Fun anecdote (because I can no longer remember the source):
There's this Roman author deriding the practice of filling one's villa with books for the sole purpose of showing them off at parties, and not reading them.
So the future of humanity, much like its past, will probably be like its present: pretentious faux culture for the many, laborious work for the few, and a big divide in between which educated populists manipulate.
> If I’m paying good money to host something locally
The thing is, however, that at 2k one is not paying good money, one is paying near the least amount possible. TFA specifically is about building a machine on a budget, and as such cuts corners to save costs, e.g. by buying older cards.
Just because 2k is not a negligible amount in itself, that doesn't also automatically make it adequate for the purpose. Look for example at the 15k, 25k, and 40k price range tinyboxes:
GP sounds shortsighted on first take, but consider how outsourcing is good and cheap for the companies, but in the long run creates huge unemployment pools in the original country.
Negative consequences can also be social, no-one is saying that it's, say, lowering of product quality.
> I’d trust a stock Apple Watch more than one modified by the spooks
People have been known to trust stock pagers more, to their detriment. The level of deception the game is played at nowadays is unimaginable, stock or bespoke solutions aside.
Fun anecdote (because I can no longer remember the source):
There's this Roman author deriding the practice of filling one's villa with books for the sole purpose of showing them off at parties, and not reading them.
So the future of humanity, much like its past, will probably be like its present: pretentious faux culture for the many, laborious work for the few, and a big divide in between which educated populists manipulate.
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