...then fire and/or burn it.

That's what dictators do. Nobody trusts China's and Russia's official econ stats because the books are always cooked to make the dictator look like the best dictator ever, believe me, everyone says so.

There can't be climate change if there is no instrument around to measure it.

Nah - Salvador Dali.

The thing is... there have been plenty of outspoken and highly visible survivors of school shootings for decades. How the hell do we exorcise this gray paste of untruth?

Perhaps the statement was written for them by Karoline Leavitt?

Perhaps a small, core group of talented engineers will leave Intel to establish a new company - history repeating itself, in other words.

Assuming there still is a group of talented engineers left at Intel...

In English, "IA" is usually understood to mean "Internet Archive." Only "AI" means "Artificial Intelligence."

Well, he IS a politician after all.

While the guy was purportedly speaking to "analysts and investors" - I'm pretty sure the intended audience was Donald Trump.

I can see why they're oh so very bullish on an AI-driven future.

(for the sarcasm-impaired - yes, I am indeed kidding)

In which case the problem was - you simply didn't buy enough typewriters.

If I'd only known, I could've held onto mine for a few more years and then given it to you!

... your life insurance is paid up, right?

They would pay to fly you from the US to India, including hotel and I think food too, to have certain medical procedures done.

To slice off the needful.

But GartnerGPT predicts it will never go out of business.

Assuming you're in the US (since you mention Labor Day) - the end of summer is September 21st.

Although if you're a parent (or a teacher), I can understand the idea that Labor Day marks the effective end of summer.

Didn't we recently see a story about how worthless such "assurances" are because the supervisors are typically untrained monkeys?