The kernel change in WinXP really helped stability. It was certainly easy to have a bad install with any of them though.
Win98 SE was my personal "best experience" with Windows, with WinXP a close second. (Though this likely has to do with the hardware and tasks I was experiencing at the time.)
Remember how much people HATED Win95? They still moved to it to escape DOS, but still. Loads of hate.
Ah, but I bet those monkeys produce more text than Shakespeare! At least within the last 6 months!
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The joke is that Shakespeare is dead and no longer producing text.
Seems a better prompt could solve that.
One's dishwasher is not exposed to a harsh environment. A large percentage of code is exposed to an openly hostile environment.
If a dishwasher breaks, it can destroy a floor, a room, maybe the rooms below. If code breaks it can lead to the computer, then network, being compromised. Followed by escalating attacks that can bankrupt a business and lead to financial ruin. (This is possibly extreme, but cyber attacks have destroyed businesses. The downside risks of terrible code can be huge.)
Alternative Headline: Billionaire Signals States Should Speed Fiber Rollout
Perhaps this could tax the huge data centers being built in the USA, which tend to get huge local tax incentives. But, if I had a data center I was trying to kit out, this would encourage me to setup shop any place other than the USA. (Latency matters, but not equally for everything.)
For those wondering...
The body of a man missing for 28 years
Didn't Nancy Regan, wife of former USA President Ronald Regan, did this as well. (Ronald was apparently not mentally fit for the last few years as well.)
50 years ago was 1975. Inflation, depend on the month was between 6.9% and 11.8%. (https://cpiinflationcalculator.com/1975-cpi-inflation-united-states/)
A random comparison of costs. (https://www.amerititle.com/2025/02/1975-vs-2025-traveling-back-in-time-to-compare-costs/) Mortgage rates are down from 1975 levels. Another random site (http://www.1970sflashback.com/1975/ECONOMY.asp)
Is everyone better off? No, Homeless people in both years had a hard life.
Does any of this invalidate what you said? Nope. This is for other people.
Type I.
ElectroBoom (Youtube) made some points about Australia's Type I. Seems it was very hard for him to electrocute himself. Lots of breakers on the outlets. I mean he did electrocute himself, but he was always going to.
I agree with you. The implications are staggering.