Yup, It's a trap.

One day it's free then the poison pill comes down via an update and demand money.

Proxmox all the way.

It seems there is a license required for both DisplayPort and HDMI

No mention about licensing yet:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Another issue is that a BitCoin transaction is CPU intensive.

So much so that it takes a few minutes to process.

It's never going to beat Tap and Go

I learned PowerShell about 10 years ago. Almost against my will.

It took me over a year to be able to convert a line from CMD to PowerShell under 10 minutes.
The language is a way to force admin to learn C#.

There are lots of potholes and caveats.
The 5.1 version still returns $true for the following: Test-Path " "

Can we refrain from using X for stories?

(For those living under a rock, it's a NAZI site like Truth Social)

LLM are good at identifying things (Cancer, cars, etc.)

There are not good at making complex decisions or programming. That needs to be something else on top of LLMs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Biochar is the lightweight black residue, made of carbon and ashes, remaining after the pyrolysis of biomass, and is a form of charcoal.[1] Biochar is defined by the International Biochar Initiative as "the solid material obtained from the thermochemical conversion of biomass in an oxygen-limited environment".[2] Biochar is a stable solid that is rich in pyrogenic carbon and can endure in soil for thousands of years.[3]

You don't "burn" wood, you burn whatever waste wood like product that would normally be trashed.

Rumor is that Windows 12, coming out next year, will introduce a subscription model.

I was on the fence to finally go to Win10 but Win11 and now Win12 subscription has lit a fire under my ass.

Will it come with un removable software that I don't want to use?

What about built-in FaceBook/Meta snooping services?
FYI: It comes with ALL Samsung phones and tablets.

SLS is working as designed: Funnel tax payer money to corporate interests.

The fact that NASA will get something that works in return in merely a possibility.

Max ZoomRoom

It's all about money and control.

Eternal money and control. (copyrights do not expire)

I'm not touching this not because of the price but because it's MS hardware.

At work, MS surface laptops are flacky at best.

At home, a simple MS Keyboard needs F'n drivers to be downloaded!?!? Are you kidding me?
They own the OS and can't embed their own exotic keyboard drivers in the OS!?!

Quick! force a touch screen on this happy customer!

RE: "Testing the effects of such diet for over multiple years isn't something anyone has the funding to do"
These people do: http://sugarscience.ucsf.edu/ [ucsf.edu]

-Artificial sweeteners tell your body "Sugar is coming".
-Your body spikes your insulin but no sugars show up so your body says WTF.
-Your body then has to deal with this excess insulin which makes you hungrier.
-At some point your body gets fed up with all this and starts to ignore insulin (aka insulin resistance)

TL;DR; avoid ALL artificial sweeteners. Glucose is the safest because your body makes itself by converting starch into glucose which get converted to ATP for energy.
After that, Sugar, honey, and maple syrup are the safest.

If you want sweets, that's fine but do in in moderation and stay TF away from artificial sweeteners.