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Powderhorn

@ Powderhorn @beehaw.org

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Unemployed journalist, burner, raver, graphic artist and vandweller.
I read news so you don't have to (but you still should).

2d ago

Do you have a Thanksgiving anthem?
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Powderhorn @beehaw.org 2d ago
There are two types of people: Those for whom Alice's Restaurant is a staple, and those who've never heard of it.

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2d ago

Do you have a Thanksgiving anthem?

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2d ago

HPC won't be x86 forever – and it's starting to show

www.theregister.com /2025/11/27/arm_riscv_hpc/

4d ago

Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy

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Powderhorn @beehaw.org 4d ago

Mint is actually cheaper. I switched to them a decade ago.

4d ago

Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy

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Powderhorn @beehaw.org 4d ago

I mean, I pay $204 a year all in for service. How people can spend that much in two months is beyond me.

4d ago

Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy

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Powderhorn @beehaw.org 4d ago

That at least skips the need to legally change my name.

4d ago

Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy

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Powderhorn @beehaw.org 4d ago

That's a Lemmy formatting thing.

5d ago

Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy

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Powderhorn @beehaw.org 5d ago

Most likely fucked you?

5d ago

Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy

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Powderhorn @beehaw.org 5d ago

Whoa, whoa, whoa ... expecting utility out of a product? That's socialism!

5d ago

Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy

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Powderhorn @beehaw.org 5d ago

I dislike having the comma of direct address thrown at me. At least close the aside!

5d ago

Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy

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Powderhorn @beehaw.org 5d ago

Let's not get audio editing involved!

5d ago

Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy

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Powderhorn @beehaw.org 5d ago

Sadly, for you, it does, in fact, give me authority, regardless of your opinion on the subject. You don't seem a particularly enjoyable individual. Perhaps look into why that is before lashing out at others.

5d ago

Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy

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Powderhorn @beehaw.org 5d ago

You're speaking to a mod. If you don't care for how Beehaw works, please look elsewhere.

5d ago

Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy

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Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy

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Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy

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Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy

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Powderhorn @beehaw.org 5d ago

I'm not sure whence your animosity comes. I've been a columnist since the '90s, and I assure you: Em-dashes are on the menu.

To claim proof of LLMs is to say it was never done until then. It most assuredly was.

5d ago

Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy

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Powderhorn @beehaw.org 5d ago

That's great with AP Style. MLA goes in a different direction regarding spaces.

5d ago

Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy

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Powderhorn @beehaw.org 5d ago

I -- to a certain extent -- know how to use an em-dash.

(Source: Former journalist.)

5d ago

Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy

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Powderhorn @beehaw.org 5d ago

Can we please stop with the em-dash bullshit? That's a literary tool, not a sign of an LLM in play. That people did not encounter them ahead of ChatGPT speaks more to their news diet than the ability to be a literary critic.

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Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy

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Powderhorn @beehaw.org 5d ago

I don't like to comment twice, but holy fuck ... what the hell did I just read?

The framing here puts the Louvre to shame (they've currently got their own problems). Perhaps the purest perversion of capitalism is the idea that sufficient is never enough.

Look: Phones are commodities at this point. You only need a new one when the old one breaks. You don't call a plumber to replace your pipes every two years; it's generally because something shitty happens. Sometimes literally.

This feels like the pendulum swinging back, to the alarm of capital. I'm old enough to remember appliances being expected to last 20 years. Fridge, oven, TV, washer and dryer: All were expected to be single-time replacements over the course of a 30-year mortgage.

Hence growing up with a fridge in almond and a Kenmore set of laundry machines in mustard yellow. And a console Sony TV that made it through my entire console gaming time.

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Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy

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Powderhorn @beehaw.org 5d ago

I got a new phone about a week ago. My old one was wildly overpowered for my use case, but ... I accidentally sat on it briefly, and the screen was never the same. I went from a Pixel 6 Pro to a 9a, and ... yeah, the screen seemed slightly smaller for a couple of days, but otherwise, it's faster than a device twice the price in 2021.

As with computers, we've hit "good enough" with phones for the most part. If you know why you need GPU cycles, that of course is another story, but for basic compute, we've nailed it. Hell, I'd still be running my i7-3770K -- a processor I bought in 2012 -- had my motherboard not died.

Things get shitty in terms of margins at the top of any technological S-curve.

I spent $500 on a phone that will get nearly seven years of updates, as I didn't buy it release day. Assuming I don't sit on it, that's a remaining 78 months at $6.41/month. My service is $15/month.