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Comment Re: Pay people better (Score 1) 159

I can concede that it may not be necessary, but why do you believe that it would actually be counterproductive?

I didn't say or imply counterproductive. What I implied was uselessness.

There are multiple reasons (several of them related to decisions by the ultra-wealthy) but I think the best one is that most people's emissions aren't very high. You could remove the bottom 50% of the population as measured by income off of the map entirely and not make things much better.

Another reason is that most of what we do could be much lower-emissions if we used strategies we already know how to implement. Take agriculture for example where zero tilth agriculture dramatically increases yields and reduces emissions. This would require more human labor, but there's a lot of that available. The problem with shifting that direction is directly with the ultra-wealthy deciding we won't do it, so that they can buy more yachts. They absolutely depend on our agricultural systems minimizing labor. People don't want farm jobs because they are shitty, but they don't have to be today, that's entirely related to the profit motive where you hire the fewest people possible.

TL;DR: Eat the rich, and the emissions problems of eating can also be solved. Fail to do so and they cannot.

Comment Re:That's a browsing appliance and little more. (Score 1) 59

In ancient times netbooks sold well despite weak specs.

Yeah, and then they killed the ultra low cost laptop market completely because everyone discovered that they were inadequate at the time and then became COMPLETELY inadequate (as in, good for almost nothing) immediately thereafter. Most of them were single core, the good ones were dual core but didn't have enough RAM to hold up.

Now there's a low cost laptop market again but the cost of entry is double what it used to be, or at least 1.5 times with inflation. This is a little more realistic. But that's just not enough RAM for Windows. It would be OK for Linux. My Linux laptop is an HP and everything works so there's hope I guess, but I'd wait for someone else to find out.

Comment Re:Screw it, memory is cheap... (Score 1) 59

Apple took an OS which had no trouble fitting onto machines whose memory was measured in low double digit MB, ruined the UI, and turned it into something that needs 8GB+.

This is still better than Windows, where Microsoft took an OS which would not run well with any amount of resources, and made it run even worse with any amount of resources. (It has run fairly well at certain times... in the past.)

But both are a far cry from Linux, where you can still boot up and do useful work with 4GB or so, even with a modern kernel. You might need to use a less featureful WM/desktop, but you can actually do that.

Comment Re:Why the FTC? We're talking about weapons here. (Score 1) 16

Why is the FTC being directed to do the investigation? They're supposed to focus on anti-trust and consumer protection.

Are you seriously saying you don't see any need for consumer protection laws regarding AI services, or is this some kind of confused face trolling like a virtual Tucker Carlson?

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