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Statements of the form “X can never happen” tend to be weak, so that’s a bit of a strawman. But, in spirit, of course they can both be true. There are matters of degree and the int…

But it’s not just GPUs that result from it but also a lot of other infrastructure including, prominently, energy. And beyond physical infrastructure there are the intangible assets…

Frustrating the site doesn’t give any idea of what you’re supposed to be able to see with them on.

I think by “something popular” gp meant an industry that people are excited to be in — which dovetails with your implication about accepting low pay for a way in the industry

It’s not remotely hypothetical you’d have to be living under a rock to believe that. And the fusion with a one-party state government that doesn’t tolerate huge swathes of thoughts…

Literal Trump Derangement Syndrome. America has a comically horrendous president but remains fundamentally a liberal democracy… and Canada concludes “literal Nazis are a better cho…

DeepSeek uses merchant silicon like everyone else. edit: I misunderstood, I thought you were implying they designed their own GPUs. nevermind

Thank you for sharing, that is interesting to hear. It bears repeating that I do not presume a monolithic opinion of the citizens of China or the culturally Chinese diaspora. I bal…

I am categorically against invasions and conquest of land by force. We live in the year 2026, not the year 1985. I set my priorities accordingly.

But to gp's point, that is a principle. Perhaps not yours, but they outlined their stance and stuck to it despite threats and consequences. Contrast Sam's OpenAI announcement which…

How do they feel about and respond when asked about the Taiwan question? Do they either clam up or act like it's a mortal insult to suggest that an independent democratic nation sh…

Maybe worth asking for anyway? They might just be setting metrics based on the most popular ways of measuring but if they care about the spirit of the offer it would make sense for…

Exactly and that danger grows as the ability to do so in increasingly automated and targeted ways increases. Should be very obvious now looking at the world around us. Also, failin…

Source on that? Hadn’t seen that

Yup yup. Evil NATO denying the native “panslavism” that all Slavic people yearn for, to put them safely into the Russian yoke they so love. /s

When one is this far gone into a nationalist information bubble haze, it ceases to be productive to argue with them. Everything this poster demands to be “shown” is openly availabl…

Let’s start with it being hell bent on annexing a peaceful independent island democracy, by force if needed, because of their own political insecurities. The examples expand from t…

It’s quite plainly the CCP that is the Nazi regime of the 21st century.

In addition to the factors named by sibling comments, which I largely agree with, there is also the rise of short form entertainment on these platforms. In 2004, social media was m…

Isn’t it just an hn convention? I agree with your comment I’m replying to completely, but the date tag doesn’t have to be an indictment (as you yourself suggest)

Spot on. And the mistake of considering appeasement of said totalitarian superpower by “letting them have it” would be just as enormous.

Normalize that to global and it won’t look quite so stark. Not saying India’s development is unimpressive but let’s put things in a real context

The Sims also still prints money and there's a new version due soon-ish. But, basically, yes agreed.

Classically it doesn't, but colloquially it does. The dreaded "language changes and evolves" defense that frustrates pedants everywhere. (I say this in the friendly spirit of a lon…

I concur with this take. Like many facets of culture, some people/groups will project what they want onto a given cultural entity (South Park, in this case), but that doesn’t mean …