They affect the price people are willing to pay. It's called supply and demand, not just supply

Setting up Samba doesn't require hours of study, most users can just use a howto.

Now, setting up nfs4... wtf. just to get one machine able to mount from one other machine took like four attempts, every doc I read telling me how to do it was different. And no there weren't four different ways to make it work, three of them were just wrong.

The 486 was literally the last chip which was a clear leader. The DX4-100 was well out ahead of every other PC processor of its generation. Then P54C melted its socket while AMD brought out the internally RISCy Am586 and since then Intel has never had a clear lead again.

Would you please fuck off permanently, you boring excuse for hot grits?

Yes, that's a problem, but you're acting like it's a new problem, and it's not. Also, if you get a rootable device, you can do that on Android. I'd like it to be generally possible for everyone of course, but at least it's possible.

That's nonsense. Of course they would rather be the one selling than the one buying.

You can buy from the least worst though, instead of the most worst. Since the wealthy buy legislation, where you spend money is your most important vote under capitalism.

If you knowingly purchase illicit goods that's a crime.

They are both criminals in the eyes of the law.

The idea is not to count on a wire.

What if there is a clog (e.g. from a failed hose liner) or a crimped hose and brake pressure doesn't release when it is supposed to? It used to be the job of the man in the caboose to know that. Now it's FRED's. It's also his job to detect over pressure or failing pressure that will stop the train at a potentially inconvenient time if not addressed.

It would be nice to have both a wire and a wireless connection, but one of the ideas was clearly to avoid needing another connection between cars.

Last year China put out more fabricated research papers than the test of the world combined.

SAP was the poster child before Oracle.

I'd like to also nominate Accenture.

Sure, if you pay more so you get that data.

I watched "I'm Glad I'm Dead" a little while back and it was very much made up of the kind of things he would have said. It only implemented his rant mode and therefore wasn't really very funny, but it was spot on for what it was.

Yes, due to Nancy Pelosi's single-handed actions.

Wait, what?

They're a superpower, and oppressive.

They're scary for the same reason as the USA or Russia.