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Comment Re:Why? (Score 2) 20

I feel the same way about my iPhone 16.

Now that I have a USB-C port, I don't think I'll ever "upgrade". I intend to have this phone for the remainder of my life.

The only reason I can see to replace it is if I break it....which the only reason I've ever replaced a phone until I bought this one. In this case, I wanted the USB-C port and traded in a working phone for it.

Comment Make the Web Webby Again! (Score 2) 34

That's the problem: they are not a web. The original idea of the internet was to have a web of connections so that a few cables or nodes going bad wouldn't stop data movement, it would route around the bad spots via going through adjacent parts of the web. Seems we have to return to the original vision.

Technically they usually route around damaged sea cables via a larger scale redundancy, such as through another continent, but the webbiness needs to be per sea based on the rate of damage so far.

Comment Re: Could the AI bubble do something good? (Score 1) 54

Theoretically, but in practice SMRs won't be useful for that. They still need a large and robust containment building, and nuclear grade security around it. They need a cooling pool or guaranteed supply of water.

A more practical idea for small fossil fuel stations is to turn them into spinning mass, to help provide inertia and a bit of energy storage. Or turn the site into a battery.

Comment Re:Could the AI bubble do something good? (Score 1) 54

They will just throw Rolls Royce some money to muck about with SMRs, before realizing what everyone already knows - they aren't better than traditional reactors, and nuclear in general is the most expensive form of energy we have.

Naturally the taxpayer and consumers will be on the hook for all this.

Comment Re: And just like that, everyone stopped using Ple (Score 1) 70

It's not a solution for non-technical people, but can you use Cloudflare Zero Trust or similar for Plex?

I have my own Subsonic music server at home, using Navidrome. I set up Cloudflare Zero Trust so I can access it remotely via the web, with a secure Google login in front of it. You can use other authentication methods, it doesn't have to be Google. Passwords, 2FA, certificates, other providers.

For desktop, any browser works. For mobile I use Symfonium. It's not free, it's a cheap one-time purchase, but it works great with that set-up and means I can stream my music anywhere, without the need for a VPN.

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