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...a massive amount of not-yet-manufactured memory,

has been purchased with money that doesn't exist,

to be put into GPUs that haven't even been made yet,

to be installed in "data centers" (meaning bitcoin mining operations) that haven't been built yet,

powered by an electrical infrastructure that will never exist,

to satisfy a demand that doesn't exist either,

to generate profits that are mathematically impossible.

"I Can’t Sell You Laptops Anymore'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6eiFyJMWgM

Why would you pay 4x the price for a good that will be outdated by next year?

https://files.catbox.moe/v14k7f.pdf

Trying to browse https://www.godlikeproductions.com . Browsing the site on my phone or through a VPN I see they are actually using a Google Trust certificate. This has to be a semi-local problem but I am wondering if it happens to anybody else?


Text dump of PDF


Certificate
www.godlikeproductions.com
Subject Name
Common Name
Country
State/Province
Locality
Organization
Organizational Unit
Email Address
www.godlikeproductions.com
IT
EUROPE
ITALY
WebFilter SSL Hook
WebFilter
[email protected]
Issuer Name
Common Name
Country
State/Province
Locality
Organization
Organizational Unit
Email Address
WebFilter CA
IT
EUROPE
ITALY
WebFilter SSL Hook
WebFilter
[email protected]
Validity
Not Before
Not After
Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:12:27 GMT
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:12:27 GMT
Subject Alt Names
DNS Name
www.godlikeproductions.com
Public Key Info
Algorithm
Key Size
Exponent
Modulus
RSA
2048
65537
AE:20:DE:68:3C:24:D4:57:BB:62:68:37:BA:46:57:94:E5:C0:6E:F5:BE:F9:58:C...
Miscellaneous
Serial Number
Signature Algorithm
Version
Download
68:D3:E0:2B
SHA-256 with RSA Encryption
3
PEM (cert) PEM (chain)
Fingerprints
SHA-256
30:6E:5F:D3:A6:C6:87:12:6B:C0:0C:B1:0A:54:6A:A9:3D:BB:B4:46:AB:A2:10:...
SHA-1
Extended Key Usages
Purposes
2D:34:02:6C:91:76:FD:AA:3A:29:BF:86:7E:29:E1:F8:8F:F8:E4:99
Server Authentication, Client Authentication

https://library.kiwix.org/#lang=eng

Direct download link for Wikipedia (105GB) https://download.kiwix.org/zim/wikipedia/wikipedia_en_all_maxi_2025-08.zim There are a lot of websites archived here. If you look around you can find the 2024 Wiki as well.

Here is the 2023 snapshot. https://archive.org/details/wikipedia_en_all_maxi_2023-09.zim

The Wikipedia ones are all about 100GB.

Other website archives
https://archive.org/details/zimarchive

Kiwix app to read files
https://kiwix.org/en/applications/

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=LuyC0y7Ahfg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuyC0y7Ahfg

Action Retro installs Windows 11 on a 20 year old SUN Ultra 40 UNIX Workstation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Dtmpe9qaQ


Put, "Clippy never tried to normalize sex trafficking", on the list of things I never thought I'd hear.

Seems to me the issue is with the Monitor? I can find out by swapping it but you're the goddamn expert! You tell me!

Edit: turned the PC off and when I turned it on got a message about Windows not loading properly and advanced repair or restarting. Fiddled about in Settings with Windows updates and ... the PC (desktop) is going ok for the moment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFQyVFLYQj4

Computer basics plus emergency reset procedures.

As you know I bought a laptop (Lenovo $800) recently to use in my new Home Office aka the cellar and it's proved to be fine but I get tired of needing to recharge the battery seemingly all the time. At the end of the day I'm an old-fashioned Desktop and Box man but I think my next PC purchase will be an all-in-one. Did you find that interesting you miserable sod!