I re-watched Idiocracy recently… it was smarter than this.

Yes, that is what the clueless executives think.

I’ve never worked with a junior developer that was worse than AI is now. It’s often confidently wrong and can do so much damage, all while winning the politics battle without trying.

This phrasing of “received his letter” made me think of a new, unwelcome meaning for Hogwarts.

Some of us prefer “light in the bootloader” as a euphemism

Alternately, no.

Keep that kind of talk in the yard where they aren’t listening so close.

Models need content for training.

Models that can identify things can generate things if run in reverse. (This is blatant oversimplification.)

Ah yes, the most devious of exploits, the bind mount.

Are there 3pp controllers that can wake the Switch 2 yet?

Not plastic caps, plastic paint. The printing on bottlecaps is a polymer and it gets scuffed.

No, the paint on the outside.

The children yearn for the 'fines.

My favorite solar scam is the Power Purchase Agreement:

• company installs solar, you pay $0
• typically sized to generate 100-150% of your consumption
• company bills you ~80% of your actual or previous average use
• price is on contract and has scheduled increases
• after 15-20 years, negotiate a new contract, maybe buy the system, or have it removed

What if solar gets 20x better? Fusion gets solved? Too bad, contract pricing.

The ideal would be a loan where the payments aren’t terribly out of line with the electric bill reduction. With current interest rates and price increases from tariffs, the loan payments would probably be 2-3x the electric bill.

The timeline for repayment on purchase has gone from maybe 7-10 years to more like 15. YMMV based on state, local W/m², power supplier, etc.

I don’t know about you, but I have 2 Apple accounts, 2 Facebook accounts, and like 9 Google accounts. I know I’m above average, but it’s not hard to have 1 of each for normal uses.

39.5ft

Nice Grinch reference.

At what point does the world decide the Palestinians need a country of their own as recompense and carve it out of some other territory?

Anecdotally and semi-relevantly, the Ultimate 2 doesn’t wake the console. 🙁

Narcissists are likely to treat offspring as a personal extension into the future.

Which is kinda unfortunate. I had a solar roof (purchased in 2019) and compared to traditional panels it was comparable cost, slightly lower W/sqft but higher sqft, and much more attractive.