Generally, I find that the discs often little more than licenses and require the actual have to be downloaded.

I mean, if it has USB PD, that could be a not so unreasonable thing. That is, supposing USB PD supplies as outlets become common.

Yeah… The singleplayer games being unplayable is extremely stupid. Was going to play Dying Light, which came out a long time ago but zero games, disc or not, will start.

Getting used to vim has made nano unusable for me. The muscle memory is too strong. That and all of the regex and plugin features (ex. LSP) are just too useful.

It’s an electron app…

They’re both fine choices.

Same here (I want that to remain). It’s a much better way for an informed vote, IMO.

I want absentee to be the norm. It means that voters can take their time and research what they are voting for based on more than just the voter’s pamphlet.

Is PD that much better?

Yes, it really is. The USB spec for Type A connectors is 5V @ 1.5A for a max energy output of 7.5W. USB PD 3.0 (which requires the Type C connector) specs for 5V @ 3A (15W), but also provides additional optional mixes of 9V @ 3A (27W), 15V @ 3A (45W), 20V @ 3A (60W), and 20V @ 5A (100W). Adding to this, there is also now USB PD 3.1 EPR (Extended Power Range) which adds 28V @ 5A (140W), 36V @ 5A (180W), and 48V @ 5A (240W).

So, 7.5W of available power vs up to 240W (supposing device and cable support), plus flexibility on negotiated power. This means that there is far more energy available to charge faster and the ability to power many more types of devices that require different voltages.

But wait, there’s more. USB PD is also used to enable negotiation of USB Alternate Modes. Currently, only Thunderbolt, MHL, and DisplayPort alt modes are maintained but that’s still pretty awesome.

You’re very welcome!

Does it really matter who does the evicting ?

Yes.

After it’s done it’s anybody’s guess what will fill the power vacuum. All we know is they will wear black boots and carry guns.

And this is exactly why. In order to effect lasting, positive changes, it’s important to have builders, not to mention critical mass with the populace. “Ends-justify-the-means” thinking and ascribing friendship the the enemy of one’s enemy don’t lend themselves to establishing resilient and non-despotic results.

Yeah… I absolutely loathe their website. I’d say “abysmal” is generous when one is trying to find specs or the like.

Are they saying that the clocks in Androids still use quartz, but iPhones use MEMS clocks, even though they both use general MEMS silicon?

Correct. MEMS technology is used in the accelerometers and gyros in the inertial measurement units (IMUs) that are in pretty much every smartphone. Apple decided to switch to using MEMS clocks, probably because it means that they can reduce part count slightly as it would mean that they can incorporate them on the same chip as the CPU or the like.

I currently do this (mostly) with Xreal Air. There’s also Viture, which has proven to be much more FOSS-friendly.

Yet it couldn’t save toys r us?

Nope. Because Toys R Us was murdered by an investment firm.

But even then, is the water truly consumed?

Yes. People and crops can’t drink steam.

Does it get contaminated with something like the cooling water of a nuclear power plant?

That’s not a thing in nuclear plants that are functioning correctly. Water that may be evaporated is kept from contact with fissile material, by design, to prevent regional contamination. Now, Cold War era nuclear jet airplanes were a different matter.

Or does the water just get warm and then either be pumped into a water body somewhere or ideally reused to heat homes?

A minority of datacenters use water in such a way Helsinki is the only one that comes to mind. This would be an excellent way of reducing the environmental impacts but requires investments that corporations are seldom willing to make.

There’s loads of problems with the energy consumption of AI, but I don’t think the water consumption is such a huge problem? Hopefully, anyway.

Unfortunately, it is. Primarily due to climate change. Water insecurity is an an issue of increasing importance and some companies, like Nestlé (fuck Nestlé) are accelerating it for profit. Of vital importance to human lives is getting ahead of the problem, rather than trying to fix it when it inevitably becomes a disaster and millions are dying from thirst.

They are typically closed-loop for home computers. Datacenters are a different beast and a fair amount of open-loop systems seem to be in place.

Would be nice if we could have some technological privacy laws written in this century.

Viture is currently recommended as they’re the most FOSS-friendly.

Linux. Couldn’t be arsed dealing with Windows.