Speaking based on my own PC in that era: it had 512MB RAM and the video card was capable of running FFVII PC version with hardware drivers, so there was some very modest and primitive 3D capability buried in there somewhere. I believe the CPU was a ~500 MHz P3, so I'll grant you that one, and the one about RAM speed. Well, I did only claim they were "somewhat similar".
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~~Wi-Fi 7~~ Marketing is Lying ~~About it's Biggest Feature~~
Truth in advertising is pretty much nonexistent these days. Assume they're lying until proven otherwise.
Except that it isn't really the first iteration of any of those things. Java did most of 'em more than a quarter century ago: browser-embedable, multiple languages could target the JVM, and, yes, sandboxed—the only issue was startup (not runtime) performance. That wasm doesn't share those startup performance woes makes it useful, but not revolutionary.
As for tiny environments, a typical desktop system from around 1999 is somewhat similar to a Pi Zero W in terms of ability.
At that point, you've put multiple man-hours into analyzing the response required to placate it, and it isn't a "cheap" device anymore. Easier to return it.
Double your traffic congestion, or your money back!
. . . or not, since I've never heard of Tesla voluntarily refunding anything.
If they're auditing that many of them, there will be a queue, too.
Only in the US. But they do tend to be measured and sold by volume (rather than weight) in contexts like farmer's markets and pick-your-own operations.
Problem is, we've never found a better system. They all suck, in various ways, many of them far worse than representative democracy. And that's even if no one's messing with the details of the setup to keep a certain group in power.
If we actually had superintelligent AI, I might be concerned. But what we have instead is stochastic parrots with no innate volition. In and of themselves, they aren't dangerous at all—it's the humans backing them that we have to be wary of.
Because AIs don't understand physics. Or anatomy, given that Tux has three flippers here. (Nor do the upper swooshes make visual sense.)
Someone too lazy to update their listings to reflect a rising sticker price (or not wishing to do so for other reasons) isn't too good to be true. If they're an established business selling new-in-box items at more than the wholesale price they would have paid (around 50% of the lowest sticker price the good's ever been sold at isn't a bad estimate), then you may have found a genuinely good deal.
It's when someone starts selling at below their cost (unless it's obviously to clear out old inventory or the like) that things get suspicious.
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With the LLM pushers driving hardware prices through the roof, will any of us be able to afford these?