I don’t buy the bot narrative, but I also won’t say this is a genuine jump in Linux users. Rather, as someone who has done statical research before, a sudden jump like this feels like a change in how that data was gathered plus a rather high point on natural variance.

For starters, why would bot behavior change in a month? Any serious bot network would already be on Linux, so unless bot filtering got significantly worse in a single month, I’m skeptical on that front. I suppose it’s possible a patch to scrapping plugins happened, or a change in bot sensitivity on the researcher side, or something, but you’d assume someone would point that out.

However, Linux adoption explanations are also iffy. The “Year of the Linux” people point to summer being a factor, or maybe Steam machine release. Maybe someone went viral promoting it and somehow… doubled installs? Seems unlikely, although a small jump can be attribed to these factors I suppose.

But back to the statistics – all samples naturally vary over time and this can be a major factor month to month as statical noise exists. If it drops back to, say, 7 or 8%, that’s probably that factor, although this is much less an issue if the sample is large (which I think it is?). It’s also possible there’s a change in measurement error, such as Unknowns getting parsed correctly this month, though I’m not sure if that can explain most of the chunk coming out from Windows. I think these are the explanations I’m leaning towards, though (e.g. the Linux was there all along!)

All I can say from my experience is a jump like this is unnatural and usually points to variance and/or measurement error. Rather than the actual population having a change, the researcher does something different that changes results. It doesn’t necessarily mean the new results are biased (they might be less biased!), but it also doesn’t mean reality has suddenly changed. After all, we’re talking about a doubling of the population; if 300 million use the Internet in the US, that’s 15 million people changing to Linux in a month.

While I agree the price is ridiculous (especially as a non drinker lol) I’m not convinced it’s AI. Looking up Brewskey on an image search, you can find images of similar cans going back 3yrs. Very diverse styles, with common themes of monocle and hops.

That said, trying to find literally any info on artists both past and present is proving difficult. Most info is just about how they make their IPAs and any mention of art is all “the art of brewing” which isn’t what I’m after. There are quite a few beer can artists out there though so I bet someone willing to search Instagram or something might be able to find an artist who contributed to Brewskey.

My God that camera is way too easy to “accidentally” tamper with, lol. At the very least, my kids greese covered finger tips while I stroll by.

Relax, it’s 41.6% of 500 republican primary voters. A combined majority chose Trump, Congress or Corporations, which frankly are all good answers.

And again, these are GOP primary voters- although they have an open primary so it may include some Democrats and Independents. Just, not as many as registered Republicans.

I was curious about the posts mentioned so I took a look at your history and can kinda see why. The Linux one didn’t make too much sense to me but people were generally nice to you, although understandable skeptical since you’re talking about hardware not working. Honestly you had a bit of a meltdown in that thread, which I think contributed more to the down votes than the initial opinion (like you said, text brings out a worse version of yourself).

The political ones, I mostly pieced together genecide denial (?) which has generally been very unpopular here. To be fair, that was more than a year ago, although what was unpopular then has aged even worse, what with people in Europe getting arrested for pro-Palastinian views and such.

I’m not saying the behavior of mods and such were justified, of course, just… y’know, two sides of the story. You’re in the right to express your views and seek discussion, but others have an equal right to call you out on it-- especially if you get defensive and rude over polite, reasonable responses.

But that’s just my two cents. I only ever comment, and I’ve had moments with people being rude or misunderstanding my intent. It happens, as social media is just that way.

Capital -> Dandy -> Swell -> Keen -> Groovy -> Rad -> Slayed (although I’d have picked Bussin’).

I wish I knew more going back even into the nineteenth century. I recently read the Arsene Lupin books (1905), and although that’s French translated to British English, I found the slang charming. Although I think cool was only used in regards to someone being calm and controlled…

Things that pop out to me:

1. The Internet was made for porn, both in users and less defederating.
2. The main blocks really are mostly the Triad (grad, hexbear and ml) which I get. I personally don’t mind tankies despite the instance I’m on, but they can sometimes echo Russian propaganda that’s demonstrably false. Communism as a concept is ok, though.

The Beehaw thing predates me, I heard they’re nice people, though. I also agree with the sentiment that more fringe groups and random porn might scare away newbies, so I get why things are the way they are.

All while the war continues and would continue anyway because Iran would have to sign off on ending the war. It’s all so very stupid.

At this point, what would even happen if Congress said “no, this war isn’t legal” given you can’t just be like “sorry, Iran, the president overstepped his authority” after murdering school children?

The whole 60 day thing is already ridiculous for that reason, but we’re already well beyond that. So even in a situation where Congress worked (lol) it seems like this wouldn’t matter.

When I stopped doing things from bed, I was able to sleep a lot easier. If the bed equals sleep, the body gets it.

But I also only sleep when I’m sleepy, I never try to force myself to sleep early even if I have early morning responsibilities.

God that ending to the world cup would have been amazing. Too bad, but I like the way you think.

Sometimes I like teaching, sometimes I don’t. I think it’s usually a net positive, but since ChatGPT became a thing it’s becoming a bit of a burden. Either I’m worried about them cheating or I’m noticing each semester the students get worse at thinking for themselves, or both.

It’s a fairly open enrollment university so there’s a pretty low bar for base knowledge and scholarly ability but like… this is something else. I have successfully taught statistics to a 6th grade drop out single mom from Mexico through motivation and patience, but now a 19 year old fresh out of American high school fails the basic logic required of the course and argues when I give them an F over it. Something is very wrong lately and I’m hating it lately.

So I guess the answer is I used to love it and now loathe it? We’ll see next month…

DNC did this to MAGA candidates and it backfired dramatically. Happy to see GOP falling for the same faulty logic.

Unrelated, but when I play Wario games I talk like him got the entire playtime. It’s very satisfying. I played the Wii Wario Land game recently and it’s a gem.

Oh no. I even read the “Those are my ladybugs” in his soft, accented voice. But in not really disgusted by the image, more just how much of a hypocrite LadyG was.

Technically only a HIPAA violation of the doctor uploads stuff. Uploading your is stuff is just violating your own privacy, which at this point might just be a boomer national pass time.

Yeah, I think that’s well established but what was interesting was the way concrete walls funneled hot air certain ways but not others. But it’s been a while since I heard the interview, the main discussion was on the heat of a conflagration vs a normal fire.

I know the recent-ish Palisades fire near me was an issue of both fast fires and limited exits, but even then most of it was property damage. What worked was early warnings of evacuation that people took seriously.

The part that struck me was they started calling it a conflagration because the structure fires were so much hotter than the bush fires that things were straight up melting, causing cars to stop working and so on. If you were still there when the houses were full burning, you were likely toast.

The best way to avoid deaths, therefore, is early evacuation and careful neighborhood design. There were some houses that survived the blaze because of factors like walls and gaps that helped reduce the spread, although I’m not sure if they cracked the code on that yet.

Still holds up as one of the best handhelds. I’ve still got my PSP-2000 and as a teen I played so many various things on it (many pirated as a teen, but it got me into franchises like Monster Hunter and they’ve made more than enough money back lol).

I’d like it more than my steam deck due to less weight and bulk, except I still need the modern hardware for modern things.

Thank you for posting it, I wasn’t going to go to Truth social to find out. That said. Meh. What an uncreative slop image befitting of the current administration.

Honestly, an airplane decked out in real graffiti art would look sick as fuck.