This is demonstrably false. I could cite the usual accomplishments of his, but its not likely to change anyones mind.

Actually, my Roomba did a good job keeping my old place tidy, with a wall to wall carpet in the living room, and a rather fluffy cat. I'd use a proper vacuum once every couple of weeks to properly deep-clean the carpet and get the dust in the corners. But the Roomba did the rounds daily and took care of the hair and most of the dust. These robot vacuums also do a better job cleaning under sofas, cupboards and beds.

The problem with iRobot specifically is that they stopped innovating and improving their products. Other companies improved their vacuums, better cleaning, added LIDAR, while Roombas were still trundling randomly around the room on crappy NiMH battery packs.

Elon Musk used to warn us about the dangers of AI, trying to get us to slow down, all the while building it seemingly as fast as he possibly could. I always considered that very hypocritical.

There shouldnt be free for some, if there isnt free speech for everyone. The only way I know I have free speech is if you also have it. Algorithms for engagement are no different than focus groups to determine which Tv shows to produce and which to cancel. Any other opinion is by definition a degree of fascism

People who work for me are building what I am telling them and they are getting paid by our clients. They can definotely choose to do what I chose back in 2009, stop getting paid and work for themselves, all they have to do for that would be the same thing I did, save for a few years prior to that and live on savings while building their own thing. Why should anyone else pay them to do what they want without their ideas being actually useful to anyone? That is what governments do now, they tax everyone to subsidise government employees salaries and pensions. I would rather pay for services that I choose myself than have money taken from me by a force that I never chose myself (not once) and have that force spend my money on things I am opposed.

Can someone calculate how much Trump cost american taxpayers with all these judicial processes? Must be into billions by now...not quite saving money, are we?

Since McCarthy did the "AI thing" in lisp almost 70 years ago...

Well, they're too lazy to even write the code it seems...

Just make them use formal methods and be done with it?

No to both questions. How retarded are you? I didn't say anything at all about the standard to convict him, except to say that I don't trust China (to give him a fair trial or in just about anything else). But most people would respond to that kind of question by saying that they didn't steer business to friends or family, or something like that. TFA just says that his people don't deny having done that kind of thing -- the lack of a stronger response is what suggests he did it.

PBS is primarily (85%) privately funded. It will continue to produce shows like Masterpiece, Nova, Frontline, and Sesame Street and people in places like Boston or Philadelphia will continue to benefit from them.

What public funding does is give viewers in poorer, more rural areas access to the same information that wealthy cities enjoy. It pays for access for people who don't have it.

By opting out, Arkansas public broadcasting saves 2.5 million dollars in dues, sure. But it loses access to about $300 million dollars in privately funded programming annually.

He is criticizing an evil regime for doing evil things, but that doesn't mean he is entirely innocent or pure in his motivations. I trust China exactly as far as I can throw it, but it is entirely possible that both (a) China is unfairly prosecuting this guy and advising him off things he didn't do and (b) he used his government position to help his family before he retired. The paragraph I quoted strongly suggests that (b) is true.

Sitting in a cafe in the city of Mykolaiv right now, everything runs on generators. Earlier today, around 7:45 local time a few shahed drones flew over the city, this was after a lqrge attack from about 6 hours prior. Multiple energy distribution systems were hit in multiple regions. There were people killed, some drones hit homes, there were myltiple kinjal (dagger) missiles launched from mig-31 platforms. I crossed the border to Ukraine over 2 weeks ago, spent a week in Kiev, a day in Lviv, a day in Odessa, etc. Everywhere there are issues with energy distribution. Where I am now there are issues with watwr as well of course. People keep going because tbat is what people do, nobody here wants to give up anything to ruzzia, they want to stop the war in a way that prevents future attacs from the scourge that is ruzzia. As to this lawsuit, it is completely justified but it is not enough. Europe is giving ruzzia more money every year in oil and purchases than Europe spends on this war, given tbat Ukraine is protecting Europe from putin taking this war further west, I find this behaviour atrocious.

From TFA:

It sounds a lot like how US Congresscritters such as Debbie Wasserman Schultz make bank (142% return in 2024!) by trading stocks in companies that are regulated by their committees: it's obviously crooked and based on having insider information, but difficult to prove.

Which part of the article triggered you to complain about "trumpistan"? Was it this one?

Or maybe that IBM was selling that surveillance software to China before 2017?