Counterpoint: Sure we can. We track and predict energy usage pretty well and base capacity additions off of that. If there is a sudden consumer of energy that throw the consumption rate up a bunch it's fair to ask what that is and if the utility it is providing is worth the cost.

The question is if AI wasn't there would these coal plants be operating or would the rest of the grid be able to keep up.

My sample size was small (just a couple), but it decided me not to trust SSDs for backup even though everyone on Slashdot said I should trust them. What I'm afraid is that portable USB drives will start being main with SSDs rather than spinning rust without bothering to tell me.

Not a good idea, but you could try paper tape.

It's not really a gamble if they have demonstrated the basic technology works. It seems more like a logical an investment. Will they be highly successful or not has yet to be seen but this isn't a company without merit.

Fuckin' truuuuuuuue

Turned out the government actually had working protocols and guardrails to keep people's personal data isolated between departments and Republicans blew that all up in like 45 days.

I meant to write Fuchsia. Zephyr is by Wind River Systems. My bad but you can see how it's hard to keep who's making what straight.

Perhaps you are thinking of MINIX because it was discovered that Intel uses MINIX 3 for their Intel Management Engine.

I'm not saying they shouldn't have abandoned it, I'm saying there is a tendency to make bold proclamations about the future (either by Google or media outlets) that do not reflect reality and thus should not be taken at face value. As such, it's more accurate to say that Google "plans to eventually replace Android" rather than stating it as a fact.

Caldera Linux was first released in 1997, which is 28 years ago. Slackware Linux goes back 32 years. Red Hat Linux was 30 years ago now. Hard to believe. I first used Red Hat 5.1 28 years ago during the libc to glibc transition. KDE 1.0 came out about that same time and was a huge leap forward in Linux desktop usability for new users. Also StarOffice 5. Memory lane.

Pretty much an admission that the government had these audit agencies all along so all DOGE was really able to do was not save any money, add more bureaucracy and indirectly kill a bunch of people in other countries.

“The US attempt to create a postsoviet style right wing oligarchic system collapsed because Americans are addicted to scams and turned the U.S. economy into a bubble for chatbots”

Interesting statistic. I haven't tried the drug, so my response is due to the results I've read reported. I'm a bit surprised that it's as high as 1/4.

Maybe, maybe not. However given that we know who the poster is and what he has contributed to the Arduino community, I would give what he says a lot more weight than what you say!

Although I do have to ask him, would it be okay if Qualcom took Arduino in the direction you've taken Teensy, with a proprietary, closed-source,and un-clone-able boot loader to prevent clones of the new Arduino boards? I'm quite torn on that one.

This is the first I've heard of this. I've been using my own phones for years. Right now I'm using my own phone which is a pixel 4a. I guess it's on the whitelist because I'm getting what it claims is lte+, which I assume is 4g?

The most common side effect I've seen reported is nausea. Sometimes that can lead to vomiting, but it doesn't usually.

There are so many half-finished and abandoned efforts by Google that I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for this one to finally get pushed out. I heard for years that Android was abandoning Linux for their own Zephyr RTOS but alas, it was exiled to the Island of Misfit Toys.