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Keep in mind that the prices of the big AI companies are currently mostly loss makers. Their plan is to get sufficient market saturation and dependency of their clients and if they achieve that, they will hike up the prices quite a bit.

(Of course this all depends on if their plans work out, but if not then the smaller local models will probably play a big role in the failure of their plan)

You might be right, but I honestly think that this is a situation where competition helps both sides to pull themselves up.

The 6510 CPU was easy to programme in assembler and it was supported by a graphics chip VIC and a sound chip SID who both had some fun tricks up their sleeves (not like a graphics card, much much more simple). For their time and the price they were quite capable and fun to use.

I think it's not as much a democracy as a market. We sometimes say people vote with their wallet on products, so I see where you come from.

Still, in this case I think a market analogy fits better. There are people who want it and people who don't want it. If the people with a lot of money (to manage for companies) want it, this will move the balance. If it eventually moves it enough remains to be seen. Decisions can be made with too much excitement and based on overpromises, but eventually someone will draw a bottom line under (generative) AI, the one where currently the huge amount of money gets pumped into. Either will generate generate value that people pay for and the investors make a profit or not. Bubbles and misconceptions can extend the time when the line is drawn, but eventually it will be.

If LLM and generative is generally creates value, or not, I cannot say. I am sure that the more specialised AI solutions that are better described as machine learning does create this value in their special use cases and will stay.

Big country and many options and all that, but at least with regards to EU support I would say yes, the majority of Germans supports the EU. I would say some regions more than others.

I think it is understood that the EU could be better and is a child of many compromises, but if you want to make it better you have to say what and crucially how. Until then, why not be happy with what you have, for once.

What does he say? He does not like a few things. Germany is bureaucratic, look at that. Something with reflection that does not further gets explained. No solutions on offer, of course. Some stereotypes feel like they are true. Well, well, what an insight.

He does not like some food, but likes others.

But the best bit is: Germans (the way he writes it, all Germans) have no humor.

Reads like a rant. He probably feels enraged that the f%*king establishment dares to offer him money. He is an artist. And then they have the audacity not to publish his master piece rant.

I mean, it's the expression of a personal view, that's fine. But I can see why newspapers did not want to print it. Not much there, really.

No

Why not. Your decision.

I think for users who don't want to learn about their computer and just use it a (new or used) Mac is the best option if you want cover many use cases.

Linux on Desktop is especially great for used Laptops. In that case the Linux community had a bit of time to adjust to the hardware.

Laptop also offer a well defined hardware environment where you know exactly what's inside.

Once you additional devices the range of hardware that needs to be supported is so much wider and so is the risk that something does not work.

However, especially for more casual users to just use your Laptop and not connect anything ever is in my opinion a quite common use case. There you can optimise to support some Laptops really well. And that is where Linux can shine.

My optimistic interpretation is slightly different. So far the US is still a democracy with a President wo doesn’t take the law too seriously.

On the other side every democracy looses a bit focus over time and laws to keep government clean get softened, IMHO.

But let’s say the next election happens and the opposition will be voted in (if not, god knows where this ends) , then there will be a government with a state apparatus in tatas. They have the burden but also the opportunity to rethink how things are supposed to work and can make changes that most previous governments did not even thought possible.

Maybe, I don’t know. But maybe this slightly painful time is part of a renewal process that in the end will be helpful. And Trump of all people makes it involuntary possible.