Note that Gemini is responding to a user and not actually running the command.

He didn't say Gemini tried to use that to adjust brightness nor did be say he asked to code a brightness change/ automate it. So I assumed he gave the answer that Gemini would have given a random person asking how to do it.

Try inserting "archive.is/" before the URL:

archive.is/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8wppwdxl6o

Or you can use tthe short link if you prefer: https://archive.is/8jkOO

You're welcome. :)

"Bitcoin has lost nearly half its value since reaching a record high above $123,000 in July 2025."

Wait, so the imaginary, ever-inflating fake fantasy 'money' is wildly unstable and subject to crazy valuation swings without any rhyme or reason?

Sounds awesome, sign me up!

Do tell me more about how awesome Floriduh is....

Florida’s low quality of life metrics primarily stem from a severe affordability crisis, an underperforming healthcare system, and struggling educational outcomes. Despite its robust economy, the state ranks near the bottom nationwide in several key well-being indicators.

1. Affordability and Housing
          Worst for Renters: A national analysis by Consumer Affairs ranked Florida dead last as the worst state for renters, with the typical renter spending about 37% of their monthly income on housing.
          Cost Burden: Up to 56.3% of renters and 27.1% of homeowners are considered housing cost-burdened (spending over 30% of their income on housing).
          Overall Affordability: WalletHub's "Best States to Raise a Family" report placed Florida near the absolute bottom (often scoring 49th or 50th) in overall affordability and cost of raising a child.

2. Healthcare and Child Well-Being
          Healthcare Access & Costs: Florida generally scores very low in national healthcare metrics. A WalletHub study analyzing Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Kaiser Family Foundation data placed Florida 42nd out of all states for its healthcare system.
          Child Well-Being: In the Annie E. Casey Foundation's annual Data Book, Florida ranks in the bottom half of the nation for child well-being (often near 35th), dragged down by low child health scores and a heavy childcare cost burden that exceeds 25% of household income for many families.
          Insurance Coverage: Roughly 11.5% of Floridians lack health insurance coverage.

3. Economy and Education
          Economic Inequality: The state frequently ranks near the bottom (around 43rd) for "economic well-being," which measures poverty and financial security.
          The ALICE Threshold: Approximately 47% of Florida households are classified as either in poverty or ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed)—meaning they earn above the Federal Poverty Level but do not afford the basic cost of living.
          Education: While high school graduation rates have improved, Florida has seen a decrease in baseline reading and math scores, frequently dropping its standing to roughly 19th nationwide in overall education.

4. Socioeconomics
          Childcare Cost Burden: Families face massive burdens when accessing quality child care, which directly impacts the work-life balance and socioeconomics of the state.
          Safety: Though violent crime is on par with or slightly better than average in some sub-studies, the compounding pressures of severe rent hikes, inflated homeowner and auto insurance premiums, and stagnant relative wages drastically reduce overall living satisfaction.

Problem is that doesn't work either, since the asset 'value' is unknown until transacted, and also ignores the stock value entirely, which is generally not nothing.

For my net worth, you would absolutely count my stock holdings, because at that relatively mundane level, I can probably sell it at the extrapolated price. If you have even a couple million dollars of stock in a big company, you will barely move the volume of trades for the day, so the extrapolation works in isolation.

But when the amount becomes a significant portion of typical volumes, then the transaction will not pan out at 'market rates'.

So we have this awkwardness of something that is definitely worth some cash, but the extrapolated value can't predict the real value, and the other measures would fall short.

I love how it's so blatantly obvious that they are leaning into software development and the models are assuming you are going to write some C# to adjust brightness.

No idea if that's even close to right and I'm not inclined to check, but the fact the first answer is not "Well, find the brightness buttons and press them" is telling.

In a sane world, you might expect the Windows 'integrated' AI to be wired up to just... adjust the brightness..

But *fine*, you don't wire it up, you might then at least hope the AI to say "That capability is not enabled, but here is some help text telling you to do it".

But nope, "That sounds like something an ioctl would do, and I don't know the ioctl per se, but let's just submit random bullshit ioctls and *maybe* it will happen to do as user requested?"

That's the way we've been counting net worth, an extrapolation of the volume that transacted and assuming that *all* of the rest could transact at that price. Nothing particularly new.

I haven't seen really any better ideas deployed, but you are right that it's only "worth" a Trillion while most of it just sits unused. Even "unused" it bolsters the parts he is willing to leverage for loans to basically do whatever the hell he could possibly imagine.