Apart from the price tag: You would need many more ports for connecting SSDs on the server than you would need for HDDs with a higher capacity each.

This has always been the case: Amateurs screw up, professionals have to fix it later. This happens not just with vibe programming (anybody remember "programs" written in MS Access or Excel?) or even just in software development. Amateurs build huts that then collapse or leak, or do electric wiring that then causes outages or worse.

The part that has changed is companies thinking they can get way (again) with amateurs doing the work that would require a professional, because the former are using AI now, and the use of AI makes their output look good on first glance.

My bank also has a website, but unfortunately I need an app from that bank as second factor to log in. And even worse: That app also doubles as a banking app, making a joke of that second factor on my smart phone.

There is not much to see for you during the flight. Others might actually like to see clouds and the ground below or even just the wings. When I was young(er) I used to be one of these people before age made me prefer aisle seats.

You mean that more Maori are leaving New Zealand than non-Maori?
I somehow doubt that.

... for the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

(SCNR)

I have been using RSS feeds for many years and I'm not going to change that without a good reason. The enshittification of Twitter and similar services has proven me right.

When Netvibes shut down recently I even vibe coded my own feed reader in JavaScript for the browser (which works surprisingly well).

German here:
I would pay absolutely nothing for an American made laptop. I already pay too much for the Microsoft Windows tax that is added to the Chinese manufactured computers. Definitely not as long as that so called president over there is threatening everybody who does not lick his boots.

I would probably also not pay any premium for a German made laptop either, because most likely this would be a scam anyway.

Ever heard of Athens? Madrid? Rome? These are in Europe too.
And apparently even some Scandinavian Countries currently experience quite a heat wave.

https://www.weatheronline.co.u...

You are right that there were alarmist predictions for a very hot and long heat wave even for the northern countries of Europe that so far have not materialized. But it has definitely been unusually hot in Greece, Italy and Spain.

So depending on where in Europe you live, you might want AC or not. (Seems to be Switzerland, so probably not)

They were not necessary until now in most areas.
But recent heat waves in southern Europe show that they may become much more common.
On top of that the current crop of split AC units can serve for very efficient heating as well (AC is a heat pump after all) so even in the northern parts of Europe it might make sense to install them.

Hey, Slashdot crowd! You are missing the important point: A meal there costs > $500

So you are not the target (and neither am I).

Let me guess: You are under 30 and healthy.

Wait until you hit 50 and the effects of ageing set in. Then you will wish that scientist found a way to avert the worst ones.

"New technology" or "equipped with cutting-edge technologies" isn't a real selling point any more either because people have come to expect that to mean "still contains bugs" and "will not work as expected".

The problem with "AI" in this context is that the current hype about "AI" is all about LLMs. There are other forms of AI that have been very useful and reliable. LLMs have proved they are not that kind of AI for everyone who has actually checked their results against trustable sources and the media has actually reported about (some of) these incidents.

But the US is working on it. :-(

And don't forget: China produces lots of goods that are sold world wide. A lot more than the EU or US. So it's no wonder that they need more power and generate more pollution.