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But Brawndo’s got what plants crave!

Well, this discussion is abt CPUs, and Nvidia isn’t really an option their for the normal consumer market. Their CPUs are enterprise and highly specialized for AI

I’m not sure this joke lands well given that Intel has had more thermal problems in their desktop processors than AMD for years now.

I agree, you should always flash it yourself. Though GrapheneOS does have the Auditor app to attest the integrity of the operating system against another GrapheneOS device. It’s always going to be best practice to do it yourself, however.

There are some third party vendors online that ship pre-flashed GrapheneOS phones iirc, but I don’t believe there has ever been on with it factory installed.

My impression from the article is that the Motorola phones ship with default Android, but flashing to GrapheneOS is officially supported. So it would only be people who would be flashing GrapheneOS anyway.

Because the law need not apply to the rich and powerful

The people that the ISPs are paying, of course!

Sorry, I’ve revised my comment, so it’s more complete now. As my comment states above, it’s because by default, the digital clock widget (which is placed by default on the task bar–y’know, where it shows the time) has “Show events” enabled by default, which has a dependency on Akonadi. If you uncheck that (and keep in mind that you are using the digital clock widget unless you’ve specifically removed it), and make sure not to use any of the KDE PIM Applications stated above, then Akonadi will never start

If you’re using the digital clock widget, that uses Akonadi, and will launch it on startup. It’s used to (optionally) sync calendar events between compatible apps. There are also a handful of KDE PIM Applications that use it (think Kontact, KMail, KAddressBook, KOrganizer). If you want it disabled, you will need to stop using any Akonadi-enabled app. More information can be found at the KDE userbase for Akonadi. In particular, stop using any KDE PIM Application, as they cannot function without it, and disable calendar syncing from the digital clock. That will ensure the service is never started.

To fix the digital clock problem:

To ensure that Akonadi is not started, check that no applications require it at login. In particular, open the Plasma clock applet preferences, go to Calendar and uncheck Show events to prevent Plasma from requesting information from Akonadi and thus allowing it to start.

So people who don’t want it don’t deserve to have that choice? This makes no sense

As others have said, dd will work, or if you really want, you can download the x86 Linux AppImage file from Balena’s website, extract it, then just run it (you may need to mark it as executable first). Should work just fine, and it’ll give you the same GUI as always

Yes, absolutely correct. I suppose I should say that dependence on LLMs is the problem, more than anything.

I mean, the problem is LLMs. If I were to replace “school” with “biomedicine” or “protein folding,” then that would be clearly wrong. However, the AI used in those fields are machine learning models, not LLMs

Capitalism is functioning exactly how it is intended to. The entire concept is based off the exploitation of the majority for the profit of the rich.

Chinas problem will be all of the old people that are alive but not contributing and it will be sudden. Their economy is all about making things and pushing it onto other countries. When they can’t do that, either because they don’t have the people, the supply chains are broken, or other counties can’t afford to buy their widgets, their situation looks bleak and immediate.

That’s exactly what I was talking about with the demographic transition models. Both South Korea and Japan have demographic transition models where the age imbalance is already worse, and both are worse today than China is predicted to be by 2050. This also isn’t just about gross exports, the biggest factor in the decline is going to be infrastructure, medicine, and other critical workers. When you have a population that is mostly comprised of elderly who are unable to contribute to society, you also need to account for the detriment that poses to society at large. That places necessity in medical care (which is already a huge problem in the modern day) and other necessary jobs, such as building and maintaining infrastructure, operating markets, etc. The GDP is only one of many problems with population decline.

Based on the current demographic transition models, South Korea and Japan are much further into stage 5 than China, with lower birthrates. South Korea is expected to experience the effects of critical decline the soonest, iirc. Do remember that China’s birthrate was so high that they instituted the one-child policy up until 2015. Even projections out to 2050 place China in a better place than modern day South Korea.

No one asked for your opinion, so unless you have tips to actually answer OP’s question, feel free to fuck right off :)

But Brawndo’s got what plants crave! It’s got electrolytes!

This is why I recommended Aurora and Bazzite. Both have codecs built into the base image, and have versions with Nvidia drivers built in. Bazzite has Steam baked into the base image, so no problem with flatpak, and even as a power user, I’ve never once had to deal with RPM Fusion on Aurora or Bazzite.