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by Krom
Sat Oct 28, 2023 1:24 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Truth is the first casualty
Replies: 156
Views: 411999

Re: Truth is the first casualty

My first thought after hearing about the October 7th attack was that the Israeli response would be worse. It seems basically nobody on this side of the conflict has learned anything from the US response to 9/11 and history is just repeating itself. And with more and more of the US leaning to the ...
by Krom
Sun Oct 22, 2023 2:17 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: I'm an expert on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict AMA
Replies: 31
Views: 16297

Re: I'm an expert on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict AMA

It is a common misconception that cockroaches can survive the nuclear apocalypse. They would not.
by Krom
Sun Oct 22, 2023 5:16 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Truth is the first casualty
Replies: 156
Views: 411999

Re: Truth is the first casualty

OK, where do you expect the Palestinians to go? Flee into the ocean? No country wants them. We don't want them. Europe doesn't want them. None of the surrounding countries wants them. Personally, since Iran has been fighting Israel using Hamas as terrorist proxies, THEY should take them as a ...
by Krom
Sat Oct 21, 2023 12:45 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: I'm an expert on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict AMA
Replies: 31
Views: 16297

Re: I'm an expert on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict AMA

Yo, I remember you Silver, I was probably an ★■◆● back then (and still am, just older). Good to see you! :)
by Krom
Thu Oct 19, 2023 3:39 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I'm going down again, and I'm prepared with lots of stuff...
Replies: 22
Views: 22518

Re: I'm going down again, and I'm prepared with lots of stuff...

Done. Yeah it took about 4 minutes. Goodness Gracious Guidebot KROM!!! The source code for almost all the old tools is in this archive. This is astoundingly great news! Not many levels to add, but the other stuff is amazing. I wasn't 100% confident the source code was in there, but I was pretty ...
by Krom
Thu Oct 19, 2023 5:12 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I'm going down again, and I'm prepared with lots of stuff...
Replies: 22
Views: 22518

Re: I'm going down again, and I'm prepared with lots of stuff...

Done. Yeah it took about 4 minutes.
by Krom
Thu Oct 19, 2023 5:11 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Evil
Replies: 86
Views: 133828

Re: Evil

It is pretty difficult to use ground based lasers offensively.
by Krom
Wed Oct 18, 2023 7:35 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I'm going down again, and I'm prepared with lots of stuff...
Replies: 22
Views: 22518

Re: I'm going down again, and I'm prepared with lots of stuff...

Great, hit me up on how you want to handle the file transfer. Ill pm you some ssh details by tomorrow. My connection is 2gbit, so the transfer will only be as slow as your upload. :) I'm on a more pedestrian symmetrical 1gbit fiber, so it'll take about...18 seconds at full speed. (Although if we ...
by Krom
Wed Oct 18, 2023 6:48 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I'm going down again, and I'm prepared with lots of stuff...
Replies: 22
Views: 22518

Re: I'm going down again, and I'm prepared with lots of stuff...

Great, hit me up on how you want to handle the file transfer.
by Krom
Wed Oct 18, 2023 3:13 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: I'm going down again, and I'm prepared with lots of stuff...
Replies: 22
Views: 22518

Re: I'm going down again, and I'm prepared with lots of stuff...

While you are mentioning rare files, I have a more or less complete scrape of the old descent-network download server. ( The URL was germany1.download.descent-network.com ). About a 1.8 GB 7z archive, it contains most of the old DOS/windows16/windows32 descent manager tools for editing assets in D1 ...
by Krom
Wed Oct 18, 2023 5:04 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
Replies: 90
Views: 98132

Re: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?

"I wonder what happened in 2020 that made gas prices go so low... Welp, can't think of anything, must not have been important so the only reason that could possibly exist is because Trump was such a great president."

★■◆●ing tool.
by Krom
Mon Oct 16, 2023 2:23 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
Replies: 90
Views: 98132

Re: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?

Lets hear a different conservatives take on how the Biden administration has been handling the current situation:
by Krom
Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:42 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
Replies: 90
Views: 98132

Re: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?

Seems relevant.
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by Krom
Mon Oct 16, 2023 8:17 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
Replies: 90
Views: 98132

Re: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?

This entire thread is you being mad because Biden hasn't launched World War III yet, it is petty and stupid. You should be grateful Biden is trying not to get you and everyone you know killed in a nuclear fireball, or is nuclear war what you really want? Although if you are expecting to die a martyr ...
by Krom
Sun Oct 15, 2023 5:51 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
Replies: 90
Views: 98132

Re: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?

