Even in the comments on this post I can see the argument that basically boils down to “spaces that don’t cater to me should also bear the effort of keeping out of my way” being voiced.

I think that sums it up well, even if the sidebar was presented the very first time someone went into a community, some people wouldn’t read it, some people wouldn’t care about the rules, etc.

So thats where moderation has to step in like happened here. Every community has rules, its not on the community (or the server) to make sure that visitors are aware of them, its on the people joining in on the conversation. I don’t know that there is a better way to present the rules than simply making them available.

The blahaj server is dedicated to the gender diverse, and a safe space server.

196 is a safe space community, since before Lemmy (r/196 is over 10yrs old)

It is quite specifically a community that contains people who have dealt with these sort of divisive comments before, and a server that has dealt with those sorts of divisive comments before, and is explicitly not permitted on either the community or the server itself. Detailed out rather thoroughly in the sidebar, including noting comments that challenge someone’s identity.

So yeah, OP only has themselves to blame, though I’ll say the argument that resulted in a ban has zero merit anyway (for reasons previously mentioned).

Yup! Doesnt matter if its running in a reduced capacity by being in a x8 instead of an x16 either (which honestly won’t matter as much to performance as you might think anyway), just about any hardware acceleration makes a world of difference with those applications.

Slight correction, I said no other context matters.

You realize they kept expanding on the comment, right? And doubling down on it?

Well intentioned or not isnt really relevant. I’m not calling them a bad person, I pointed out the problem with what they said, and that the wording wasn’t relevant.

When it comes to the ban though, it wouldn’t matter anyway. They were in violation of both site-wide and community rules.

There is no other context that matters here. They could be trans and it still wouldn’t matter. The comment created an arbitrary (and altogether meaningless) distinction on how to define women, specifically separating trans women from women.

A rule violation on both counts.

So what exactly is your point here?

Can we please just judge people by what they say

That is precisely what I’ve done. Just because youre unfamiliar with the rhetoric doesnt mean trans folks aren’t, since they’ve seen these same lines of comments again and again and again… And again, and again, and again.

For you to say I’m applying bad faith here just tells me you aren’t actually reading my comments.

It doesn’t seem to diss trans or sterile people, just mentions that it can be important. Or is OP saying it is important, and that’s the problem?

The comment was made in that it suggests trans women are not women. As well as cis women who can’t have children not being women, though unintentionally.

The comment was a specific callout to separate trans women from women in general. Intention is irrelevant, a distinction was made, though despite being about trans women, it was a distinction with no bearing or value on the definition of a woman.

Its a very common talking point for terfs, as well. It is not a new or original attack on trans women, but it is what it boils down to - an attack on trans women.

One that doesnt make sense after a bit of thought is applied either.

Just tested myself, there are definitely ads that show up after a download has been selected and started.

Was OP being shitty with their comment?

Yes.

Whether it was intentional or not. I mentioned elsewhere that there are cis folks who can’t have children. So that comment was shitty to a wider group than just trans folks. Its also pretty common terf stuff.

It also broke the rules for both the instance and the community.

MX worked really well when I was playing with a few compute sticks recently. I did not do any major comparisons here, just was surprised at how responsive MX was on there.

You could just not be shitty and it wouldn’t be a problem to post on blahaj at all.

Take a look, and consider one more option (I have this setup in one of my workstations).

A second GPU. Older is fine, I have an older quadro 2000 in one machine thats great for cad, when I load up my VM for AutoCAD architecture, thats the GPU its using.

I have a few others with quadro 620s in them, the Intel iGPU is accessed shared by being an lxc, the quadros I pass through to the VMs. Some need very different configs, so I only power up the VM when I need it, so they can all use the same passed through GPU.

Just to mention, your comments (that got you banned) were also deeply flawed logically.

Cis-gendered men and women can be unable to have children. Your statement says that they are not men and are not women by the (incredibly flawed) definition you provided.

I’d also note that the wording of your message was irrelevant, the meaning behind it was straight out of terftown, whether you recognized that then or now, it is what it is.

What you consider yourself and what you’ve considered in the past is honestly irrelevant to me, and I hope you realize that my comments are not made in anger or frustration, but just as an explanation and a hope that you can do better going forward.

A bit about blahaj:

this is a server that is very protective of our minority members and bigotry of any variety will be squashed with great prejudice.

Embracing inclusion and acceptance means listening when people tell you who they are and what their needs are. It means not telling people that you know their experiences better than they do. It means not gatekeeping experiences of identities of others. It means no bigotry such as racism, sexism, anti LGBT commentary, ableism etc. It means doing your best to ensure that you don’t over-talk the voices of folk who don’t share your privileges.

Now as far as this:

I also recognize that I was on a meme sub and people aren’t there to defend their identity with a stranger - there’s a time and a place

I would point out two things.

One, that place will never be blahaj.

Two, many will sit in stark disagreement with what you’ve said - myself included - because no one should ever have to defend their identity from a stranger. Its their identity, not yours, you putting things to a place of their defense means you are already in a position of attacking their identity. You are on the offensive.

Thats never going to fly on blahaj, and I would really recommend you reflect on the meaning behind what you said before even considering messaging ada, or its just going to be a complete waste of time.

I use markup for that, mostly mermaid.

Yes.

On my virt host, which I pass the GPU to. I remote into it from my laptop.

Single GPU or dual GPU laptop?

Have you looked at libvf.io?

virtio-gpu (if you look to the more recent work) has made big strides, but I also wouldn’t consider it “ready”.

It should.

Hell I have hardware dongles I have to deal with that work fine in a VM.

Are you sure you can’t go the easier route with a VM? Running off USB will be slow and unpleasant, especially with windows.

What’s the VM issue?

Wine for wintousb or make a vhd for Ventoy.

It runs under wine, but check versions at the winehq db for what to grab.