If it was just 100,000, then modern software wouldn't be that damn slow.

I hope you're joking; because UB isn't an unavoidable fact of life in C.

How fortunate that Telnet works only on port 23... (and HTTP(s) on 80/443)

Either made that decision, or didn't notice that Telnet doesn't work anymore.

If you meant the ISPs then no, they didn't block Telnet. They merely blocked port 23.

Me, but thankfully it's not exposed to the Internet. Don't ask.

Reminds me of the times when my poor webserver was trying to cut OpenAI off, and OpenAI was using increasingly sophisticated methods to evade detection.

Some companies scrape the entire Internet. Others download the Anna's Archive. Some feed on the former two. Nothing is off limits in the brave new world of AI.

With the cocoa prices surging, chocolate chips don't look like a magic solution, either.

When it pops, it's likely to take the entire world economy down the drain with it. Memory will become cheaper, but will the consumers have any money to buy it?

Don't forget eMule/aMule and Gnutella. If the censorship becomes too obnoxious, then the Dark Web.

Should we use arithmetic or geometric mean now?

My everyday laptop has no battery at all, and runs from the AC power.

Power cord is so barbarian. Civilized computers have on/off power switches on their backs.

The current Windows problem is a regression, as far as I can tell. Was the Linux problem you're talking about a regression too, or just a feature not yet implemented (for certain hardware)?

What exactly damages has Annas Archive inflicted to them? I understand when an organization like Elsevier claims millions of damages, but this?