1899-12-30

They did ban calculators in the Butlerian Jihad.

given that their revenue is still increasing, I'm guessing it's the latter

Ereader software doesn't have bookmarks?

It's interesting to note that the newer LLMs like deepseek v4 or kimi k3 basically use caveman mode natively for their thinking traces. Lot word dropping when thinking.

It's much more censored - in some aspects - than k2.7.

The days of capital light companies might be over for the near future.

*Minnesota becomes first state to ban the use of prediction markets as a loophole for sports gambling.

Costco buisness centers are usually a lot quieter, and don't have the free sample venders clogging up the aisle. Memberships work for both.

It's cheaper to pay that than rewrite in a better language.

The key to non-disruptive LLM integration is using it in a purely additive way, supplementing a feature with functionality that couldn't be done before rather than replacing an existing part. Like adding ai generated images to accompany the dwarf fortress artifact descriptions. It could completely togglable and doesn't disrupt any existing mechanics, but would provide value to those that don't mind the slop.

There is, it's called a narrow bank and it would probably pay more interest than normal banks. Unfortunately they have been mostly outlawed thanks to lobbying by the banking industry(see also the current lawsuits about usd stablecoins paying yield).

M$ already has a program like this doesn't it? Microsoft™ 365™ Copilot™ agents™

Weird amounts of overlap between the two.