It’s a bit weird because it is one of the better HN comments I read in the last days.

Thanks for the kind compliment : )

I try to ask myself whether things I write are (1) writing and (2) reading before writing. Sometimes that works.

Actually it would be very interesting to know how it performs for AI and whether it has a better value.

I understand where you are coming from.

But as a gamer who hasn't been able to make a significant upgrade to my rig in 6 years due to memory price and redirected processor engineering funding (all of it due to AI), it really bother me.

Weren’t the prices normal until about a year ago?

We can see it as a curated collection of castles.

But you don’t pronounce it and in your example you know it’s plural without the x.

I would say it’s technical debt but rest assured that the language is alive and will eventually drop the x. Perhaps we will have a s instead of a x first.

It does change sound sometimes based on the following word.

Kids grow up so fast. Enjoy the toddler phase.

Having to wear adult diapers after giving birth is not unexpected.

Nor funny.

Reminds me of when I would get clowned for getting Diet Coke at McDonalds or Taco Bell. "You're eating fast food, why even bother with a DIET coke, har har har..."

I just like the taste better. :-/ but so many people have thought that was soooo funny.

Also, eating say a Big Mac and fries isn’t that unhealthy when done occasionally, there’s a lot of salt and fat but nothing horrendous. Compared to the load on your liver and pancreas etc of consuming literally about 1/2 pound of fructose that’s in a big soda. The soft drinks are by far the least healthy part.

I will miss their yearly developer survey. Otherwise I won’t miss them. What a frustrating experience it was.

They still have it, and just sent it out

The netbooks were for most a lot cheaper. I think a modern equivalent is a shitty Chromebook.

Time to become a shepherd in some remote mountains.

No, but you are a lot more vulnerable to enshittification and you don’t have the advantages of open source applications.

It’s an important criteria to have in mind when you select an application.