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Comment · 1 year ago
Not sure if this is a real question but yes, I think Microsoft is too big to fail.
Comment · 1 year ago
Like I said, loyalty test.
Comment · 1 year ago
It's more or less a loyalty test. Are you going to use the correct term, or Trump's term. Which side are you on?
Comment · 1 year ago
Maybe in the long run but right now their stock is tanking.
Comment · 1 year ago
I think the myth of Elon's genius has been utterly shattered by the Path of Exile 2 debacle. Turns out faking it until you make it can take you all the way to the top.
Comment · 2 years ago
Yes, it's basically Twitter without the paid blue checks.
Comment · 2 years ago
The main advantages are the lack of bots (for now) and the lack of the paid blue checks. The former is a major improvement because it improves the overall quality of the tweets.
Comment · 2 years ago
I'm kind of shocked by this comment. Microsoft seems to be dominating the industry, with copilot having over 1.5 million users.
Comment · 2 years ago
If the presser is correct (and I am extremely skeptical), then the $7.5B cost would be trivial - even if it had to be done annually.
Comment · 2 years ago
Have these numbers been verified by a neutral 3rd party? They seem awfully optimistic.
Comment · 2 years ago
I must admit it is rather comfortable to have an accurate view of the world. It's much more profitable than being enmeshed in a bunch of conspiracy theories.
Comment · 2 years ago
A fad that set back the industry by a decade.
Comment · 3 years ago
If it worked that way, the Gallic Wars wouldn't have happened because Caesar's account would be considered "argument from authority".
Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
It's called a search engineer, and this isn't left to people's own discretion because they don't have the time or inclination to make their own search engines / recommendation engines.

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