The used market is called ‘emulators’ for some odd reason.

Wasn’t Half life 2 digital release only in 2004? I remember being pissed off I had to create a steam account and that is why my account name is rather rude.

Shades of The Illustrated Man. Moving tattoos.

I have found a couple of web sites that don’t work with Firefox on Linux but do with with Firefox on Win11. Costco pharmacy is one. I still have a win11 laptop I can use, but I don’t use it a lot and there are always massive updates every time I power it up.

Google is far from a google replacement these days.

This would mean they can access your camera when ever they want. This is why I always put a piece of tape over mine.

People have been seeking life extension for all of recorded history.

You still need to boil water and turn a turbine with fusion, don’t you? Not something that works well in a space craft. Could the plasma be used in propulsion directly somehow?

I have yet to have a good experience trying to get anything to work with systemd.

I have not been happy with most Chinese purchases I have made in the past. Are the EVs going to fall apart in 6-8 months also?

The one near me has a large kids section and a number of events for kids. They also have a coffee shop and pleasant reading area. I think they still also sell books.

Apple Glarse doesn’t even let you completely disable it and it sucks.

Script Kiddie is the derogatory term for hackers that download tools and have no idea what they are doing.

The upside of living in a fantasy world like trump does is that you can fuck around all you want and everybody else finds out. How long has trump been in Brazil?

How can you tell if a connection is from a vpn? Do you need a list of all the vpn end points for all providers around the world?

The term AI has been greatly diluted over time. I guess I should have said AGI instead.

For your second point, I quote the Spartans; if. Current tech is hugely expensive.

AI is not something somebody is going to develop in their moms basement. AGI is NOT inevitable. The current models may grow sophisticated enough that it is hard to distinguish them from AGI, but will still be LLMs.
I see the current AI bubble as a bunch of guys digging a hole, realizing they can’t get out and deciding the only way out is to keep digging.

The keyboard thing is sort of a parable, it is as difficult to determine if code was generated in part by AI as it is to determine what keyboard was used to create it.

I have read items like this for years about some jurisdiction in Europe switching to FOSS. These things take a long time to implement, lot of retraining of people that have used MS for decades. The cost is significant since you still need to pay the license fees and have support during the transition.

Sorry, sorry. I overslept.

Let them use Mac!