I see all the 'not a chance' responses, but I'd argue that the current Chromebook ecosystem comes pretty close to this: the majority of Chromebook hardware is designed to run a centrally-managed OS platform that enables access to larger services--just like a typical thin client; and the data and applications it runs are already 'rented' from Google using ad revenue & Google app subscriptions.

If Google added remote-hosting services for apps that can't run locally (and resurrected Stadia under a new name cause that's what Google does best), I think it would fulfill this 'vision' in all the meaningful ways...

It seems certain that there are plenty of European teenagers who have 'undocumented income' (money from gifts, allowance, odd jobs, etc), but would qualify as 'unbanked', so I would say: Yes...

I would point out that once people start abandoning Windows on the client side, their motivation to use MS cloud and server products are severely diminished as well. So while Windows isn't the biggest money maker, it is arguably their strongest chain to keep people linked into their subscription services...

Help what, exactly? You would almost certainly have to choose between dramatic decrease in services or a dramatic increase in taxes to achieve the same revenue from 35% less population. Since you're on Slashdot, you might be able to afford the 50% higher tax rate required to maintain current services. But would you do that (and still call it a "serious help"), considering that it wouldn't actually improve services for you?

Many foraging and hunting animals understand the concept of 'territory', which extends to include the area of land, sea, or air which they might need to collect resources from. A wolf pack can have a territory extending to 2000 square miles--well beyond a "very localized self-defense of personally occupied land"

"Mathematicians have identified the first shape that cannot pass through itself."

Or

"In 1968, Christoph Scriba proved the tetrahedron and octahedron also possess this quality."

"Based on our experience..." means they aren't using performance tests or actually trying to reskill anyone. They are just citing 'experience' to proactively fire those who they want to fire--probably anyone born before 1990.

This really has nothing to do with the size of the Lionsgate catalog, and everything to do with the fact that there are no shortcuts to genuine experience.

The whole point of this attempt to use AI is a vain hope by the studios that they can take a shortcut straight to profits by leveraging the finished products of expert screenwriters, cinematographers, directors, actors, etc., rather than the actual experts themselves... So they feed the AI the finished movies, and hope it can spit out more finished movies (or at least scenes) of similar quality. But all they are going to get is the 'movie equivalent' of cutting and pasting images from magazines to make a comic book.

Movies are judged by humans against their 'noisy' dataset. If you were able to purge all the non-movie 'noise' from a movie actor/director/writer's experience, they wouldn't be able to make a movie that real humans believe and enjoy.

You are outright making stuff up: there's no mention of any of your claims in the linked articles. Not only that, but your fabrications ignore that these are projects on federal waters--outside the jurisdiction of any mayors or city councils.

https://www.offshorewind.biz/2...

"The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has filed a motion in the US District Court in Maryland to remand and/or vacate its approval of the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for US Wind’s 2 GW offshore wind farm planned to be built in the federal waters off Maryland."

Sounds like that's still a couple steps ahead of this plane that's no more than VC flypaper at present. And it has the advantage of being something that can be constructed and implemented incrementally.

This long-range transport plan will require blade mfgs and the installing utilities to stake their businesses on this plane's success. That seems like a really risky proposition until this thing is proven, which makes it a chicken and egg problem with a multi-billion dollar downside.

True, but I think your phrasing misses the point: Some studios / producers seem to subscribe to the opinion that adding the 'woke' content will improve a show's appeal/value--move it from a C grade to a B+... The OP's example of this is Star Trek Discovery.

If we take the mirror image of your expression, we can say that a show/movie that isn't built on a solid story/concept to begin with will never be able to handle the additional weight of diversity-focused casting or studio mandates to add controversial thematic elements.

I would go further by saying that all externally-mandated requirements (i.e. not essential & inherent to the plot) limit the scope of possible stories and character arcs in ways that any discerning viewer can detect. Example: If the studio makes it clear that the show MUST promote strong female leads, the writers will be compelled to cast the male characters with obvious flaws (that a studio exec can't miss): angry, cowardly, impulsive, closed-minded, selfish, etc... That cheapens the whole movie, and makes any promotion of virtues fake or hollow.

Example of a movie done well that integrates 'woke' (for it's time) themes: To Kill A Mockingbird

Maybe the slashdot editors have cat-like dementia?

Your Alexa devices will all come with ads, and you will will have to pay to use your device without advertising....

I have to update Immich once in a while, but I don't have to worry about Google sifting through my photos. I have to have an extra drive dock for Plex content, but I don't have to worry about managing a dozen different video service subscriptions.

I don't think my self-hosted services are "virtuous," but I do think they represent some of the best options available, and I have the skill to take advantage of what thy offer.

And why in the world would I trust a local library to securely store my content from all the hackers and identity thieves in the world?