It is not like it was exactly the same 5 years ago… The lazy “journalists” are the issue.

So are there open source lawn mowers then?

You want an open source, complete system? If you are not willing to do it yourself, the only chance I see is paying someone to do it for you.

Everything you say is correct and, to me, obvious and was never disputed.

I think the hair analogy fits this case, obviously it is not 100 % the same.

Shouldn’t that be obvious? The same way a bundle of hair is softer than a rod of the same thickness. The extreme of this are sandwiches like carbon - lightweight core - carbon. There, the parts that experience the biggest forces (the outermost layer in tension) is extremely stiff, while the core only needs to withstand compression to keep both apart.

They do not.

How much disc capacity are we talking about?

As important if you want to get higher positions and partially also for more money. But if you “just” want to do stuff you like it is fine.

So much hot air for nothing. AI generated text or just a “good” human?

I click for gif, but there is none.

When you are a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

Using a pen directly on the box or on a piece of tape was no option? Don’t get me wrong, I like it and am lacking the creativity to do such things. But it does seem overly complicated.

ChatGPT went public at the start of the last kink downward. It can not be the reason for the big drop untill 2023.