I have used AI to write stuff for myself, that I have not even looked into.

I am sure it is not great, and I would likely have to spend almost as much time going thru it fixing performance and security vulnerabilities than if I had written it from the start. But it was a test. I did not write a single line myself. Used a bit of my dev skills to make it refactor code into different files etc.

So small programs for internal use will get done by AI over time. External facing is too dangerous right now.

Job applications is supposedly where it excels. As the application reader is AI as well.

Smal pieces of code can be generated fast. But might take time to debug or understand. Crappy AI from Microsoft does not put comments online but after the code.

Sane nations sanctions on Russia. Russia threatening all of Europe, including Linus' home country of Finland.

They are no longer contributors - but you can always go back in historic source to see what they contributed.

I am all for this. Let us see if the change will be reverted if Trump can join the dictators club. You will only have to vote once in your life, then Trump will make sure you never have to vote again.

A small country like Denmark has 2 price zones, Norway has 5, Sweden 4 zones.

Then we have all the 3rd world countries (From an energy perspective) like Germany, UK etc.

France is a bit special, as they built the powerplants wisely near where energy is needed.

Sweden denied Germany a new cable before they fix their problem with 1 price zone. As it is now, Germany buys lots of electricity in Denmark, Sweden etc that ends in the north of the country - but it is needed in the south. So they cause increased prices in Denmark, Sweden and Norway (by buying) - and then they have to pay afterwards to stop energy producers as they can't transport the electricity.

We need to stop this, and it can only be done with different price zones within the countries. Germany could obviously be split up in east and west Germany (as there is few cables across the old border), or they could be split in th "Aldi Nord/Aldi Sud" zones, as that makes sense. Or split in 3-4 diffeent zones.

No matter how, the heavy German industry is down south where they only have solar power - So they will be hit with increased energy costs, and new industries might be formed up north, or even in east germany where there are lots of unemployed to take jobs.

Price zones makes sense, but their are strong lobbying against it, as indistry is often badly placed.

Shouldn't the company be responsible for making it impossible to walk for the poor guy ?

Right to repair should be a right, globally, and spare parts availability listed up front, and guaranteed for x years. Say 10 years for cars, 7 for a fridge etc - since last unit shipped from manufacturer. We have something in Europe.

In Denmark you need to unlock the phone, and press the validation mode button. Then the police or other authority will use their own device to scan the fast changing QR code on their device. Just to make sure it is not a static something you copied.

Here the phone will not have to leave your hands.

In Denmark we have had digital drivers license for close to 2 years, they are working as a valid ID, and there is even a validation mode in the app that can verify another persons ID online - This is a fast changing QR code. You can show/hide your SSN depending on use.

Thus we have stronger identity validation using that - than any of the physical means.

Why the Snowden Comment ? He is a Russian Agent - So of course he is against the terrorist branch of Iran getting hit as Iran and Russia are best friends.

Exploding electronic devices is nothing new. Bugged crypto-phones handed over to the enemy is nothing new.

We all know that analog coms over point-to-point wire is the best.

Terrorists and dictatorships should just avoid any imported goods. They should go back to safe comms like encrypted smoke signals, or morse using mirrors. Ot just stop terrorizing people.

Now it is easy to to clean out Hizbollah top brass. Just visit hospitals looking for hand, face, hip or belly injuries. Israel could almost say that Libanon hospitals are Hizbollah command centers.

In Denmark, Europe, shrinkwrap licenses are not valid for end users / consumers.

The consumer is considere a weak party, and in a situation where he is not in a situation to negotiate the contract. Thus the contract can not be valid.

A contract is considered an negotiated agreement between 2 uqla parties - both of which will gain something from it.

It ios just like a signature put on a paper with a gun to your head is not binding. You are not in a position to negotiate.

The USA should start to get some sensite consumer protection law (and citizenprotection laws)

Most photographers and authors are unemployed already. Generative AI has been able to do both for longer time.
Sarcasm over.
Somebody still have to describe the problem in a way that causes the LLM to output the correct code, and make sure it is secure, and make sure it does what it is supposed to.

I think many men experience starting grey hair (linked to proteins) around the age of 50, eyesight changes to become more far-sigthed so you have more time to run away from danger. And being closer to 60 than to 50 I can say that recovery in general (after exercise, cuts etc) did go worse around the age of 50. Building muscles is harder, and gaining weight is easier.

So the mid-40'ish or around 50-ish for me and colleagues is not an unknown, we know that 50 is a sharp corner where things starts to go downhill.

Alzheimer is something controlled by genetics. You can have a DNA variation that gives late onset of Dementia and Alzheimers. Supposedly that varion keeps the risk low until 80+. The 80+ could be the non-investiagted 78 y.o process taking control.

Some providers in EU charge a combined kWh and per minute fee. So the slow kWh will be way more expensive.

Europe is different. We have way more chargers. This summer I was waiting 4 minutes at a highway charger with 4 outlets. Else no issues, except a slow charger, as I had to share the 300kW with another car.

Maybe it is the other way around. Early signs of brain rot is attraction to ultra-processed food ?

I know that I genetically have a hugely reduced risk of dementia before the age of 90. But I stay away from junk. So I am one to prove their theory. Or the opposite theory. Brain rot = bad food.

There are many other cubes, pyramids and other shaped inspired, the the World Cubing Association is running competitions all over the world all the time.
Hardware qhas evolved, now springs has been replaced with repulsing magnets, while other magnets helps control the cube shape. It is a very actively developing market.

It takes 20 moves to solve eventhe most difficult mixed up cube. Humans tend to spend twice that.

There are many solving methods, with CFOP and Roux being the biggest (And Roux best for one-handed solving, with fewer moves). Many disciplines. Even blind solving where a person remembers x cubes, ghets blindfolded and solves them in under an hour (using a completely different method, typically 3-style - which is algorithm free - You use commutators/permutators). Correctly solved = +1 point, missing or badly solved = -1 point. World record is correctly solving 62 of 65 in less than an hour. Memorizing time included !!!

Remember, the cube is easy. The are only 8 corners, and 12 edges that needs to be swapped into place. And it can always be solved in max 20 moves.

I am on Windows most of the time, and there I use WSL 2 for anything Linux. It is nice and stable.
I am running Windows (company installs, autopilot testing etc) within VirtualBox. Not as polished at VMware, but good enough, and free.

My home setup has a Proxmox (QEMU?) running things like Home Assistant in a VM, a VPN gateway as LXC, move MQTT and z2m out as LXC containers, running Frigate for video etc.