Wasn’t it Bill Gates’ dream that every coffee machine should run Windows? I guess he’s got his wish. Also, redundancy: Imagine going into space and then have no email! Can’t let that happen.

There are probably more running copies of freeRTOS than windows in the world...

> You're either someone who cares for the output or someone who cares how readable and easy to extend the code is.

Which of course is a lie propagated by those who want to cast the disbelievers as mentally defective. Why the hell would you care how readable and easy to extend the code is if you weren’t interested in the result?

But they know better. They probably asked an LLM.

Look at how the feudal tech lords employ the tech we actually have, do you seriously think they suddenly grow a conscience if the mythical AGI came to pass? All observable behavior will be based on insatiable greed for money and power, just as it is now.

Bring your own nuclear power plant.

Shouldn’t take too long, now that they’re switching to DC…

"Update: Apple called Techland saying that the story is “pure fiction.” According to the New York Post, Steve Jobs himself has told them the same."

Apparently I forgot the “/s” on my parent comment.

Of course this is intentional. The providers want to make their stuff as addictive as possible, like so much other digital crack sold on the internet.

Why would they fear anything? They’ve been getting away with criminal behavior for so many years now, I don’t even remember when it started. If they get fined now and then, it’s less than 1 percent of their quarterly profits, so that’s not even small change. This won’t influence their behavior in the slightest.

Why would the war keep Trump in office? It is widely unpopular.

The word “unpopular” doesn’t exist in Trump’s vocabulary. The logic is that you don’t vote the Fraudster in Chief out of office during a war. And he desperately wants to stay in office. Ideally without being seen actively sabotaging elections.