Vs. "book" banning.

(Not just in public libraries, but actual banning).

Especially if Musk actually founds a new political party as he claims. At that point, he should quit trying to lead Tesla and SpaceX. But he didn't during DOGE, which he also should have, so...

At Tesla charging stations? In California? They'd better have.

Why isn't it better to say, "don't cheat on your spouse"

Another thing that could happen is that as the population grows, and more people rise to a standard of living that supports passtimes, we sample further out on the skinny end of the bell curve of human potential.

Without granting that they're cheating, in my book it's still progress if cheating occurs but it has a smaller and smaller impact on the outcome. Perfection itself is of course the goal - no cheating and a clear definition of what that is.

Discrete graphics is one area where they have reaffirmed their commitment this year, including at CES. The GPU would seem an odd one to cut since that's where computers have most of their transistors these days.

Do you really want to ask that? His base will never turn against him. They've sacrificed all their principles for him, there's no going back.

Yes but if by "pretext" you mean false, I wouldn't assume so. In fact it would be kind of odd if we could make them as cheaply as Taiwan. It's not like we have better machines to do it with. All the inputs (especially labor) are just more expensive.

Ooops, and I had to pick that as an example...

If their definition of allowable bicycles weren't so strict, they would quickly get into completely impractical bicycles that have no use outside a closed course, ridden by a highly practiced rider, and with costs far greater than even the expensive bikes of today. For example recumbents would dominate, even though they hardly make a dent in the mainstream market where they are allowed.

Come to think of it, I'm basically agreeing with you... but I think it's good.

It's one way to go, but marketing bikes and driving the technology forward is an important part of most bike racing. And unlike other leagues like "stock" car racing, which uses cars built from the ground up, you can buy a bicycle that's pretty much like one the professionals use.

I actually do think missile defense is worth developing and fielding. It has been very widely used in Israel against Palestine / Iran proxies lately and in Ukraine.

But would I ever push the button secure in the knowledge that I am invulnerable - can't imagine it. Imagine if missile defense worked really well and only 15% of the US population were wiped out and the radiation over the rest of the country were "usually" survivable. It's unimaginable.

Condolences in advance to the families of the developers who take that offer due to their unfortunate suicide in a month or two

This is "insightful"? Good lord. Maybe wait until there's some shadow of evidence to your conspiracy theory?

I thought you were going to say they would be offered stock options etc. that probably wouldn't actually amount to that much because AI is crap. I don't universally agree with that either, but it's not ridiculous.

What I do think is likely is that Sam Altman is exaggerating.

No, it's quite real:

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Fc...