Or more accurately: "the spout of the slop pail".

They should have added a provision in the law that expressly forbids making any property photo look like a creepy glowing Thomas Kinkade painting. That would cover most of the issues.

Although they should also ban using whatever software straightens out all the curved lines in their ultra-fisheye lens images. It just don't look right.

Sadly, his business failed because his television lacked any internet connectivity that would have enabled him to monetize his users' personal info.

Yes: 90 psi is about a gazillion pascals.

You originally *posted* a whataboutism, and now you have the gall to complain about whataboutisms. Frigging hypocrite.

You know what they say: "Windows is only free if your time has no value".

Oops, I forgot. Windows isn't even free.

You'd have a point if Microsoft didn't already have a long history using semiannual updates to silently turn on features that users had disabled or were previously opt-in.

I don't know how many times I've had to go back and re-hide that goddamned Cortana circle, for example.

Did I say he was a scientist?

Did he say that he is a scientist?

Are any of the clowns currently dictating of climate policy in this country scientists?

No, you fucking moron.

Those taxes should have been used to enforce building codes that say you don't build houses in a flood zone.

"But we didn't know sea levels were going to rise!!!"

Bullshit. Al Gore warned you about this 25 years ago. Edward Teller warned you about this almost 70 years ago.

Those of us who were smart enough to *not* buy a house that was built a few inches above sea level get to foot the bill.

You've just repeated the same fallacy.

The logical fallacy you are making is called "False choice".

Chinese models are open source and open weights, so even if they put in all kinds of ideological filters into their models, these filters are easy to remove if you run the models on your own hardware. If Slashdot stands for anything, it is to root for open source alternatives, which now - weirdly - means rooting for China's AI projects. If the CCP get spooked and ruins this good thing, that would be bad for all the people, not just for the Chinese people.

I already said that in my original post.

Just what the fuck do you think I don't know?

Let me make this simple for you: Microsoft refuses to install Windows 11 the laptop. Support for Windows 10 is ended. I already told you I'm not jumping through stupid hoops to extend support for a mere 10 more months.

There may be shady workarounds for all of those known to MS MVPs, but this thread was supposed to be about the average Joe who allegedly can't figure out how to attach a printer to a Linux box.