Indeed, if I'm not mistaken Netflix at least used to use (and commit to kernel) FreeBSD on content servers because of its superior sendfile performance
It seems like it shifts it from "using an LLM instead of a search engine is cheaper" to "using an LLM to query the search engine represents only a marginal increase in cost", no?
Don't know if it was intentional, but your ramble reminded me of the lyrics of Losing my edge by LCD Soundsystem. However, as someone who also experienced most of this stuff, it was a fun read either way :)
You are assuming a lot of things that aren’t relevant at all in this context.
Mindfactory is big in the PC hardware space in Germany, but they are not the only player. The sales from other large players like Alternate can also not be ignored and even Amazon sales are quite significant for PC hardware.
Then there is the elephant in the room: those numbers only account for DIY systems. They don’t account for OEM desktop systems or workstations.
This comment is very misplaced. I'm Dutch and I wrote my comment not because the retailer is German, but because it are desktop CPU sales figures from a single retailer whose customers seem to be primarily gamers.
Just like in 2016-2019? Stefanik, the opposite of an isolationist (to put it mildly) is scheduled for the UN ambassador job. Rubio, a neocon, is floated as Secretary of State.
People need to understand that talk is just talk. Watch the actions.
It varies. They have a bit of a rep and stereotypes, much like France, for example.
The thing is that germany has the history of racial genocide, along with a number of nasty features. The german economy has done well. Maybe too well. They refuse to buy non-german products to spread the prosperity with EU.
Germany as a country has some cultural feature that are not fun. It's riddled with busy-bodies. Germans have too many of the type of people that can be a pain to work with due to their relentless pursuit of... constant improvement? perfection? idk what it is.
Then you have the countries stance towards outsiders, the disabled, people that are different that isn't always the most welcoming. Germans can be sooo snooty and pretentious.
Example from trip to Berlin. I did not realize how hard the clubs were to get into. You have to do this whole song and dance where you prepare to look cool, somewhat edgy, but not too edgy! while simultaneous pretending not to care about any of it.
Everything must be just right! Don't come alone (no one wants weird loner), or in a large group (big groups can be too much). Don't be foreign (this is an unwritten rule they pretend doesn't exist). You pay for tickets too, even if they don't let you in. All this for a techno club, which is unheard of, even blasphemous where I'm from.
Also the genocide / Nazi thing. I'm really sick of people acting like germany should just be over it by now. It's the same people living there that did it basically. Some of those same ideas exists (see before mentioned policies that exclude foreigners and people with disabilities)
So yeah, I get the hate. Definitely, the French tend to feel this way, but it seems like the Italians get it too... and UK and Spain, lol. It's really hit or miss, and often just a mild dislike.
A bit pedantic I guess, but that still uses some syntactic sugar (optional brackets and keyword syntax). Removing all syntactic sugar would look like this:
So many memories playing around with a Spectra Video MSX as a kid. Mostly playing games, occasionally trying to draw stuf or making sounds using Basic. Some programs could only be started from msx dos.
Later, when most households in the Netherlands where start getting PCs (80286/386/486 era), I felt right at home using msdos.
Nowadays I really appreciate vaporwave aesthetics and I'm sure it's because of being absorbed in the world of msx computers, including reading magazines and such, as a kid.
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