BeardedGingerWonder

I'm not saying you you should or shouldn't, but if you did, I've heard it's possible to access a backup of the original even if you don't have an original disc.

This might be controversial, but at some point just buy a decent repro on AliExpress.

I have a chest freezer in my garage full of bananas that begs to differ.

And ephemeral unless you specifically wanted to save something. Since I got win 11 at work instead of disappearing on reboot the next time I open it I get 50 fucking notepad instances and I can't find the actual doc that would've been useful to save because its in a background tab. Fuck this shit.

Just to fully expound on what you're saying, it was a rootkit, literally malware.

The annual cycle is quite nice from a buyer's perspective too, when I need a new phone I've got a reasonable idea that Google aren't going to release a new device in a couple of months and leave me feeling shafted.

Why can't they just make it a gTLD?

Certainly it could be, I would like to see some proper study done into it, but it's probably borderline impossible.

Conversely patents are somewhat unobtainable by the average Joe, I think I saw it costing somewhere in the region of 25-50k to patent something by the time you factor in the cost of a decent patent lawyer.

Maybe a 10-15 year patent period with lower barrier to entry would be a good thing.

Haha, I just happened to be watching engine swap videos earlier today and thought it fit well!

I'm in the same position as you. From what I gather you can still transfer files, I'm still buying a kobo when my voyage bites the dust.

Isn't that pretty much how parents work already? They're extensible, sure, but only up to 20 years total. Not only that but you're forced to document it too.

I know you didn't ask, but may I volunteer a car engine instead of a spoon. There's still IP involved in a car engine, but nobody is going to tell me I cant put my VW engine in Honda and sell it.