All the former Obama agreement with Iran did was say we would watch them from the sidelines till they got a nuke.

Tell me, why did they work so hard to get 60% refined uranium when no one needs that for civilian power generation?

Oh...ok, I was assuming OUR Gulf.

I don't really give a fuck about those Middle East gulfs....they're getting bombed by someone all the time it seems....

Same bombs...different "hats" worn by the bombers.

Not especially newsworthy as that it's a common occurrence over there.

He pointed to the recent bombing of Gulf Coast data centers by Iran as evidence.

Ok...can anyone point to links of any sort of "Gulf Coast data center bombings"....at all much less linked to Iran?

When they want nuclear weapons we start a war with them, but the US can have them, no problem.

Err...yep.

Were you trying to go somewhere with this keemosabie?

I'm impressed that anyone can afford a new development PC in 2026. I'd need a second mortgage with the price of the RAM, SSD and GPU these days!

You could get a Mac Mini if you're wanting to experiment with local models or AI agents...

Their M chips with unified shared memory is uniquely set up to work with AI....often for cheaper than the Win alternative.

That being said, the Minis, especially with more than basic RAM are getting hard to get with longer shipping times...due to popularity combined with likely release of M5 Mac minis in June.

But it's a great platform to work with I'm playing with one I got a month or so ago with 24GB ram. Not large enough for large models, but works great with a couple of smaller ones as I work to learn setting up Agents, orchestration, etc....

Iran war is 101% justified in my eyes.

It started roughly 1979 and has continued at various levels of violence since then...Iran has killed a lot of US service members and civilians directly and by proxy with all the terrorists groups they support.

They were getting close to building nuclear weapons....they showed us they now have missile tech that can reach Europe and are working for further reach.

its still plainly simple....those in charge STILL want nukes....they could end this conflict in about 10 minutes if they agreed no more nuke development, to give up the refined uranium they presently have, etc.....at which point all violence would immediately end, and economic abundance would open to them immediately too.....the populace could start living up to western standards almost immediately.

But no, the mullahs want nukes no matter what the cost to the people....

Listen sweetheart, he threatened to destroy civilization last week. I'm gonna need you to go take a seat waaay in the back until we call your number.

How about "offense", as in starting random wars of aggression with no justification at all?

Well, can you name one here in recent history?

Err...you do know that "Defense" of the nation is one of the few actual duties and activities given to the Federal Govt. by the Constitution, eh?

It's already happening. Zuck is replacing himself in the boardroom with AI Zuckerberg. (and in the bedroom with Black Guy Cuclkeberg)

Sport driving will not go away just the same.

I like and want a sports car for DAILY driving...

I like to drive....and every day when I get into it and fire up the engine, it's an adventure for me.

I don't just go from point A to point B....what a boring life that would make for....

I was listening to the original summary of this article...till they used the word "equity".

I immediately shut off anytime that word comes up.

Now...if they start once again to go for equality...well, then, I'll listen again.

Pride is important because in the old model, people were proud of themselves for doing a difficult job that paid a lot of money. When machines replace human labor, we will need to find something else to be proud of. Boomers and Gen-Xers won't get it, they will feel ashamed of their non-working children. Millennials will have mixed feelings, Gen-Z will mostly embrace it...

Gen Alpha and beyond will wonder why people ever felt proud of having to slog through 8 hours of office work every day.

I don't remember any politicians running on UBI for displaced telephone operators. Hillary ran on retraining coal miners to be coders which is even more laughable now than it was then (but for very different reasons).

I think the bottom line is that we live in a democracy so as soon as UBI resonates with a majority of voters, it will happen. I don't expect it to happen in the next cycle though.

I'll need it for my motorcycle.....hoping it all lasts till after I'm dead and gone, so I can enjoy the "old ways"....