They’ve been unprofitable for years. This move will probably push them into the black next year. Every company is using AI as an excuse for layoffs when it’s just over hiring.

This is exactly what they’re doing. Buy some goodwill. Continue turning up the temperature in a few months. They think they can boil the frog eventually.

I’m here for the rambles.

I think you have an interesting perspective. The shire kind of grounds the world as a reader / viewer. It’s the place you want to get back to.

Alien 1 vs Alien 2 is such an interesting split. The first is so full of dread and so claustrophobic. The second is like an action horror movie. The vision of Ridley Scott and James Cameron couldn’t be more different but both are great movies.

I think the mainstream opinion is that the two towers is the best. I’m curious, why do you favor the fellowship?

Profits will spike when supply is restricted because the cost to produce the product doesn’t increase. The consumer suffers because the same demand is competing for less supply. So yeah, shit sucks.

Sources and data would be interesting here. Even anecdotes.

Direct censorship is another tool along with narrative shaping which highlights some content and buries other content. It’s interesting to see that the same tools that make user generated content palatable for advertisers is also suitable for mass censorship.

This further highlights the need to ditch centralized corporate platforms and move to independent platforms

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In order for a t100 to get in some guy in the Philippines has to take over and remote control it to open the gate