The era that these companies evolved in has been left far behind. The best you can say about them is that they keep knowledge of modern research from spreading. They may be the last refuge of intellectual colonialism.

I’m already seeing sites telling how to block FF’s AI baby steps … which I discovered were already present in the FF I use. https://equk.co.uk/2025/10/28/firefox-forcing-llm-features/

Who knows how badly they’ll mess themselves up by not being -completely tranparent- about this stuff and -not- making it really easy to disable. It’s still possible to download older versions of FF to fall back on … in case they lose their minds.

LOL! Well, always is a long time, but not so much until the internet came along! And there are older versions of FF extensions like UBlockO still floating around out there. And it depends on what types of sites the user will be visiting.

You could prolly find someone who’s kept some old versions of 32-bit FF, but using them on -today’s- network with old-time security? Whoof. As for the OS, some older XFCE’s WILL work OK w 500MB, but you’ll be waiting on disk-swap a lot, and SSD options will be limited.

Another popular Linux system restore utility is called Timeshift. It has a GUI to control making system ‘snapshots’ at regular intervals … as frequently as you like. I’ve never had to use it to save -major- messes, but I’ve needed it a couple of times. It’s worked flawlessly … taking just a few minutes to scan and replace/remove wayward packages.

People everywhere falling for the same 10-thousand-year-old scams?

Old doctor joke: Patient: “Hey Doc, it hurts when I do this.” Doc: “Quit doing that!” Same holds true of social pain. Trust yourself, stay true to yourself, avoid the pain sources, and ‘find the others’.

Going by ‘colour’, I’d guess that headline came from the UK. Writing them is a tricky, trippy task.

Electrics produce maximum torque at 0 rpm …

Yep, I noticed that, you’re right. And that’s near-miraculous efficiency. The maker’s website sez: “YASA also estimates that its all-important continuous power will be in the region of 350kW-400kW (469bhp-536bhp).” It also sez: "To achieve a 750kW short-term peak rating and a density of 59kW/kg … " Devi’ls in the details … The image on the ‘superblondie’ page shows A LOT of cooling built into whatever metal that is: https://supercarblondie.com/wp-content/uploads/YASA-tiny-electric-motor.webp

I think he was trying to admit he doesn’t know shit about electric motors.

Yep, Thatcher. Among her pals were Ronald Reagan and Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

Like Starbux, in its hometown.

Buying homes to use as gambling chips is a crime against humanity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYgOlqinH7A

Oh those mathers. At least scientists are humble enough to recognize that theorums about the physical world can’t be proven.

Hopefully it gets done in a shorter time than Wayland took.

Oh noes, how could that -possibly- scale?

It was a decent summary, I was replying when you pulled it. Analog has its strengths (the first computers were analog, but electronics was much cruder 70 years ago) and it is def. a better fit for neural nets. Bound to happen.

Nice thorough commentary. The LiveScience article did a better job of describing it for people with no background in this stuff.

The original computers were analog. They were fast, but electronics was -so crude- at the time, it had to evolve a lot … and has in the last half-century.