FOSDEM 2024 The computer industry faces a number of serious problems, some imposed by physics, some by legacy technology, and some by inertia. There may be solutions to some of these, but they're going to hurt. In a previous role, the Reg FOSS desk gave three talks at the FOSDEM open source conference in Brussels. In 2023, I proposed one under the banner of the Reg, so some of the points hearken back to earlier articles. Unfortunately, since submitting the proposal in October something sad happe...