An irony curtain.

At least for programming/Linux stuff, it often enough actually does deliver keywords, that you can use as jumping off points. The proposed solutions however…

That’s one of the reasons why I prefer to run older, enterprise hardware.

There’s a good chance, everything has been configured before and most distros work just fine without any tweaking.

I want a stable platform to work on, not another hobby.

Yep.

That’s what the RTFM folks don’t seem to understand: if you didn’t even know, what you’re looking for, you can’t look it up.

Yeah, it’s a budget Wurstbrot, but perfectly serviceable.

And then what? Also, that won’t be legal in the EU.

I mean, you take billions of dollars to develop an AI to put into a product you already have, making it less competitive in the process to … develop a slightly better AI maybe?

Where exactly is the return on investment here?

That’s way too simplistic, as often.

For the shareholders, having an investment of several billions turn into an unwanted add-on for a few dollars is not a good thing. It’s the opposite, almost like a fire sale.

I really wonder what their long term plan is here.

Hardly anyone really wants copilot, it doesn’t add a lot of value, yet makes the product less competitive.

I totally get rent seeking, Office is so ingrained that it’s almost impossible to get away from it. But why force AI on everybody? Why not add it as a bonus?

Is this just a desperate attempt to soften the massive losses of the AI investment?

So, you fucked up and it’s postgres’ fault?

Reality is, they will just rebrand employees.

You’re not a developer anymore, but a customer satisfaction consultant. Same job as before, but technically not a developer!!

Also, this is a great way to reduce headcount while seeming innovative to the market ghouls.

“Freedom of exclusively my speech”

I didn’t say Ubuntu isn’t used, but it’s by far not as clear cut as the previous comment made it look.

I wouldn’t say that.

RHEL/Centos/Alma and their derivates are very popular in enterprise contexts. Unless you count docker images based on Debian, I’ve literally never seen a non-RPM based distro being used by the companies I worked for.

Redhat isn’t worth billions without a reason.

I don’t use mint, but the serenity of a reliable platform to work on by far outweighs the boringness of the system.

My computer is a tool, not a hobby (anymore).

I’m not arguing against the need, I’m saying that the economic incentives for private investors are not really great.

The thermos approach is unfortunately almost the best we currently have, because every storage solution would have to pay taxes twice, once for buying, once for selling. Not VAT, but Stromsteuer.

Also, these dips don’t occur that often, are usually not very long and it’s kind of a reverse game of chicken. The more storage we have, the less profitable each one gets. All that makes it rather unattractive to install grid scale plants.

Yet, you spout innuendos as if you’re knowing what you’re talking about.

Fluxbox, obviously. \s

You could easily throw the components into an old tower case.

Getting the PSU to fit could be a bit tricky due to the rather short cables.

Workstations, like real workstations, are another beast and not what’s typically referred to as “office PCs”, those are indeed rather sff builds.

Again, optiplex sff 3060 as an example, it has two SATA ports, one x16 and one x1 (I think) PCIe, and looking at the PCB, apparently there’s a version with m.2 slots. Sure, not exactly server grade storage, but if you manage to find some version with m.2 slots or invest 10€ for a cheap SATA card, you can get enough storage attached.

GPU wise, absolutely no idea. My optiplex has a wx3100 that I got for cheap and its self reported power draw never goes under 5W, but since this machine is a desktop, it doesn’t run all day.