The world is not America, there is no chance this would ever possibly happen.

I don’t think the personal market will completely die out, but it will definitely shrink by a significant percentage over the next ten years or so.

We’ll see a considerable volume of gamers move to thin clients, ditto for businesses, casual use (email, browsing, consuming media etc.) will continue to switch to mobile devices.

PCs will still exist as a hobby for enthusiasts, but we’ve definitely seen peak-component sales.

The more I see, the more I come to the conclusion that balkanisation is probably the only possible outcome from the US’s descent into corruption and International irrelevancy.

Not crazy talk, Australia currently leads with the highest per-capita uptake of solar panels and it’s having a noticeable impact on our overall energy costs:

https://www.abs.gov.au/articles/household-solar-electricity-generation-australian-national-accounts

We actually produce so much excess solar during peak times that households without panels can opt for electricity plans which offer free electricity between midday and 3pm every day (inc. weekends).

We’re also rolling out a heap of household batteries to better help take advantage of this surplus production and offset peak demand times too.

The world is rapidly approaching a post-fossil fuel world; the transition will be slow at first, and then drastic all of a sudden.

The world needs a hell of a lot more love, honestly.

I have a JP launch edition PSP as my prized possession - but always wanted a PSP Go.

How were the ergonomics?

A lot of these LLMs heap praise on the user - some more blatantly than others - whether it’s warranted or not.

Those most susceptible tend to be the ones who don’t regularly receive that recognition in their day-to-day lives, so they become infatuated with this “AI” that treats them nicer than they’re accustomed to.

Isn’t drowning a legitimate concern when you hang out with the Kennedys?

Oh, l don’t doubt those figures whatsoever - I was more just sharing what exactly caused the veil fell from my eyes and I began to see Israel as the monster it (always?) was.

Especially when you realise that in that 72% figure that the IDF claimed included children as young as 13 as “combat age”.

I still remember the exact article that radicalised me against Israel, breaking over 30 years of indoctrination:

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-848592

They outright (indirectly) confirm that more than 1-in-4 people killed in Gaza by the IDF were women, children, or elderly.

Most moral military, my ass! In a just world, they would all be tried at The Hague for war crimes.

I mean, China has positioned itself as the world’s factory - so regardless of outcomes they were all but guaranteed to succeed.

It’s just funny (in a black comedy sense) just how badly American corporations have hamstring their future chances of success chasing short-term profits.

Tesla was the industry leader for modern EVs for so damned long, and they’ve seemingly pissed that all away. They’re no longer the fastest, cheapest, luxurious, or technologically advanced cars in the market - and this was all before Must went full derp-MAGA and alienated the vast majority of their customer base.

Aliens, Terminator 2, The Dark Knight are the first three that come to mind - but yes, in general sequels tend to be inferior.

These figures are just for March, too! Just how much higher April’s figures will be?

There was also a bit of a run on solar home batteries here in Australia (somewhat related, but also due to a reduction in rebates from May 1st) - I can’t help but also wonder how big of a jump in export those figures would be if/when published.

IKR! It’s ridiculous how much of a fireworks display even the smaller cities put on, it literally puts our (Australia’s NYE) fireworks shows to shame.

Funnily enough, the only time I’ve experienced significant air pollution on our recent trips to China were due the sheer amount of fireworks they set off for the Lunar New Year celebrations.

It was hilarious (in an absurdist sense) to watch the air quality index drop so quickly in real time!

Term Limits are a ‘Monkey’s Paw’ wish waiting to happen; it will just shift the power from the elected representatives to unelected staffers, advisors and lobbyists.

The correct solution is to have a forced retirement age for politicians - if you’re old enough to receive a pension, you’re too old to hold elected office.

Trying to get as many war crimes committed as possible ahead of the midterms?

Time to add a few more bars to Dumb Ways to Die ?

Not quite the same thing, but I used an LLM to cobble together a HTML file that allows me to search for products on Coles, Woolies, Aldi and Amazon at the same time in the same window (via frames and a Firefox extension to get around some security settings).

Works a treat when planning our big shops for the week, and has already saved us hundreds of dollars since Jan.