Wait, this wasnt the reason utf8 support was added to most databases?

Going to be honest, with that many records and such a short primary key, she’s running the risk of duplicate key issues.

Agreed. I just don’t think we (the plebs) can influence our governments in this case. Appeasement is going to be the way most go I’m afraid.

I think in the case of refugees from the US (which I guess is the implication here?). I think most countries won’t accept that. Not because deep down they don’t (or won’t soon) recognize that there might be good grounds for it. But that they don’t want to poke a stick in the direction of what is a very volatile government over there right now. Especially one that has shown they’re not above just invading another country for their own ends.

The UK will especially be unlikely to do so bearing in mind our current leader has done his best to avoid any criticism of the administration and is generally going out of his way to appease the US president. Our next leader (oh I wish I could say it won’t be him) is more likely to side with the US administration AND make asylum harder to claim.

This seems to also be happening a lot in Europe right now. Hence why I say, you cannot count on us. Militarily we can’t do a damn thing, our leaders are doing their best to keep crosshairs pointed elsewhere, and things are only likely to get worse and not better over here.

Yeah. We have our own problems. I’m not going to argue about that at all. But if you want to place our problems even close to the same level as the US situation, I don’t think you’re being rational.

Everything about the State’s attempt to rewrite the entire narrative is a lie. The worst you could say is she was being a nuisance to ICE agents. Last I checked, that didn’t carry a death sentence.

This needs to be a wake up call to all of you (US citizens living in the US).

Yeah, I’ve seen this video and sure the driver was at their worst causing a nuisance to ICE. I’m not convinced that should be crime worthy of a death sentence by an “agent” that thinks he’s a street judge.

What I saw entirely contradicts the narrative the US administration is trying to pedal.

The ICE agent was at no point under threat. Rather than move out of the way of the vehicle (which was turning away from him anyway), he stayed where he was and drew a firearm. It’s clear this move was designed to make them stop and get out of the car. Instead she (and I think in quite a valid way) panicked and tried to drive away. He fired, THEN moved out of the way and fired more. A clear, calculated move on his part.

Objectively it’s an attempt to completely rewrite the narrative to say she weaponized the vehicle, that the agent was run over, or that he was in fear for his life. These are all very obvious lies.

Now, I’m an outsider here. But I have to say this does make me think of other dictatorships and autocrats of the past and present. They need citizens to fear for their lives when they encounter agents of the state. This was true in Germany of the gestapo, and they want it to be true in the US of ICE. If they are successful in protecting this agent. If this does not go to trial (and it MUST be a State trial, for obvious reasons) then I fear this is the reality you will face.

The rest of the world cannot help you. We can only watch in horror as events like this unfold.

I was wondering exactly the same. I mean seems like they’re withdrawing from a large number of UN orgs here.

It’s true rsi is far more likely to kick in before hinge failure.

Foldable hinge. Good for 10k folds, or 30 minutes of foldy bird.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1evp7weyv2o

Any better?

Yeah but if a normal cable stops the music entirely you clean the contacts or buy a new one and then suddenly it’s back to a perfect reproduction.

Well. I wasn’t really thinking of a rolex specifically. Just comparing the use of precious metals or gemstones on a watch that doesn’t increase the functionality in any way, in the same way the gold plating doesn’t increase the functionality of the optical cable. But it sure looks good.

So I guess, yes. Lol.

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Well. If it negotiates a lower bit rate I’m pretty sure the audiophile level kit will tell you it’s no longer 24 bit 96khz or whatever the cool kids use now.

But I’m pretty sure most High bitrate systems will have some level forward error correction, when the cable cannot deliver the snr needed to repair errors the signal will usually completely drop out. It will be perfect then gone.

Without error correction, random bit errors in digital audio are seriously jarring.

Having high quality (in terms of screening and contacts) won’t have the kind of subtle change it can have with analogue signals. With analogue you’re fighting things that can be minor like induced noise.

I did qualify that I was talking about electrical cables distinctly and precisely because the image is of an optical cable.

Isn’t that pretty much what I said?

With a digital cable (the electrical kind) you don’t hear the difference. Either the connection is good enough to get the data stream error free, or it will be dropping in and out and you’d need to clean the contacts or get a new cable.

Now go read my other comment in this thread and realise this was about as obvious as you can make sarcasm…

I do kinda see some point in gold plating electrical cables. Gold doesn’t tarnish so much and is also often used on computer edge connectors.

The issue has always been “audiophiles” telling you they can tell the difference with a gold or gold plated digital connector. Of course you cannot, you either are getting bit errors or not with digital audio. But they do generally provide a more reliable connection overall.

Now don’t ask me about my opinion, you’re talking to the guy that makes radio antennas with speaker wire. I am truly uncultured in terms of electrical connectivity.