Open and uncensored tribe for talking about anything tech related. Being competent with technology has gone from giving you an edge in the recent past to being a necessity in many fields today. As a result there are a lot more people interested in the various tech-related hobbies, here we have a free space to discuss such things.
I'm shopping for some small solar powered lights. Every listing, EVERY Goddamned one of them, comes with a completely unwanted and unneeded remote control. There are few dick simple options in the marketplace ffs.
Or, worse in my opinion, an app required in order to get any sort of functionality.
@MentORPHEUS I've been following that too, and it sure was a coordinated campaign to get him out. CNBC, Wall Street Journal, and the rest of the business press were clearly following a script and told when to push the story.
I don't think the Israelis are major contenders for the job. It'll probably be the guy from Softbank.
It looks to me like Howard Luttnick didn't push export controls. Trump didn't care but Rubio and Bessent sure did. Constraining Nvidia's ability to sell chips in Asia benefits Open AI, Anthropic, and others, as does limiting the influence of a prominent backer of open source models. Open AI and Anthropic don't want competition; they'd like a nice competition-free oligarchy in the AI area similar to other parts of the tech industry.
The ousting of the Nvidia CEO over an affair, is another blatant grift. Top 3 contenders to get helicoptered into his role, JUST SO HAPPEN to be Israelis. The Red Pill lesson: boxing waaay above your SMV weight is risky, even at the multi Billionaire level. Especially so!
Anyone watch the press conference during the nationwide ground stop? The administration officials talked in circles, sucked off Donald Trump, and repeatedly hammered the point that they immediately needed 50 billion dollars to fix it. ALL before the root cause was not even known yet! Obvious grift is obvious.
Google AI is burning a big ad budget, with the tag line "Go reward yourself!"
Makes me suspect humans were not involved in the creative process, because it evokes an immediate response of, "Go FUCK yourself!"
@MentORPHEUS MS should be really worried about how many integrated systems are Linux based.
@MentORPHEUS tbf maybe it costs this much because not many buy it and it sits there using electricity to keep it swirling.
I dont remember where anymore, I have seen it in a shop I frequented. But I have never seen anyone buy it.
I remember thinking, "how does it make sense?"