The distributed repos and "commit-then-push" metaphor might be due for a replacement since we're always online anyways and repos grow larger and larger. Perhaps using VFS where all files are always instantly available with copy-on-write semantics.

There are several players working on systems that work on thousands of commits per second scale, some based on Git and others not.

And it relates to Windows and Linux only, and using the TPM.

My guess is that unreliable TPMs made it risky to have this enabled by default.

In addition your favorite Linux distribution probably has it as from-source builds already.

For a container image you could try making one from Alpine or Wolfi.

https://github.com/asgeirn/circular-buffer

The central bank controls how many bills are in circulation, and the central bank regularly expires old bills and coins.

They did not like the idea. They very much more like the idea of owning the customer and keeping the customer paying subscriptions.

I also know of a media outlet which incentivizes customer to go from credit card payment to automated bank transfers, since credit cards expire every x years but the bank transfer goes on forever.

You are paying for:

- A reproducible target. You know EXACTLY what code you are running. If you manage more than three installations this is the only way you can diagnose and fix whatever issues your installation has.

- Support. The very few times I used RHEL support I always got timely and thorough assistance. Even when chasing a hardware bug or issues with third party device drivers.

- Backwards and FORWARDS compatibility. Red Hat systematically backports kernel bug fixes and support for new hardware to old kernels. We ran 2.6 kernels on Intel hardware released long after the 2.6 series were EOL.

- Device drivers. No, not for your five dollar mouse, but for hardware that costs the same as a small SUV.

If you're avoiding RHEL due to cost, have a look at their SKU list and talk to your local sales org, they have a wide range of options.

(Not affiliated with Red Hat or IBM, but RHCE since 2004)

> "Kermit will send data over a communication channel that is only slightly better than a pair of tin cans connected with a wet string")

Then again, I was only using the free tier, so I guess I got what I paid for.

  > The NTP protocol will synchronize correctly, regardless of era, as long as the system clock is set initially within 68 years (a half-era) of the correct time

- Both Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X use x86 processors.

- MacBook market share is around 10%, so the majority of new laptops are still x86.

- The majority of cloud compute instances are also x86.