I think, all things considered, they handled this pretty well, and I’m actually more likely now to read an Ars article than before the article (when I had a neutral opinion).

The “us vs them” mentality that western media has pushed is backfiring.

In reality its not a competition but western media and government wanted to frame it like that, for 20+ years, and now, oh…looks like the west is losing.

Its the “service economy.” Instead of making things, industry (in the US at least) is heavily skewed towards providing services (aka things you subscribe to or need to buy each time you use).

It does not benefit the individual.

I also used to get the chicken sandwiches (spicy, or asiago) pretty frequently. Like once or twice a month, but pretty consistently from like 2010-2019. The few times I’ve been since 2021, the price went up and the chicken cutlet (which used to be really thick, and real chicken breast, usually hot and juicy too) was thin, and full of mystery meat. And the price was higher. That sandwich used to fill me up, and now its just a few bites.

Well, I haven’t been back. And I’m not going back, regardless of how many changes they make, because I discovered my local pizza shop has a nice chicken sandwich that’s like $2 more but many times bigger and tastier.

That poor guy, the ai is just ganging up on him

Classic pull up the ladder behind you move.

Kind of hilarious that one component of their complaint is that the DeepSeek model is more energy/computation efficient than theirs. Welcome to the free market?!

Well, in that case maybe you just forget to shut the door ;)

Hmmm…so it costs Waymo $11.25 if you “forget” to shut the door.

Maybe people will become very forgetful.

Or, upon reflection, just don’t use Waymo, and don’t play into it at all.

There were decent (at least, worked for me) NTFS drivers for Linux like 20 years ago. (Back when I felt the need to dual boot)

I’m stealing that post title to use myself

100%

“You’re absolutely right! That was just a party balloon!”

Soo…what they need is a big sticker that covers the whole banana… :D

It’s no accident that lightning rods are tall

Translation: our vendors have no idea where this data goes. If they can’t find it, it’s deleted, right?

19 months! Who feeds foraged mushrooms to an infant?!

Haha yeah, they operate with a “1996 internet” security posture…maybe worse ;)

Thanks, kind people of Italy, for your support.

I’m glad it was repairable, but a better solution is to not have a $1000 encumbrance that you feel is necessary to function.

Just enjoy the moon and the night air, and leave the phone on a desk.