Bullshit. Want to use a tool? Be competent to use it. There is really no excuse and your AdHominem is just complete nonsense.

In the case of Linux, use a distro that matches your level of skill.

What part of that document says they have to be networked? I skimmed it and didn't see anything like that. I found some stuff about remote operators, but those appear to be optional.

I'm sure that was part of the whole purpose of DOGE, to destroy government employment as a viable career choice for competent people.

Women who I have worked with call themselves "linemen", so I don't think that's a problem. The fact that almost all of them are Union members is probably more of an issue to this Sadministration.

While I am no fan of attributing powers to generative AI that it really does not have. But it certainly has its uses in prototyping, generating mock-ups and experiments or adjusting parameters. Hence it is absolutely no problem using it there. Using it for final assets that then get carefully reviewed and adjusted by real, competent artists (that also did the prompting) is also absolutely no problem.

Of course, any king of "slop" is not acceptable, whether AI generated or generated by incompetent humans. But what matters is the result quality, and GenAI CANNOT replace creativity or insight and will never be able to.

Then you compile from sources. Special needs require special skills. Well, not that special, really.

Well, the Nest 2nd gen thermostat was sold from 2012-2015 (when it was replaced by the 3rd gen), and support ended in 2025, so, 10 years.

And down here in the real world, distro-packaging is done by the distro, not the upstream developer.

Considering "the companies named in conjunction with the play" I think that failure is pretty much guaranteed. For that matter, I personally believe that's the plan.

"If you want voters to believe that government is broken you'll need to break it first." - Grover Norquist

Yep. Happens when the voter is as dumb as bread and easy to manipulate. Praying to the Great God Mammon also has something to do with it.

I especially like "advances in quantum Computing". The stupid does not get much more concentrated than what we see here.

This is really just advanced stupidity. Use your distro-native package format and be done with it.

Seriously. Well, it might in some countries that are intent on completely crashing their economy. Not everybody is that stupid though.

You _really_ do not understand the GDPR.