It's his sister's fault she didn't preserve the key.

It's Mickeysoft's fault they locked the computer for no reason. Locking a normal user's desktop computer (i.e. not one with additional security-related group policy) just because they weren't using it is both user-hostile and pathetic. It gives off strong "Notice me senpai" energy.

There are no heroes in this story, but that goes triple for Microsoft's user-hostile defaults.

I can't imagine anything from Beyonce would be worth that much....you coulnd't pay me to take ownership of that crap, much less even go to a concert....

The days of real music are long gone.....

Felony theft?!?!?

I wouldn't give $0.20 for all the described contents of that suitcase.....

IHMO, he got too harsh of a sentence for stealing worthless trash....

Bill's not really an ex-anything.

Why don't you get the fuck on yours and pedal the fuck out of here, bootlicker?

N150 is plenty for browsing. I have the AMD competition (Ryzen 7 5825U) and it is absolutely fine. The AMD chip has a lot more GPU, but it's still not enough for gaming really. Like, I could turn down the settings enough in Civ VI to make it playable, but not to have it look good at the same time. And that's a strategy game! Action games are hopeless unless they are quite old.

But this PC isn't being sold for gaming, its whole purpose is... well, to make money with bullshit marketing really, but it's meant to lurk in the background. You're not supposed to be using the console. Therefore the abject lack of GPU performance is irrelevant. The CPU power isn't going to set any records, but it's fine for any normal tasks.

The actually important part of what it's not powerful enough for is running local models. It doesn't have enough RAM and it doesn't have enough CPU. What you want for that is probably a Ryzen AI chip and at least 32GB. Some models run pretty well on a reasonably fast CPU without any LLM-specific features. I have a 5900X desktop with 64GB and a 4060Ti 16GB, and models run around 0.7x speed on the CPU compared to the GPU.

An AMD Ryzen AI HX 470 MiniPC with 32GB and 1TB is over $1000. Even with Ryzen AI 5 340 it's $750. So you're not getting the ability to run local models for this kind of money.

Then he found out Tesla could dodge a whole bunch of liability by driving into things and turning off autopilot less than a second before impact, then claiming that autopilot was not on at the time of the collision. If it was on until less than a human reaction time before the collision, it was on at the time of collision.

I literally won't get into a Tesla with alleged FSD. Other people can be that close to that experiment. It's bad enough I have to be on the roads with them.

Few would miss Altman, many would miss Musk. This place would be full of eulogies to the freeze peach champion and Martian philanthropist.

12GB DDR5 at that price? Got to be crap AND soldered

They paid, obviously.

No, I'm not a fan of wood smoke either but it's not that nauseating

Or you hire lots of people and expect to get rid of the ones you like least. Or you hire people you know you don't need for long because you'll be downsizing soon. Or you hire people to keep them away from your competitors. Or several other reasons you don't know dick about but still think you're qualified to run your mouth.

Yes, that was my point. I'd rather be unemployed in Europe than struggling to make ends meet with two jobs in the US. Don't get me started on healthcare.

I'd rather work in the US, with all the opportunities to be found here.....either director or actual 1099 contract working....where I can make more than a comfortable living.

I have good insurance and have access to the best and most modern health care options in the world here in the US....I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. Life if GREAT here.

Every country has its problems and all, but you have NO reason to be looking down your nose at the US.

If it sucks here so badly,, why are SO many trying to come here?

and when a serious illness hits you in the EU or Canada why do you try your best to get to the US for treatments that your socialize medicines won't or can't cover?

It's supposed to be comparative between everyone, not just who you happened to be in class with.

In an elite school it doesn't seem there would be a whole lot of "year full of dumb people" happening.

Don't forget the vast number of students admitted on the basis DEI (race, sex, injustice over the years, etc)....

When you admit based on criteria other than merit and measures of intelligence, you're bound to have more dim bulbs than you might think of in an "elite" university.