Internet connected devices are a mistake. Not only is there non-existent security updates for the device, it means there is a timer on the life of the functions of the device. If a device cannot function offline, you will have a gimped (or completely dead) product soon.

functions like scheduling a charge will no longer work

Case and point. Why did the device ever need the internet to run a clock? It didn’t, but because it was ‘smart’, now it can’t operate a basic time function.

Yeah, I have zero desire to give them money. Luckily, there are solid options that aren’t them, notably the steam deck for portable gaming and pc/xbox/ps5 for home gaming.

The best printer is still whatever Brother Laser Printer is on sale.

This isn’t about saving oneself from US access in exchange for Russian access. It is about already permitting US access, then ADDING Russian access on top. It doesn’t matter if the US feds are worse than Russian feds or vise versa, the worst possible choice is giving both entities access. Which is exactly what a US company does when they install a Russian AV across their network.

this risk is even greater for the person with windows installed on their personal computer

I’m fully onboard with Linux. And we can see from the usage charts others are taking notice of the benefits.

If you are a US based company, you already have to comply with US government legal requests. However, if you are a US company and using a Russian AV, now your AV will have to comply with Russian government requests. Russia is well known for asymmetric attacks, and giving that geopolitical adversary kernel level access to your entire corporate network is … unwise.

I’m surprised at how many companies still use a Russian AV. You are relying on this singular piece of software to keep your computer safe, and you pick the Russian one? Particularly when Windows Defender is right there. All you have to do is…not install the Russian AV.

Using youtube with Brave Browser and AdGuard blocks youtube ads on iOS.

why do we believe that 2030 nuclear plants will be competitive with 2060 solar panels or wind turbines

They have to be competitive with solar panels & grid-scale energy storage costs combined. You can’t leave off 90% of the cost and call it a win. Unless you are fine pairing solar panels with natural gas as we currently do; but that defeats much of the purpose of going carbon-free.

If 1990 nuclear plants aren’t competitive with 2024 solar panels

They aren’t competitive with 2024 solar panels paired with natural gas. But, again, is that really the world you are advocating for?

Wind and solar also have to be paired with either cheap natural gas or energy storage systems that are often monstrously expensive. Unfortunately these numbers are almost always left out when one discusses prices.

People do appreciate the lights staying on, after all.

Along that idea, there are mail forwarding services that will accept delivery of items in their home country, verify the contents, then forward them to you. OP, I don’t know what companies do that for Switzerland, but that would be worth checking out.

It certainly doesn’t help Intel has been intentionally selling defective product in the 13th and 14th gen lines. People are quite reasonably going to AMD more and more.

Human summarization of the above story:

LLMs do not understand the text, so they cannot pick out the important sentences. Because of this, they are unable to summarize the text; instead they shorten the text. Unless the text is very rambly, important meaning will be lost when shortening.

Also the LLMs lie.

Making it harder for firearm education, use, handling and entertainment videos to be on the most popular video platform is not a positive step. The resources people have to safely handle and use firearms has now diminished.

Is this odd? Most cars have had several recalls, and if you have never taken your car in for recall work, you need to go look up what work was (not) done on your VIN and take care of it. Lots of cars are still out there with claymores for airbags, make sure your car isn’t among them.

https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls

Even Level 1 charging is pretty notable, means the vast majority of your daily miles still come from charging at home. This should be achievable if you have an outside plug and an outdoor extension cable.

Though, I suspect from your statement even that isn’t possible due to ownership issues.

The reduction of monitoring is worth it. DJI calls home with your location and even provides tools for police to view the location of drones and drone operators in real time.

Click on page 1; OP linked to page 2 which is chaotic to read first.

Are they going to drop the constant data collection, or is that data collection also considered ‘secure’?

Microsoft admitted that it could have taken steps to prevent two aggressive nation-state cyberattacks from China and Russia

Microsoft spent years ignoring a vulnerability while he proposed fixes to the “security nightmare.” Instead, Microsoft feared it might lose its government contract by warning about the bug and allegedly downplayed the problem, choosing profits over security

Jesus fucking Christ Microsoft.

Edit: OP, the article currently links to page 2, which is a bit odd to read first. Here is page 1.

Yeah, a friend had their basement cement cut and repaired to fix a sewage line. I can’t imagine how much more expensive that would be if they had to worry about the entire basement floor immolating when cut.

O, yeah, completely forgot about air gaped machines. Very strong point!