There’s a big difference between a $100 sound system and a $1000 sound system. I’ve gotten the “audiophiles are dumb” lecture for suggesting someone upgrade from 2x4" computer speakers to actual studio monitors for working on their music. But their speakers literally could not reproduce some of the frequencies thru were trying to make, so they mixed the bass WAY the fuck too loud.

But yeah, diminishing returns start to kick in around that point. Quickly becomes the eternal story of a Fool and His Money.

I don’t want president Gavin Newsom either, but I don’t see how anyone could possibly think “A reality TV businessman billionaire who’s BLUE on the TV charts is what this country needs right now”

Like, fuck Microsoft, but this is just adapting to a world where people regularly have multiple computers on a network. ESPECIALLY business computers, which are the bread and butter of Microsoft’s income.

Eh, she was 40 when they got married. That’s so deep into Consenting Adult territory, I don’t really care what the age gap is anymore.

He’s 100% an allegory for the Christian God, but idr if he’s the canonical God in Narnia itself.

FWIW, a good chunk of lingerie ads are meant to target men (assuming they’re heterosexual and in a relationship).

Finance, there’s a whole lot of arcane statistics underlying risk management.

Tech, the bleeding edge of computer science is really just applied math.

It was so wild that I didn’t even notice the sex until my second watch

Synology, with QNAP as a close #2. There are other decent options, but they aren’t quite as polished so they may require more “actual computer knowledge” to troubleshoot from time to time.

Yeah, that’s the point. Microsoft Office is a service with support and downtime guarantees.

Don’t kid yourself. Anti-porn lawmakers know that there are like 4 big porn sites and if you can shut down access to those ones, it is a huge step towards their goals.

I think we’re finally past the peak of tablet-ification of car dashboards. A lot of manufacturers have finally realized people hate it and newer models are putting all crucial functions on buttons and only putting infotainment stuff on the tablet.

I want to get off of Mr. Bones’ Wild Ride

There’s also the massive gray area of “what do YOU define AI to mean?”

There are legitimate use cases for machine learning and neural networks besides LLMs and “art” vomit. Like, what AI used to mean to gamers: how the computer plays the game against you. That probably isn’t going to upset many people.

(IIRC, Steam’s AI disclosure is specifically about AI-generated graphics and music so that ambiguity might be settled here)

Yes, I can collaboratively edit within the desktop MS Word app. The online version is objectively worse for that, ironically.

Collaborative editing is the main thing that puts it above Libre in a professional setting.

I use Libre at home, but at work MS Office wins 😕

Joke’s on you, all computers are autistic.

Acorns are like the easiest thing to forage, though. I agree that foraging isn’t as simple for many people as the OP makes it out to be, but acorns are a bad counter example.

They are high in tannins, which your body is pretty good at processing in reasonable quantities (they’re in tea, coffee, and wine), but many acorns DO have unreasonable quantities of them and they can cause organ damage. Luckily, tannins are water soluble, so you just need to crack them open and soak them in water for a few days, then rinse and they’re safe to eat.

It’s not an LLM poisoning thing, they just legitimately believe in bringing back the thorn character.

I agree, it’s ineffective and annoying.

Officially, no.