Well, seeing that Insurgency: Sandstorm was on a sale, I just picked it up for him (and myself). Seems to have a lot in the map making scene, and that’s a really important factor for him.

It also helps that the prior Insurgency game has the most hours on his profile, by far. Gave me a good hint that he should enjoy this one.

Thanks so much!

EDIT: My dad just got back to me, and loves the gift. Apparently that’s where most of his online buddies went and still are. Nailed it!

I grew up in Pinal county and I’m very much not holding my breath.

There’s a lot of favoritism and nepotism in Pinal county politics, morso than Pima and Maricopa counties. Likely due to being the most populous, republican dominated county we have.

I think they will actively be MUCH worse this year and it’ll be up to massive voter turnout to counter the disenfranchisement.

Excellent summary!

I will say that I’m kinda surprised to learn that Nanos Identifies as a Democrat. All the deaths in the Pima County jail system had me thinking that Nanos was an out and proud Republican.

Personally, I side towards Rosenthal here, there’s too many deaths in our jails, and Nanos hasn’t done enough (or really, anything) to stop it.

I understand the sentiment… But… This is a terribly reasoned and researched article. We only need to look at the NASA to see how this is flawed.

Blown Capacitors/Resistors, Solder failing over time and through various conditions, failing RAM/ROM/NAND chips. Just because the technology has less “moving parts” doesn’t mean its any less susceptible to environmental and age based degradation. And we only get around those challenges by necessity and really smart engineers.

The article uses an example of a 2014 Model S - but I don’t think it’s fair to conflate 2 Million Kilometers in the span of 10 years, vs the same distance in the span of the quoted 74 years. It’s just not the same. Time brings seasonal changes which happen regardless if you drive the vehicle or not. Further, in many cases, the car computers never completely turn off, meaning that these computers are running 24/7/365. Not to mention how Tesla’s in general have poor reliability as tracked by multiple third parties.

Perhaps if there was an easy-access panel that allowed replacement of 90% of the car’s electronics through standardized cards, that would go a long way to realizing a “Buy it for Life” vehicle. Assuming that we can just build 80 year, “all-condition” capacitors, resistors, and other components isn’t realistic or scalable.

Whats weird is that they seem to concede the repairability aspect at the end, without any thought whatsoever as to how that impacts reliability.

In Conclusion: A poor article, with a surface level view of reliability, using bad examples (One person’s Tesla) to prop up a narrative that EVs - as they exist - could last forever if companies wanted.

This is a brief reminder that this is posted on a community dedicated to Arizonans and Tucson - broad statements casting us all as bigots is uncalled for and will earn a ban for breaking rules on civility.

Interesting, you keep using non-AZ statistics to bolster an argument about the AZ electorate.

Let me know when you come up with some arguments based on relevant data.

Until then, you are wrong.

“Amid a backdrop of persistent political partisanship among our representatives at state and national levels, a clear supermajority of Arizona voters is calling for bipartisan solutions,” stated Paul Bentz, Senior Vice President of Research & Strategy at HighGround, who conducted the survey on behalf of CFA. “The national and local impasse among candidates and elected leaders is not reflective of the views of Arizonans who want to reach a consensus on this crucial issue."

The middle/centrist vote is alive and well here. You keep asserting, without proof, that the “middle” doesn’t exist. But it does here in Arizona, and we have the data to back it up.

If you want to respond to this in a way that I’ll recognize as valid, I’ll need to see some actual numbers - and recent numbers at that. Anything from prior to the pandemic is likely to be less reliable after all the migration into the state.

No idea, but it’s not a left or right thing - IMO. I’ve noticed a trend where it’s “restorative justice for those in my tribe, but retributive justice for those in that tribe”. It’s really challenging for people to feel that everyone deserves restorative justice - often due to their own traumas. It makes me wonder how in the heck the Nordic countries managed to even get to their current prison system. Like, how do you get society to trust your reforming institutions that much?

I mean, no, not if we want to repeal the Ban.

But yeah, apparently we did in the 90’s!

Here’s the changes:

The order makes three changes to asylum law under Title 8 of the Immigration and Nationality Act when that threshold of 2,500 migrants is reached, a senior administration official said. The first is that a noncitizen who crosses the border without authorization will be ineligible for asylum.

The second is any noncitizen who crosses the border while the order is in effect and is processed for removal will only be referred to a credible fear interview with an asylum officer “if they manifest or express a fear of return to their country or country of removal, a fear of persecution or torture, or an intention to apply for asylum,” a senior administration official said.

And the third is raising the standard for credible fear interviews to a “reasonable probability of persecution or torture standard,” which is “a new, substantially higher standard than is currently being applied at the border,” a senior administration official said.

