Night_Thastus

A reminder that Window's entire (very small) revenue for MS boils down to 2 things:

* Advertisement

* Sale of collected user data to advertisers

You will notice that neither of those require Windows to be a 'good' product. They do not make anything other than a pittance on actual license sales.

MS has 0 reason to invest any time or effort in making Windows a better product. It just needs to be good enough that the world doesn't totally abandon it. And with how entrenched it is with legacy software that won't run anywhere else, they've got that sorted.

I don't get why anyone is surprised when Windows sucks. There's no financial motivation to care about it. MS is a big company with shareholders - they go where the money is.

Rather than trying to get a TV which doesn't have blatant spyware (when in all likelyhood, they all do, or will get one in a software update), I would suggest solving the problem the other way around - get a TV you know you can disable that functionality in. Trusting the manufacturer is a recipe for disaster.

I stripped out the bluetooth+wifi module from my TV and keep it disconnected from ethernet. Now it doesn't matter what it tries to collect, it can't send it anywhere.

SOFTWARE SWITCHES CAN NEVER BE TRUSTED!

The problem is ultimately what it always is - money.

Instead of higher education being something that people do because they want to do it, because they're passionate about a subject or simply want to grow and learn - it became viewed as an edge that would help you get jobs more quickly or better-paying ones. You spent some of your money and time now, but would have a higher salary later in life.

Then, globalism and the internet came in. You are no longer competing with people in your home town. Or your state. Or your country. You are competing with everyone, everywhere, all the time. Employers, for better or worse, only have so many slots available. If one candidate has a degree and the other doesn't, it makes sense to use it as a filter - if only to reduce the shear amount of applicants you need to consider. Every applicant is time and effort and money, and reducing it to a narrow list quickly is paramount.

Now, a degree went from an edge to a necessity. If you did not have it, you would simply be filtered out and your chance of getting anything beyond minimum wage was effectively zero. That meant that almost any cost would be accepted, because the consequences would be so high if not taken. But, schools only have limited seats. Nearly fixed supply and increasing demand meant the price skyrocketed.

Now, we're in the next phase. The balance has tipped. Now, competition is so fierce globally that even with a degree chances of a good job are slim. You might be overqualified, with years of experience and a relevant degree - but if you're competing with 1000 other similar applicants than does it even matter? With those kind of odds and the consideration of lifelong debt, now people are starting to see it as a waste of time.

I don't see a solution.

Asionometry is quite informative, and sprinkles in some humor as well. Great to watch for anyone interested in the silicon industry.

Endless #31 next time.

We are not even remotely near the point of being able to interpret the complexities of thought in a way that we can transmit them outside of the head automatically.

Simple commands, maybe some voluntary muscle control. But nothing as complex as 'What are the pros and cons of these two business approaches?'

Same here. Love steamed. But if you overdo it, it changes color/texture and starts to taste nasty. But get it just right and it's amazing with a bit of butter, or in a pasta, or almost anything.

Reminder that police do not exist to help you. They exist to enforce order and the will of those in power.

Bioware has been dead for over a decade. What we have now has just been wearing its name. Honestly best to just let it go.

I've never played Starcraft before (brain too smooth) but always loved the aesthetic. Gotta say, this was pretty fun. First run I got to Endless/#22.

Looks to me like Immortal and Firebats both sucked for me, which I guess makes sense. Colossus, Siege Breaker and Marauder were my top 3.

That's the world we've built. It's not a world for humans.

At this point, I think it would be more noteworthy if they cross X days with it working without issue. "Github actions remains online after 180 days" would certainly be a headline.

Toyota has been very slow on the EV front, and it turns out that was a stroke of luck - demand has cooled off for EVs massively. (especially after the tax credits were killed in the US)

They make some of the best hybrids in existence. Their transmissions, due to being just a planetary gearbox, are essentially unbreakable and require no real maintenance. They're also very, very gas efficient.

It makes sense to keep doing what they know, when they do it well and the US lacks a lot of good EV infrastructure. (Not even fast charging stations, just like simple slow chargers around businesses and parking)

I regret going for a '23 Corolla gas instead of the hybrid, but at the time I was short on cash and didn't know as much about hybrids as I do now. In my mind it was more complicated and failure prone, which isn't the case.

They say in the article:

"We will learn prices closer to launch, but according to Car and Driver, the gas version will likely start at around $25,000, the hybrid around $27,000, and the EV and PHEVs will likely be priced in the $30,000 range."

As far as prices go, that is not that bad for an EV. (These days)

On the one hand, I 100% want AI-generated videos, images, text, etc to come with some kind of 'spymark'.

On the other hand, no matter how robust that solution is, inevitably someone will come up with a way to bypass it, strip them out, etc - so would it really be useful in the long run?