Based on cost research I have done, cloud tends to the high end of expenses once you factor in all the real costs that the cloud pushers leave out (like storage bills, backups, still needing people to maintain the services).
Very much this.
The whole cutting sigils into your skill and shedding blood into a "holy vessel" might have medical implications though.
In general, the texts don't actually encourage trying it or tell you you would be a great cult leader.
Now we rent machines we will never own and pay for other people to poke the servers replacing disks and stuff...
I have to wonder, why would somebody have to drive to New Jersey to reset a server? Haven't they ever heard of remote management?
That's because there have been multiple incidents in recent days. No doubt, the first of many before anyone learns their lesson.
As Slayer points out, these are EXACTLY the people AI and vibe coding is advertised to. The people who know better are exactly the people that sort of person would like to stop paying and replace with the AI. These are exactly the people who would like to have an AI drive a truck loaded with explosives on a public highway so they don't have to pay a driver with a CDL.
It's a shame that honestly the best advice is to protect things you buy from a corporate drive-by.
That would be corporate America working hard to bring us the worst downsides of Soviet Communism, but none of the (granted, limited) upside.
But they didn't do that. The devices had offline functionality. Then the raging asshole manufacturer sent an update that chained them to the mothership.
In a sane world, that update would be a criminal act and swiftly punished along with a court order to back out the change and never do it again.
I hope that happens too, otherwise I'm going to need an AI agent to screw with their AI agent until it gets me the best prices.
Per Delta, the AI pricing isn't individualized, meaning all customers buying the same class of service at a given time will see the same price, so I don't think that would get you anything, unless maybe your AI agent gets good at predicting when exactly you should buy your ticket, but that seems unlikely because your agent will always be operating with less information than theirs (e.g., yours doesn't know exactly how many seats are already sold).
I find that it works well to treat current-generation AI agents like bright, incredibly fast but overenthusiastic and incautious junior engineers who do not learn from their mistakes. They can be extremely useful, but you have to be careful to limit the damage they can do if they happen to screw up.
Still waiting for the gumdrops to return.
Haven't felt the urge to lick screen in years!
They burned me back with the Reader cancellation. Aint never trusting them again.
This is just yet another example of why we (USA) really do need a public, non-profit, health insurance system. Too many people cannot access proper medical treatment for life-threatening conditions, and in their desperation fall victim to quacks and other grifters and con-artists.
I don't think anyone struggling to afford health insurance -- especially now that insurance can't deny pre-existing conditions -- is shelling out $20k for bleach injections. It would be much cheaper to get an individual healthcare policy and get it to pay for proper chemo.
Digital circuits are made from analog parts. -- Don Vonada
