I don't have a big issue with consumption based pricing in principle. But I *do* have a problem with the needlessly ambiguous units of measurement which feel purposely enshittified to confuse customers.

if I'm looking at switching products/services I really need to understand cost. I don't want to spend 2 hours figuring out what a DPU or a credit or a token actually is. For reference snowflake's pricing/utilisation info is here. It's 19 pages long.

you know - there are tons of great books to read and things to do outside, you don't have to just sit in your basement listening to Jordan Peterson.

all you really need is quick access to favorite apps and ability to search. there are so many already available that do this, why would you build another one?

good example right now on f-droid is OLauncher. Minimalist AF home screen, swipe up to search, auto-open apps on unique search string. All you need.

Kia EV3 was crowned World Car of the Year, beating out the BMW X3 and Hyundai Inster. This marks Kia’s second consecutive victory following the EV9’s win in 2024.

LOL

https://www.dack.com/web/bulls...

... and then pleads not guilty.....

yeah - the numbers don't stack up so now we'll just make the alternatives MORE expensive... capitalism is a beautiful thing

advocating for open standards and interoperability in the AI ecosystem is nowhere near the same thing as baking it into the OS and forcing it down everyone's throat.

lol what the hell are you smoking dude

yeah a lot of newer EV models are posting ranges 350-500km, and even higher. The thing I didn't fully get was that EV efficiency is exact opposite of an ICE car (ie, better range around town and in traffic; cruising at 110km/h absolutely KILLS your range) - in retrospect it's kind of obvious, but having done a lot of highway travel recently for the holidays it actually became quite a pain.

yeah pretty much... I'm not a car guy AT ALL but it was recently time for us to replace our 20yr old hatchback. We got the new Kia EV3 and driving around town it's insanely efficient - I have been getting the advertised 600+ km range on a single charge. But if you're doing a lot of highway speeds then maybe half that. It's totally manageable I think, but maybe a bit like using linux, you have to be motivated to make it work and it involves some behavior changes. Most people 'get' living with an ICE car and there's no incentive to change yet, which is perfectly rational esp in jurisdictions like the US where gas is artificially cheap.

What a great idea, the entire rest of the world (representing 93% of land and 96% of people) can't wait to use America's brand new internet. Thanks America!!

Well the girl is a minor (15) and the guy is an adult (23) so... there's that

It was originally based on Debian but Wikipedia says "This version transitioned to an Arch Linux base which used a rolling release model that Valve felt was better suited for hardware support." So that's a bit ironic (although I'm guessing they meant new hardware support, rather than 10yr old cards).

well... I'm nitpicking, but the proposed solution (made over a week ago) does indeed "install the package that supports my card". The issue is this then breaks downstream compatibility with Steam. So Arch are caught a bit between a rock and hard place there.

this article is about a whining baby who desperately wants to get clicks on his youtube channel by sensationalising a gigantic nothing-burger.

Arch is a rolling release, news is posted on their site. This issue was known, there was a guideline posted on 20 Dec, I have absolutely no idea why Arch is being called out here. This guy needs to install ubuntu and STFU.