X has been the standard on Unix and Unix like systems 1984. The last stable update was in 2012, it has been on life support since then with no real updates. Time to pull the plug.

Did you know that we have a new feature that lets us apply a negative personal modifier to an account? That allows someone like me, reasonable and just wanting to carry on a intelligent conversation, be spared the rambling of you, a butthurt apple fanboy. By applying this modifier, I will be forever spared the rantings and ravings of an insane poster, like yourself. So, you go ahead and post. I no longer have to deal with your prattle and butthurt ravings.

Look. I'm here to have casual conversations with people on subjects that I have in common. I'm not here to smooth over the feathers of some butthurt fan boy that has issues with something I've posted.

Believe whatever you want too, my days of drama on this site are done.

Nope and I'm not going to provide you with any. I'm not going to waste what time I have digging through the internet trying to find a reference to a obscure article I read years ago. You can ether find it yourself or go ahead and make a big deal out of nothing. Truth is many companies do pay development costs when launching a new platform. It's not that big of a deal. If you make it one, go for it.

I don't think it's controversial. I think it's the truth. It is widely regarded that Apples switch away from Intel was a mistake. This caused developers to have to retool and develop a separate branch of software to support two processor architectures at a cost of millions. To most developers it simply wasn't worth the cost. Adobe was going to dump the new Mac line until Apple offered to subsidies to develop for the new line.

An that is not a bad thing. It's been common practice for companies to pay for development of software on a new platform. Commodore did it for the 128 and later the Amiga. IBM for the PC and later the OS/2 line.

I don't believe Apple will come back to the x86 processor. I don't expect the Mac line to survive much longer. People are starting to realize how limited the platform is and how much Apple hinders it use outside of a carefully constructed set of roles. They are starting to realize there are better and cheaper options.

They probably don't want it to be viewed as a serious gaming machine because they think it will tarnish the brand. That is probably why they don't allow you to put a real GPU in the new systems and there is no real API developed for gaming.

This is a completely different business model than Microsoft. Many years ago Microsoft recognized that people bought PC for gaming and actively encouraged it with the release of Directx and all its decadents. Basically not since the Amiga has no other platform been so gamer friendly as Windows.

You did not state minus 30 degrees, you said below 30 degrees. There is a difference. Since you said below 30 degrees, I provided you with the example you asked for. Next time be more precise in your statement instead of trying to move the goal posts later on.

Well lets be clear if engineers say they are safe then we are going to trust them more than we trust a known internet troll. Now then, nobody is talking about slashing all nuclear regulations. Just the useless ones that get in a the way of advancing research and safety.

But let's be honest here. If anyone is the blame for any dangerous conditions in current nuclear designs, it is you and people like you. Really you guys fought tooth and nail, and you are still doing it, to keep us from designing and implementing even safer systems.

An here you are again taking SMR's like you know what you are talking about, when its clear to anyone that knows what SMRS are that you are clueless. You are comparing old reactors designs that have been in service for decades to a new design that isn't even out of the testing and development phase. SMRs are not designed to be in use for decades. They are designed to be used for a few years, then replace with a new module. The old module will be take off, refurbished, and then redeployed if feasible. If that is not possible then the module will be decommissioned and disposed of.

The number one reason people are leaving California is they don't want to live there. There are a number of reasons to them but that is the main reason.

Frances nuclear plants were shutdown for planned maintenance. There was no nefarious reason that you seem to be implying. The real reason Germany burnt so much gas and coal was because of poor planning on the German governments part. Now if that was because they decided to shut down nuclear plants or rely on gas supplied from a hostile power, I'll leave that up to you to decide for yourself.

May 2022 in France at 2.6 degrees Celsius.

I've said it once, I've said it at least half a dozen times. Probably more. The only way left to get rich with bitcoin is to open and exchange and disappear in to the night with the funds.

This would only work if there was some kind of rent control involved. Generally, when a lot of empty apartments hit the market, you sort of expect the rent to go down. That doesn't seem to be the case any more so for that to work you would need the government to regulate the rent. I'm not even sure if that is legal any more.

What the hell are they training it to do that they need so much power?