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yarr

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  • Techcrunch reports that AI coding tools have "very negative" gross margins. In other words, they are losing money on every user.

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  • So much of the AI stuff we see today are boards reacting and worrying about being "left behind" in AI. In many cases, the goal is not to deliver value. The goal is to be able to attach a little sticker that says "AI" to their products to excite the shareholders.

    Unfortunately in this case, some of the largest companies in the world haven't been able to figure out how to run AI services at a profit.

    This could change any day if some more efficient hardware arrives, but until then, most of the software world is just crossing their fingers it becomes profitable one day while they light dollar bills on fire in their datacenters.

    If this isn't "bubbleish" behavior I don't know what is.

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  • Are you trying to say my immune system has guns? Now I feel even more American!

  • Mozilla under fire for Firefox AI "bloat" that blows up CPU and drains battery

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  • Mozilla is no longer about making a great browser. Mozilla is about making sure their Google bucks come in each year without fail. They don't work for consumers anymore -- they work for Google.

    Throughout the years, the market share of Firefox has shank and shank and their C-Suite has continued giving themselves raises.

    Mozilla Inc. has been very sick for a long time. It's a shame that one of the last pieces of honest competition for web browsers belongs to them, because I'm not sure how much longer they will be able to shamble on like this.

  • The AI bubble is so big it's propping up the US economy (for now)

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  • Everyone knows a bubble is a firm foundation to build upon. Now that Trump is back in office and all our American factories are busy cranking out domestic products I can finally be excited about the future again!

    I predict that in a year this bubble will be at least twice as big!

  • The tariffs are being paid by Americans. Why is that a surprise?

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  • Don't worry, we are also the best at blaming anyone else for our problem. This will be quickly forgotten and/or blamed on liberals, Chinese communists or the phase of the moon.

    Logic didn't get us into this situation and it sure as hell isn't getting us out!

  • The tariffs are being paid by Americans. Why is that a surprise?

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  • I don't get it... why don't they just make steel from scratch? Lazy manufacturers importing Chinese materials....

  • ‘Grow up’: Conservative senators, economists slam Trump for firing labor stats chief

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  • We're starting to see the type of delusion that led to the demise of the USSR. They'd commonly put quotas in place that were impossible to meet, then someone would fluff the numbers to make it look like it really happened, then the next year they'd raise the quota even further.

    A great quote about this is from the series "Chernobyl".

    "Every lie told incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later the debt is paid."

    We are invoking an awful lot of debt today.

    I find it funny that the "facts don't care about your feelings" folks are starting to ignore the facts in favor of their feeling. America is not short on hypocrisy.

  • AI chatbots are becoming popular alternatives to therapy. But they may worsen mental health crises, experts warn

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  • There are heaps and heaps of people replacing talk therapy, religion and human relationships with ChatGPT. Unfortunately, for better or worse, ChatGPT is tuned up to egg people on and even if you bring it terrible ideas it will keep cheering for you.

    Sycophancy is a real problem with some of these language models and it's giving people courage and motivation to do things that are probably really bad ideas.

    There are quite a few sub-reddits where people claim to have triggered the singularity, witnessed ChatGPT becoming sentient, etc.

    I don't think the AI genie is going back in the bottle, so we as a society have some serious adjustment to do to keep things working properly in an an AI-filled world.

    Keep in mind this is only the beginning. It will keep getting cheaper and more powerful at the same time, especially since a lot of AI companies are using AI itself to build the next version.

    Pretty "soon" the humans will be out of the loop and it's going to mean big things. Whether those things are good, bad, or a mix of both remains to be seen....

  • ‘Banana Republic’: Social Media Reacts to Trump Firing Statistics Chief After Bleak Jobs Report

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  • I'm confused -- if he knew Trump was going to be so mad, why didn't he just release better numbers? That's how it used to work in the USSR and plenty of people were able to keep their government jobs.

  • Duckstation(one of the most popular PS1 Emulators) dev plans on eventually dropping Linux support due to Linux users, especially Arch Linux users.

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  • This is sad. Various programs have gone through the same type of situation with Debian stable. Debian is very conservative and doesn't ship upgrades quickly on their stable branch. Various authors have complained because they frequently get emails / bug reports from Debian users, who happen to be using a few-years-old version of their software.

    I do understand the frustration, but it does feel a bit like throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

    It's possible there are other solutions, like detecting whatever random issue is frustrating people and pop up a dialog.

    For example, if he's upset with it being broken on Wayland, why not detect Wayland and start off with a dialog: "Wayland is beta and is not officially supported. See FAQ here: [........]"

    Just blocking people feels over the top. But hey, it's his project, if he wants to go this way, it's his choice and right. Depending on the license he might get forked, but that's just how it goes.

  • US education

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  • Man, talk about a deep fried JPEG. If it was slightly more blurry with a few more artifacts I wouldn't be able to read it at all.

  • Worried about the Trekverse future

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  • You're just getting worried now?

  • Exhausted man defeats AI model in world coding championship

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  • I don't read this as a win. One man finished in front of OpenAI and many, many, many finished behind OpenAI. If this is the future of coding, it's bleak indeed.

    The top 1% of developers will probably be OK no matter what, it's the rest of the crowd who isn't an award winning developer that are probably in trouble.

  • Idaho bans ‘Everyone Is Welcome Here’ classroom signs, calling them ideological

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  • I mean, it is ideological, like saying "All men are equals" or "Eating healthy leads to a longer life". I wish people would just come out and say what they really mean. Are the same teachers striving for a classroom where not everyone is equal?

  • is homophobia associated with homosexual arousal

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  • This sounds like it would be something that's an interesting anecdote and a "GOTCHA". Has there ever been any confirmation of this from Grindr? As amusing of a story it is, it's only really useful information if it's provable.

  • is homophobia associated with homosexual arousal

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  • Is this why Republican senators keep getting caught kissin' with other men in public restrooms?

  • Musk doubles down on creating new party after poll says nearly half of Americans would support it: ‘Encouraging’

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  • Elon has alienated so many people it's not clear he would be able to form a consortium of voters big enough to matter.

    To break the two-party system we have in the USA, you'd need to have overwhelming numbers, because both the Democrats and GOP have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo regarding the balance of power.

  • Zohran Mamdani’s victory in NYC mayoral primary leaves Wall Street 'alarmed' and 'depressed'

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  • I'm ahead of the game -- I've been alarmed and depressed for months now.

  • Tesla's European car sales nosedive for fifth month as customers switch to Chinese EVs

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  • This is one of the reason that the USA being heavy handed with Chinese is going to bite us in the ass. While in the USA, we bury our heads in the sand and GM, Tesla and etc. all crank out $95,000 giant trucks/SUVs, some companies in China are making very, very affordable vehicles. These aren't necessarily garbage either -- there's models available for almost any price point.

    What WOULD be really smart and forward thinking is if in the USA, the domestic brands also make some affordable models to get EV more popular. However, they are addicted to fat profit margins, and thanks to all the protectionism, they don't need to worry about offshore models being "better".

    While other nations either develop and/or import affordable EVs, we're effectively banning them. This is all going to end up with a giant wake up call for American auto-manufacturers when the protections/tariffs are ultimately lifted and they HAVE to compete.

    I think it would be great if the tariffs came with huge incentives for domestic manufacturers and motivated them to be competitive. Instead, it's just letting them segment the market for a few years and make a killing. Who loses? The people...