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Looks like this is one of the things that Wray mentioned in https://x.com/jaredwray/status/2085084489408294921?s=20

> The alternative, visual approach in mountainous terrain on a moonless night, is clearly unwise for inexperienced pilots. There is not only one alternative. When presented with tw…

> disclosing use of LLMs is just being transparent and honest. is it that hard? Your assertion here is irrelevant to the poster's point. You're focused on the "happy path:" everyon…

> How do you plan on maintaining your CD and DVD players when the new ones will be sold with a subscription plan like printers? If you buy physical media, you should rip it to FLAC…

Famously, the Linux kernel does not have a stable ABI for drivers. As a result, by far the majority of drivers are in-tree, maintained by the kernel folks as part of the kernel. Th…

> You do have to install Linux yourself though. I said "for Linux" for a reason

And shipping with Linux installed.

The parent was speaking in absolutes, that beyond just didn't work for anybody. A handful of examples is more than sufficient to disprove it. On the other hand, you're arguing that…

This is (one of) the downsides of Windows' vendor-provided driver system. Compared to Linux's FOSS-centered system. When folks ask "Why doesn't Linux have a stable binary DDK API" …

> compromises were such that you really wouldn’t want to buy another netbook if you could. This is directly contradicted by the existence of Netbook fans.

> Netbooks didn’t need Microsoft’s help in dying. Amazing how many of Microsoft's competitors don't need the help, yet receive it. > Nobody bought more than one of them, the experi…

> What's the meaningful difference between a netbook and a modern 11-inch laptop? Being cheap, commonly available, and shipping with Linux come readily to mind.

I really miss netbooks. They were an amazing moment for Linux. No surprise Microsoft killed them.

Maybe 2027 will finally be the Year of Apple on the Desktop!

Holding it on your hand is insufficient. Using it may require an external server or certain chosen proprietary software that could be taken from you at any time or itself requiring…

> The only difference between those files and, say, a DVD, is that the encoding is more space-efficient. Also that it's (depending on the format) perhaps not illegal to use the con…

Or praying silently to yourself in a No Praying Zone!

I suppose the bulb could get hot enough to burn the media storing the books.

My favorite teacher strike was when the teachers stopped doing work when they weren't being paid. The district quickly caved.

> is there shortage of teachers in USA? No, there is a steady stream of teachers being fed into the maw of public education. The pay is low and job security is terrible until you g…

> unwillingness to fund education. "The United States spent $15,500 per FTE student at the elementary/secondary level, which was 38 percent higher than the average of OECD countrie…

> It's literally less traumatic for a child to be in an active war zone than to be separated from their parents. Unless they happen to go to war themselves, vanquishing an evil que…

> Yeah, but if I’m not customizing it, Linux is just worse in every way I strongly disagree. You can customize Linux, but that's not its only benefit. > If you are going to do that…