That is not a bubble, it’s a shortage caused by a bubble.

x-plane 12!! Finally!! I mean, X-plane is Linux native, but I really wanted to play the Windows version in Linux.

I have been using recertified, or used enterprise class drives which have a crystal disk info good health report. These have waaaayyy higher MTBFs than consumer grade, as in 10x more, so a drive with 40.000 hr. on it, may have 10x *theoretical *the life left. do remeber that the M in MTBF means mean, it doesn’t mean guaranteed time between failure. Enterprise drives tend to be noisier.

A alternative that works well for me for many things is buying from Lidl. They source from China, or wherever, but through European importers. They have a three year warranty, parts or replacement at least for that period, their branded products meet EU safety standards, and are good value. Not everything is perfect, but I’d say that about 80-90 % of what I buy meets or exceeds my expectations. Selection is orders of magnitude lower than Amazon, Aliexpress, etc, but their online catalog is growing fast.

Tools in particular are great value, they have a great battery ecosystem for their power tools, and even have a prosumer line (parkside performance, the black ones), that are impressively close to pro stuff from DeWalt, Makita, etc…)

The article is clanker slop. It’s mostly reiterative, a clear sign of clanker slop. Clankers are reiterative in their slop. A lot of clanker slop is reiterative.

So, because they love cricket, they can’t love basketball? Spain, which has 2 orders of magnitude less the population, is a powerhouse both in football and basketball.

Weir Al’s fans would like a word.

Meanwhile

They don’t recognize bills. They recognize a pattern of tiny yellow rings in the bills, the Eurion constellation, which can barely be seen by the eye. This supposedly will stop copiers and printers from scanning or printing any document that has these.

Bypassing these is trivial.

Figures they would do that there. Actually, swamp coolers should work well there (I’m assuming it’s dry there). Mist systems also work surprisingly well in dry climates.

I cancelled all my streaming subscriptions when they all started pulling price shenanigans.

Now I either use Stremio, properly “Arrified”, or sail the high seas with qbitorrent, which, by the way, has a very good search function not enabled by default, and which many people don’t know about. (Google qbitorrent search jackett)

To look for things I usually go to rotten tomatoes.

Also, there are frequent posts here or on other sites where people post their favorite shows/movies, which are often great for discovering less known shows.

What are these?

There is always someone out there who finds you attractive.

It may take more tries to find than average, but once (and this is key), you understand that rejection is thoroughly harmless, you will find one of these.

Investors should have learned by now that Musks endeavors are 100% ADHD cycle projects; hyper focus, obsess, launch, start to lose interest, hop on the the next, abandoning previous project, instead of building on the success.

Upvoted for proper spelling of “Lo and behold”.

That is an American measure. Imprecise as fuck.

The metric conversion is:

For an ISO standard size adult hand (adjust +/-13% to take into account hand size deviation from ISO standard):

For spaghetti sizes 5-6, make the ok sign with your hand, placing the fingernail of your index finger against the base of your thumb for one person, against the middle joint for 2 people, and to the tip for 3 people.

The pressure exerted by the index finger to the thumb joints should be 9.81 kPa +/- 15%.

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=Yann+lecun+jasp

Things are probably going to get worse in the short term, but the AI bubble is going to burst. Magnitude? We’ll see, but when investors realize that these companies cannot make a profit, and open source frontier models that allow you to run AI in house are removing vendor lock in, things are going to change. Also, LLMs are a dead end, and have little room to improve.

Newer paradigms are appearing, such as Yann LeCun’s JASP, which actually learns, and other approaches, which will make LLMs obsolete, and are way less hardware intensive.

Another factor is the Chinese closing in in consumer grade RAM. If it can be proven that no backdoor or other shenanigans are there, they will balance things somewhat.

While current reality is what it is, there may be a massive social and traditional media manipulation by the big three and other interested parties to fuel fear of rising prices forever, to push people to buy as much as they can at these prices. I have no proof of this, but I don’t think it’s far fetched.

And let’s not forget that for media outlets, fear and tragedy sells. (I think Hearst or some other news mogul said that last century.)

I agree. Definitely better, yes. What I was pointing out is that the whole organic/Bio thing can be deceptive, often in a subliminal way. There is quite a bit of marketing there.

That said, I do buy BIO eggs, free range chicken and meats, the whole shebang. I just try to remember that it’s better than regular industrial, but not from my great aunt’s farm.

What I haven’t made my mind up about is fish. I do fish, and eat what I catch. Sadly only in the summer, as I’m landlocked most of the year. The thing about intensive fishing VS. intensive fish farming causes me a bit of unease.

Didn’t you?