Yup, it’s why ASCII has weird characters like “carriage return” and “bell”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-sharing

Terminals sent keystrokes to the mainframe, and the mainframe sent text back to the terminal. They used modems and serial connections

It’s pretty funny how I’ve seen posts exactly like this one 10-15 years ago, and nothing has really changed that much from a consumer perspective.

It’s just simply cheaper, more reliable, and more convenient to have local storage.

People were saying this about the first goddamn Playstation

If it has an HDMI port, it can be a dumb TV. Just don’t connect it to wifi, easy

I got into an internet argument with someone who claimed similar with my usage of “dude.”

In the wise words of a great poet of our generation, “I’m a dude, he’s a dude, she’s a dude, we’re all dudes, hey.”

I still use dude with everyone.

Genuinely: don’t forget. Ask the same question 3, 6, 12, 24 months down the line. The news might change but the need won’t

Finally a level-headed take. The world isn’t ending overnight, it’ll just get shittier

Probably not. By the sounds of it, it’s “just” traffic court… You’ll be herded into a courtroom with a couple dozen others, and each of you will be called in turn to speak to the judge. Kinda like a pop quiz. You’ll be told your charge and be asked a few questions. If you’re polite and genuine you’ll likely get off easy, since people LOVE to fight back and dig their hole deeper.

Back in high school I was in a similar situation, and basically got it completely dismissed because I was young and it was my first ever infraction.

IANAL

Nice, Ron

Yours doesn’t?

The old adage “they don’t make em like they used to” heavily applies to fridges. Our 30 year old fridges in unininsulated garages (one at home, one at a workshop) keep going through all the abuse and neglect, but the 3-5 year old fridge in the kitchen always has problems. Replacing it with a different brand only slightly increased the reliability. I’d foot the electricity bill for peace of mind.

The last panel should have an and, not an or

I monitor my web traffic through my router and my processor and disk activity, I’m confident.

Power to them, until the software I use has 100% Linux compatibility then my hand is forced

Yeah nah, I’ve had updates turned off for years and have no issues. All I do is game on my windows comp

You can keep using win10 without security updates, just be smart about it. Have a good firewall, and just use it for gaming and bills or whatever and you’ll be fine

By definition you’re clean when you use it. If you hang it to dry it’s perfectly fine to use more than once

…and GrapheneOS considers my phone end-of-life and support for it will eventually stop. So unless you just got a brand new Pixel… kind of a waste.

Hard disagree. Just because it stops receiving updates doesn’t suddenly make it useless

I can see it, 196 gets a little spicy around critical events