AmpBenzScientist @AmpBenzScientist@qoto.org

"Half of the more than 10 billion #RISCV chips shipped globally by 2022 were made in China"

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/china-bets-open-source-chips-us-export-controls-mount-4099356

Bodily autonomy is sacred. That means I beleive all drugs should be legal without a prescription, abortions legal, and no one should ever be forced to take a vaccine, drug or wear a mask.

"Pet Shop Boys on 40 years of pop genius"

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/feb/03/pet-shop-boys-nonetheless-interview

@AmpBenzScientist @freemo You know they do make AR-15s in more "manly" calibers if you want one.

The purpose of the .556 was not so much weak men who couldn't handle recoil. It was poor marksmanship and the attempt to compensate by letting soldiers carry more ammunition.

Vision Pro Teardown

https://www.ifixit.com/News/90137/vision-pro-teardown-why-those-fake-eyes-look-so-weird

2SLGBTQI+ ... literally just saw that. I was going to be mad thinking they left someone out but thankfully they added that +. Well played guys, well played.

SummerCart64: Open-source Nintendo 64 Flash Cartridge (#FPGA, #RISCV)

https://github.com/Polprzewodnikowy/SummerCart64

@littletree

> let me guess you were wearing shield protectors and ffp3 mask?

We actually use N95 in the lab

> That's way beyond what an average teenager will wear. The average teenager, if forced, will wear ffp2 masks (because these are the most common) and ... probably the same multiple times.

Exactly, they have bodily autonomy. They can wear protection or not, thats their choice their body. If they choose not to wear protection thats on them. It is not my responsibility to habe my bodily autonomy infringed on simply because some other people are too lazy to wear appropriate protection. Doesnt work that way. You wear whatever level of protection you want, worry about yourself, you are more than capable of protecting yourself regardless of my choices with my body.

> No, it's not "my fault" if I am an average person that buys an average mask from an average shop.

Just like its not my fault if im an average person and does what average people do, and not wear a mask at all.

> People with covid symptoms should just wear a mask.

See now you just moved the goal post, now your not talking about requiring masks of the general public but only people with symptoms. Despite the goal post being moved this is still a horrible take. Anyone with COVID should remain indoors, its the polite thing to do for sure. But since the overwhelming majority of people who get COVID are asymptomatic and never know they have COVID that will do little good regardless.

@DemocracyMattersALot

TIL you can literally drink pure Phosphoric Acid and it wont destroy your mouth. I mean i knew it wasnt the strongest of acids but I didnt realize how weak it was.

I found this out because a vitamin I bought is 95% water and 5% pure phosphoric acid. i put a few drops out and let the water evaporate then licked it and to my surprise it was tart but didnt burn. Should have been close to 85% pure after the bulk of the water evaporated.

#Chemistry

Orange Pi Neo: Gaming handheld with AMD Ryzen 7 7840U, 7-inch display, Manjaro #Linux

https://liliputing.com/orange-pi-neo-is-a-linux-handheld-gaming-pc-with-ryzen-7-7840u/

"Comprehensive (bottom-up) study on the Security of Arm Cortex-M systems" (#Embedded)

https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.15289

@canleaf

> Do you want to make a baby, fund a childhood till adulthood for 18+ years or is that not your responsibility?

There are far too many starving and homeless children for that to be a morally justified choice. I would love a child, but ethics would never allow me to do that. That said I do intend to adopt.

> You are a man.

Am I? Why are you telling me what kind of genitals I have. Stop making this rude and awkward.

> You have no say and no decision if an "unborn child deserves a chance at life too".

I mean I explicitly stated I support abortion **despite** any apparent right of the unborn child. So now your upset that I support abortion? What idiocy is this.

More importantly, regardless of what genitals I have, I like everyone was once a fetus. So as a person (like all people) who would have been directly effected by any abortion laws obviously I have a right to have an opinion.

@DemocracyMattersALot

#VSCode stops Ubuntu 18.04 support

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/vscode-drops-ubuntu-18-04-support-leaves-devs-screwed

The beauty of the #FreeSoftware community. Our friends from @PINE64 had the #PineTime developer kit for us at #FOSDEM204. ❤️
Can't wait to integrate it to #MyGNUHealth Personal Health Record, @JF 🤗
#Privacy #OpenScience #eHealth #GNUHEALTH #FOSDEM #GNU #openhardware #Pine64

Yup. Boring book.