But they're not true AC's anymore. Who cares if they're often garbage - that's what the mods are for. It'd still be garbage if they didn't click the "Post Anonymously" checkbox. And if someone is moderating, they can't post except as AC, so there's a very legit use for it as well (though, if this were in active development, maybe that could be changed to something else).

I think the better request would be to turn back on the ability to register an account first and foremost, then maybe the ability to post anonymously.

Just a thought... you could get a portable monitor, which are regularly available for around $50 for a 15.6" one, and pair it with a cheap mini pc or even a RaspberryPi. The Pi would even have the advantage of having GPIO pins so you could add buttons easily and cheaply. Since it's just going to be sat on your organ, I suspect it'd be fine to plug it in somewhere, but you could run it off a cheap battery pack if need be. A bit more setup work, but the result would likely be better than any tablet for your purposes. You could even get a larger screen for it if/when you need it.

Often the direction changes after a bubble. If you built a fancy little e-store for your niche store in 1999, likely it would be rendered nearly useless in the face of Amazon a decade later.

If you purchase a car from a soon-to-be-defunct company, you will have maintenance and resell headaches down the road.

For an additional fee.

THAT, I believe, is the main part of this change. Ryan Air already doesn't even break even on the pure ticket cost. It's the horrendous extra fees that make it profitable.

Which cost, exactly?

We are speaking about paper boarding passes the customers themselves print. The gates read the barcode and don't care if it's on paper or a phone screen.

So which cost, exactly?

That's putting it mildly.

Smartphones can crash, run out of battery or any number of problems. On important trips I usually have a paper boarding pass with me as a backup. Only needed it once, but I'm just one person with fairly normal travel amounts. Multiplied over the number of people flying Ryan Air, statistically speaking this happens constantly.

Frankly speaking, I think it's a gimmick to milk the customers for more money. Someone at Ryan Air has certainly done the calculation, estimated how many people can't access their boarding pass at the gate for whatever reason, and how much additional money they can make by forcing all these people to pay the additional fee for having it printed.

something in AI? That's surprising, they've been slow to jump on the LLM bandwagon. Maybe dragging their feet will look like the right move after the bubble pops.

...order to induce R&D, but the side effect is a glut of cars and mass collapsing of brands. Chinese citizens got dicked by a tator, who treats them like guinea pigs.

100% ditto! My big workstation makes any laptop I use seem cramped for WORK work, so everything else is used a lot less. I've found a convertible chromebook to be a nice companion for odds and ends, like pulling up a recipe in the kitchen, or the occasional video meeting. The drawer full of old Android phones is depressing - really wish I did more with them.

Republicans are perpetual Archie Bunkers.

This really requires a lot of faith. I can't blame people for having some but we're talking about putting all the eggs into one pretty speculative basket. I'd sure like to opt out of being impacted by this, if possible. If that means I "miss out," I am ok with that.

Now explain how the noblemen is doing the herdsmen a kindness by charging them rent.

Also, in NYC, explain the chronically vacant commercial space (hint, no rent control).

"Mongrel" is a code word indicating you are a flaming bigot, whose tribalistic instincts are easily triggered.

...fad of the month education. Rather than create a new course on each change, just call it Fads 101 and it can cover whatever looks like the "in" tech of the moment. Crypto? Gottit! Quantum? Gottit! Pokemon tokens? Gottit!