... of the AI infrastructure is electrical power, Trump should be looking for backhoe operators an linemen*.

*Line persons. But then that DEI shit won't fly in his administration.

They own the exclusive rights to software updates that brick systems.

is less work than building the house.

The odd general fascination with cosmetics is not utilitarian, but piddling with cosmetics gives the illusion of accomplishment as if change were progress.

... I've see that pro AI group somewhere.

In the vast majority of military careers pols matter little. Careers outlast multiple POTUS and mostly take place far away from them. When you're chilling at a NATO base, Japan or South Korea what happens in DC is of nil interest unless you have or want orders there.

Why would anyone care what the President of the US thinks of their job so long as their pay shows up? I don't value the respect of those I hold in contempt nor grudge their indifference to me. We owe each other nothing not spelt out in law.

From a .mil perspective the HMFIC is doing his thing and you do yours. Your co-workers and assignments are far more relevant to your life than distant politicians you'll likely never interact with. Every few years there will be a different hack in the Oval Office. They're just another transient boss and don't follow you out the gate when you retire.

Vesting a reliable recession-resistant retirement is absolutely worth killing for, especially after a mere twenty years which leaves time to enjoy the second half of your life. Retiring in your forties frees you to pursue a second career or whatever steams your Speedos. The armed forces need younger, deployable troops capable of expeditionary warfare. When those troops age out and retire their accumulated experience remains valuable to support the same hardware and missions differently.

The point of all those Stanford degrees was to get money. Lack of jobs suggests using those credentials elsewhere, preferably in careers resistant to economic downturns and inconvenient to outsource.

American rewards with money what it truly values, and it truly values war.

A stint in the Space Force, Air Force etc can open DoD and many other doors via the human network officers naturally acquire. It's an instant career or a useful stepping stone. The security clearance won't hurt either.

The Guard and Reserve are options for those wanting to hold civilian employment but active duty retires much sooner. An officer makes enough to fully retire at twenty years and never need to work again.

Games are mere toys freely adopted and freely abandoned. There is no "prison" and such hyperbole is absurd.

Of course your comment on Palladium is correct, but games are mere trifling amusement with no involuntary physical constraints like a prison cell.

But 5000 nits is nice on the deck of a yacht.

If Apple is collecting money on your behalf, then they know how much you made. And they already have that money in their account, held on your behalf. So such an agreement is not a big stretch to imagine.

Smart people are not going to ask Apple to handle in-app purchases for them, now that courts have told Apple to f*k off. I wouldn't even link the same bank account, at the same bank to Apple's payment system. Keep a small account linked to satisfy Apples automatic deduction systems and manage your revenue somewhere else. Bitcoin?

I don't think Apple has to make anything up. Since the purchase of the app, plus in-app sales have to be reported to Apple*, they know what you make. As it stands now, Apple is the IRS of their own walled garden.

*Barring an uncucessful challenge of recent court decisions.

At this point in time, I believe Google is pursuing power instead of just money. And they are willing to make some questionable (from a profit point of view) investments to accumulate it. Establishing legal standing to play Internet cop on behalf of their users is just one ploy. We already have a DoJ to take care of that sort of thing. They need to get off their ass before private business weasels their way into becomming the law of the land.

At some point, I expect Google to parlay ther power into profit. When it takes a Google Certificate of Authenticity to have an email address or host a website.