Posts by redpawn

You bought nothing but a number,

and you trusted someone else would always be willing to buy it from you because a computer says you own it and blockchain.

Shell Game

It's green-washing when you can claim the already running wind power as being what powers your data center, leaving others on the grid using "dirty energy". If they are paying a premium for that power, it my help finance future green energy, but at this time...

What could go wrong?

Rates will of course remain competitive and if Musk or his ilk buys Intel, rest assured your servers will work even better. Genius.

Energy has to go somewhere

Ever disassemble something with a compressed spring, inadvertently set fire to flammable materials, be it fuel or food? Stored energy needs to be respected. As a kid I scraped out the fuel from a model rocket and got the match about 6 inches from the powder pile before a flash of heat and light passed my face, luckily with no lasting ill effect other than a greater appreciation for stored energy.

It's only

two Score and Four Billion dollars, in other words, chump change. As for those pesky human workers, they could be replaced by the AI modules from Tesla wrecks at a far lower cost.

Define Bad

Is it any worse than their own print spooler?

A Friend in Need

is an opportunity indeed, also Russia's version of helping a friend.

It's only Human

No ethical issues I guess, so it's all good.

Improvement

Have the car issue a citation and suggest a manufacturer owned rehab facility.

Memories

Those were the days. I remember thinking a GUI was for people to stupid to learn commands. I also thought no one would ever need more than 64k of RAM. While this needs more than 64k, it is still in ballpark. One member of our astronomy club told me I would find use for a Terabyte if it were available in 1983. I laughed at the absurdity. That said, I will have to dust off my IIc and try to get the program loaded. Wish me luck...

Wouldn't it be easier to...

just keep the patient data in a poorly or unsecured server? Just asking.

Did someone..

say Skynet?

If only my work bench..

needed heating this summer, but if it did, I could just burn money. It would be cheaper.

We don't care about

injuries, we care about infections. Better to wait for infection and treat it than to treat the injuries in the first place. Shamble on.

You are no longer a student...

You are a worker drone from the start of Kindergarten! Get with the program you slackers and nogoodniks. Your parents used to walk to school in the snow. You have it easy now that it is warm. Time you learned your place and contribute to your more than fair corporate benefactors.

If you earn enough in adulthood, after learning our lessons, you can become a student in your retirement. Consider that more than fair compensation you ingrate.

I'll sell you a box of matches for $1000

Then you could torch your remaining money. It would be quicker and easier, although not much, to dispose of it that way.

Where's the God in this?

Only through Cloud can one achieve digital salvation!

Of course they are shipping...

only Virtually. Use older headsets to try them on.

I wish

I had a vacuum chamber and no conscience. I could anodize all kinds of cheap crap and make collectible reboots of old products. Might start by gold plating RPI-400s as Atari 2600s. They could also double as Apple I computers etc.

Clay Tablets

seldom have this issue. I'm headed back to my yurt now.

Like that free lunch...

from a timeshare company. If you only have a W-2 form from work, then this will work for free, as long as you click past multiple warnings that you might not be getting the best refund. If you have a slightly more complex return, such as a scholarship or a penny of dividend income fork over some real cash. Even then they try to up-sell you to a more expensive version.

I don't care if it's reliable,

just give me a number. And while you are at it, let me know if it is raining outside.

If Only...

I had more eyes and hands, I'd be interested in getting yet another computer. Oh wait, I could get something to run Windows 11 so the MS Empire won't crumble and deprive us of one of dozens of options.

Heat exchanger?

I can understand using the spare heat, but do you want treated waste running through your data center? It seems a heat exchanger might be called for to keep things clean online.

The Key is...

under the doormat, on the door sill, in the postbox, and under the cute snail in the planter by the front door. In other words, all is secure as long as you don't count the missing back door.

Defective Autopilot

I want that!

And I expect to pay thousands each year for updates to make it less defective. Lawyers will eat this stuff up as the body count of pedestrians rises. Next they will want automatic self-tinting glass which will stay too dark to drive unless you re-up your subscription.

$50 Credit

Wow! Almost 10 gallons of gas. That will help so much you won't notice the extra fuel used or you could spend toward getting the A/C filter changed.

Should I invest?

I was wrong about Bitcoin so there is a nonzero chance it will work, unless of course you are investing in it.

Just do as a coworker

and keep all your files in the handy recycle bin. Never would have thought that was a secure place before.