My tolerance for online ads is zero. Do I break the web?

As soon as recordable CDs were affordable, I switched completely, and never looked back.

Cassette tapes were nice when we didn't have anything better, but they were always a big pain in the back. Noisy, wearing out, skipping took a long time, making compilations took hours. I don't miss those times.

Nowadays, I can play mp3's on a $3 microcontroller, at excellent quality, and I love it.

Do you still use a kerosene lamp when you go into your barn at night?

That has been said about the world in general. Guess what?

There's nothing more dangerous to dictatorships than the truth, so it's only logical.

I can run a web server on a $1 microcontroller, so what?

Did you notice that LFP batteries became more prevalent and much cheaper recently? That's because some key patents expired.

The same thing happened with 3D printing a while ago. It only took off after the patents expired.

Patents are a pest. They're just another mechanism to pump money from below to above.

Finally! Affordable antigravity!

Steam does a lot of things right here, but also some things wrong, which is unfortunately a dealbreaker for me.

I read the specs and got excited, until I read about the resolution. 2160x2160 is what I have now with the Pico 4, and while it's ok for entertainment, and acceptable for browsing and reading, it's far too low for professional work.

Linux would have been great, but I can't justify spending money on a headset with exactly the same low resolution as my current one.

Also, I've become used to color passthrough, and going back to monochrome would feel like a big regression.

And when the AI bubble bursts, "refurbished" HDDs and GPUs will flood the market. Save your money now and be prepared.