Don't worry - they'll claw back the expense of the free periods by increasing charges outside of these hours...

No such thing as a free lunch...

We've seen what Americans will vote for.

They've proven they don't deserve a say in the matter...

When companies like Rockstar refuse to do basic actions like tick a checkbox to allow linux and steamdeck players to play GTA V online, there's the complete malicious angle as well...

Not because of steeling or use IMHO. It will be mostly because of the sheer amount of low quality open source or freeware products out there with no maintenance and people's increasing ability to generate bespoke fit for "purpose" code. I think large projects have the potential to benefit with the right gate keeping and processes.

I'm going to blame all the science fiction it consumes.

Same. Got two sets - both connected via SPDIF optical. Worked very well for many years now.

I did however replace the LCD on the volume control because it faded beyond readable. Was a whole $20 or so to fix.

I own, but do not operate, a few IT companies that manage corporations in the $600MM-$1B receivables range.

Based on our own help desk ticket software, our clients have opened 40% fewer tickets since ChatGPT was rolled out to every desk and phone. 40%. I expect another 40% drop (total 80%) by next year as end users just manage things themselves.

I won't downsize as the tickets aren't really generating revenue as much as headaches. One of my engineers had a broken PDF file that took her 6 hours to fix, and the end user spent 6 days trying to fix it themselves with Ai.

But -- the basic stuff? Reboot your computer stuff? Email rejected because you mistyped a domain name stuff?

You don't need a human, and we would probably have outsource that stuff to India anyway next year if not for ChatGPT etc.

I spend quite a bit on Discord server services, but I'm out.

GFY, Discord and governments, for mandating this bullshit nonsense.

Honestly? Your post just screams of "I don't ever want anything to change".

Continue to live in a dumpster if you want, but systemd has been a net positive - but your attitude is exactly why Debian hasn't reached its potential.

systemd won. It's that simple.

This is what the numbers look like:

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftrends.builtwith.com%2FS...

Sadly, it seems the quality of Fedora is going down the gurgler too.

If they ever finish debian to use a single init system and actually have some consistency, it'd be soooo much nicer to use. I've been saying that the last 5-6 versions though.

That's the problem with debian - there's no central leadership for anything - so it only really seems to get 80% of the way there. If they could just get that extra 20% completed, it'd be a complete, hands-down, no brainer to use for just about everything.

Asimov's Laws of Robotics can't be encoded using any existing technology. So there is no way to stop bad stuff from being generated at this time.

Exactly this.

The fact its even being mentioned is a complete farce.

It's stupid on so many levels that it isn't even funny.

However, while we're distracted, mega-corps continue to rape our environment of the stuff actual humans require to survive.

Talking to people in public isnâ(TM)t harassment.

Talking to people on taxpayer funded grounds also isnâ(TM)t trespass.

Tax funded?

Not private property anymore.

There are proposals to have 7 day SSL/TLS certs. This is an example of why that could be a major problem. Many Islands are connected by one cable with an old satellite system as backup. Emergency satellite links often don't comply with the local law of the disconnected country or the downlink station.