AMD made a major stock deal to pick up Xilinx in 2022. They're more than happy to fritter away shares of stock that were nearly worthless 10 years ago.

AMD is actually moving a lot of MI-series hardware, and they would continue to do so without this OpenAI deal. They aren't in any trouble.

Next time read the supported hardware list. This reads like an ad for NV based on tropes from a decade ago.

Exactly. Gdp growth doesn't happen in a vacuum. Some other sector would be absorbing some or all of that spending.

Facebook is old news. Teenagers don't use it much anymore. But there is a lot of bullying on newer social media platforms (and there was on Facebook back in the day). Social media isn't a safe haven.

lol "containt" what a typo

It can contain nanoplastics.

Oh don't worry. Someday everyone will try to switch to CNTs and derivatives, and those might shed too!

In the United States?

It isn't any different.

The stock market and derivatives can actually drive real economic activity. Gambling does not. Not really sure about forex, it's weird.

Umm

Sports book was illegal outside of Vegas and maybe Atlantic City for the longest time. It only recently became legal.

Actually things DID change: the addiction problems in BC got a lot worse.

Sports betting on its own isn't necessarily a grift. People making a bet against their coworkers between their favorite teams that are about to face off is just something fans do. Office pools etc. are perfectly normal, and there really isn't a middleman there.

The large sports book sites ARE middlemen and they do skim enough off the top where maybe they should be viewed with some skepticism. But the core of what people are doing - or are TRYING to do - doesn't necessarily fall under the umbrella of grift or scam.

Considering that Dad couldn't legally bet on sports book for most of the United States' history, it wouldn't be a big ask to go back to that. It really wouldn't.