Trump needs the war to end before elections later this year… I think it’s extremely likely the US agrees to giving Iran more power than it had before the beginning, Trump just needs one small concession so he can call it a “win” even if he’s lost

I think the question is less “should they” and more, there is one already announced and in production, so what do you think it’ll look like

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt34352214/

It’s perfect for what my sister in law needs, but it’s not something I would generally recommend

She really just needs a real operating system for her phone for school

We will consider a used M1/M2 used, but I would expect Apple to stop supporting those sooner than the Neo

I’m not a lyricist, but this is at least closer…

Who works for a place that licks AI’s taint

As bad as people are, something like a Tesla is much worse

https://electrek.co/2026/01/29/teslas-own-robotaxi-data-confirms-crash-rate-3x-worse-than-humans-even-with-monitor/

And something like a Waymo costs $250,000+ which is… Hard to swallow

https://sfist.com/2025/04/25/you-might-soon-be-able-to-buy-and-own-your-own-self-driving-waymo-car/

uses GrapheneOS on a Pixel 7 or LineageOS flashed onto a LG Tribute with zero Google apps, and everything backed up via nextcloud running on a headless Debian Raspberry Pie?

Hey now, it’s a Pixel 8 and Raspbian.

Two google apps in a separate profile with a different pin

I’ve heard Windows ME bad, but I’ve almost never heard someone call Windows 2000 bad

You need an equivalent of ACPI in the x86 space to catch on in ARM/RISC-V if you want a general purpose OS to be viable on phones

There’s sort-of kind-of SystemReady in ARM but it’s a far cry from the standardization of ACPI on x86 desktops

UserDB does hold data connected to individual user accounts

I would argue, for now, this is malicious compliance from the open source community.

Adding an optional field in the UserDB to store an age covers the requirements of the law, without trying to help with the spirit of the law

But I do understand the boiling the frog side

A pull request to revert it was posted, but wasn’t merged

Edit: The revert patch being denied is when the drama started

They haven’t, whatever your opinion on it…

Pottering responded no and closed it, stating it’s just an optional field others can use how they please

You have to convince investors why your AI research won’t hit a wall like LLMs are now - they’ve poisoned the term “AI”

They’re a dead end, insofar as they do all they’ll ever be able to; if you can find use for them at their current level, great, but it does not look likely they will be able to do more than they currently can

LLMs are a dead end, and the massive amounts of money being wasted on them will make people too scared to invest in other forms of AI.

So we are currently at a local maxima that we won’t overcome in 10 years. It will take much longer before we try a different approach to create “AGI,” and the wasted money on LLMs will slow other forms of AI research, leaving us stagnating for >10 years

Qualcomm and most phone manufacturers try extremely hard to make sure you can’t run your own operating system on their hardware.

A bug in their security preventing you from installing your own operating system has been found on a specific Qualcomm chip - the Snapdragon 8 gen 5, which, at least for some Xiaomi phones, lets programmers load their own versions on the devices

The last time we tried using them, the computer came with Windows 98…

They were horrible back then, not really sure how they are still in business.

I hadn’t noticed how closely Altman resembles Phelps until the side by side in this thread

Sonata Arctica.

Lead singer has amazing crowd presence, and every time I’ve seen them they’ve been amazing

They’re also required in chili competitions, so…

Traditional Red - no beans

Verde - no beans

Homestyle - requires beans, and they must be “clearly visible on the top”

People’s choice - requires beans

You can compete in traditional/Verde, but are generally required to also make one with beans for peoples choice: https://chilicookoff.com/uploads/2025-26-ICS-Chili-Rules.pdf

I currently do, maybe not twice, but about 20% more to avoid them

I also refuse to buy several cheaper car companies because of ads I saw years ago, and bought a more expensive car for my wife to avoid them

I don’t know the price difference, but there’s also a toilet paper brand I will never buy

I’m sure lots of ads work on me, but if your ad is annoying enough, I will pay significantly more to your competitor