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That's largely true though.

The vast majority of people spend their screen time on battery powered smartphones (akin to dumb terminals) backed by cloud servers (akin to the mainframes).

There are a few exceptions for gaming, programming*, and a few other specialized productivity tools. But their total userbase is a tiny fraction of mobile users.

*even for programming, some companies are starting to embrace cloud dev boxes.

A trick I've learned while traveling: a ticket attendant at any JR station can buy tickets for any JR line.

Don't try to buy online yourself. Don't try to buy at a busy major station like Kyoto.

Instead, go to the ticket/station attendant at your small, local station. They will be bored out of their mind and happily go out of their way to get you the correct tickets. They'll also explain what to do throughout your journey and how to correctly use the appropriate ones at the right time.

They're not likely to speak English though. I happen to be reasonably fluent in Japanese, but I hear translator apps have gotten quite good these days, so you might also be able to do that with those.

Good luck getting a 4k stream from any streaming service on Linux:

https://help.netflix.com/en/node/30081

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39257581

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42685008

Your only options are to sail the high seas or use Android TV.

> this type of hacking is entirely legal under DMCA, that's actually quite clear.

Woah! I had no idea. Is that also true in the US? Do you have some sort of authoritative source?

Someone wrote about a practice they called "rawdog Thursdays".

That is every Thursday they write all their code without any AI assistant (not even the AI inline code suggestions).

Allows them to maintain their craft and keep their codebase human maintainable, while still benefitting from the productivity boost of SOTA AI agents.

The last time they tried that (Halo CE), Microsoft bought the studio from under them, after they had already announced it at MacWorld

Yeah, they include the surcharge in the list price and give you a "discount" for paying in cash (or direct debit).

Some merchants include it as a separate line item. But remember that taxes aren't included in the list price, so it doesn't stand out as much as it does in other countries.

And that, kids, is why you run your agents in containers.

But for that we already have mermaid.js (and its precursor Graphviz/dot).

The only reason to use this instead of existing, mature ones designed for humans is if you are an AI agent.

Aww, I really wanted a cottage industry of chip manufacturing

> if you want to do BigCorp scale things

I think they were specifically talking about those large aeroplanes

Nah GitHub/MS doesn't allow SSH keys for their internal stuff. You have to use git-credential-manager, which enforces MFA

As a person that's been all electric since 2019, I've always been curious why everyone wants this.

It's really rare for me to drive 700km in one day. What kind of commute do you have?

The keyword being "comfortable".

Most certainly avoidable, unfortunately.

The fall of Rome took like 400 years...

I can assure you that offline installer you got today from GOG will not work on Windows 20 or whatever OS will be the dominant for PC in 30 or 60 years time.

And you can upgrade in future to match your actual needs instead of wasting money trying to front load costs for no benefit.

You can buy a “lightly used” Dell Optiplex with 8gb RAM for like $40 which will cover all your self hosting needs today.

Linux has this impression because most people use it as an aftermarket OS.

If you buy a device that's designed to run Linux from the start from say, the good people over at System76.com, you'll get a much smoother experience.