80% of the people will just read the title and think AI is this robotic voice that lives in a CGI world that looks like a sparkly circuit board and has sole control over the launch of nukes.

... no longer applies. You need to code efficiently instead of just getting it out the door and the OS companies need to hear this loud and clear.

I'll just ask it to show me the winning moves in Tic Tac Toe when it asks if I would like to play a game.

They're good PR for the military. Just don'tt do them with reckless behavior and flights shouldn't be joy rides for your cronies.

Pretty sure I saw the movie

Audacity has been on a very long journey to modernize itself. It wouldn't shock me to learn that they shipped it with functions that are being most widely used or easiest to carry over just to get over the hurdle of getting a major release out the door. It's a beloved tool; I know a bunch of people for whom it's a production linchpin, and I think the developers working on are aware of the number of edge cases where only some tiny fraction of their users make use of a feature. Those people can stay on version 3 for now.

IIRC, a lot of what needed to happen with Audacity was an overall change in user interfaces, which required a lot of deep thought about how people interact with the application. It may be that some of the unhandled features just don't align with the current user experience.

A $2,000 jump in price for a vehicle isn't about RAM prices, it's just another excuse to bump prices by the automakers.

IANAL, but the fair use distinction will need to be settled. And while they are at it, can you cut some slack on YouTube videos?

Applicants for this program must show proof of their "Death Before Dishonor" tattoo they got while on a pass during Basic Training, their marriage certificate to a stripper named Mercedes who was the "One" and still takes half your paycheck and your 29% 8 year car loan on a Ford Mustang or F150. These are the type of candidates they're looking for. A four day pass??

Do you???

So you're saying that a US$212 replacement display that costs more than an entire Chromebook is going to be somehow better for these public schools over some period of time?

Right.

Do you think there's a world where Apple suddenly offers inexpensive replacement parts for anything? Sometimes the screens on Chromebooks are as low as $30. I'm sure they're third party panels, but they work and return the device to useful life. How likely is it that Apple offers screen replacements under $100, even to institutional buyers?

That is repairable by the standards of Apple computers, not the standards of open hardware.

My experience dealing with a Chromebook deployment mirrors one of the grandparent commenters: 90% of the problems are broken screens, Screens are quick and easy to replace if you have the part, but screens cost money and you'll never had as many as you'll eventually need. You'll have extra parts for everything else because of the staggering number of broken screens.

I have an occasional side job dealing with PC/laptop/Chromebook repairs at a local weirdo private Christian Academy. Given that the place definitely seems to have a "go pick the stick I'm going to beat you with"-vibe, I suspect there's actually fewer broken systems than I might see from a similar deployment at a public school. Chromebook screens are still the biggest problem. One of the reasons I got this side gig is that an acquaintance saw the number of devices being written off and just assumed their day-to-day IT person couldn't possibly know what they're doing.

Anything else Apple does, unless their screens are indestructible or only cost $20 to replace, isn't going to help with that.

I'm primarily on Facebook and most of what you see are recommended groups / ads / etc. I used to see more from friends and that's what I want to see.

Six years of support is pretty good and support won't be completely dropped. It's just not compatible with the latest OS.