About sixteen years ago, I toured the factory of a dairy coöperative in Vermont; they are fairly well-known in New England, and distribute there, but also have had some success further down the east coast of the US. They were talking about their flagship cheddar cheese, and how especially in the midwest, people came to expect cheese to be yellow in color. In New England, they do not add dyes, but when they ship their products elsewhere, they would use carrot juice to give it the more yellow/orange color.

I had wondered how that would affect the taste, but I also thought that it was nice that they did not use artificial dyes. I had not considered the supply chain issue, though; this was a smaller group of independent dairy farmers who came together to make products in order to share costs and to reach a wider market, but being smaller, they probably have an easier time getting things like the yellow-orange dye from carrots. But it also raises the interesting marketing question... there is no reason that cheese needs to be dyed in the first place. People in certain areas became used to it, and then expected it, because of lower-quality cheeses that had been produced there for ages. But to add dyes purposefully to make a food product appealing that otherwise would not be is another level - one wonders with the potential supply-chain issues how long some of those items will last and be popular.

That's a pisser.

...but I dare say in all software.

Which raises the question why software offered to the public is not mandated to be Open Sourced, so it _can_ be checked for problems at all.

Crowdstrike had a linux incident a few months ago. They wouldn't be safe from crowdstrike on linux either.

Not to mention the savings on Windows Server and SQL Server licenses buys a faster server or a larger cloud instance. You get to throw hardware at it if you're willing to spend the same amount.

I suspect quite a few mysql databases. The upgrade from 5.x to 8.x was a pain for some applications.

They're not even the first. Google developed accelerators for embedded use (like raspberry pis) years ago. Putting the accelerator in the main CPU is the only innovation here vs using a separate m.2 card or using a discrete graphics card for processing.

It doesn't make sense for end users. It does make sense for companies to spy on employee's behavior. Even then, the risk of attackers gaining access to it is too great in my opinion.

Even if this feature dies, it's likely given malware authors some ideas on future next gen "keyloggers".

Microsoft Surface and Xbox enter the chat.

Microsoft does sell ads. They run a search engine just like Google does. I know a lot of people forget about Bing, but it does exist!

I just bought a vw taos today. It's getting 28/36MPG vs my old car, a mustang which got 19/25.

There are cars that score a lot worse than crossover/small suvs.

The approach that the US took has hurt the global production of EVs. It's turned into a political issue here. People think they are getting 'forced' to drive EVs.

The tax rebate program is also silly here. The tax credit should be available to all Americans or not at all. Automakers are advertising prices based on people actually getting the credit. When you dig into the details, you find out the car is $7500 more than you thought.

Finally, the cheap EV has never arrived. It's really 40k+ for an EV here. When EVs are cheaper than gas cars, people will buy them. Until then, you really need to want one. To clarify, TCO might be cheaper for some people with an EV including all factors, but that's not what people think about when buying. They think about the sticker price, the monthly payments, and if the car might make it through the loan period. The last point is key. People have uncertainty about battery longevity and there's horror stories out there about EV batteries not being covered by warranty or a balloon payment of 10-30k for a new one.

I've been shopping for a new car. I wish more models were hybrids at this point. Some companies like toyota have semi-reasonable prices on hybrids, but many still sell gas guzzlers below $35k. I could on paper afford an EV, but I don't drive that much and it wouldn't pay for itself the way it works for people who commute. I just don't want to spend 40k on a car.

The real problem with this approach is that it doesn't give RedHat an exclusive. They love to hide patches behind subscriptions. The shakeups with CentOS and Fedora over the years are all about limiting public access to backports as much as possible.

How do you solve the IBM/RedHat problem? They want to make maximum profit and vendor lock-in is the way they like to do it. (much like Microsoft)

While your risk tolerance might be low, I want security updates to my bios.

I'm sure some of them do. Tech has a lot of people with strong political beliefs, but they're not all Democrats. There are quite a few libertarians who often vote for Republicans. Executives vote more for republicans at these firms and I'm sure the company will put money into Republicans in the area.