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On a small scale, that's what some of these privacy-focused browsers are doing in regards to fingerprinting. Make the data that has to be provided as standardized as possible and randomize the rest that is being tested behind the scenes. That is really great, but we can't randomize our behavior and there's a lot of data we can't randomize for the sake of functionality. Dunno how we handle that. Maybe we all install bots on our devices that act like users and go to random sites and click on random shit while we're not using the device.

My man joins the conversation and then acts like they're a hostage to it.

I played the demo and now finally returning to Road to Gehenna to beat it. Should be done and ready by launch! Forgot how fascinating this world is. I love all the different responses people have to you trying to free them.

I'm with you except for the therapist one. Ain't no way the AI we have currently or anything even close to what we have now could be a therapist. The human connection is the #1 most important thing in therapy and being a therapist takes way too much contextual understanding.

Currently the ROG Ally is the only one of these with eGPU support, right? And it's still only for their proprietary ones?

For some reason, the mobile app I primarily use doesn't allow me to see this comment or our entire thread, so I had figured it was deleted or something. But I happen to be on desktop atm and here it is! Must've just been something with the app. I'll reply, but based on the vitriol in your comment, I think it makes sense that this be the end of our conversation anyway though.

In regards to your claim that I have said racism doesn't happen on an individual level, that is simply not true. It's possible I have not been explained my position clearly enough, but I am also running out of ways to explain it. Since our conversation is coming to a close, I think the best way to explain is for me to try and explain both our positions at once. Do let me know if I have misunderstood your position!

My position is that racism is the combination of prejudice, systemic oppression, and other social tools of oppression that work in tandem, which limits racism to being used as an in-group against and out-group and not the other way around. An in-group individual can be prejudiced against an out-group individual, and it is racist because of the social/systemic dynamics in play. An out-group individual can be prejudiced against an in-group individual, but it is not racist because it does not include social and systemic oppression. It's my example of "an insult is not just an insult when that person is holding a gun." My understanding is that you believe this erases the in-group people's experience of prejudice, and that that is racist, in and of itself. My position is that your definition equates the two experiences when they are actually very, very different and is deeply invalidating of the experience of an out-group person for you to equate them.

Hopefully at the very least in this conversation, we have reached some understanding of our two positions! We don't have to agree, of course, but I believe it's important that we have these conversations and seek understanding above all. That's why I was disappointed to see your comment that felt like you actually were not engaging with me with the goal of mutual understanding. If we all stand too firmly in our perspectives, we will never see others' and can't ever learn.

That gets to my last point actually. I don't consider myself lucky that you have been polite up until this point; I consider respect the expectation. That's why I think our discussion should end at this point. When conflict turns to insults and hateful speech, we are no longer in healthy conflict; we are now just in a fight and not working towards understanding or resolution. It's funny because we both basically have the same position, if my summary of our positions above is correct; we're just on opposite sides. You think I'm invalidating certain experiences by excluding them; I think you're invalidating certain experiences by including them. So since you think that I am scum, a cockroach, etc., I expect that you believe I should think the same of you. But I don't. It's clear that care a lot about this issue, enough to spend time with a stranger discussing it to share your perspective. I appreciate you sharing your perspective on this, and I don't think you should sell yourself short on your intelligence, mate.

Thanks again for the conversation up until the insults, and take care of you!

Yeah, I'm surprised there's so much praise of the combat. There was a lot of feedback on the combat after the demo, so I wonder if they tightened it up before release.

I appreciate the thought-out response! That makes a ton of sense that they would want to roast beans differently for better control. Also makes sense that they would want to blend the strengths of the different beans. I brewed my first gesha this morning and was floored by how tea-like it actually was. In the face of such an extreme, I could see the desire to pull pieces from that and perhaps blend with a natural process bean. Interesting shit.

Thanks again for the rundown, mate. It's super helpful to understand this stuff as I work to expand my pallet; it helps me figure out what I'm looking at and what I want to target next.

You're mixing the metaphor, mate. Gravity certainly behaves like a force in some ways and looks like a force in some ways, but also does not look or behave like a force. You have to peel away the surface level. Prejudice may look like prejudice going both between the in-group and the out-group. But an insult from one person to another is a very different thing when the person doing the insulting is armed with a gun. Now it's not just an insult, is it? Saying "that's an insult either way" doesn't really summarize the experience, does it? The person being insulted at the end of a gun is having a very different experience. It's not an insult anymore; it's a threat of violence, it's a threat of death, it's a threat of "I can and will take everything from you" with centuries of violence and systemic oppression to back it.

You're right that gravity is kind of a force. But it's also not, and that's very important to understand. Ya feel me? I'm not saying racism doesn't happen on an individual level; quite the opposite. I'm saying the systemic and social oppression cannot be extricated from the individual level. And that's why it's not the same thing for a white person as it is for a black or brown person, when those are the in-group vs out-group respectively.

I gotta say, mate, I happened to scroll up and see another comment you made, stating that "they need to prove it" but won't be able to "because they're wrong." I assume that's in reference to me. I engage in conversations like these with the intent of just that, having conversation, seeing if we can find some understanding, and being willing to be wrong about things. That comment makes me feel like I was the only one bringing that to this conversation, and you are simply engaging with it from a "I'm right" perspective without even a consideration that your perspective may not be entirely right. Am I reading that right?

Yeah, this thread has been fascinating. It's the most basic concept and people are wild'n out. My last comment at the bottom of this thing I think will summarize it well for anyone who reads through it all. I think the biggest concern is why people are so resistant to understanding the additional power/control and systemic shit within racism. I use "gravity" as an example, but when it comes to racism, these are people's lives. And I'd hate to think how invalidating it would make someone feel to hear this "no" and "check the dictionary" shit in a conversation outside of the Internet.

Thanks for the writeup! I'm looking for options for single-origin coffees because I don't have much of anything local to me. Might have to check this roaster out.

I'm still relatively new to coffee, so maybe you could help me out with something if you have a minute for a reply. I got some coffee from a local roaster and noticed a super uneven roast. This roaster has confusing labels on things, at best the coffee is sourced from a single country seemingly, so it was probably a blend. Would a roaster roast different beans differently and then blend them? I've always assumed that the roaster is buying the beans blended because it's cheaper. My assumption then is that their roasting is just really inconsistent. I want to make sure I give them the benefit of the doubt though, in case roasters do typically do their blends like that. Either way, I'm looking to switch to single-origin to develop my knowledge and palate more; I've just always been wondering since I bought from them.

Yeah, you're right, it'd make a biiig difference if we ever got to play a first party title at launch. I was transferred to the highest tier when it rolled out, but I haven't actually used it that much. The back catalog hasn't really caught my eye much, I don't have use for the streaming (or the Internet for it). My subscription runs out in March or something, and I may let it lapse like you. Would be the first time in...years...I don't know how long. I'm just not seeing additional value for the price hike.