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I found the AI 2027 paper to be overly optimistic, but not wholly fantastical. This paper feels wildly speculative, and relies on premises I am not confident even pass surface reas…

I'm really on the fence about the Steam Machine. The Deck had the benefit of occupying a market niche no one else figured out yet, and the price was good. With component prices at …

For many, the appeal of a Mac is that it isn't running Windows. I'm not seeing how this won't be a repeat of the OG ARM Surface, just with a higher spec'd GPU.

I used to help build the CTFs for BSides Orlando. I ended up moving to another con, and at our last event we collected extensive logging for post mortem analysis. We found that AI …

You should not consider Tim Sweeney's comments on the matter as a reliable source. He was veiling his true motivations behind that statement. The Switch does not run Linux either, …

That's the same mindset some people had 3 years ago when they said AI wouldn't be capable of software development. Look where we are now.

In theory, the market should be pricing in based on future potential. As it has become increasingly clear this past decade, the market is not rational.

Sonarr et al.

My experience was the same while helping to adapt a Steam Deck game for wider Linux support. The issue wasn't Waylandisms, most of those have already by figured out. It was GNOME. …

It might be wordsmithing to skirt around "robot" as a fully autonomous entity. Much like their FSD, I expect they aren't going to deliver full autonomy anytime soon.

So much of it is a problem of execution. If people could use Linux without ever having to know what a terminal is (much like the average Windows user doesn't know what PowerShell i…

It's been an unfortunate re-occurring issue for me as well. Recent hardware is much better about this, and I too have seen the performance bumps at the cost of software compatibili…

At least on the latest Sequoia, there has been no hard requirement for an online account. They nudge you towards it, but you can decline and continue. As far as I can remember, mac…

Hello back pain my old friend. Can you imagine the spinal G forces of getting yoinked by an airplane even at slow speeds?

Atlas being created is kinda the shot across the bow. You can integrate with us willingly, or we'll hook into your web apps anyways. One retains at least some control. Same outcome…

LadyBird cannot come fast enough. I'm not being dramatic when I claim that this will be looked back upon as the nail in FF's coffin.

To me it would mean that a git repo should not have scripts, runners, etc. configured that we don't have the means to easily and readily replace. It should all be documented and un…

A core SRE principle is that "machines/servers are cattle, not pets". They shouldn't be special or bespoke in a way that makes replacement painful or difficult.

Essentially correct. With a quantum computer you do multiple runs and average the result.

And Blink. I used to contract with them a few years back, they all rely heavily on open source.

This approach is either a means to delay and allow them to hedge, or it's a shortsighted attempt to stop the inevitable. When Google ships their competitor to Atlas, the outcome wi…

The US congress is partially to blame. They saw Japan's rising influence in the digital/industrial space and threatened them with sanctions. See https://news.cgtn.com/news/2019-07-…

The definition of AGI is diffuse enough to make it an argued point - until we can mostly agree it's already happened. For now, the stats are improving well enough across the indust…

Unfortunately, loss of buyers often results in them just leaving the crop to rot, as moving it costs more than what they'd make selling it. Not that they should be surprised though…

Given the advancements of EVs, the death of the muscle car was inevitable. They are almost universally faster, more performant, more efficient, and more "cool" in their designs. Do…