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Comment Re: Surveillance cameras (Score 4, Insightful) 72

Not at all the same. In store cameras are closed CCTV systems. They are filmed with security and law enforcement in mind - not social media clicks. Plus they are passive and fixed, discrete devices in the ceilings of buildings - they don't follow you around on foot, and interact with you via the wearer. This will not go away.

Comment 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli modus operandi (Score 4, Insightful) 56

Broadcom are the tech equivalent of 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli, who became infamous and earned the nickname after he hiked the price of a potentially lifesaving antiparasitic medication in 2015.

Pharma bro logic: The people who pay the massive price hikes will be more than enough to offset the people who die because they cannot afford the medication, and this short-term revenue boost will cover the purchase price, and from that point on it's all free money.
Broadcom bro logic: The companies who pay the massive price hikes will be more than enough to offset the companies who leave because they cannot afford the subscription, and this short-term revenue boost will cover the purchase price, and from that point on it's all free money.

It's the exact same playbook.

Comment Re:Broadcom told us all it was going to scam us... (Score 1) 56

I did the same. I wouldn't say I'm happier - as a tech running the show, there are certain niceties I miss. From an overall business decision we are paying far less money and I believe the redundancy / resiliency is much the same and the end users don't see any difference so from that perspective, the business prefers the new solution. At the end of the day it's all about maximising profits, and Proxmox does that vs VMware for sure.

Comment Make it make sense (Score 4, Interesting) 27

I thought the idea of the Xbox was that game devs knew exactly what platform and hardware specs they were coding for. If any Win11 PC can run xbox games now, then this is 100% broken. This seems like a way for Microsoft to kill off Xbox, without saying they killed Xbox. If I was a game dev, I'd be avoiding anything "Xbox" like the plague.

Comment Re: So since you got kicked out of the non-profit (Score 0) 83

He's a Neo Nazi because he threw his heart out to a crowd where the ending of said throw KINDA looked somewhat like a nazi salute? Look, I object to a lot of what Musk says, but if you really want to be taken seriously, you need to just drop the whole Nazi shtick, especially given that Musk is an outspoken supporter of the State of Israel. Your claims at this point stretch beyond wishful thinking and into the realm of pure lunacy.

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