No? Barcodes and QR codes do not have enough information for unique identification. (Well they could but they start getting bigger and bigger)

But the real issue is needing these codes tracked and audited in a public manner. Instead of having a third party company trusted with all the cheese, you use a Blockchain with a public ledger. This doesn’t even require much processing power since there’s no incentive to mine as many blocks as possible.

I hate cryptobros but logistics is a good use for the tech. Tech is tech, not all use cases are bad.

I had a 6 month gap and I said I was taking a sabbatical (which was the truth). No one batted an eye.

Never had a call end with a chatbot/call tree solving anything. The only times I call is because I know a need a human override with something.

(I understand there’s probably a large portion of their call volume that can be solved via bots.)

This sounds like shaders used in graphics pipeline, which is something you code. So probably using a LLM.

Yep, Dutch with manufacturing in Taiwan. So not super relevant to this thread.

System 76 is US based including keyboard manufacturing. They’re a small company that gives a lot back to the open source community.

You can always go for smaller/niche companies. System76 and Wooting come to mind for keyboards.

You have to do research and pay a premium. But you’re way more likely supporting a business that cares about its employees.

In general consume less. And when you do need to make bigger purchases, do your research.

There’s a LAN party there every year. Seems about the best thing about it.

I inquired about why the Bustang that goes to to Colorado Springs doesn’t stop in Castle Rock. The Bustang employee heavily implied it was because Castle Rock just refuses to allow transit riders in their city. Castle Rock rather have a taxi budget for old people then do any form of public transit.

You can go higher that 4k@60 but youll be using chroma subsampling. Which can make text look really bad.

https://www.rtings.com/tv/learn/chroma-subsampling

This is the correct answer. Using my 6900XT, I can’t run a 4k120hz display over HDMI without subsampling.

This hopefully will change with the new AMD GPUs, but that’s wishful thinking.

When I lived in the US, 15%. Now 0%, feels great.

No, I’ve never experienced anything like that. Even in small towns. I’m sure it happens, but I don’t think it’s common as long as you’re respectful.

The worse thing I’ve personally seen were no foreigner signs on bars during new years eve.

Japan. I had an offer from an EU country that logically would have been a better choice. But I couldn’t resist my inner child/weeb.

As an American who just emigrated, I guess I jumped. I can still vote from overseas, but I’m pessimistic about the future.