Taco Beam
@taco-beam.bsky.social
Tired, sick; a bit sick and tired.
They've already gutted their politics department
January 11, 2026 at 6:15 PM
They've already gutted their politics department
It looks like white-screening on game launch is a known issue for surface pro 3s.
Try clearing the hardware cache? Hold your power button for ~20s. (Computer will shut down)
Try clearing the hardware cache? Hold your power button for ~20s. (Computer will shut down)
January 9, 2026 at 11:19 PM
It looks like white-screening on game launch is a known issue for surface pro 3s.
Try clearing the hardware cache? Hold your power button for ~20s. (Computer will shut down)
Try clearing the hardware cache? Hold your power button for ~20s. (Computer will shut down)
Can of pc duster (compressed air) and a guide for that make/model. Make sure to keep the can level, as tilting it while spraying can push moisture into the pc.
January 9, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Can of pc duster (compressed air) and a guide for that make/model. Make sure to keep the can level, as tilting it while spraying can push moisture into the pc.
Probably seems trivial, but if a driver update didn't fix it then your next best bet is overheating.
The gpu itself could be damaged/failed due to previous overheating and/or age and travel damage.
The gpu itself could be damaged/failed due to previous overheating and/or age and travel damage.
January 9, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Probably seems trivial, but if a driver update didn't fix it then your next best bet is overheating.
The gpu itself could be damaged/failed due to previous overheating and/or age and travel damage.
The gpu itself could be damaged/failed due to previous overheating and/or age and travel damage.
When was the last time you cleaned the fans?
Alternatively, are you sure the fans are running?
Alternatively, are you sure the fans are running?
January 9, 2026 at 10:37 PM
When was the last time you cleaned the fans?
Alternatively, are you sure the fans are running?
Alternatively, are you sure the fans are running?
Am I wrong, or is this easily summarized as "spend faster, think less"?
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Am I wrong, or is this easily summarized as "spend faster, think less"?
Fine bit of turtling
November 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Fine bit of turtling
Gimme five bees for a quarter, you'd say
October 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Gimme five bees for a quarter, you'd say
I guess what I mean is that the preemptive action aspect, to me, seems like a harnessable emergent property at this point in time. It took build up.
October 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I guess what I mean is that the preemptive action aspect, to me, seems like a harnessable emergent property at this point in time. It took build up.
That's part of it, sure.
Fear is a really effective tool for keeping people ideologically siloed. Useful for shaping voting patterns, obviously, but also purchasing trends. It's easier to hold if there are in-group consequences to even being seen trying to understand the other side.
Fear is a really effective tool for keeping people ideologically siloed. Useful for shaping voting patterns, obviously, but also purchasing trends. It's easier to hold if there are in-group consequences to even being seen trying to understand the other side.
October 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
That's part of it, sure.
Fear is a really effective tool for keeping people ideologically siloed. Useful for shaping voting patterns, obviously, but also purchasing trends. It's easier to hold if there are in-group consequences to even being seen trying to understand the other side.
Fear is a really effective tool for keeping people ideologically siloed. Useful for shaping voting patterns, obviously, but also purchasing trends. It's easier to hold if there are in-group consequences to even being seen trying to understand the other side.
There are earlier eras, and there's all this residual backlash against 60s counter culture.
The later eras are even weirder because so much of it was naked grifting that got out of hand.
The later eras are even weirder because so much of it was naked grifting that got out of hand.
October 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
There are earlier eras, and there's all this residual backlash against 60s counter culture.
The later eras are even weirder because so much of it was naked grifting that got out of hand.
The later eras are even weirder because so much of it was naked grifting that got out of hand.
Idk maybe you know all of this stuff. I'm old, it's been weird watching it happen.
October 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Idk maybe you know all of this stuff. I'm old, it's been weird watching it happen.
Point being that fear of crazy, demonic, depraved, violent, communist leftists has been cultivated for decades, mostly because it attracted eyes and ears for advertisers until it stopped being schtick and manifested.
