Herrje, ein Lebenszeichen: Ich bin noch am Ball und denke über das Bloggen nach.

Momentan ist viel Arbeit angesagt im und ums heimische Atelier. Garten, Brennholz. Aufräumen. Wände verputzen, Türen einbauen. Johannisbeeren beim Wachsen zuschauen. Die Welt in Ordnung bringen.

Das Nichtverzweifeln ob der Großweltlage kostet auch Kraft.

Positives: Eine Künstleredition der Galerie Beck habe ich vorgestern signiert. Mann Mann Mann, drei Stunden lang den eigenen Namen schreiben und mit der Nummerierung der 45 mal 25(?) Einzelblätter nicht verhaspeln – ich hatte ernsthaft überlegt, mir den Künstlernamen Bo zuzulegen, damit es ein bisschen schneller geht mit Signieren. Und beidhändig schreiben lernen wie die Fernsehkommisarin Marie Brand.

Eine Retrospektive meiner 30-jährigen Kunstarbeit gibts nächstes Jahr im März. Arbeitstitel „Akte Irgendlink“.

Ans Kap werde ich wohl auch dieses Jahr nicht reisen können.

Blogartikel folgen wenn das Wetter wieder schlechter wird oder ich doch noch den Hintern in den Fahrradsattel schwingen kann.

Und das frage ich, weil ich ab 2018 ein Winora Trekkingrad für damals 300 € (neu gekauft) hatte, welches mir immer treuen Dienst erwiesen hat.

Ich hab seitdem 2x das Ritzel hinten erneuert, Kette 1x, Ritzel vorne 1x, Reifen 2x, Bremsbeläge ?x. Standard-Kram halt.

2023 hab ich mir aber als Hauptrad ein neues Kalkhoff Endeavor gekauft (1.000 € neu), wollte ich doch unbedingt Riemenantrieb und hydraulische Bremsen.
(Das „alte“ Rad hab ich als Ersatzrad behalten.)
Und seit ich das habe, ist mir Stand heute schon: das Schutzblech vorne irreparabel weggebrochen, der Riemen dieses Jahr gerissen beim Anfahren und neulich das Tretlager kaputt gegangen. In nur 2 Jahren.

Mit dem neuen Rad bin ich nun ca. 6.000 km gefahren. Das alte kann ich kaum schätzen (da bin ich noch nicht täglich mit dem Rad zur Arbeit und wohnte noch näher dran).

Ich wollte mal abgleichen mit euren Erfahrungen: hab ich mit dem alten Rad viel Glück oder mit dem neuen einfach nur Pech, oder hab ich einen blöden Hersteller erwischt?

Ein komplikationsfreies Wochenende wünsche ich euch!

Need to let loose a primal scream without collecting footnotes first? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)

BlueMonday1984

2025-05-04 23:00:08

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 11th May 2025

Need to let loose a primal scream without collecting footnotes first? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful you’ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cut’n’paste it into its own post — there’s no quota for posting and the bar really isn’t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)

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In the United States, a bill has been proposed to mandate geolocation tracking of all high-end graphics cards. This was supposedly meant to monitor Chinese imports of Nvidia GPUs for AI-related purposes.

Last week, a U.S. congressman announced a plan to introduce a bill that would mandate producers of high-performance AI processors to track them geographically in a bid to limit their usage by unauthorized foreign actors, such as China. Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas then introduced a legislative measure later in the week. The bill covers hardware that goes way beyond just AI processors, and would give the Commerce Secretary power to verify the location of hardware, and put mandatory location controls on commercial companies. To make matters even more complicated, geo-tracking features would be required for high-performance graphics cards as well.

The bill covers a wide range of products classified as 3A090, 4A090, 4A003.z, and 3A001.z export control classification numbers (ECCNs), so advanced processors for AI, AI servers (including rack-scale solutions), HPC servers, and general-purpose electronics of strategic concern due to potential military utility or dual-use risk. It should be noted that many high-end graphics cards (such as Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4090 and RTX 5090) are also classified as a 3A090 product, so it looks like such add-in-boards will also have to add geo-tracking capabilities.

The first and central provision of the bill is the requirement for tracking technology to be embedded in any high-end processor module or device that falls under the U.S. export restrictions. This condition would take effect six months after the legislation is enacted, which will make the lives of companies like AMD, Intel, and Nvidia harder, as adding a feature to already developed products is a tough task. The mechanism must allow verification of a chip's or device's physical location, enabling the U.S. government to confirm whether it remains at the approved endpoint. Yet, exporters would be obliged to keep track of their products.

While this won't impact most consumers, I am concerned that a successful passage of this bill may warrant a examination of our hardware requirements. Again, this is more of a wait-and-see situation rather than genuine panic for tech enthusiasts.