What we wanted: Alpha Centauri 2

What we got: Civilisation in a $2 shop Halloween costume.

The solution is to just buy a cheap Brother mono laser printer.

Transformers

MacGyver

Star Trek TNG

Chances are any colonies will be built underground or in lava tubes to shelter from radiation.

And if each did cost them money - they’ve been paid when the stupid thing was purchased!

They were relatively quick to pull the 1.13GHz Pentium III from the market when it turned out to have stability issues from pushing Coppermine too far.

This feels like a repeat of that, but with Intel sticking their heads in the sand and screwing over customers instead.

Much heavier than petrol cars if they’re not on a bespoke EV platform or designed poorly. Slightly heavier than petrol cars if they’re designed properly.

Eg a Model 3 and a Toyota Camry are the same weight and almost identical dimensions.

It’s weird to me the weight thing keeps coming up when discussing EVs but not the petrol cars which have been growing bigger and heavier for years.

NZD.

AppleTV+ ($14.99, Amazon Prime Video ($10.99) and Disney+ ($14.99) = $40.97 per month

YouTube Premium = $39.99 per month

I can’t justify premium. For the same price I can buy for my family:

AppleTV+, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+

Or:

YouTube but without ads

You’d probably like Prodeus, it’s certainly scratched that itch for me.