My question is: how far back in time do we have to go to get to where RAM and SSD prices were this high (for a given capacity) in the past? Like 2021?

That's what I was thinking: early COVID, and it's not so much about the price spike relative to where it was, but the absolute dollars per GB pricing which has been persistently falling for decades - I doubt you have to go past 2021 to get to higher prices per GB, and that was for slower speeds too...

A - it's a bad semiconductor pun

B - who in their right mind would think that a transistor is a legitimate target of a lawsuit?

C - all "AI" is is a pile of transistors with various charge states representing the software layers. It was built by people, same as a Smith & Wesson 38, nobody is suing the guns for people they're killing, either, not even when they have fault sights and hit unintended targets.

It's not as if being "AI" makes it any less reliable as a source of actual experience/opinions.

Reread the thread and point out anywhere you get even the slightest impression that I disagree with what you just wrote...

And how is that false equivalence to an algorithm running on a bunch of transistors?

I use both (why not?, they're both free and it's trivial to add a remote) - I find github is a little quicker to respond, a little easier to work with, and much more well known when you ask someone to go there they're not queasy about what they might be connecting to...

Sue a transistor, see how it conducts itself.

They don't need to ban AI, they need to enforce responsibility for "War Crimes."

Doesn't matter if you used AI to kill schoolgirls or not, the fact is: you were in command and you ordered a strike that killed schoolgirls. The transistor in the circuit board of the guidance computer is not liable, the human making the decision to go ahead with the strike is.

even more difficult days could be ahead

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

At least in Linux you remain in control of the OS. If commercial players want to enter that arena, I welcome them, not as new Overlords, but as players on a level playing field.

I'll also throw in: the more commercial Canonical takes Ubuntu, the fewer machines I have with it installed. Ubuntu's value-add over Debian has been dwindling through the years - coupled with Canonical's rent seeking behavior, I'll rate Ubuntu 26.04 as a net-value subtract as compared with "rolling your own" Debian solution.

Did I miss the self winding mechanism? To me the most impressive mechanical watches are the self winders.

Aw, c'mon: 2014 is "The Year of the Linux desktop."

Oh, wait...

What do the lead free bullets do to the bore? Lead is one of the more lubricious metals available.

Sadly, 99% of today's population doesn't have even 1% of the attention span required to view, much less interact with and understand, this kind of presentation.

How many lawmakers are publicizing their support for Rule 34 on the internet?

Rule 34 is a famous internet maxim stating: "If it exists, there is porn of it. No exceptions." It asserts that any conceivable subject, fictional character, corporate brand, or inanimate object has been or will be depicted in explicit content somewhere online.

The bulk of the current crop of voters (approaching or in retirement) grew up in peak-lead in the air from gasoline... they've got a few years before they age out.

There's our friends from Louisiana who remodeled old houses, including stripping old paint with a belt sander - their kids tested real high, for blood lead levels.

Is tungsten a no-no to carry around loaded, or is it simply unavailable?

After they develop those neck muscles enough to hold their head steady they've got to start working on aim...