Because it’s what they will buy, it’s what I’ll buy. And it suits their argument. Calling people out for not reading the article when they are quoting a price from the article is silly though.

That being said, I don’t really buy the comparison between the optiflex and the pi. It’s like saying you can buy a perfectly good Geo metro as opposed to building a kit bike.

$80 for its 8GB

It seems like people really aren’t reading the article.

I feel like this might be another example of OPs meme. Feyman called it a magic number we have no understanding of. It’s one of the great mysteries of modern physics.

The strangeness of the Fine Structure Constant isn’t it’s value, it’s that we don’t know what it is.

Other constants have units that explain what they are doing. Like converting miles to meters we multiply by meters/miles. But this is just a number that is needed. That’s so strange I can’t think of another example.

Most of those equations are full of things that can make sense, and then there is a fine structure constant.

It’s all over particles, but we don’t know what it is. It has no units. It’s just a number that is needed for physics to work.

There is value in trying things outside your comfort zone. It’s the only way to grow, or find new things you like.

Taking suggestions for new media isn’t a sign of youth. Imagine having a friend recommend a book and saying “I’m no callow youth! I’ll select my own media thank you!”

I’m not young and I still will play a game because it’s suggested to me. If everyone tells me a particular game/movie/book/restaurant is amazing, I’m going to try it.

Taking the advice of others and trying new things isn’t a sign of inexperience.

I don’t care what rights they want to curtail, if they say they’ll lower my taxes by a nickel I’ll vote for them!

Brave is chromium.

Because it is.

Left click on zombie has better graphics, and that’s it.

For me Dwarf fortress is like watching TV, nethack is like reading a book.

I feel like I’ll watching some bizarre sitcom with such great stories as “dwarven child sees an elephant trample a goblin and then gets possessed, keeps making bone carvings of the scene, and then gathers all the elephant meat in a forge and kills three grown men by slapping them with meat.” I’m not anyone in that story, but it’s fun to watch.

Nethack is like getting to know the quirks of your character as they narrowly escape death.

If you think it’s crazy your school uses three year old programs wait until you find out how many businesses are running XP!