I'm gonna want something Linux-based, and then it's not going to be all GPLv3. Otherwise, I'm happy to agree.

The fewer platforms I have to learn, the better.

Mini's aren't used because they're a great choice, they're used because they're the only choice. Cloud provider have demand for Mac VMs, those need to run somehow. And those "lot of workloads" are Mac desktop workloads, what a surprise a Mac desktop is "not all that bad". You have incredible insights, but how is this relevant to Apple doing their own custom AI processor? Yeah, that AI processor is for a "render farm".

LOL posted nearly the exact same thing.

It's not being made to sell to you, it would be internal use. By all means, stay with Supermicro for your personal LLM needs.

to patch the metastasis out of the system and actually own it?

I have experienced it first hand. Never again.

It works out to $638/per registered car.

Just because people are useless they won't lie down and die quietly.

Twice so in a country that has more guns than people.

I'll sign it without hesitation. Non-competes are illegal in my jurisdiction, and illegal clauses in contracts are void.

Startups around here get hoovered up including the former owners as "consultants". Basically that means you get money for doing nothing, at least as long as you don't try to start a competitor because guess what "consultation" is no longer needed should you try that...

C'mon. Please. When has the free market ever tied the hands of corporations? If that ever happens (and yes, there is indeed that nonzero chance that we're heading into an employer market, at least in some fields), rest assured that the game will be rigged some more in your disadvantage.

The only reason that corporations were fine with government letting "the market" sort it out was that until now, they had you by the balls. Let's wait what's gonna happen should this change.

Here's the thing, though: I am needed. But unfortunately, I'm one of the few.

But that's besides the point. What matters is that the replacement rate of young people vs. old people is only at about 80%. And that's not gonna change in the near future. For every 5 people leaving the workforce, only 4 will join it. Save immigration, of course, but let's face it, you only need so many goat-herders...

And that's the point. It's not just the burger flippers and shelf stockers that retire. It's also the researchers and doctors, the finance gurus and the engineers. Yes, there has never been a shortage of unskilled idiots. And that shortage sure isn't in any danger of growing, considering that the bar to enter the workforce sure rises yet again with AI taking over more and more unskilled jobs. So I don't fear for the low level jobs that they may go unfilled.

What I fear is that high level, senior positions will be hard to fill. For two reasons: First, the aforementioned 80% replacement rate. But even with 100% replacement rate, if we replace our juniors with AI, where should they get the experience to become those hard to find and highly sought seniors?

How about this one?

Amazon Linux 1 and 2 were based on RHEL (6 and 7, respectively). After the RHEL shenanigans, Amazon Linux 2023... isn't. AL2023 is a half-baked, poorly-done derivative of Fedora. Seriously... just try it and compare and contrast versus AL2. I did. I was neither happy nor impressed, and am not looking forward to AL2 going EoL.

You don't consider it serious that you're essentially indentured servants of corporations and that they can easily circumvent due process and force you into settling on their terms?

O... kay...

One human pyromaniac with a bic lighter can probably do more damage.