They don't need to quit, but pretending that they're "changing the system" doesn't help anyone.

They're showing up to work, and maybe helping people, but "the system" is defined by rules and goals. Only people with power to make rules and change goals can impact the system. The postmaster who lets a trans person change their passport marker isn't changing the system. They're subverting its goals, but the system remains.

In 1936, the people trying to do something about Hitler weren't the same people signing up for an SS uniform. They were organizing opposition outside of the Nazi party.

I have friends who work in federal government, and I would laugh if any of them told me they were planning to "change things from the inside". MF your entire department exists at the whim of a fascist president. You can't change shit in that situation. Best case is you can maybe improve a couple of outcomes that are in your direct line of work. That's nice and all, but it doesn't change the system.

For all the WW2 Nazis who developed a conscience and helped people where they could: Good for them. However, it didn't change anything about the system they took part in. The destruction of German Nazism came from external action.

I have an A380, but I bet an A310 would also do the job fine.

I've never actually tested the performance of simultaneous transcodes. However, my server generally sees 2-5 active users on a busy night, and nobody has complained about buffering so far.

Before you run off and get Nvidia, take serious consideration of the Intel ARC line. They're relatively cheap and have great transcoding performance. They're supported by Linux out of the box, and I had no problem getting docker passthrough enabled. Unlike Nvidia the drivers don't have built-in limits for how many simultaneous streams you can transcode.

I recommend The Dirty Dozen. It came out in the 60s, so you're not getting Tarantino level gore. However, it gets so close to that line anyway.

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Does that even have an APU? I don't think it would have any transcoding hardware without one.

Ducktor

Ah, I see what you mean. Yeah, no way around that without a GPU or a processor with integrated graphics.

You should be able to get a used workstation GPU for $20-40 on eBay. Something from Dell, or a basic nvidia quadro would do the trick. If you could sell the 1660 super for more than that, could be worth the effort.

Alternatively, the 1660 Super would do the trick nicely if you ever needed to transcode video streams, like from running Jellyfin or Plex.

However, I was never able to have the server completely headless.

Depending on what you mean by "completely headless" it may or may not be possible.

Simplest solution: When you're installing OS and setting up the system, you have a GPU and monitor for local access. Once you've configured ssh access, you no longer need the GPU or monitor. You could get by with a cheap "Just display something" graphics card and keep it permanently installed, only plugging in the monitor when something is not working right. This is what I used to do.

Downside: If you ever need to perform an OS reinstall, debug boot issues, or change BIOS settings, you will need to reconnect the monitor.

Medium tech solution: Install a cheap graphics card, and then connect your server with something like PiKVM or BliKVM. They can plug into your GPU and motherboard and provide a web interface to control your server physically. Everything from controlling physical power buttons to emulating a USB storage device is possible. You'll be able to boot from cold start, install OS, and change BIOS settings without ever needing a physical monitor. This is what I do now.

Downsides: Additional cost to buy the KVM hardware, plus now you have to remember to keep your KVM software updated. Anyone who controls the KVM has equivalent physical access to the server, so keep it secure and off the public internet.

You could require that players wear glasses of a certain kind: Eg transparent plastic frames, or fine wire frames which are too small to conceal any device.

Flemish revolution, hon. You're in the army now!

"Honey, you'll never believe the deal I just got for some particle board!"

Yes. Such a transaction would be legally classified as a service: You pay publisher a one-time fee for access to the right to play their game over a known period of time.

Perforce

We manage branches by taking an existing path on the perforce server, duplicating its contents, and then copying them to a differently named directory while registering that new path serverside.

So on paper, I can tell my local client to map my files to that new remote path, and then trigger a sync. In my experience, the sync treats my branch jumping as pulling completely new files. It touches everything in my work directory. As far as our makefiles are concerned, this means everything has to rebuild.

Thunderbird is back in active deleopmemt though, and not just as a maintenance project.

My husband has been able to rent complete outfits in his size at Men's Wearhouse, no trouble. This despite the fact that he has a hard time finding men's shoes in his size at most places.

One thing you should do is make sure you leave several days between when you pick up the tux and the night of the event. They have never done the right alterations for my husband first time. In one case, we received everything unchanged, because the tailor thought the measured proportions were a mistake. If you have extra days before the event, you can send things back for further alteration and still get them back in time.

Reminds me of http://www.thecodelesscode.com/case/21

What, and miss out on all the overtime pay from fixing everything at the last minute?

I wouldn't have done this, but I do kinda get it.

We had a 100 person wedding. Friends, close family, and Aunts/Uncles (no cousins, extended relatives). There definitely were people interested in giving us gifts even though they weren't invited. I told them basically the same thing as this card. It was annoying having to field those requests at the same time as prepping for the wedding, so I could see why someone would send this card preemptively.

I feel like it would only be trashy if you were really expecting money from these people.

Actually, C++. An enormous codebase plus we build all dependencies from source. I asked my dev lead why we don't have access to pre-compiled dependencies and he answered with a mix of embarrassment and "that's just how it's done".

A 4h build would be OK if I only needed to do it once. However, our source control system lacks even a basic conception of branches, so each new ticket requires destroying and regenerating your workspace.