SparroHawc

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

That implementation of NFTs was a total scam, yes. There are some cool potential applications for NFTs ... but mostly it was a solution looking for a problem. Even situations where it could be useful - like tracking ownership of things like concert tickets - weren't going to fly, because the companies don't want to relinquish control of the second-hand marketplace. They don't get their cut that way.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Give a man an LLM that can churn out poor-quality fish day after day for free until he gets used to not having to think for himself, then start charging for the privilege, and you'll make money for a lifetime.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Sure it is. If it's a program that is meant to make decisions in the same way an intelligent actor would, then it's AI. By definition. It may not be AGI, but in the same way that enemies in a video game run on AI, this does too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

COVID and all the resulting economic impacts, whether they were linked in the public's mind or not.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Oh, he's acting rationally from the perspective of someone who thinks he has all the answers and wants to throw his weight around. He's trying to be a tough business guy to China and is only backing off when someone finally manages to explain to him that it's a bad idea in terms simple enough that he can sit through them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Honestly, I'll take it over those fucking ahegao hoodies that were briefly popular.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

The order was to shut down DEI policies, not to stop discrimination. And DEI policies explicitly exist to try to stop discrimination - meaning that what Trump really wants to do is appeal to white men who feel like they're being left behind when a Pakistani woman gets hired in a position they feel like they 'deserve'.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Because even oligarchs aren't kings.

There's always another goalpost.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

There's also the fact that despite the economic recovery post-pandemic, every-day Joes didn't see the recovery in their paycheck - and at the same time, inflation (price gouging, really) was rampant. The salt of the earth tends to vote by their wallet, and wallets were feeling the pinch at election time.

That, plus Democrats' well-known propensity for utter failure at messaging, practically guaranteed a Trump victory.

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