The only human being Elon Musk cares about is himself. He is a profound narcissist.

THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON REACTOS?!

Next you'll tell me Haiku is still an option.

"If people start flocking to Linux"

Will this be the year of Linux on the desktop?!?

Slow down, sometimes it takes a few years, or 32 years in this case, to get something right.

Waymo or Tesla? Waymo is so far ahead of Tesla that how can even the most gullible investor think they are every going to catch up?

Fair!

No, I don't have severe cognitive decline

He fell asleep at his own Cabinet meeting.

Energy experts too, which is probably more credible than a minimally-educated dementia patient.

Why is the goal to create superhuman intelligence? Do we need something smarter than us? Are you trying to get us all killed??

Great advertising for their AI.

If AI was so great, this kind of influence purchasing wouldn't be required. Did Apple buy politicians in order to push the iPhone?

They're still SOLD, but they're not being produced. The prices for drives is spiking very quickly as remaining stock dries up.

I have two spares in the closet; they're about to become unobtanium.

I have tin ears and failing eyesight, but I can still tell the difference between streamed video and audio vs. what I've ripped from discs.

My modern desktop PC is in a modern case that has two drive bays (you can still buy them - Fractal Design Define R5), and is equipped with a flashed Blu-Ray drive that can handle UHD discs.

It's a bit of a hassle, but I can have whatever media I want where I want it, when I want it, the way I want it. Hunting down media is a fun hobby, too.

Not sure you're aware that parent only listed SOME of the potential costs. There are numerous more, appliances, plumbing issues... ugh, they are always expensive. I ended relining all the sewage pipes under my home all the way to curb. I've probably spend almost 30k in plumbing, 20k for the roof, 20k in AC units as my house has two.

Oh yeah, then because of said plumbing, you have termites and related damage, roof rats that tunnel under the house and come up under the bath tub.

As a home owner, it can be quite expensive over the long haul, there are a lot of good arguments with renting and investing all that money you would have spent on not just upkeep, but also improvements.

Of course I have a ton of equity now and it does more than cover what I've spent keeping the roof over my head. Home ownership is not for the faint of heart.