October 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Point being that fear of crazy, demonic, depraved, violent, communist leftists has been cultivated for decades, mostly because it attracted eyes and ears for advertisers until it stopped being schtick and manifested.
We had Rush Limbaugh declared the voice of conservatism by the second bush administration. That voice did nothing but conjure fear and invent grievance, amplifying them until the concepts achieved a sort of tacit permanence.
It wasn't just him, of course, and this is a broad generalization.
It wasn't just him, of course, and this is a broad generalization.
October 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
We had Rush Limbaugh declared the voice of conservatism by the second bush administration. That voice did nothing but conjure fear and invent grievance, amplifying them until the concepts achieved a sort of tacit permanence.
It wasn't just him, of course, and this is a broad generalization.
It wasn't just him, of course, and this is a broad generalization.
To your point: there's been a fairly aggressive rhetorical escalation on the right that has fabricated the idea that the left is coming for them starting all the way back in the late 70s.
In the 90s it sort of birthed itself into more than just salacious radio content and turned into a movement.
In the 90s it sort of birthed itself into more than just salacious radio content and turned into a movement.
October 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
To your point: there's been a fairly aggressive rhetorical escalation on the right that has fabricated the idea that the left is coming for them starting all the way back in the late 70s.
In the 90s it sort of birthed itself into more than just salacious radio content and turned into a movement.
In the 90s it sort of birthed itself into more than just salacious radio content and turned into a movement.
Buffalo Party renamed themselves, I think? Happened at about the same time as Trump spouting off about annexation.
September 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Buffalo Party renamed themselves, I think? Happened at about the same time as Trump spouting off about annexation.
And that's if the first result you clicked on even contained the correct answer.
September 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
And that's if the first result you clicked on even contained the correct answer.
Not even a little bit.
I thought that I was until they crippled the university research system - an area of American supremacy and one of the pillars that kept the country at the top of the world.
The broader cruelty is awful, but this is such an obvious own goal that it made me stumble.
I thought that I was until they crippled the university research system - an area of American supremacy and one of the pillars that kept the country at the top of the world.
The broader cruelty is awful, but this is such an obvious own goal that it made me stumble.
September 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Not even a little bit.
I thought that I was until they crippled the university research system - an area of American supremacy and one of the pillars that kept the country at the top of the world.
The broader cruelty is awful, but this is such an obvious own goal that it made me stumble.
I thought that I was until they crippled the university research system - an area of American supremacy and one of the pillars that kept the country at the top of the world.
The broader cruelty is awful, but this is such an obvious own goal that it made me stumble.
I'm always a bit oval before my second cup
August 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I'm always a bit oval before my second cup
It's easier to pick up bad ideas than most people are willing to admit.
August 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It's easier to pick up bad ideas than most people are willing to admit.
You don't need clean or renewable technology to have a great need for rare earth elements.
Note: not an endorsement for not having clean or renewable technology.
Note: not an endorsement for not having clean or renewable technology.
July 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM
You don't need clean or renewable technology to have a great need for rare earth elements.
Note: not an endorsement for not having clean or renewable technology.
Note: not an endorsement for not having clean or renewable technology.
Domestic chipfab was a goal of the Biden admin and is a goal of the Trump admin. Phones, sure. Missile guidance systems, absolutely. Every appliance with a chip in it, you see where this is going.
AI is another stated goal of the current admin. This requires GPUs, GPUs need semiconductors.
AI is another stated goal of the current admin. This requires GPUs, GPUs need semiconductors.
July 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Domestic chipfab was a goal of the Biden admin and is a goal of the Trump admin. Phones, sure. Missile guidance systems, absolutely. Every appliance with a chip in it, you see where this is going.
AI is another stated goal of the current admin. This requires GPUs, GPUs need semiconductors.
AI is another stated goal of the current admin. This requires GPUs, GPUs need semiconductors.