This is always the way it goes
Something bad happens. People demand solutions. Poorly thought out and ineffective solutions are implemented, along with a press conference
Innocent people are overwhelmingly targeted while the guilty find workarounds
The problem persists

And something nobody has mentioned yet- the WEAR on the batteries. Those expensive batteries have a service life, and with every discharge, they lose more life. That probably costs way more than the measly sub-wholesale rate being paid. I mean, really, $150 per "Season" (which probably means year) is a joke.

And those touting "but it is voluntary"... let me introduce you to the "slippery slope", which is often a plan, NOT a fallacy. Just one example (of so many I could list):

1) You are an adult, it is your body, car, and risk.
2) Well, we are going to push a lot of education about seat belts (a good thing).
3) Mandate alarms and nags (not so bad).
4) If pulled over, you will now be warned if not wearing a seat belt (also not that bad).
5) OK, now we are going to ticket you. But only if driver not wearing, and only if there was some other offense you were ticketed for which has to be primary. And no points.
6) Now we ticket you if either front seat occupant is not wearing, but still can't pull you over for that, and has to be some other ticket issued, and no points.
7) Now we drop needing some other ticket issued.
8) Now it is any occupant.
9) Now we can pull you over ONLY for not wearing.
10) And now it has points deducted from you as well.

Give the people time to get used to each concept and turn up the temperature slowly. And there were PROMISES made along the way that it would "never be this" or "that". Then, over the decades, it is exactly what was predicted by the naysayers. (And no, I would never get in a car without wearing a seatbelt, regardless of law or penalties; if that is your line of thinking, you missed the point of the example, entirely).

Real tech news is mostly on The Register.

Financially, it's bad for customers
For something like this to be fair, utilities would need to pay the battery owners a lot more
We need a good alternative to investor owned utilities

I wouldn't worry about that until Darth Helmet shows up.

I hope the AI companies loose in court and we see an end to this generative AI crap.

They couldn't have made it without the NASA guys on the ground figuring out how to make it all happen.

The internet is full of instructions for making dangerous things
LLMs are trained on stuff found on the internet
Trying to make them "safe" is a futile exercise
Illiterate people around the world make Molotov cocktails with a few seconds of though
I have found chatgpt 5 to be useful for the things I do

There seems to be a strong push for a war with China
This is sad and unfortunate
A better strategy would be cooperation, but that doesn't make defense contractors rich

Sorry, old man, "young people" are mostly zoomers now.

Good pic for example at https://www.reddit.com/r/think... (or just google image search for Thinkpad T25 keyboard).

I'd pay extra to get my hands on one. There are couple of DIY projects attempting to create this with frame.work 16" model, but nothing beyond that.

And unfortunately, my trusty old T25's keyboard membrane is just starting to wear out - not sure if it's possible to repair it, some keys only work when PC is heated. No spare parts available, except with JP layout.

I *want* my cluster of del/home/end/pgup/pgdown keys. I *want* my print screen, scroll lock, pause keys. I want my cursor keys neatly ordered in a cross. I want my function keys to be distinct from number keys.

Just make a laptop with 7-row keyboard and take my money.

Hmm, count the number of tunnels and compare it with the number of locomotives, then read up on other high speed train nose designs.

I bet you have no clue what you are talking about. I am pretty sure you have not read Mein Kampf for starters.

Why are you blaming that story on me? I had nothing to do with it getting posted.

My suggestion is Scribus, as it's FOSS and fully capable of producing professional output, and in fact, is used by a number of professional publishers on a daily basis. If you want more detail, go to their website, look around and see for yourself.