All I can say is that I don't use google as much as I used to. For coding it was google to search stack overflow. AI solves my issue in the context of my code. Now I only use google if I'm looking for something to buy.

I still remember my ICQ number (5775065). The email address i used is long gone so can never get back into it. I remember when each version was way better from the last and then... it went down hill with adverts and useless addons.

In New Zealand ticket prices have gone through the roof. If they put them back down to $8 or $10 I'd go back again. I'd love to go but I just can't afford it.

We get unlimited 300mbps fiber for USD $46.72 per month.

In our house we've got Android TV boxes plugged into our TVs regardless of what the TV came with. We've got an LG, Samsung and a Panasonic TV. With using Android TV they are all the same now :)

I use Microsoft Power Automate for certain tasks. To get the most out of it you still need to think like a programmer. It's quite quick to build things but insanely slow at processing large volumes of data. That's compared to writing a routine in C# instead.

I'm thinking about getting one of these - it's an andoid phone with a small touch screen but it has a keypad on it. I still want to listen to streaming music and podcasts.
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I've installed it on an old celeron laptop. Works nice and fast. I'll see how the linux vm works...

I'm sure the person was probably told just do it anyway after explaining to their boss why it wasn't a good idea.

My daughter has a Lenovo IdeaPad 10.1inch Duet Chromebook for school. She loves it. It's got an ARM cpu and i haven't noticed any performance issues with it. In three years she will need to change to a Windows laptop for the remainder of her schooling. In saying that, in three years they may decide that Chromebooks are the way to go. I used to have a Chromebook for a laptop in the lounge while watching tv type thing. My habits have changed and now just use my phone. Would I buy one for myself again? It depends. I want to plug it in with a dual monitor set up and be able to run a RDP client over the two screens. I don't know i can do that, so i guess i'm sticking to Windows.

My daughters school wants students at her year to have chromebooks. If you don't have one then you can fall back to a windows laptop as a second choice. I don't understand the single screen push. Chromebooks have an HDMI port so you can plug in a monitor to give you an additional screen. They are quite capable these days. I would change if the linux vms had access to the USB ports. That's the only thing holding me back at this point at home. I use Windows for work, and Ubuntu at home.

I miss inbox. I was upset when they got rid of it. They should have started moving people towards it and then slowly got rid of gmail.

A few thoughts... I can't use it at work because i need Microsoft Office / Visio due to other staff running windows and also our vendors as well. For any adoption to gain traction, we need to all pick a distro, back it, develop it and love it. One distro, one package manager, one desktop manager etc... I use the stock standard ubuntu at home, i feel more at home with it than windows. still needs a bit of work.

As a Kiwi (New Zealander), i think it's time to stop paying lawyers in our legal system and pop him on a charter flight up to the US. I'm sure we could put up a gofundme page to pay for it. I'll make the first donation. This case has been dragging out for sooo long. My cousin used to live not far from his house. I remember my cousin complaining of being woken up when the helicopters came in to grab him on the raid on his house.

About 75% of homes with fibre can get a 4000 Mbps (4Gig) plan with symmetric upload/download speeds. It's around NZD$199.95 per month for unlimited data. Not too bad. I'm on 100 Mbps, which is fine for our family.