So to provide further context, PCs have tables that can be checked to see what hardware is located where. Phones don’t have this, and if you try to query the wrong component or the right component at the wrong address, you can crash the whole device.

PCs were this way too, before PnP/PCI/ACPI tech showed up.

Loading Linux on a Pentium with a bunch of ISA cards was NOT a guaranteed win.

Made me think of how everything is base 10, even octal or binary.

I knew a physicist who considered 0 negative if she arrived at 0 coming from negative source numbers and positive if coming from positive sources.

Something something sampling rate

Send abusive kids off to camp with vulnerable kids, stick them in a cabin and say goodnight? Sounds like a recipe for disaster.

What the heck is a residential treatment school? Summer camp for suicidal kids?

Don’t worry, Americans, even though Trump’s tariffs apply to imported gasses, we’re not charging you for this so it’s a 50% on $0.

You’re welcome! Enjoy the free carbon vapor!