Remember folks, nothing is too much of a stretch and all sources are absolute rock solid as long as it says anything bad about democrats. You know, the Trump years really broke everything. Because it used to be when you came across news of some politician doing or saying something stupid it was easy ...
by Krom
Sat Oct 14, 2023 9:09 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
Replies: 90
Views: 98132

Re: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?

I see the bar for being a fascist has been lowered to pointing out a perceived double standard. Pretty soon it will be voicing any opinion...no wait. If he wasn't fascist he wouldn't have perceived a double standard in the first place. This whole thread is a fine example of a fascist warped thought ...
by Krom
Sat Oct 14, 2023 8:39 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Evil
Replies: 86
Views: 133828

Re: Evil

Now if only you would realize the Republicans/Conservatives are doing exactly the same ★■◆●ing thing about the debt/border/red states being poor/every other thing they blame on democrats/etc. They make you poor and stupid on purpose and don't want to fix the problems they decry because if the problem ...
by Krom
Sat Oct 14, 2023 6:25 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
Replies: 90
Views: 98132

Re: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?

I didn’t think everyone thought/thinks they were innocent.The whole world knows Iran owns the attack by virtue of hiring, supplying training and protecting the attackers who have always have answered to Iran! The whole point was I was pissed off the administration could get away with implying Iran m ...
by Krom
Fri Oct 13, 2023 7:58 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
Replies: 90
Views: 98132

Re: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?

Did you ever pause to think: "If everyone here believes Iran is guilty why do I keep insisting they don't?"
by Krom
Fri Oct 13, 2023 5:31 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Evil
Replies: 86
Views: 133828

Re: Evil

Hamas has zero interest in improving the lives of the citizens of Gaza, in fact they have a vested interest in making the lives of citizens in Gaza worse. Happy citizens of Gaza won't turn to or support Hamas. The whole thing is unfolding exactly the way that Hamas wants: lots of Israeli civilians ...
by Krom
Fri Oct 13, 2023 5:18 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?
Replies: 90
Views: 98132

Re: Cause and effect. Objective or subjective?

The cause is probably some deliberately misconstrued quote on right wing media about Biden that your programming has been triggered by. Today it is about Iran, tomorrow it will be about hydrogen, the day after it will be about chicken ★■◆●. Pretty much everyone everywhere gets that you cannot throw a ...
by Krom
Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:44 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Evil
Replies: 86
Views: 133828

Re: Evil

Yeah, there is a non-zero chance we are in the opening salvos of world war 3. Or at least that is one of the probable goals of the Hamas attack. Like it isn't hard to draw lines connecting Hamas with Iran with Russia with China with North Korea. If they want to kick off WW3 all they need to do at ...
by Krom
Wed Oct 11, 2023 3:17 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Evil
Replies: 86
Views: 133828

Re: Evil

So show me where these weekly shootings in gay bars are happening. As to shootings in minority ares...I think you'll find black on black crime is the majority of the cases. A lot of people say just enforce existing gun laws will go a long way to reducing it. https://abcnews.go.com/US/rise-anti ...
by Krom
Tue Oct 10, 2023 6:09 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Evil
Replies: 86
Views: 133828

Re: Evil

You're confused Krom, I don't hate queers or any minority. I don't go around killing them like Hamas did the Jews: We can hardly go a week in America without some right winger shooting up a gay bar or similar LGBTQ+ friendly establishment or even just anywhere in a minority dominated area. You ...
by Krom
Mon Oct 09, 2023 3:19 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Evil
Replies: 86
Views: 133828

Re: Evil

Hypocrite. How many LGBTQ+ and other minorities die as a result from the ★■◆● the right wing/christian conservatives do to them? How is your hatred and persecution of them any different from Hamas's hatred and persecution of Jews? Also, the rest of us can in fact care about pronouns and terrorist att ...
by Krom
Sun Sep 24, 2023 7:32 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Epic Games kills off Unreal
Replies: 10
Views: 10939

Re: Epic Games kills off Unreal

My understanding of how this works is you can still buy the games and play the games, but the official multiplayer/match making servers are being shut down so multiplayer will be more complicated.
by Krom
Fri Sep 22, 2023 5:37 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Let the circus begin...
Replies: 4
Views: 3168

Re: Let the circus begin...

I laughed back when the debt limit bill was passed and part of it was "The house will go through the proper budget appropriations process." because everyone knew the Republicans are completely incapable of going through any "proper process" and they would fail to deliver.
by Krom
Sat Sep 16, 2023 1:02 pm
Forum: DBB Feedback Forum
Topic: Mail full
Replies: 2
Views: 25590

Re: Mail full

Stop hoarding.

