Yes. They're called "criminals".

You can bet your bottom dollar that there will be an NDA, and if the 'superfans' want to be invited to test the next iteration they'll keep their mouths shut regardless.

The last time I tried Linux was back when you had to do make config etc to get a USB 802.11 adaptor to (sort of) work. The CLI doesn't faze me but like many 'normal' people I don't actually do much on my home computer. I had to do a full reinstall of Windows a few weeks ago because of a hard drive failure but since I know enough to have my home folder on a separate drive it was just an inconvenience.

I could switch to linux tomorrow and lose nothing but some old games. Maybe WINE or whatever people use now will run them all no problems, I don't know. The reason I still run Windows on the desktop is that there just isn't a reason for me to switch; I haven't had any real wish to change OS since W7. I seldom have any problems with Windows, but perhaps that's because I only really ask for stability and a half-decent file explorer. As far as stability goes my last reboot was during a power cut; I donâ(TM)t have any issues in that respect. Truth be told, my aging Mac crashes more often and I can't figure out why. I'll get around to seeing if you can do in-place reinstalls of OSX one of these days.

In any event, I could use Linux but have no real impetus to change. What I have now does everything I expect it to. Perhaps I'd be more keen to switch if I used more of the "features" in modern Windows. I'm certainly in no hurry to upgrade to W11 so please don't think me an apologist. As I said, I'd still be using W7 if motherboard OEMs still put out drivers for it.

Is it though? Wouldn't you rather have something that 90% of people find acceptable over something that only 50% are prepared to use?

The people at Colossal aren't actually trying to bring back any of the extinct animals as the news articles often imply. They're trying to engineer existing species so that they merely resemble the old ones. In the case of the "dire wolf" in TFS, they're just trying to make versions of contemporary wolves with white fur.

Impressive in its way but disingenuous bordering on deceitful to use phrases like "de-extinct" when the goal is to create something that never existed before.

I also live in the UK and like millions of my countrymen I live on a terrace, so charging at home is basically impossible. I'd have an EV tomorrow if there was an easier way to charge it. There has been talk of adding chargers to streetlights but even then there aren't many of those on my street and I doubt the wiring could take the load anyway.

My point was that kettles have a mechanism to detect when the contents are boiling, and it's far more ingenious than merely sensing a temperature of 100C.

You've never had a coffee enema?
Pfft. Lightweight /s

Do remember to let it cool down first if you decide to try it though.

Kettles still work with boiling points much lower than that. I'll let Steve Mould explain.
It's quite interesting; kettles don't work how I always assumed they did. Or how Steve did, for that matter.

There is that, but kettles are good for any time you need boiling water. Whether it's instant ramen or fresh ravioli it's quicker to boil the water in a kettle. The same applies when I make a pot of coffee. Out of curiosity, if you wanted to make coffee in a big french press how would you heat the water?

This is unrelated to Wikipedia but it's emblematic of the current state of Google search. I'm currently replaying System Shock 2 but it's been a long time so I've forgotten a fair bit. I've tried to look up a few things and the AI summary has been wrong every single time. Yes it's a bit niche but it does show that LLMs will happily spit out seemingly plausible crap rather than admit failure.

I quite like my aeropress for doing a single cup. It's much easier to clean than a french press.

*Whoosh!*

Ultrasound is also useful in treating the most incorrigible "Unmutuals".