Tell me you have no idea how Secure Boot works without telling me you have no idea how Secure Boot works. I bet you also think that Microsoft invented Secure Boot and has full control over it.

Actually they are and vendors like Asus have openly said so. They do offer lower price model Windows laptops but they're built cheap as hell and they both feel like they are, look like they are, the keyboards definitely feel like they are, the screen is terrible and they barely manage to last a couple of years before the battery craps out and things like the screen hinges start to give up the ghost.

Soldered RAM such a massive problem that nobody is complaining about soldered RAM in tablets, mobile phones, Chromebooks etc....

Windows 11 runs fine. Been using it since launch alongside my Macbook Pro and it's been fine.

Yeah you're not an Apple person are you? The vast majority of those who are would be buying the Air at a minimum or the Pro. There is still a considerable difference between the Neo and the Air/Pro especially when it comes to the display and build quality. For example the Neo has 53 screws that secure the keyboard, the Pro has over double that giving it a much more solid feeling keyboard. Air and Pro also come with larger touchpads and the Pro has a much brighter and more colour accurate screen.

That was £499 here in the UK in 1984. Meanwhile you could buy a ZX Spectrum for £175 or Commodore 64 for £299.

AI used in the medical and scientific sectors, for example being used to spot cancers, has done massive good. It's the AI that is being used as a grift for ad revenues and to make it's creators wealthy through IPOs that has yet to be of any benefit.

30km/h implies urban/residential areas, not wide open highways.

But you can't implement average-speed based on an urban/residential area where there are lots of possible paths, you can only implement it on straight line highways with very few exits.

I think much more safety would be to enforce traffic laws much more strictly around kids/schools and the like.

Living proof right there that using AI to think for you makes you stupid. The article was about all data centers, not just AI.

The timing of this couldn't be any better for Iran. China is desperate for oil and gas due to the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has plenty of oil and gas and control of the Strait and must be getting desperate for missiles and launchers. I wonder how many of these missiles and launchers a tanker full of Iranian crude would buy.

One of the lessons we've had as the Federal, multi-branch nature of the US governmennt has frustrated Trump is that the government may be fucking us over, but it's not doing it in *unison*. It's doing it piecemiel, on the initiative of many interests working against each other, just as the framers intended. The motto on the Great Seal notwithstanding, there are myriad roadblocks to consolidating power in the hands of a single individual. It takes time and repeated failures. This is why the second Trump Adminsitration is worse than the first; they've figured out ways around things like Congressional power of the purse, put more of their henchmen in the judiciary, and normalized Congress lying down and letting the president walk all over them. It's a serious situation, although fortunately Trump isn't long for this world.

While that's true, a responsible generation aims to boost the next generation to a *higher* level than the education they received. The world has become more complex and faster-paced, and even if that weren't true, the consequenes of aiming high and falling short are better than the consequences of aiming for the status quo and falling short.

So while I'm 100% onboard with skepticism that technology will magically make education better, I think the argument that "the education I got worked for me should be good for them" isn't a strong argument. What we need is a better ecducation that would have been a better education fifty years ago: stronger math, science, and language skills, general knowledge, and, I think critical thinking and media literacy. Possibly emotional intelligence -- it's kind of pointless to teach people critcial thinking skills if they are carried away by emotions.

There are no economic or security reasons to blockade Cuba, so that leaves *political*.

It used to be believed that bullies were low status individuals who are lashing out out of frustration. But research has shown that bullying is an effective strategy for achieving and maintaining social status. In other words it's a political winner. So the focus of research has shifted from the bully to the people around him who enable the bullying. The inner circle are the henchmen -- people without the charisma and daring to initiate the bullying, but join in when the bully gets things started. Around them are the audience, the people who wouldn't risk participating but enjoy the bullying vicariously. And around them are the much larger group of bystanders, who don't approve but are waiting for someone else to stop the bullying. Then off to the side are the defenders, who stand up to the bully.

Perhaps the least appreciated supporting factor in the phenomenon of the high-status bully is the silence of the bystanders, which is dependent upon the perception of widespread approval. Since you can't visibly see the the line between the approving audience and the apalled bystanders, the silence of the bytstanders is absolutely essential in sustaining the bullying.

Lot's of Americans are apalled at the idea of using military force to inflict suffering on the Cuban people. But that's only politically advantageous *because* of *them*. Tney are indistinguishable from the relatively small number of people who are thrilled when Trump announced he can do anything he wants wtih Cuba. The gap between actual approval and *perceived* approval is absolutely critical in establishign and maintaining any kind of authoritarianism. This is why would be authoritarian leaders are so focused on punishing and marginalizing any kind of expression of disapproval.

Established players have large compliance teams and are able to amortize the costs of regulation over a larger install base.