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These might become a thing in the US when some vapid influencer acts smug toward 'dirty people' who can't afford one.

The last guy we want promoting good things. He will curse them with his waxy Elder Things notions.

Nobody wants Clippy OS, Microsoft. Good part is, they are edging more people to Linux.

And if you confess suicidal ideation in the US, the authorities rush in to "help" you by taking away your agency and giving you even more crippling debt.

I wince whenever people trip over their keyboards to post those "helpful" 800 hotline numbers. Most of them have good intentions, but the end result is never about really helping the person. It's about liability coverage and enabling the system to extract maximum value.

"Hi there! It looks like you're trying to summon Jeebus!" --Fundy Clippy

The meme I keep seeing in regards to nVidia and the LLMs Ouroboros structure is: Company A pays Company B $100 to dig a hole. Company B pays Company A $100 to fill it back up. Both report $100 of "revenue".

Talkie Toaster is here. "Howdy-doodly-do, how's it going?"

I made the mistake of pronouncing the "s" in "debris" once, and a pedantic acquaintance pretended to not know the word over and over as I repeated it, until I finally realized the mistake. If he'd simply corrected me, I would have laughed at myself and appreciated him. But he had to be a smug prick about it, and now I permanently resent him.

Sorry for the mini trauma dump. Just agreeing with your sentiment.

Good. There's too many of us.

You're welcome. There are a few exclusive books that only show up an Amazon but so far 99% of what I have been shopping for has been available on Kobo.

I use Calibre with a couple of plugins. KoboUtilities and Obok DeDRM. It is easy.

I'm all for people doing this if they can.

Meanwhile, I love my Kobo e-reader and I only purchase e-books from Kobo (since Amazon eliminated "side loading").