I honestly still don't get what is meant by downvotes in this thread. To me this comes off as any opposition/critique is transphobic by default; not a viable perspective in my humble opinion.
Apologist of what? Transphobia? You are not justified in making such a statement.
By the same logic, would I be justified in labelling you an orientalist; a bearer of the "white [person's] burden" (in the metaphorical sense)?
This is not a matter of justification or sympathy of transphobia. You can't condemn hundreds of millions of people (billions?) as evil just because they don't 100% align with your worldview. Especially if you know nothing about various countries' LGBT communities and their views and priorities.
How do you know your maximalist approach is shared by the global trans community? How many languages do you speak? Have you ever been part (IRL, not online) of another country's trans community? Living there and interacting with other people (trans and not trans).
Why are you saying that I believe that "[trans people] should [not] force their identities and pronouns onto other people?" Why are you putting words in my mouth? Is this because I provided a critique of your approach and offered a perspective from a non-english speaking country? I brought up the natal women's spaces example because it's a real world example that shows the limits of your approach. You don't know whether trans folk in non-english speaking countries are in 100% alignment with you on this issue.
I will admit I don't either. But unlike you I do have some exposure to our local LGBT community and to me this comes off as almost orientalist. You definitely have a lack of appreciation that people in other countries (trans or otherwise) may view things through a different lens and have their own strategies and priorities.
What do you mean by "the downvotes on this thread ... [is a] ... very good way to identify transphobic people"?
Which specific post is transphobic? Considering that you are asking for a major instance-wide ban campaign, you should expect people to question the criteria for the application of such bans.
You didn't even provide a basic definition of your understanding what needs to be banned or what qualifies as "just asking questions". Do you not see how this is completely unworkable?
One other note, to my understanding (I am not American), the "U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas" is known for its corruption.
I don't support transphobia, but this sounds extremely aggressive and almost unworkable. Who gets to decide what qualifies as "thinly veiled transphobia"? or "transphobic dogwhistles" and what approach is used to disperse bans?
For example, in many countries some people who might be generally supportive of trans people (in the sense that they would want you to be the best version of yourself) might oppose inclusion of transwomen in natal-women's spaces. Does this qualify for an automatic ban?
Some might claim this is transphobic, but my answer to that would be: How do you know? Do you speak the local language? Have you lived there? Do you have any knowledge about the region's history? Do you know what the attitude of the local LGBT community is to the above-mentioned example?
We shouldn't limit ourselves by the assumptions (and polemics) of a given region even if English is the lingua franca of the internet. A lot of people in the world speak English as second language.
Hopefully more people from lemmy.blahaj.zone can go through the general communities on lemmy.world and the like and report as many of those users as possible so they can be banned from their instance.
I would definitely oppose this without addressing specifically what qualifies as "transphobia" and what the specific policies are with regards to moderator actions. Otherwise this is just some rampage witchhunt against perceived enemies.
I doubt you can get 22 TB HDD for $250 where I live even if they are second hand.
The Seagate eBay site sounds like a decent deal for what it is.
Seems this will be targeted at data centres:
The total unit shipment of HDDs continues to decline, with legacy HDD applications being replaced by SSDs. However, the data center and enterprise nearline HDD market has recovered in 2024, and demand continues to grow for HDD storage in big data applications, including AI, driven by the lower cost per bit for HDD data storage.
Seagate Technology began shipping 30+TB HAMR HDDs for data center evaluation and qualification starting in 2022 and is shipping these products in volume in the second half of 2024.3 Toshiba also announced that it will ship 30+TB HAMR and microwave-assisted magnetic recording HDDs by 2025.5 By 2026–2027, 50+TB HDDs will be possible using EAMR.
In my region, the largest capacity HDD that you can get is 22 TB for around ~$450.
Worth pointing out that wafers alone are a relatively small part of the cost of semi conductors.
A 300 mm wafer has about 70,000 mm^2 of area. A Zen 5 chiplet (8 core CCD) seems to be about 70 mm^2. Assuming a 60% yield, that's 600 Zen 5 chiplets.
An 8-core 9700X goes for $350.
So that works out to $210 K revenue for a $30 K wafer. Although I suspect TSMC may also get additional revenue for value add features and services.
That being said, wafer costs are increasing at a very high rate that only seems to be accelerating.
Good position for TSMC to be in, essentially getting a 15% cut for the price of any leading edge semiconductor.
Cheers.
Yeah, I am aware they launched.
I am sticking to the my !hardware@lemmy.world instance, sub and engagement growth is decent and it's a topic of interest for me. :)
Makes sense.
Perhaps the ad-free prime video subscription could be a viable option if prime has a lot of your favourite shows and you are opposed to piracy?
Not judging or telling you what to do. Just thinking out loud.
I would just go with piracy if you don't want to pay the ad free tier.
It would be hilarious if Pichai actually sent an email like this (or even more aggressive and truthful).