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That’s exactly what Putin has been doing for years. Unfortunately Putin is pulling it off quite well.

We’re just going to take Ukraine, and then likely whatever country looks easiest to take next. But if anyone else got involved in these conflicts I will totally launch my nukes all over the place! You just watch, I’ll do it, I’m fuckin nuts!

Don’t even think about sending troops, because that would add fuel to an already dangerous situation (that we manufactured and could totally end at any time).

None of them can be saved? That seems statistically unlikely.

But back up a bit, that comment I made is a general truth, it doesn’t just apply to this situation. When someone is wrong, you correct them, that’s generally just the right course of action.

Exactly, and these platforms are only mainstream *now*, many of them had much smaller userbases before the X takeover of Twitter.

There's nothing wrong with preaching to Nazis. Sure, most aren't likely to really listen, but they *are* the people who need to hear this most. You don't write people off because they're wrong, you correct them.

If you plan on drinking the water, or cooking with the water, it’s going right back into the air after you pee or sweat and the water evaporates. Literally no damage done.

Such a great game!

The idea that $5000 will pay for replacing a core component or system is just plain preposterous. A flash memory chip is a flash memory chip, whether it’s part of a USB stick or soldered to a custom board. You don’t need to replace the custom board, you need to solder on a new memory chip that contains the instructions you want it to.

Well my custom browser says my age is verified, we’re all set here here. All set. Move along.

What would be the point of that? If the check was done locally it would be trivial to spoof. Technically, this can’t work. It’s a bad idea.

My definition of change?

I think it’s pretty clear from this graph that the macOS is eating their lunch, and to a lesser extent, Linux.

Well iOS only shows up on the graph right at the end, in 2025. You’ll note that it correlates perfectly with a large drop in MacOS. This must be people using an iOS browser on their Mac, this is possible if you’re mac has Apple silicon. I don’t know why people would do that, but that’s what it looks like.

But why does deregulation of the public energy sector mean that private power plants can’t use public infrastructure? You said a lot of things that make sense and I generally agree with, however I’m still not sure you’ve linked the two things in that first sentence I replied to (deregulation and public infrastructure).

Can you explain that sentence?

Well put.

That’s the thing, they only have any interest in “innovative new uses for AI”, they aren’t interested in delivering power, so they’re going to do a shitty job of it, they’re going to make a mess we’re all left with. Additionally, if they connect their power to the grid at all, then they need to work seamlessly or the entire grid is at risk. Again, the aspect of their business they don’t care about at all has to work seamlessly… Don’t get me started on nuclear, just no. They don’t get to play with isotopes. The risks here are huge, the potential consequences are disastrous to both the economy and the environment. And the potential rewards are what? Lining the pockets of AI grifters? Pushing expensive technology that nobody wants?

Once you automate something, the corresponding skill set and experience atrophy. It’s a problem that predates LLMs by quite a bit. If the only experience gained is with the automated system, the skills are never acquired. Well, to be fair, different skills are acquired. You’ve learned how to create automated systems, that’s definitely a skill. In one of my IT jobs there were a lot of people who did things manually, updated computers, installed software one machine at a time. But when someone figures out how to automate that, push the update to all machines in the room simultaneously, that’s valuable and not everyone in that department knew how to do it. So yeah, I guess my point is, you can forget how to do things the old way, but that’s not always bad. Like, so you don’t really know how to use a scythe, that’s fine if you have a tractor, and trust me, you aren’t missing much.

That’s a nice theory. But if I use it less I may not continue paying for it. That’s certainly worth considering if you’re Netflix.