My thoughts: Largely performative and only slightly moves the needle right all things considered. You’d think with all the shrieking that this was back to family separations and putting people in cages or something.

Not the person you were responding to, but - uh - hello? This is tucson.social and last I checked Arizona is one of the aforementioned swing states.

I can tell you that his campaign is more effective here for this move. It might not be completely convincing for those center and center-right, but it will be a point in a “for” column - hopefully for enough people to matter.

Arizona is primarily made up of registered Republicans, then Independents, then Democrats source. It’s the Republicans who only need to “turn out the base”.

There is something to note, however. Looking only at recent registration data, it’s Independents leading and by a staggeringly wide margin.

• 350,768 new registrations in just April. For no party in particular.
• Democrats got 219,182, a distant but respectable second.
• Republicans were right behind that fetching 214,957 registrations.

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Appealing to the left isn’t the winning strategy. Appealing to the independent vote in Arizona is - and hopefully picking up just a couple %'s of the moderate Republican votes in the process. Sure, some of those independents might be disaffected democrats who want to distance themselves from Biden, but I’d bet that’s a pretty small portion of independents. Generally speaking, those that would pass on the Biden vote would likely register as green party, or “no labels”, or something equally communicative of part of their identity. True independents would be the ambivalent, the “both siders”, the “enlightened centrists”, and many others - usually far more persuadable than the ideological hard-liners. Compared to Trump, who would likely still get most of his voters from the Republican base who, in their pride, would be emboldened to register as Republican over “no party”/Independent. Sure, he might bring over some libertarians, “no-labels” folks, but I think he’s largely burned the bridge with the electorate in a much more visceral way - and wouldn’t garner much of the Independent vote outside of that.

Further, I’ll add that we’re different here at tucson.social - we strive to be a reflection of our local community, and I make a point of going out and talking to real people, in real places about all sorts of things as well as tucson.social itself. And wouldn’t ya know it? There’s a lot of people who have weird combinations of beliefs that don’t fit what the internet would have you believe. Even here in bright blue Tucson/Pima County.

Well that’s pretty compelling!

Ever since the failure of Windows mixed reality, there hasn’t been many non-Meta HMD’s worth buying. At least with inside out tracking.

Maybe this will finally pressure Valve to lower the price on the venerable Index? Probably not. But one can hope!

Arizona is #3 for job creation since 2019-2024 - I suspect the CHIPS act investments might turn us dark blue on this map in future years.

It’s a good time to be an Arizonan, IMO.

Interesting, I posted the text of the bill earlier in another thread, seemed somewhat reasonable, I must’ve missed the problematic bit.

I’m running a Steam OS like experience on my Lenovo Legion Go. Not quite a steam deck, but very similar.

You should be able to use the heroic launcher. And you should be able to install it as a flat pack or a snap. That will make your GOG games as easy to download and install as a steam game. If I recall correctly, it even automatically adds entries for steam.

I regularly play Bomb Rush Cyberfunk on this device using the GOG edition.

There’s a lot of HUGE differences between Tucson and Vancouver, CA. Many of them cultural, even more logistical.

I was looking for rentals in Tucson not too long ago and Casitas are a great choice, and the short-term housing market basically popped, so they aren’t competing like they once were. It seemed like Tucson was popular when everyone and their aunt was working remote and folks felt like they could move. I think were on the other side of that now with many businesses declaring Return To Office forcing many to return to wherever their employer is located.

As a result, I’m seeing a lot of short term only rentals back on the market entirely.

And that’s before getting into the culture of Tucson and how Casitas have a long, storied history here. There are certain areas of town where almost every home has a Casita, and they aren’t where the short term rentals are - quite the opposite actually. Living in Downtown Tucson in a charming Casita still has to deal with living downtown.

The other big factor is population density, and it’s a HUGE factor.

Downtown Tucson is rocking about 2,449.8/sq mi (2,251.44/sq mi for our metro) while Vancouver (the city, not the metro) is an astounding 14,892/sq mi.

There’s just a LOT more space to put ADU’s/Casitas than there would be in Vancouver, and coupled with an existing culture that utilizes Casitas for long term housing, I think it’ll turn out differently. We’ll just have to wait and see.

