"I'd argue that Cobol and Fortran have carved out a niche where they *are* the best in their class."

Seriously, and I say this as someone who knows both Cobol and Fortran, what niches are Cobol or Fortran best at other than "applications that are already written in Cobol or Fortran"?

They moved fast and broke things.

And now I'm picturing Harrison Ford going around asking people what time it is.

In a constantly changing world where change is happening ever faster, ChatGPT is essentially a static model.

While games are, apparently, not art and their authorship does not matter. Do I have that right?

They're influencers. "Conflict of interest" isn't an ethical problem, it's a lifestyle.

From what I've heard from reliable sources, though, Chinese EVs are apparently are good quality for a cheap price. I don't have personal experience of this, though.

"We need a slimmer OS that defaults to "no extra crap loading or running behind our backs tracking us and sending our info to Microsoft"."

I don't even need to say it, do I?

Arduino was fun while it lasted.

If you need a corner to weep in, just follow the VMWare customers. They know where it is.

You didn't use the main deflector dish *or* reverse the polarity of the neutron flow. I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to dock some points on your technobabble score.

"Ugly is in the eye of the beholder."

Well, a lot of beholders found it ugly. When one of the most common types of reaction videos is "Here's how I would fix the unappealing character designs and color palettes," you've got a problem. Didn't help that it cost money when the competition was FTP.

It was worse. It was a mediocre game that was *really* ugly and was going up against entrenched competition that outclassed it six ways from Sunday.

You too can be a tool!

"reductions in the price of groceries!"

Someday I 'd like to see your alternate reality for myself.

"What does Trump talking about sending tariff money to citizens say about the rise of basic-income-type policies?"

It says that Trump will spin self-serving lies without end to get what he wants. But we already knew that.

It's never going to happen. The money is not there, and Trump would never do it anyway.

No. ChatGPT parrots language without understanding it. That is not using language. "Using" something implies achieving a purpose by means of that thing, and ChatGPT has no purpose of its own.