Most of this is just trying to justify the bubble by trying to make people think that “AI” is useful.

Isn’t there some kind of sketchy corporate structure they could use to skirt this if they actually cared about data sovereignty?

“Sorry Feds, this data is actually held by Microsoft EU and not Microsoft”.

Or do they only do that sketchy shit for dodging taxes and protecting people’s data is a bridge too far?

Great, now do his supporters.

I’ve never been happy with the performance of my gaming PC for the cost, always seems like it should perform better, but the real reason I don’t buy consoles is because I want to be able to upgrade my hardware but still play my old games.

His mask conceals his identity to protect his family.

I got to the final heart boss exactly one time and I can’t see any way that I would ever defeat it given it has 750HP and some other insane buffs.

Most of his impunity comes from control of Congress. Clear proof of him being a pedophile maybe doesn’t make a difference to some MAGAs on social media, but it does make a difference to some of his supporters who actually believe themselves to be righteous Christians. The megachurch pastors already understand that Trump is a crook and pedophile, but they can currently deflect by saying there is no proof. If there IS proof, they may have to change their tune to retain credibility with their flock. Then you’ll suddenly have some contested congressional seats during the midterms.

In a normal timeline any negatives for platforming a sex trafficker would out weight any expenses on this lawsuit, but it wouldn’t surprise me if they cave to pressure from Trump and settle for 10 million.

Had to look twice to check whether this was a screenshot of a Grand Theft Auto game.

I’m honestly confused about what you’re asserting here. For my daughter, they did a blood test on my wife in order to tell us that we’re having a daughter instead of a son. Doesn’t that mean that there IS in fact a genetic test that “reveals biological sex”?

What the alternative?

It’s bullshit for companies to lay people off and retain H1Bs. The government shouldn’t approve any new H1Bs for development positions until companies stop the layoffs and the amount of developers searching for work goes down significantly.

I really wonder what would happen if the UN and Europe just sent troops in to keep the peace and establish a Palestinian state. Would the US and Israel actually go to war with the rest of the world in order to continue the genocide or would they admit defeat?

I used to do this because it was supposedly better than sugary creamers. You’re supposed to use a little blender to whip it up though, then it actually tastes super good.

I wanted to play this at some point but the prices never really came down on Steam enough.

Wow, looks like exactly what I need! I’ll give it a try, thanks!

Upgrade tool says my hardware isn’t supported, seems like I can enable TPM on my motherboard but it doesn’t work right for some reason I think I managed to install Windows 10 without secure boot or something, not sure if those two are even related. I was thinking maybe I’d have to reinstall windows 10 with those modules enabled in order to upgrade to windows 11… Has anyone else encountered something similar?

In the US I’d be happy if they even fined companies for this. The current administration doesn’t want to hold corporations accountable at all, unless it’s for “DEI” practices. Whenever I see news like this it makes me want to move to the EU.

I agree. I’d like to see some separation between the car manufacturer and the software. Any computers in the car should support whatever operating system you want to put on it. Things like controlling the car’s functions would just be device drivers. If the car company also wants to get into the SaaS business, fine, but you shouldn’t be required to pay for that software to operate the vehicle.

I’m on board with it if people want to change the terminology around these things, but it seems like the core of what the author is discussing is the valuation of these companies and potential bubbles.

I think it makes sense that Disney and Amazon and Netflix who are able to make money through more of a SaaS-like model would have a higher valuation than a car company that has to produce a new car for every unit sold. Maybe there’s a recent example of an over-valued car company we can think of?

Consider that an auto mechanic and a software engineer can have a similar problem-solving skill set, and could both be very intelligent. Why then does an auto mechanic make so much less money? It’s partly because of the economies of scale involved with software. The owner of the software company can sell the software to thousands of clients without having to pay the software engineer to build the software thousands of times. The owner of the auto shop still has to pay the mechanic to perform every job every time and get paid for it.

So while I agree that Disney and Netflix maybe aren’t “Tech” companies, it seems to me the real problem the author is grappling with is whether they should be valued similar to tech companies. So I guess the question becomes, are “tech” companies highly valued because they are expected to make some huge technological leap that shakes up industries, or is it because of the economies of scale inherent in the SaaS-like business model?