Readit NewsIf I'm paying 500+ for a device it needs to you know... last more than a few years.
I was very hesitant to spend $1000 on my first smartphone but if it can easily last 5 years, I'm impressed.
Even now, I can't think of a reason to upgrade aside from wanting a new, shiny gadget.
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On my desktop with 32GB ram, I can even get audio to skip when ripping DVD's to disk. That's because practically the entire movie fits into ram before Linux decides to start the writeback process, and that writeback process will hog the disk for almost a minute. Or it used to, until I reduced the buffer size by a full order of magnitude.
This is just another sad example of buffer bloat: the inability to tune data buffers to the capacity of the underlying stream.
Maybe there's a middle ground between puritan BS and literal Nazis?
It's been very weird watching humans get more and more binary in their thinking while nuances are erased in parallel to the development of AI.
Mein Kampf exists. Should it be banned?
My 100mbit VDSL2 bonded internet line is $75, so it was a very noticeable monthly decrease. My ISP/Telco is Windstream in the eastern USA.
Violence was never in my thoughts.
No thank you, I can protect myself.
There's surely some ways you're unprepared to protect yourself. Since you're unaware, you wouldn't be able to thank them. Ignorance is bliss.