Okay. Everyone gets 200 messages now.
by Krom
Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:12 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Lithium
Replies: 10
Views: 3290

Re: Lithium

Mining for oil is also a very carbon intensive process, then they just burn it up releasing even more carbon into the atmosphere and have to start all over again from scratch. Lithium is recyclable, once it is out of the ground it can be used over and over again.
by Krom
Mon Sep 11, 2023 4:17 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: P01135809
Replies: 21
Views: 8000

Re: P01135809

Oh my ★■◆●ing god did neither of you listen to a single thing Biden said when he was running?
by Krom
Sun Sep 10, 2023 9:30 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Real Science
Replies: 141
Views: 214450

Re: Real Science

Of course. It is just like every time they go "HoW cAn ThErE bE cLiMaTe ChAnGe If It Is CoLd OuTsiDe?" every time a record low is set in January.
by Krom
Sat Sep 09, 2023 4:58 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Real Science
Replies: 141
Views: 214450

Re: Real Science

So practically the first article I found linked on a search engine I hardly ever use turned up this interesting tidbit: It so happens that Brown is the co-director of the climate and energy team at the Breakthrough Institute, a nonprofit known for courting controversy and pushing “ecomodernism,” or r ...
by Krom
Sat Sep 09, 2023 6:40 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: D3 and some possible stability tweaks
Replies: 8
Views: 10000

Re: D3 and some possible stability tweaks

I think that was a bug that was addressed in the 1.5 patches, otherwise it would still do it even if you were running it on a native Windows XP system. One thing you could test is trying a different renderer (Direct3D vs OpenGL) or a Glide wrapper (nGlide works well with D3) and see if it still ...
by Krom
Fri Sep 08, 2023 4:57 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Hoping for a blizzard.
Replies: 75
Views: 78016

Re: Hoping for a blizzard.

The model I purchased has 2 batteries: 7.5 and a 2.5 to make 10 “amp hours” whatever the hell that means. It requires 4 to run it - I think that means to start it you need 4Ah. It’s supposed to last an hour before a charge and requires 3 hours to recharge. Hand shoveling takes between 30-60 minutes. ...
by Krom
Thu Sep 07, 2023 4:28 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Hoping for a blizzard.
Replies: 75
Views: 78016

Re: Hoping for a blizzard.

This guy lives in Wisconsin I think and his whole channel is lawnmower/snowblower comparisons. This video is exactly the kind of snow I hate to shovel - I was especially concerned about the snow plow pack at the end of the driveway - it will destroy your body for the day, and if it freezes you're ...
by Krom
Thu Sep 07, 2023 4:50 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Trump surrenders?
Replies: 18
Views: 6298

Re: Trump surrenders?

You know there are some people that believe that the whole flat Earth movement is just a psyop intended to make Christians look ridiculous and discredit Christianity? That's also a conspiracy theory, yet many people will give the same types of justifications to defend it that you are giving. Never ...
by Krom
Wed Sep 06, 2023 5:19 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Hoping for a blizzard.
Replies: 75
Views: 78016

Re: Hoping for a blizzard.

https://i.postimg.cc/6pVwrtTp/71562875357-1-EA222-CD-E9-A7-4108-84-CD-65-A96-B74-E735.jpg After last year’s snow accumulation “4th most on record in Minnesota” I’ve opted for some mechanical assistance. I must be getting old because researching and purchasing my first snow blower was far more exciti ...
by Krom
Fri Sep 01, 2023 3:18 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Maui
Replies: 30
Views: 10631

Re: Maui

Krom, you should know full well that upgrades to our national grid will cost money, a lot of it. Most people in this country right now probably wouldn't be willing to fork over the cash to harden and upgrade the grid. Barring the domestic terrorist issues on local substations, which is already a ...
by Krom
Thu Aug 31, 2023 3:08 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Maui
Replies: 30
Views: 10631

Re: Maui

TC, I should also point out that your rant about the power grid not being able to handle increasing amounts of electrification is wrong. Not everything will be electrified overnight and upgrades to the grid are happening constantly at an accelerating rate. Just in my area which is practically the ...
by Krom
Wed Aug 30, 2023 5:11 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Maui
Replies: 30
Views: 10631

Re: Maui

Tunnelcat wrote: Tue Aug 29, 2023 7:59 pmLithium batteries are expensive to replace once they've reached their end of life in a car and a lot of owners will suddenly get sticker shock just to replace them. Mining lithium is environmentally destructive, not clean at all.