Really?
You were considering a Framework laptop, whose fundamental feature is the ability to replace/upgrade almost every component to an Apple MacBook with absolutely NO upgradeable parts, and you were surprised the sealed-up, non-upgradeable version was cheaper?
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Because WD is the only mfg of HDD, you can't use an SSD, and you won't buy a computer from one of the seven customers that have locked up WD's production of HDDs?
You do know there are alternatives for HDDs, right?
What does WD having sold the next three years of production have to do with getting PC buyers to adopt/embrace ECC?
At a minimum ECC makes memory 12.5% more expensive (the cost of the 9th bit), and with RAM prices going thru the roof, I doubt folks will be lining up to pay 12.5% more for the same usable RAM capacity in their desktop.
My god! $330 for 5+ year-old hard drives?
OK, but what's your point? This is a story about a HDD mfg that has sold the next three years of production to 7 customers - WTF does this have to do with the amount of RAM in your PC?
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If they can't fly a drone without turning it into a weapon of mass destruction
Hyperbole much?
They fly thousands of drones daily, and have for months. One drone hit one building and you race to call it 'mass destruction'?
Personally I think residential/commercial drone deliveries are a bad idea but no one asked me.
If I were in that building, I would be very very scared to hear Amazon was repairing it.
Who said Amazon workers were repairing the building? They are paying the bill and got contractors on-site right away.
Tell me you didn't read even the summary without saying you didn't read the summary.
Companies are pre-ordering drives for servers that haven't been manufactured yet, for data centers that haven't been built yet, for demand that doesn't exist yet.
So what, that's how things work - should major customers with significant future needs just race down to Microcenter and pay whatever price the market demands for RAM/HDs/etc? Without the HDs they don't have a product, and by negotiating a price up front, they can get a good price and know they can build computers in the future.
I bet automakers have standing, pre-negotiated contracts for all their suppliers.
Who knew spinning drives will still be a thing for the next couple years?
As the current administration has demonstrated repeatedly, when a metric shows negative, just change the metric (or remove it)!
I remember a recent administration that redefined "recession" - is that what you're talking about?
They also redefined "women's sports" to include anyone that wants to compete as a woman - is that what you're talking about?
A previous administration invented a new metric "jobs created or saved" - is that what you are talking about?
Just curious, you need to be more specific...
Conspicuous by its absence, what are all the experts suggesting to remedy the situation?
What I got from this summary is that in the coming year (which hasn't fully happened yet, as we are 6 weeks into 2026) India will 16% of its's spending on measures scientists regard as mainly ineffective... should they spend more on the ineffective measures, or, perhaps, suggest something else? Why not roll out solar, I hear it's the bestest, cheapest way to generate electricity?
Authorities deployed truck-mounted "smog guns" and "smog towers" that scientists widely regard as ineffective, and a cloud seeding trial in October failed outright.
And
The government cut pollution control spending by 16% in the latest federal budget.
What should India do to improve air quality?
Just had a rental that had this system on it. It worked perfectly, just as if I had the engine on the whole time. So this is BS.
Thank you for your anecdote, I don't think it really proves that all stop/start systems work "perfectly fine."
And by decreasing the amount of time the engine sits idle at stops, it actually reduces overall long term engine wear.
Really? Then explain to me why taxi drivers, and big rig drivers like to leave their trucks and cars to idle instead of shutting them off?
Every time you start the car...
It will not "go away", it was never required. All the EPA did was announce they'd stop giving automakers "pollution-Reduction Credits" for installing the non-mandated, optional to use, fuel-saving annoyance/feature.
I expect automakers will start featuring the theoretical fuel savings the stop/start feature offers.
"Don't think; let the machine do it for you!" -- E. C. Berkeley
