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Comment · 15 hours ago
The things that normal people will want to use AI for (game mods) will be made illegal or a ToS violation until the only thing allowed is to consume veiled advertisements.

Behind closed doors the elite will use the tech for (biological) weapons and reverse engineering though. Military applications, OK but don’t you dare put Sonic in Super Mario.

Comment · 12 days ago
It’s a shame that this has to be pointed out every time. People really need to engage in critical thinking and risk assessment.
Comment · 1 month ago
Valve was working on TF2.. but it took years to be completed. It started as a more serious military shooter and became the lovely cartoon version later.
Comment · 1 month ago
Isn’t this part of the assumed plan? Seems to me the fee would have never been done without the blessing of big tech.

Trump admin gets a perceived win that they are protecting US jobs and big tech gets to fill the massive campuses they recently built in India and Canada (oh gee what are the odds?) with no option for these employees to get higher wages in the US.

Seems like everyone wins but labor… No more additional US tech jobs (seems like a perma-hiring freeze) and visa employees get routed to cheaper areas which is a massive savings for the companies.

Comment · 1 month ago
You are wrong. People that remember the cancelled StarCraft Ghost are excited for this.
Comment · 1 month ago
Only a matter of time before they ship with cell modems so you can’t disconnect them from the internet.

My LG tv post-update is never allowed on a network and it will never be updated again. Hopefully it never breaks…

Comment · 2 months ago
Even if you look at your purchase history now they have intentionally destroyed that too. What size shoe did you buy 3 years ago? Too bad we are not telling you!

The purchase/shipped/etc email was the lifeline to tracking your Amazon spending and exactly what you bought. Now that is impossible. It's similar to a business refusing to give you a proper receipt and should be likely illegal.

What 3rd party companies I let hoover up my Amazon purchase emails is none of their business.

Comment · 2 months ago
Nope. People don’t want them because they fear the DC will further increase utility bills. These companies openly talk about eliminating their jobs via AI with glee. Why would anybody help them? They are against the average persons best interests for their profit.

It’s debatable if a DC will affect local energy costs but people don’t want to risk it. Big tech has lost all their social capital. I would say at this point all of corporate America has. They have too much power over the public. People are starting to push back.

Comment · 3 months ago
Woof, so which one is the “good” one?
Comment · 3 months ago
I would assume people would switch to using FEX which is tuned for game performance for the x86 emulation bit.
Comment · 3 months ago
They have to be doing some variant of this in the life cycle because of how wildly the performance changes over time. I refuse to give Anthropic my own money because the subscription plans are essentially useless. It's rather nice with a company API account with no spending limit though. But really oAI models are more consistent over time in my experience.
Comment · 3 months ago
I often use this quote. One of my favorite of all times. Really cool to see somebody else use it! Every year that passes the more important that quote becomes.
Comment · 3 months ago
Of course they are. They will boil the frogs slowly until they get the frog soup they so desire. Each time the water gets a little bit too hot (public outrage) they will turn it back down for a bit.

Every major global region has this problem. I would tell you the slope is slippery, but I already fell down and cracked my head open.

Joking aside, this privacy invasion will keep happening until there are laws passed (a foundational constitution perhaps?) that make it impossible to attempt to even create such laws/rules.

Comment · 4 months ago
100% agree that places close too early for folks that work into the evening.
Comment · 4 months ago
I didn’t forget this. I worked for pennies in retail longer than I ever did anything else. I see a clear change over the past few decades.

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