No one is going to be buying chips from TSMCâ(TM)s Taiwan plant when China takes Taiwan in 2027. All those military drills China does in the straits are for a purpose you know. And when that happens that fancy UV lithography machine gets bombed out of existsnce by the U.S.
I know it's a radical concept, but maybe CBS fired Corbett because they were losing large sums of money. The show costs 40 million USD a year with Corbert's salary at 20 million. The fact is that there are some large YouTubers that get more viewers than Corbett does now.
Maybe if they made Corbert's salary dependent on the number of viewers he had (like YouTube does) he might get back to doing comedy again.
But they just did not fire Corbett. They cancelled the whole show. There is no conspiracy other than basic economics.
People can get everything done on their phones now. Why boot up a clunky old desktop all the time??
I know that I have been using A.I. investigating ADA for a specialty niche product that needed a lot of safety and security, and that was also *mature*.
Every time you ask A.I. a question the LLM goes out and does 50 searches on your behalf to formulate a response. I have spent a bit of time on it. It's not hard to see how a simple algorithm might think there's 50 new developers on the scene!!
I guess that explains how we got a mandated one size fits all COVID vaccine policy.
Actually I have an F150. I'm willing to replace it with a cyber truck (if my finances permitted). But puzzle me this. What is better for the climate? Me holding on to the old F150 and rarely driving it. Of selling the F150 to someone who most certainly will drive it far more than me and me owning a cyber truck that perhaps I drive more because it doesn't cost as much for gas?? I'd like to know how much carbon goes into making a cyber truck.
The huge problem is if consumers don't consume there is no economy. The other huge problem is that if a decision that negatively affects a group that finds their employment affected they'll never accept it no matter how "green" it is. But they'll certainly be sure to fly in to the local climate conference!
The solution?? Small scale nuclear everywhere. Make repairability easier. And tax the heck out of things forcing an upgrade. Coincidentally, I consider all these concepts to be conservative.
Before the turn of the millennium, computer hardware was advancing so quickly that upgrading your machine every few years made sense, because you got so much more power than just a few years prior. That rapid evolution has ended; the average home user (excepting hardcore gamers and crypto miners) should only need a new machine every decade, if not less frequently. Any computer bought new in 2015 should be perfectly capable of running an operating system, a web browser, email, video meetings and an office suite without feeling slow. Microsoft suggesting people have to toss their devices is not only discriminatory — not everyone can afford to do this — it’s also horrible for the environment. E-waste is one of the world’s fastest-growing waste streams, and while some of it is being repurposed, the trash piles are rising a reported 5x times recycling efforts.
The article gives practical suggestions, and argues the migration from Windows 10 to Linux Mint is easier than Windows 10 to Windows 11:
Linux Mint is a desktop version of Linux that is meant to appeal to people familiar with Windows. It comes with everything the average home user needs, and just works. I would argue, in fact, that switching from Windows 10 to Linux Mint is less jarring than switching from Windows 10 to Windows 11. The user interface is actually more similar.
The article also gives advice to those who need to run Windows 11 for some reason: use Windows 11 Debloat, and O&O ShutUp to minimize the amount of crapware and privacy-invasion.
Dropping all the packets means that Russia doesnâ(TM)t have any contact with the outside world. Which is a boon to despotic regimes because alternative views aka âoethe truthâ gets throttled which only works to help keep whatever autocrat thatâ(TM)s there in power.
If you really want to kick Russia where it hurts donâ(TM)t buy any of their energy resources and work to bring down the price of what there is.
FreeBSD powers my personal infrastructure and has for decades. It is easy to use, not bloated (too badly, though you now have to take steps to keep that damn Wayland out of a server, WTF, but you can with
Moving from SVN to git kinda sucked, but now it works well enough and gets the job done and keeps the Linux heads happy.
Perhaps people should demand a refund for the book. Thoughtful editing is actually a large part of the cost of getting a book published!
"Time is money and money can't buy you love and I love your outfit" - T.H.U.N.D.E.R. #1
