a desktop as a PPPoE client (that's the protocol your router uses to log into your ISP's network and receive internet connectivity). Obviously, you'd need to configure that PC as a router for other computers to also share the connection, and running a typical interactive system 24/7 as a router is hideously inefficient in terms of power use.
