My watch, a Fitbit 3, has a battery life of over a year. Using a regular watch battery. Granted it doesn't do Siri or tell me when I'm about to die. Life is full of tradeoffs.

Hmm, my main reason to replace a phone is usually a worn out usb-c port. I am not sure how one goes about replacing that on a regular phone without some serious soldering kung-fu.
Not saying Fairphone is the solution (6+ apparently does not support USB-C video output or DisplayPort Alt Mode so it is useless junk to me, personally) but being able to easily replace a usb port would be a nice feature.

I thought BMW didn't even install turn signals, or at least they were an expensive option. They're not need really. BMW drivers own the effing road and the rest of us are just intruding on their property. Audi drivers are now trying to pretend they're driving a BMW.

The AI companies don't want their models reading the cr@p they produce. The want their *customers* to read it.

I big enough lawsuit against Flock, LAPD and PPD might lead to better data checking.

I can't trust Murdoch any further than I can throw my diarrhea. Is it possible to hack the Roku boxes? Is there any opensource replacement f/w? Or just forget it and go with a (cr)Apple or (god forgive me) amazon adapter?

When the Prevaricator in Chief buys your stock then promotes your company then pushes through a $9B govt contract you're having a good year. https://www.yahoo.com/news/pol...

The AI at work, an isolated instance of Claude Sonnet 4.5, makes it too easy for me to get distracted. I end up investigating something related to something related to something related to what I should be working on. In no time at all I'm out past left field, over the fence, across the parking lot and into the taco stand on the other side of the highway.

Memory chip stocks have soared in recent months...

By that he means the NYSE or NASDAQ stock exchange price of memory chip companies, not the quantity of memory chips in the warehouse.

I'm ready to drive a wooden stake into the heart of these AI companies. They're consuming everything and delivering great promises. What good is the ultimate AI if the AI companies swallow all the resources on their way to the top. Or bottom. The only thing the human have left are stone knives & bears kins.

When did Slashdot turn into Reddit?

I think I agree. IMH & highly uneducated opinion the energy input required to initiate & sustain a stable fusion reaction far out-weighs the energy that could be extracted. Nature has this "gravity" thing that allows it to whip up little fusion pussycats. We don't have that.

Threaten flaming nuclear death and settle for a 15% reduction in contract price which he can loudly brag about. Not mentioned is the reduction in service depth or the verbal agreement to expand and relocate Anthropic's offices in NYC & San Fran into properties owned or managed by Trump or Kushner. Everybody wins! Making Amerika great.

And are working hard to return the US to a monarchy. Without calling it a monarchy. And lookie there - a buttload of 'em work in the White House.

Publicly he'll say he wants a cheaper price for Claude for the DoWa. Privately he'll demand an exclusive no-bid server facility maintenance contract for a company indirectly owned by him and Trump.