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Comment Re:GTA? (Score 1) 36

This is the console release, but even the last GTA game required connecting to the internet occasionally for a blessing, though it did/does run on Linux including the online component. However, the game is also absolutely full of cheaters, so I won't be surprised if the new version requires kernel DRM.

Comment Re:Bejesus - Beer and Circuses (Score 1) 36

If society is so fucked, you fantasise about dropping out and breaking it, here's an idea, spend that time trying to change yourself and society, the real world is so much more fun, you can live and feel it.
That's what the rich folks do.

Rich folks like Elon, who broke USAID, killing tens of thousands so far and projected to add up to millions?

Comment Re:Per head of population (Score 1) 205

Sure, since America is smaller then Canada and puts out close to 10x the CO2, they need to cut way back. Same with China.
I'm glad to hear you admit that America puts out so much CO2 compared to larger countries and needs to severely cut back. Fuck the fact you have 10x the people, they should each emit 1/10th as much as a Canadian.

Comment Re:Per head of population (Score 1) 205

So what you are saying is countries like Canada with low populations and large land mass can increase their CO2 emissions by almost an order of magnitude to catch up with America and China, which are both smaller then Canada.
Or perhaps what you mean is that America and China should cut back to Canada's total level.

Comment Re:Conflating two things (Score 1) 205

Why tear down a bunch of fossil fuel power plants still in their prime just to replace them with a technology that's still rapidly getting better?

Certainly don't tear anything down. Mothball those plants in case they are needed in wartime, during unprecedented weather activity that disrupts solar production for long periods, etc. Maintain a reserve of fuel for them in the bargain. Coal is great for this because it's great at lying around. You certainly don't want to use it if you don't have to, but it would be foolish to dismantle it. It's worth paying to store it.

Comment Evaluation (Score 5, Insightful) 40

Apple told MacRumors that it decided to sunset the forum after a careful evaluation of strategy and customer needs.

What customers need is information, so Apple has decided to bury some, because customer needs run contrary to Apple greed.

I had a B&W G3 with the Rev.1 logic board defect which caused data corruption on UDMA transfers. Apple elected not to include their page on remedies when they brought the old TechInfo Library into their new Knowledge Base, because instead of replacing the defective hardware, they told you to buy an expansion card and use up one of your four slots for it, at a time when literally the same card was $20 for PC or $100 for Macintosh.

Hiding information is what Apple does. That's how people can think their hardware is high quality.

Comment Re:Conflating two things (Score 0) 205

Increasing the energy demand is their problem, though. We can and should build societies in ways which use less power, like designing them to not need commutes. China wants to call itself Communist, let's see some Communism! Let's see them Commune! But the best they've managed so far is to do some minor riffs on the western strategy like building their big square skyscrapers with bamboo. (Yeah they have some amazing buildings, so does everyone else, let's not get into a dick measuring contest because that would be too ironic.)

As you say, the west is totally repugnant in this regard. The USA exemplifies this. But it makes me sad to see others repeat our mistakes.

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