The text of the bill seems reasonable and prudent. It amends A.R.S 13-2006 with:

4. USING A COMPUTER GENERATED VOICE RECORDING, IMAGE OR VIDEO OF ANOTHER PERSON WITH INTENT TO DEFRAUD OTHER PERSONS OR WITH INTENT TO HARASS OTHER PERSONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION, “HARASS” HAS THE SAME MEANING PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 13-2921. B. Criminal impersonation UNDER SUBSECTION A, PARAGRAPH 4 OF THIS SECTION IS A CLASS 5 FELONY. CRIMINAL IMPERSONATION UNDER SUBSECTION A, PARAGRAPH 1, 2 OR 3 OF THIS SECTION is a class 6 felony.

as well as adding a new A.R.S 13-3508

13-3508. Unlawful dissemination of deep fake recordings or images depicting intimate parts or sexual acts; classification; definitions A. IT IS UNLAWFUL TO INTENTIONALLY DISSEMINATE A DEEP FAKE RECORDING OR IMAGE IF ALL OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY:

1. THE PERSON THAT INTENTIONALLY CREATES AND DISSEMINATES THE DEEP FAKE RECORDING OR IMAGE KNOWS OR REASONABLY SHOULD KNOW THAT THE DEPICTED INDIVIDUAL DOES NOT CONSENT TO THE DISSEMINATION.
2. THE DEEP FAKE RECORDING OR IMAGE REALISTICALLY DEPICTS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: (a) THE INTIMATE PARTS OF ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL THAT ARE PRESENTED AS THE INTIMATE PARTS OF THE DEPICTED INDIVIDUAL. (b) INTIMATE PARTS THAT ARE GENERATED BY SYNTHETIC MEDIA AND THAT ARE PRESENTED AS THE INTIMATE PARTS OF THE DEPICTED INDIVIDUAL. © THE DEPICTED INDIVIDUAL ENGAGING IN A SEXUAL ACT.
3. THE DEPICTED INDIVIDUAL IS IDENTIFIABLE IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS: (a) FROM THE DEEP FAKE RECORDING OR IMAGE ITSELF. (b) BY THE DEPICTED INDIVIDUAL. © FROM THE PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT IS DISPLAYED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEEP FAKE RECORDING OR IMAGE. B. A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION IS A CLASS 6 FELONY, EXCEPT THAT IT IS A CLASS 4 FELONY IF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING APPLIES:
4. THE DEPICTED PERSON SUFFERS ANY FINANCIAL LOSS DUE TO THE DISSEMINATION OF THE DEEP FAKE RECORDING OR IMAGE.
5. THE PERSON DISSEMINATES THE DEEP FAKE RECORDING OR IMAGE WITH THE INTENT TO PROFIT FROM THE DISSEMINATION.
6. THE PERSON MAINTAINS AN INTERNET WEBSITE, ONLINE SERVICE, ONLINE APPLICATION OR MOBILE APPLICATION TO DISSEMINATE THE DEEP FAKE RECORDING OR IMAGE.
7. THE PERSON POSTS THE DEEP FAKE RECORDING OR IMAGE ON AN INTERNET WEBSITE.
8. THE PERSON DISSEMINATES THE DEEP FAKE RECORDING OR IMAGE WITH INTENT TO HARASS THE DEPICTED PERSON.
9. THE PERSON OBTAINS THE DEEP FAKE RECORDING OR IMAGE BY COMMITTING A THEFT, A CRIMINAL TRESPASS OR COMPUTER TAMPERING OR UNAUTHORIZED COMPUTER ACCESS.
10. THE PERSON HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED OF A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION. C. AN INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE IS NOT LIABLE FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION FOR CONTENT THAT IS CREATED OR DEVELOPED BY ANOTHER PERSON OR S.B. 1336

• 2 - ENTITY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, AND THAT IS PROVIDED THROUGH THE INTERNET OR ANY OTHER INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE. D. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:

