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Oh, I hope you are right about cars. If one of the outcomes of the memory crunch is that manufacturers start making “dumb cars” again, it would almost make it all worthwhile.

Sorry, knee jerk reaction any time I see “contact sales” instead of a price.

Clicked on the link, ready to buy one. “Contact sales”. Ew. No thanks.

> The US also sees AI dominance as critical for their national security, and relies on a market economy and non-state-owned labs. [...] > but the fact the discussion here ignores t…

> When you know you're essentially babysitting the workhorse to ensure it doesn't go off the rails I don't have data to support this (other than, I guess, my LinkedIn feed), but my…

I appreciate you stepping in and clarifying. Thank you. But honestly, this feels like damage control. This is (to me) clearly an innovation on a dark pattern that is basically just…

Additionally: If Nvidia is included, does that mean that the money Amazon, Microsoft, and Oracle get for selling compute to the frontier models are included in their revenue? Becau…

Yeah, my first impression when I saw this was: if this is accurate, the situation is not nearly as bad as I thought. I do wonder why Nvida is included, though. If you include the c…

Ah, thanks for the clarification! Would it have been accurate then to have said: "iff it is bounded and has countable discontinuities"? Or, are there some uncountable sets which al…

> f is Riemann integrable iff it is bounded and continuous almost everywhere. FWIW, I think this is the same as saying "iff it is bounded and has finite discontinuities". I like th…

I think it's debatable whether or not it's an ad. I also think it's debatable whether or not the title of the post is sensational. BUT It truly warms my heart to see the level of m…

> I think most people would interpret “scanning your computer” as breaking out of the confines the browser and gathering information from the computer itself. That is exactly how I…

> People are going to like this-especially the cohort that would buy a cheap TV at Walmart. What? If anyone truly believes that "People are going to like this", then just make it o…

I'm glad to see this comment and the parent comment voted so near the top. I've had the same experience. In my experience, Kagi used to be great... then it became good... and now i…

I noticed this years ago with technical books. IIRC, Manning was the first publisher that I noticed doing it. Pages so thin that I could see the text on the reverse side as I was r…

Okay, sure. But if I prefer the subset of CD sound that is the same as vinyl, and my favorite band comes out with a new album... I just buy vinyl, right? Or are you suggesting that…

I think we can agree that vinyl sounds different than CD, right? Is it so hard to believe that some people actually prefer the sound of music on vinyl? For such a person, that migh…

First, I agree with everything you've said. But my question is, how long has this been going on for? I'm in my late 40s. I remember as a kid thinking Schwinn bicycles were the "che…

Hah! I made a logical error. I should have said: Well, regardless... via the rules of logical implication, you can't be certain that you don't have it.

>> So, my question is: are the people that are upset with the "ambiguity" people who neither (a) want to buy a license nor (b) be bound by the AGPLv3? > No and no. [...] >> If so, …

I am not a lawyer. My reading of the license is: either (a) buy a license or (b) be bound by the AGPLv3 -- with _very_ limited exceptions. So, my question is: are the people that a…

> On the other hand I am also a realist and I don't think that Linux will take over the Desktop, but it will certainly have its biggest growth year ever in 2026. I _love_ Linux, bu…

Yeah. I immediately went to the snowflake icon at the top of the page thinking it would turn the animation off. Instead, it changed the background color :-( I can't stand animation…

I love Microcenter. Built my current gaming rig with all parts purchased there. It's been about 8 years, so not sure if they still operate this way... but when I built my PC, I: - …

One thousand percent yes. And I'll repeat because people need to see it called out as often as possible: this is due to malicious compliance by websites. Period. I'm so cynical now…