I wish them the best of all possible outcomes, but I'm not willing to run the "fool me twice" game at this stage.

Maybe a minority here, but I well remember OS/2 Warp on 3.5" floppies install too.

> With WSL2, it's on my Windows 11 desktop and has been for a few years, working side-by-side. I get the steak AND the salad.

Same here and I enjoy working with it, but I have to ask... as for steak and salad, which is which?

Only if you choose to, which you apparently are willing to do.

> "hmm, the fans really hated this story... maybe we should change it?" It's just mindboggling.

You're correct, but so much of hollywood these days is not about the fans; it's some cathartic passion project of the creator. It's not about making money, or creating something an audience will like. If you don't like it, that's YOUR fault, not theirs. See Zegler's post-Snow White rants as another example. It's all about them; you're merely a side effect.

Lifetime subs have always been "life of the company", not YOUR life.

... the sound of hubris and narcissism was so rumbly.

...is the one that benefits Altman. It's almost funny it's so transparent now.

s/Game//;

FTFY.

Many people don't want to do this. You missed the first 5 words.

Many people don't want to become a sysadmin for it, making it available on the wider internet (which some people need, others just want and don't need), backups, and securing it, etc.

"Americans Spent an average of 2.5 Months On Their Phone In 2024"

Yes, yes, I know. It's just a peeve of mine.

I was never competent enough to compete in these, but I was a student at University of Central Florida in the late 1980's and one of my professors was. And won, a couple times (David Van Brackle). He co-won with another employee at the school who I met, but never had as a professor/teacher (Mark Schnitzius)

> I never said it wasn't rambling nonsense.

No, you said it was effective communication. Which is it?

> This is actually effective communication. You just have to see what is being communicated.

If I have to "see what is being communicated", it's NOT effective communication.