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If there's DRM involved, then you're renting, not buying. Take that into account when considering how to spend money.

Less: they get a piece of paper with a drawing on it, which, unlike an NFT, might actually rise in value over time. Even if it doesn't, they can doodle on the back of it or use it to wipe up a spill. Try to do that with a Bored Ape!

Yes, and? The same has been true of previous versions of Windows.

So what? The demand for food is inelastic—all humans need a decent amount of it and you can't buy it used. Demand can never drop below a certain level, regardless of the price being charged. So regardless of how many companies are involved, they'll make the most money by keeping the prices high. Actual competition doesn't benefit them.

You could replace the full text of any grocery company's press releases and interviews these days with "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche," and express the same thing much more succinctly.

That space may be there for safety reasons. Aging or mishandled lithium-cobalt batteries tend to swell. Giving them space to swell into reduces the chance of a fire or an explosion.

If you're going to cram a larger battery into that space, be very careful of what kind you use, or you may find your phone literally burning a hole in your pocket.

I'm just surprised they took the time to check before getting the hell out of there. Perhaps not the sharpest knives in the drawer, these thieves.

And? Seems relatively harmless, as alternate realities go. No one lives in the real world 100% all the time. We're not designed for it.

Lithium batteries are complicated, and the article is not very specific. I assume this site was going to use LiFePO~4~, which is no more unstable than NiMH, but the other chemistries, like lithium-cobalt, tend to catch on fire when mishandled. Guess which is on the news more, and therefore which a group of people who weren't interested in battery chemistries would have heard of? 🙄

Even assuming AI is up to the task (which I doubt) . . . Cost of electricity. Cost of server maintenance. Cost of robotics maintenance. Who does this guy expect to fund all of that? Theoretically a government could, I suppose, but that quickly? They'd want to study it to death first. Private enterprise cannot produce an acceptable solution here. I'd rather pay for my lawyer than have LawAI spout off an ad for its will-making services every couple of minutes during our session.

That isn't the reason most of us use Linux, and even if it were, the "administration vs. creatives" divide probably goes back to Ancient Egypt, if not further. But fight it if you want to. I give it six months before you burn out, and the division in question will still be there, and some people will still be basing their identities around it. (I mean, what do you think is a good thing to base your identity around? Your degree of appreciation for Taylor Swift? 'Cause I think you'd find that one is a lot more common.)

Looks like they might be at a good length for making (multicolored) tassels, if you've got anything that might be improved by a few of those.

Assuming this refers to the Purdue University chemistry department, the two are not related, no. The company and the university both appear to have been founded by (different) guys named Purdue, that's all.