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I haven't used it, but maybe look at Cockpit? You could install it on your generic Debian server and it would give you a nice gui and tools, while letting you do whatever you are currently using it for.

I am using openmediavault for my NAS, which seems reasonably lightweight and is debian based. If that fits the bill

I agree that it is about market power, but one could make the argument that Xbox/PlayStation have a duopoly similar to iOS/Android.

Although I think PlayStation dominated with roughly a 70/30 split worldwide (higher in Europe). Nintendo is somewhat in its own category imo, since they mostly do their own games and don't directly compete in that sense.

But I guess in a way consoles also compete with PCs.

Is it actually that little that gets used by the CPU? I assume there'd also be some overhead that gets claimed by the OS and not the game. Maybe 1-3gb?

The PS5 has shared RAM between CPU and GPU. Not sure what the average split between the two is in games, but it would certainly be wrong to say it has use of the full 16gb like desktop cards have.

Nicolas Cage.

Doesn't matter that he isn't even close to being a match, but the movie would most certainly be entertaining.

What prompted you to start this project?

What I would give to experience the good place again for the first time.

Definitely one of the GOAT series that really doesn't miss a beat from start to finish. And such a rare piece of media in today's times that is basically pure positivity.

I am actually not sure about the coroprate home ownership point. Here in Germany renting is much more common and accepted compared to the US, and i think there are lots of situations where this makes sense. However both in the US and here in Germany the systems need changes. And i think they should mostly target land ownership rather than the houses themself. What drives up the prices in desired areas are mostly increases in land value, not that building houses got that much more expensive (although that is also a factor).

And most of that value gain are from external factors rather than the owners own merit. If someone builds an architectually great and energy efficient house or develops land, then it is fine if he gains value from it. But if simply owning the property improves the value over time, because society around it builds nice schools, parks and so on. Then the owner hasn't done anything and that profit should be taxed completely away. If that makes sense.

That said there probably should also be a mechanism to support the first home people own to counteract scale efficiencies that corporations might be able to leverage.

Not sure if outright banning stocks for politicians is the way to go, but there should be more points regarding transparancy and conflicts of interest. Also not just during their time in office, but after that aswell.

I'd have no issue with politicians holding a borad market index fund.

Not an expert and i might be wrong, but here is how i understand it with an example:

You are a billionaire that wants to buy a new mansion for 100 million dollar. Even being that rich you probably don't just have that amount of cash sitting around in your regular bank account where it doesn't earn you any more money. That would be stupid. Instead you likely have it tied up in stocks.

Now you could ofc just sell some of those, turn around and buy the mansion with cash. But then you would have to pay taxes on the gains you have made so far with these stocks. Because up until those are realized (by selling them), they are just on paper and there is no taxable event. You have all the money you'd need for thousands of lifetimes already, but you still don't like paying taxes. So luckily there is a better way.

You go to a bank and ask them to borrow you the 100 million. You aren't named Donald Trump, so the bank will gladly give you the money for a very low interest rate, because they know you are good for it. They gladly do so since it is basically risk free and they can in a way just create that money. For you the amout of interest also doesn't matter because it is actually less than your stocks will on average give you in profits.

Now you haven't realized any gains, but instead have a "loss" through the loan and bought your 10th mansion. Over time you will either pay back the loan slowly and use the cost fo your loan to balance out some profits (and avoid taxes that way). Or you might just pay the interest and roll over the loans indefinitely.

We don't have immortality yet so eventually you will die having payed little to no taxes. However your heirs will have to pay inheritance taxes. But until then your wealth has enjoyed the compunding gains unhindered by taxes. And rather than directly passing on your wealth to the next generation you might have some foundation or other construct to keep taxes to a minimum.

To me price and software support are somewhat linked. Supporting their devices for such a short time is unacceptable especially for expensive high end devices. And by the time prices come down over time the phones are already closing in on the end of their software support.

Regarding the cameras in the midrange you are forgetting the Google pixel A series. I think they are increasing the prices with the 8 series, but the 6a/7a are in the same price range as Samsung's A5x series. And outside of lacking zoom capabilities they offer flagship quality cameras.

I'm European so I might be biased, but I haven't really heared anyone "complaining about the Americas having no distinct culture or ancient structures".

I got a similar story:

I wanted to rewatch the first avatar before the second came out. At the time I had Disney plus, so no problem right? Turns out that here in Germany that only included the German dubbed version, not the ov.

Guess who doesn't have a streaming subscription nowadays...

Once again, girls are somehow responsible for boys’ inability to behave

That's really not what i am getting from this article at all.

made the call because they believed that 11 to 12-year-old girls and boys competing against each other on the court could pose a liability risk leading to violence, even though the girls team had been winning 7-1 all season without incident.

they may get frustrated and retaliate against a girl.” "Then we have liability issues.”

McGraw said the girls were never in any real danger during the games, aside from the occasional side-eye.

"They got giggles, they got laughs, and people talked about them... you know, the looks."

[emphasis added]

Where "once again" is the boys inability to behave? All i see is adults wanting to dodge POTENTIAL liability.

Beyond that there is the question about their participation in the league itself. Here there are as i see it two sides:

• They participated through deception (listing as mail AND apparently fielding a male team in the first game)
• Or one can be on the side that the system is broken and they should have been allowed to participate in the first place.

Again something that adults decide. Not sure if we have enough information to judge this properly.

Not sure why i spend much time on this nonesense, especially since i find this to be a pretty poor article (as is any that just randomly quotes social media users to make its point).

By banning porn. Out of all the things that could motivate people to search for alternatives, this might be the most durable driving factor.

Outside of that I think it will be a slow decline in quality. Eventually quality content will decrease more and more, and low effort memes and bot content will take over.

3D movies always felt weird to me

I think the big issue is that for most 3D releases it's more of an afterthought. It is however pretty cool in movies specifically made for it such as the Avatar movies.

My opinion: Because Apple didin't want to be a car manufacturer. It's a lowish margin and capital intensive business (especially compared to what Apple does). And just becoming one of many wouldn't actually move the needle on apples scale.

Most articles I've read focus on the electric car part, but imo that nowadays is essentially a solved problem. And even when they started I think it should have been clear that electric cars will actually have less complexity than cars with combustion engines. And the hardest part is the battery chemistry, which will in the end also be a commodity.

The general software they are already providing with Apple carplay and as seen this doesn't really require them to build cars.

The real technology problem to solve is autonomous driving. And it seems like Apple wasn't really able to solve it or at least make faster progress than others. Similar to Tesla which hasnt been able to deliver on that front either and is the only car manufacturer priced as a technology company. Which would have been Apple's goal.

Not sure if that counts, but they bought MGM and they've made an MGM+ channel that you can subscribe to for 5€/month, but only if you are a Prime subscriber aswell

Agreed and I think this is something most of us are acutely aware of, but I think the interview added some interesting points beyond the usual "we need to fix wealth distribution instead of having philanthropy"

Yeah i guess a good case makes a phone durable enough for most people and if you want an iPhone that is your only option anyways.

I'd have imagined that a purpose build phone would still offer some benefits. Like operable with gloves, maybe being the ports better protected against things like dust, or they have removeable batteries. Suprisingly i had to learn (after a quick search) that they don't seem to offer much brighter displays for better visibility outdoors. I'd have thought that could be another feature.