January

iThe City of London might be one, it has a very small resident population, but I dont know how many people know that it is a separate city from London. It’s famos for being chock full of c*nts most of the day.

Since the beginning.

It slows down when it more accurately predicts all the shit you’re going to ask it to do next.

neigh

How do they if you dont plug them in to the network, do they have cellular, or some sort of PLC? Can they hack WPA? maybe they’re more powerful than i’d creditt them for.

Linux doesnt “force” chip makers. It tries to collaborate , that’s the point of what Linus has been saying and doing for several years. I don’t know which market you’re talking about though, embedded - which is relevant here, or consumer PC. I don’t even think MS gives a shit about consumer PC, it’s worth next to nothing to anyone - maybe apple does.

Yes, you maybe need a “bandwagon” or some FOMO. Other psychology crap like that.

Yes, I think “network externality” more than “sunk cost”

I’d think most people woud go for a cheap used ultra Small Form Factor pc or raspberry pi set up as an htpc. Plug in to either tv screen (via hdmi ) or monitor / projector directly. Never connect the tv to the internet - or even to your LAN if you’re really paranoid. You can arse around with a remote control a bit bodgy, or just use wireless Keyboard/mouse.

I cant imagine spending the time to jailbreak a tv to get less functionality for more hassle - but i’m sure some crazy will have done it - good luck finding them though.

I think he needs to work with HW manufacturers and chip designers/manufacturers to get drivers. They’re always going to have some proprietary HW and FW and communication protocols somewhere in their stuff. I think if he pisses them off too much he has to to bit-bash or reverse engineer all drivers for loads of stuff - which is never going to happen.

That’s what capitalists want, workers racing each other to the bottom.

I suspect Musk’s welcome is as long as his chequebook. I think trump sees the $, if his “advisors” are offering him less $ I doubt Trump cars to listen.

The only issue might be if any of it could be proven to be criminal bribery - that seems unlikely though.

Exactly, and same for Israel in respect of settlers.

There’s a good reason Netanyahu chose to install hamas and usurp and kill Arafat.

States/ Nations are usually willing to sacrifice a fair number of their people for the benefit of those in power - I’m sure the benefits trickle down though.

99% of authors or commentators or journos writing about climate change need a 1-tonne solid carbon periodic table smashed over their head.

Everyone in UK would be taught pythagoras, periodic table, evolution at secondary school. Some learning disabled or who DGAF might skip over it or won’t actually learn it; but it’d be at taught in basic terms on the general syllabus for most people before age 16. Certainly anyone specialising in science / maths at 16-18 would be expected to know this stuff at a reasonable level from secondary school.

Having had to choose only 3 subjects at age 16, it’s very limiting for young people who don’t really know what they are doing. You drop one thing and it rules out a whole swathe of things you might never have known would be useful. I sort of wish i’d been forced to do chemistry longer, I dropped it because it was boring and I was allowed to choose stupid shit that proved FAR more useless (Economics).

I’d have probably ended up doing something more interesting and maybe even useful with my life - though maybe the grass is always greener.

“50 Phil Ochs fans can’t be wrong” is like the original “There are dozens of us”.

German data comes in bittes

“. . . you’d better be prepared for the jump into hyperspace. It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.”

“Well what’s so unpleasant about being drunk?”

“You ask a glass of water.”

Have you looked at ubuntu touch supported devices?

That might do some tablets - although i guess they’re focussed on phones - and I think have very little resources.

They put quite a lot of fuel in them; there is a lot of energy in fuel.