I mean, I still buy (used) Pixels even after knowing Google is evil, because they’re still the least-bad option because of things like Graphene OS.

Also, re: “unlikely to pivot to Linux phones:” that’s not because of any sort of “large investment in Android;” it’s because Linux phones either suck or are expensive (or maybe both). I say that as a desktop Linux user exclusively for almost a decade and owner of a Pinephone. I want to be using a Linux phone, but they just aren’t there yet.

I’m on, I think, my 3rd Pixel. All of them were chosen because of the possibility of putting a third-party firmware on them, but my current one is the first I’ve actually done it to.

This also changes through the lifespan. For infants it’s more like 60% of caloric intake

And for 79-year-olds it’s apparently more like 0% of caloric intake.

Remember when you guys had Carter and he was in hot shit until he sold his fucking peanut farm or whatever?

Let’s be clear about this: Carter was never “in hot shit” about his farm. Carter put his farm in a blind trust proactively because he respected the emoluments clause and interpreted it broadly.

Yep, literally crazy.

He’s been swinging wildly between backing Zelensky and Putin based on which of them talked to him most recently. He goes on social media tirades and makes executive orders based on what he saw on Fox News the night before.

He’s literally a demented old man who’s extremely suggestible because his brain is swiss cheese.

I definitely own Diablo and I definitely used Win2K, but I didn’t go out of my way to buy a weird special version of it. This leads me to believe the normal Windows 95 version would work on NT as well.

I distinctly remember running most, if not all, of my games on Windows 2000 (not ME). I mean, yeah, NT 4 was pretty hopeless for gaming, but 2000 was better.

Me, a Windows 2000 user:

There’s nothing more permanent than a “temporary” fix.

Engineers are literally required to licensed by the state as “Professional Engineers” in order to do their job (or at least they have to be supervised by someone who is), just like doctors and lawyers are. If that doesn’t count as professional, WTF does?!

Yes, most other countries’ aircraft carriers are diesel-powered and don’t have the energy budget to run steam (or electromagnetic) catapults the way the US’ nuclear-powered carriers do, so they use ski jumps instead and make do with lighter aircraft.

For more info, look up “CATOBAR” and “STOBAR”. Edit: or “STOVL” in the case of the carrier pictured, the HMS Prince of Wales.

Many of our rights and freedoms only came about because people were willing to actually fight for them.

Just “many?” Try to name one that didn’t!

No, I can be sued and ignore the court with impunity because there’s a thing called “jurisdiction” and they don’t have it.

You don’t seem to get it: there is absolutely nothing wrong with me recording without the other party’s knowledge and they have no power to impose their will on me otherwise because the governing law is the one in my jurisdiction, not theirs!

Don’t like it? Too bad.

Suggesting that I need some other party’s permission to record is as absurd as saying I need their permission to remember.

That will never happen unless we the people force it to happen.

As long as you’re whining to the game publishers, not Linux people who are not only technically unable but also legally prohibited from doing anything about it.

It’s important to place the blame where it belongs.

More like Parabola, judging by the trajectory!

That man’s home address? /dev/lp0

Also, it’s not even just AI actually using more energy, it’s also more capacity being constructed in anticipation of it. The upshot is, even if the demand from AI goes away the higher costs would remain because all that extra infrastructure still needs to be paid for.