It would have to be a voluntary thing, not just handed to everyone. “Put your name on this sheet if you want one.”

That sucks. They probably could give them out to employees as a little bonus thing. Build a bit of goodwill. Rather than have them sit on a shelf.

Everyone is going to buy M.2 SSDs first, and only buy SATA if they don’t have enough M.2 slots. I really doubt SATA SSDs are selling well.

With that said, I don’t see SATA going anywhere. It’s (comparatively low) bandwidth means you can throw a few ports on your board and not sacrifice much. For some quick math: a M.2 port back-hauled by PCIe 4.0 x4 has 7.8 GB/s of data lines going to it. While SATA 6.0 has only 0.75 GB/s of data lines going to it.

It’s very weird that Linux is broken up into Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, Linux (non-WSL), Fedora, etc, etc. but none of the other OSes are. Example: Windows isn’t broken into Server 2022, Server 2025, Windows 10 home, Windows 10 iot, Windows 10 S, etc, etc.

It’s very hard to tell what the total numbers are as you can’t just add these together, since an indivdual might use several.

O, neat. Looks like it is a Rasperry Pi Compute Module 4 doing the work. Good news with that means it’s a generalized solution that will work on lots of similar devices if there are supply constraints on this particular one.

I think it may be time to install CoD4 again. Damn was that campaign good.

Damn, 20 seasons just since Aug 2023.

Honestly, I had forgotten Overwatch 2 was a game that existed. Whole thing was a shitshow on launch and have yet to feel the desire to play it.

MacOS getting a little side action, too.

OpenAI put in an order for 40% of RAM supply at two of the three companies that make RAM.

This is most certainly a supply/demand issue. See linked article for more details.

Shows from Korea have mostly Koreans. Shows from China have mostly Chinese. Shows from Brazil have mostly Brazilians. Shows from India have mostly Indians.

I’m really confused on what you are talking about. Maybe you just need to consume a wider variety of media.

Pretty much. Gold is a time-tested store of value. But it is not a solid investment. (stores of value and investments are not the same thing)

Gold is a solid store of value. That’s about it. It isn’t a terribly good investment as it just doesn’t gain value very fast compared to inflation. But, as I said, it is a solid store of value, so if that is what you are looking for, it isn’t a bad option.

If you want to invest, you are better off with index funds held over the long term.

invested a lot in gold under the belief that in the event of like complete societal collapse

If that happens, a better investment is to make yourself as self-sufficient as possible. Have a way to generate power (solar + batteries), acquire water (well water), sewage (leech field), stored food (just extra cans of food you normally eat), acquire food (a rifle and somewhere deer exist), security (that same rifle).

None of that is unreasonably expensive or hard to get. But all of those are what you would want if you are worried about societal collapse.

These are a pretty big deal. Means you are able to take out drones in a very cost effective way, and don’t have to get so close as to gun things, which could damage the aircraft when the target explodes.

There are potential countermeasures for this (evading when being chased), but this involves the Russian drones getting much more sophisticated (read: expensive) which is also a win.

citizens from an enemy country

Canada does not consider the US an enemy. gestures at the giant piles of things that the two countries have/do together

Damn does that video escalate! 🔥

Gives you more comparability on pen drives, too. Lots of people probably have a 8gb stick lying around, people are somewhat less likely to have a bigger one.

Microsoft itself, in fact, declared that all PCs will be AI PCs

It’s funny that Microsoft intended for this to be a marketing boon, but many users read it as a threat.

Vote with your dollar and go to Jellyfin, or even simpler, a folder with your media in it.

heating bills runs close to $800 a month

You are spending WAY too much per month on heat. Upgrade the insulation in your home and seal air leaks.

Also, do not use resistive heat. It is the most expensive heating solution by a wide margin.

The US has some of the cheapest energy in the civilized world. I’m not sure what to draw from that fact, but it is clear our energy system works pretty well for the end-user.

For a counterpoint, check out Germany’s expensive as fuck energy.