1. “DEEP FAKE RECORDING OR IMAGE” MEANS ANY VIDEO RECORDING, MOTION PICTURE FILM, SOUND RECORDING, ELECTRONIC IMAGE OR PHOTOGRAPH OR ANY TECHNOLOGICAL REPRESENTATION OF SPEECH OR CONDUCT SUBSTANTIALLY DERIVATIVE THEREOF AND THAT BOTH: (a) APPEARS TO AUTHENTICALLY DEPICT ANY SPEECH OR CONDUCT OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO DID NOT IN FACT ENGAGE IN THE SPEECH OR CONDUCT. (b) THE PRODUCTION OF WHICH WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DEPENDENT ON TECHNICAL MEANS RATHER THAN THE ABILITY OF ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL TO PHYSICALLY OR VERBALLY IMPERSONATE THE INDIVIDUAL.
2. “DEPICTED INDIVIDUAL” MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL IN A DEEP FAKE RECORDING OR IMAGE WHO APPEARS TO BE ENGAGING IN SPEECH OR CONDUCT THAT THE INDIVIDUAL DID NOT ENGAGE IN.
3. “DISSEMINATION” MEANS DISTRIBUTION TO ONE OR MORE PERSONS, OTHER THAN THE PERSON DEPICTED IN THE DEEP FAKE RECORDING OR IMAGE OR PUBLICATION BY ANY PUBLICLY AVAILABLE MEDIUM.
4. “HARASS” MEANS AN ACT THAT WOULD CAUSE A SUBSTANTIAL ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE SAFETY, SECURITY OR PRIVACY OF A REASONABLE PERSON.
5. “INTIMATE PARTS” MEANS THE GENITALS, PUBIC AREA OR ANUS OF AN INDIVIDUAL, OR IF THE INDIVIDUAL IS FEMALE, A PARTIALLY OR FULLY EXPOSED NIPPLE.
6. “PERSONAL INFORMATION” MEANS ANY IDENTIFIER THAT PERMITS COMMUNICATION OR IN-PERSON CONTACT WITH A PERSON, INCLUDING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: (a) A PERSON’S FIRST AND LAST NAMES, FIRST INITIAL AND LAST NAME, FIRST NAME AND LAST INITIAL OR NICKNAME. (b) A PERSON’S HOME, SCHOOL OR WORK ADDRESS. © A PERSON’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, EMAIL ADDRESS OR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT INFORMATION. (d) A PERSON’S GEOLOCATION DATA.
7. “SEXUAL ACT” MEANS EITHER SEXUAL CONTACT OR SEXUAL PENETRATION.
8. “SEXUAL CONTACT” MEANS THE INTENTIONAL TOUCHING OF INTIMATE PARTS OR INTENTIONAL TOUCHING WITH SEMINAL FLUID OR SPERM ONTO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL’S BODY.
9. “SEXUAL PENETRATION” MEANS EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING ACTS: (a) SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, CUNNILINGUS, FELLATIO OR ANAL INTERCOURSE. (b) ANY INTRUSION, HOWEVER SLIGHT, INTO THE GENITAL OR ANAL OPENING OF AN INDIVIDUAL BY ANOTHER’S BODY PART OR AN OBJECT USED BY ANOTHER FOR THIS PURPOSE.
10. “SOCIAL MEDIA” MEANS ANY ELECTRONIC MEDIUM, INCLUDING AN INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE, TELEPHONE NETWORK OR DATA NETWORK, THAT ALLOWS USERS TO CREATE, SHARE AND VIEW USER-GENERATED CONTENT.

TL;DR - It’s pretty deeply tied to the intent to distribute or defraud. Given the language that only one person needs the dissemination it could conceivably be interpreted to apply to personally generated images, but that might be a stretch. IMO, it would be most prudently applied to a mechanism to distribute beyond the creator of the deepfake itself. Policing deepfakes that people produce for their own exclusive consumption would be incredibly difficult to enforce.

EDIT - good lord formatting this in a sane way was difficult…

I’m not entirely sure attacking spectators as cowards builds the movement here. This is an article that I really feel exemplifies the fallacy of believing that a movement’s visibility is equal to its power. There is some good stuff in here though!

Personally, I think that effective organizing is largely invisible. It is agonizing. And it requires a ton of patience. It looks like creating community organizations, businesses (or cooperatives), and making sure people’s needs are met locally. This slow process builds power. By making more people comfortable on relying on you and your organizations, you grow your power.

A protest by contrast is mobilizing, it spends power. Sure, it is a show of force that expresses the will of a people in a very direct matter. But it often doesn’t expand movements in the way that you would think. I’m going to have to say it, the moderates do have a point. Progressives are terrible at building power. Because they just lack the patience to do the slow organizing and community building required. This is further exacerbated as a college student movement. Many of which, will only spend 4 to 6 years here in Tucson and never return.

There’s a certain privilege that college students hold. And I say that as someone who couldn’t afford to go to college. It is important to acknowledge that privilege when engaging with the broader community. It’s mostly apparent in knowledge. College students are going to see, realize, and be inspired by things that just will not be available in the broader community. Things that require years of knowledge building that the broader community often lacks.

In conclusion, I think that this article would benefit from a different title. There are other really good parts of this to emphasize that would be more inclusive to the community you are in.

At the end of the day, I care about growing progressive power. And I completely disagree with the most visible methods because they are counterproductive. Often trading visibility, impact, and notoriety for sustainability, momentum, and solidarity.

Want to grow power? Make it so that there is a portion of the community that looks up to you after you’ve taken care of them. Then when you ask them kindly to attend a protest, they know that you have their back as much as they have yours.

Huh, now that’s a classic I never thought would get a remaster/re-release! I played this a ton when I was a little kid in the 90s on my Sega Genesis.

Though I’ll probably stick to purchasing on Steam. I’m steering clear of Nintendo where possible.

For me, the quality of the Audio makes all the difference. Plain Old Telephone (POTs) is utter garbage and I miss so much to my audio processing issues. The VoLTE and Wifi calling quality is often far and away better and I can better understand the subtleties of whats being communicated.

This is precisely where that law applies! Thanks for the excellent example.