pantalaimon's comments

On: LoongArch64 Subjective Higlights

[pantalaimon]

You can get the Asus XC-LS3A6M from e.g. AliExpress. It comes with a 3A6000 CPU which is plenty fast (compared to ARM SBCs), similar to Zen 1.

Alpine is one of the few western distributions that has full support for the architecture.

[sidewndr46 → pantalaimon]

I wasn't aware of this. It looks pretty neat. But the price point I'm seeing is more than $400 US. So I'm not sure it is price competitive yet

On: Meta Censoring '#Democrat' on Instagram

[pantalaimon]

> When will PG fall in line?

This post is already flagged

On: Statement on planned protests during the upcoming ...

[pantalaimon]

The post is flagged

[ChrisArchitect → pantalaimon]

So? That's still where the large discussion happened related to the topic. 5 days ago old now.

On: Instagram hides search results for 'Democrats'

[pantalaimon]

The submission you've linked is flagged.

On: Statement on planned protests during the upcoming ...

[pantalaimon]

His main objection seems to stem from the fact that Jack Dorsey's net worth is $5.6 billion.

[belter → pantalaimon]

His main objection is that FOSDEM is not CNBC. Should not be endorsing pretense of interviews, that are just marketing pitches.

[abetusk → pantalaimon]

I thought this was a pithy remark but it looks like it's actually pretty close to the truth.

From a recent post by DeVault [0] titled "No billionaires at FOSDEM" (thanks to belter [1]):

"""

In my view, billionaires are not welcome at FOSDEM.

"""

[0] https://drewdevault.com/2025/01/16/2025-01-16-No-Billionares...

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42778478

[dao- → pantalaimon]

> His main objection seems to stem from the fact that Jack Dorsey's net worth is $5.6 billion.

Fair. You do not become a billionaire without being a massive POS.

On: TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users

[pantalaimon]

> That doesn't mean it will continue being a good solution as technology and society change.

Yea neo-feudalism seems to be all the rage these days.

Democracy is not a given, people with power want more power and less checks - historically that’s what things converged to typically.

[ben_w → pantalaimon]

Not sure about what's really "typical", nor which name would best describe what direction the USA (let alone anyone else) is even heading in.

The ancient Greeks had ideas about the κύκλος (cycles) of government: Plato's cycle went [aristocracy > timocracy oligarchy > democracy > tyranny]; Polybius' cycle was [ochlocracy -> monarchy -> tyranny -> aristocracy -> oligarchy -> democracy -> ochlocracy] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_cycle_theory

On: TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users

[pantalaimon]

> China's using Tik Tok to subvert "democracy"

And has there ever been an example for that or is it just a hypothetical scenario?

[dagss → pantalaimon]

No one can possibly know. They just have all the power to do it very efficiently, without anyone noticing.

On: TikTok goes dark in the US

[pantalaimon]

How did that influence look like?

[mbesto → pantalaimon]

It's subtle but super effective - they can sow discord. Just look at palestine vs israel as an example of what a major explicit influence looked like.

On: Statement on planned protests during the upcoming ...

[pantalaimon]

It’s about this talk

https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-4507-infu...

On: Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might ...

[pantalaimon]

People would just switch to a different service.