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It frustrates me that these AI companies’ hardware grab is aggressively antagonistic to technology enthusiasts.

I find it reassuring that the leadership confirms that their intention is to make my hobbies and profession less financially viable, as I would otherwise worry I’m overreacting.

I need to re-read Constellation Games soon. Lately I keep coming back to considering the expectations that its alien society has for the caretakers of artificial intelligence.

Spinning up AI isn't hard for them from a tech standpoint, but since the AI is advanced enough to be considered life, anyone who creates it needs to be responsible enough to be qualified to adopt.

I was looking at the in-app purchases list and it doesn't explicitly have a family-sharing plan like Weather Line does.

This looks great and I'd definitely consider switching my family Weather Line plan over to an Acme Weather family plan if it becomes possible.

You’re mistaken. The Nazi Party in Germany intentionally killed a lot of German citizens.

That phrase originated from a story in which a lapsed carpenter stopped an execution.

Christ, we need more woodworking classes for kids on the tech path.

Congrats, Tom! I’m glad to hear there’s more than one moderator here so you can share the workload and hopefully relax well on your time off.

I've been researching Open Source alternatives to WordPress, and apparently Drupal just today released a new variant with modules pre-loaded to cater to marketers considering a similar jump.

Anyone looking at this for their projects?

What a choice, and what poor timing.

Companies that make breaking changes on holiday weekends aren’t going to earn much goodwill from developers.

Yeah, if it was actual spies or junior enlisted, I doubt we’d hear about it, so this may not be the first time.

For a captain not to be able to trust his senior chiefs is what’s most scary here.

If this was a bunch of junior enlisted, I’d be impressed at their ingenuity, and they’d probably get a slap on the wrist for doing the dumb things that nineteen year olds are expected to get caught for.

I can’t imagine the entire senior enlisted crew of a shop risking their careers over better internet access, though. I doubt many captains would have either, though, so I wonder if this presages an imminent crisis of confidence in senior enlisted by senior officers.

Neat!

I wonder if demand for DOS computers for industrial control applications was the driving force behind creating these. I’m sure just buying a new DOS machine with parallel and serial ports might be more straightforward than spinning up a VM on modern hardware in some settings.

I concur on Affinity. For graphic design, pixel art, layout, and photo work I've switched to the Affinity suite.

I used Premiere for about two years but never liked it as much as Final Cut Pro X, so I'm back on FCPX for video now that I've got a better Mac to run it on.

FCPX and Affinity are both one-time purchases, which I appreciate.

Apple ships extra stickers with their logo in the box with a lot of their products, maybe slap one on your computer and see how far it gets you in court?