I used to believe he was an aggressive racist man who tried to keep black players out of the league as violently as possible, giving rise to media like Soundgarden's Ty Cobb

But I'm now reading through his Wikipedia article, and I can't quite work him out.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_Cobb

He's definitely aggressive, and has a "hard-headed fuck-you-all" attitude to life. It looks like the racist allegations against him might have just been slander caused by another player (Schmidt).

There's one altercation he has with a cement worker whose work he ruined by stepping in it, and then escalated into something more.... but as far as I can see that's it.

He just seems like a good player who's a bit heavy handed and loud mouthed, and fights anyone who he perceives does him wrong, regardless of background or skin color.

There's one story that made me giggle a bit:

Cobb climbed into the stands and attacked Lucker, who it turned out was handicapped (he had lost all of one hand and three fingers on his other hand in an industrial accident).

Some onlookers shouted at him to stop because the man had no hands, to which Cobb reportedly retorted, "I don't care if he got no feet!"

According to Russo, the crowd cheered Cobb on in the fight. Though extremely rare in the 21st century, attacking fans was not so unusual an activity in the early years of baseball.

The US blocked high power graphics cards to specific countries, and then got all shaken up when their money moat was pole-vaulted by an embargo'd country wielding jank cards.

Why is this a big deal, exactly?

Who benefits if the US has the best AI, and who benefits if it's China?

Is this like the Space Race, where it's just an effort to spit on each other, but ultimately no one really loses, and cool shit gets made?

What does AI "supremacy" mean?

I'm glad at least one decent person made it through, but the other one, christ.

Also:

• I DO NOT GIVE A SHIT THAT YOU WERE IN THE ARMY. It clearly didn't make you stronger.
• I DO NOT GIVE A SHIT THAT YOU'RE (FAKING) WELSH. It was unnoticeable and had no effect.
• I DO NOT GIVE A SHIT THAT YOU ARE A MOTHER/PRIEST. Anyone who uses that as a basis of trust is genuinely twisted in the head.

It's hard to characterize in a single sentence, so I'll just break it down into its constituent parts.

The Beep

When the laundry cycle finishes it does the following:

• It beeps super loudly for 5 seconds
• If you don't run to switch it off, it will wait 30 more seconds and then continue to beep super loudly for 5 seconds
• If you switch it off whilst it's beeping, it will continue to finish its beeping
• There is no volume setting nor any way to switch this off.

The Door

When it's finished. It does not release. That beeping sound from earlier to tell you to come get your laundry? No no no, that was just the "come and watch me drain" alarm.

• Switching it off has no effect on the door release.
• It releases whenever it wants. It could be 5 minutes, it could be 20.
• When it does release, all you will get is a sound, so you better be around to hear it.
• If you miss this sound, it will lock itself again 10-15 minutes later and rotate your clothes.
• It will then repeat the release process.

HELP ME. HE-ELP ME.

I have the option to block users, but do I have a way of following or highlighting them in discussions?

I know that each user gets an RSS feed, but is there a way of using this within lemmy, similar to how I can click on "Subscribed" for communities?

The closest I have is this UBlockOrigin rule:

## e.g. highlight users: "tetris11" "kambusha" "Macniel"
## 
lemmy.ml##a[href*="tetris11"],a[href*="kambusha"],a[href*="Macniel"]:style(background-color: yellow !important; outline: 2px solid red !important;)

Which seems to work, but it's very cumbersome to write out rules like that

Alright, so how exactly was the Hellfish treasure buried, who setup the statue with the light, who kept the statue powered and tuned to the exact coordinates of the treasure, and - most importantly - who was sending the letters?

I have the following kernels installed:

• linux-zen (Zen)
• linux-rt (RealTime)
• linux-hardened (Security Hardened)
• linux-lts (Long Term Support)
• linux-tr-lts (Realtime LTS)

When I boot up, I try the different kernels from time to time just to see if anything interesting happens. It never does.

My question: How do I actually physically notice the difference between these kernels? If I use RT, does Firefox spawn quicker (in my testing, no, not really)?

What are some use cases when I can really see the difference in these kernels?

For example, Marmite Crumpets don't exist. You cannot buy them at the supermarket. To be clear: you can buy crumpets, you can buy marmite, you can buy butter; but you have to assemble them at home.

If you walk into a breakfast cafe, they will happily serve you sausage / egg / bacon / french toast / bubble / squeak (whatever that is). But no marmite crumpets. If you ask them to make it, they will give you a very strange look. It's not typically offered. It's something you just have to make at home.

It is unbuyable. Any tourist who comes to the UK to try a Marmite crumpet would need to bring a toaster or an oven with them, or quickly befriend a brit and hope that they have all the ingredients at home.

It's not a secret. You just can't have it.

*munches into crumpet thoughtfully, and salivates at the juicy savory delight, whilst staring at you pityingly and condescendingly*

Anyway, what's something that I could never experience unless I made it myself in your local?

Tangentially related:

• All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka
• Through the Flash in Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah