Ad blocker works great in Firefox for Android. Another extension lets you keep videos playing in the background, also.

YT app is disabled on my S24 Ultra lhone, since it can't be fully deleted.

I have got more than that. I'm rich ! It's not all in one system, rough.

I agree with you. I ran it all the way until 2007.
It got a bit lonely.

Win95 could manage fine in 4MB. OS/2 2.0 really needed 16MB, in 1992. There was a RAM shortage, and this was one of the many factors that hampered the market share of OS/2. Source : I ran OS/2 2.0 on a 16 MB PC in 1992. Installed from a stack of 5.25 floppies.

It is not just right or will to repair. The old hardware needs current software to be useful - at minimum something that gets security vulnerability fixes. Most phones are locked down in terms of bootloader, and also rely on proprietary drivers. The phone makers have had no financial incentive to extend software support for older phones, so far. It would likely need some sort of subscription model to cover support / update costs.

The EQEV can use Wifi as well. I just haven't set it up to do so. Presumably, the new Bolt can too.

Yes, the update process frequently fails on my EQEV, no doubt because I live in an area with extremely poor cell signal. Basically the updates have to run when I'm away from home. I was not referring to issues with the update process, but regressions introduced in their content. Bugs that affect the infotainment, various apps, bluetooth, etc. GM does not have the best firmware engineers. This is also on Google, who develops Android automotive. But ultimately, the buck stops with GM.

It looks like the 2026 Leaf finally switched to liquid cooling. Can't believe it took them that long.

I had a 2012 Leaf which was leased. I agree with you. It sucked. Mine was not totaled. I had $0 down 39 months lease. I returned it 9 months early.

My husband drives a 2017 Bolt. It had a battery replacement due to the recall under warranty. New battery increased range from 238 to 259 miles. Car has been flawless. I suggested we replace the car. He is happy with it still and doesn't want to.

My Equinox has great range and price was hard to beat. But lots of software bugs, which OTA updates don't fix, or worsen. I wish they made a Bolt with the same range as the Equinox as I find the Equinox a bit too wide and challenging to park.

Yes. We are agreement on that.

Not all EVs. Look at Nissan Leaf, Chevy Bolt , Equinox EV, Hyundai Kona. All of them under $35k. The median US vehicle purchase price is now just under $50k. That includes many vehicle sizes, though.

My Equinox EV was $27k out the door including about 10% CA sales tax last August before the $7500 incentive expired. I was sti able to take it as point of sale despite having only 3 digit federal tax liability last year.

Exactly. If your output is identical to copyrighted work, it doesn't matter if it came from an LLM or whether you dreamt it.

Exactly. And many AI companies have settled cases, for example with authora, to prevent court rulings they might have lost in order to stop creating legal precedent.

Eventually, one of those cases will reach a judge. It is only a matter of time.

AI is not sentient or a legal entity, and can't make claims. Humans can already successfully prompt LLMs and get it to regurgitate word for words excerpts from books and movies. I have done so myself. There is no reason it couldn't be made to regurgitate exact code the same way. Whether it has ever seen the training data is not even relevant in the eyes of the law. It doesn't matter what mechanism it is using to infringe. If it is producing an exact copy, that is clear infringement.

This new button on other posts. Or so I'm told.