They are supposed to say, "We eliminated workers because AI replaced their position." Then investors jump onboard instead of avoid you, as they typically do if you imply revenue shrinkage.

You got that backwards. He understood the property well enough to know the xenomorph is pretty boring. It's an elite hunting animal. It has no emotion or motivation. I don't think you can make a good movie about it any more. It's been done. It will never live up to the first 2. Romulus was decent...but let's face it, Alien was a slasher movie in space that was accidentally good. It's just Halloween/Friday-the-13th in space, but that cast and monster were so good that it became a classic....by accident, they gave it to James Cameron and he ended up making an utter masterpiece. Aliens was about the Colonial Space Marines, not the monsters. He knew he couldn't just repeat the formula, so he made my favorite movie of all time. Even he can't recreate that magic. I think Avatar tried to on somewhat.

So...Hawley had 2 choices...make Alien Romulus on FX...or take it in a new direction. Making it about warring corporations and the Alien a pawn was interesting. I liked it. I want to know more. I want to know more about the other aliens. It worked for me.

You were given an amazing steakhouse meal with wine, appetizers, a perfect steak, and a great dessert...it sounds like you're complaining that the salad had too much dressing. There are flaws in the show...but the good parts are so good. I have seen so few sci fi shows that are as good as the good part....there are a few parts I didn't like, but the parts I liked were so good, I just focus on the good.

But maybe you're an asshole who just looks for things to complain about? I'm a massive fan of the franchise as well and am excited to see Weyland Yutani and the new Octopus alien and to see where it goes....and even if it didn't work for you? It's still a very interesting effort. Even if I never want to eat the dish again, I can acknowledge the cook is very good and the meal was good. I didn't like the Prometheus series, but can acknowledge it was interesting and bold. It was decent, just not what I wanted to see and I have no interest in rewatching those.

He's upset that he gave up a treasure trove of incredibly valuable data for nothing more than some help raising money and a few contacts.

That data was worth billions and had he realized it back then he'd be part of the billionaire club.

Basically he's upset that he's not going to be the one getting to screw you over using ai and llms.

The show was really great. I had low expectations because the last Alien movie I loved was in 1986. It's not as good as Aliens, but it's about the corporate rivalry and new aliens, not the xenomorph. You have to let go that Aliens is an absolute masterpiece and no one has replicated. It doesn't seem THAT hard, but many have tried and failed. It was just a perfect movie. You're never going to recreate that.

However, if you watch Alien Earth with an open mind and don't just look for things to complain about, it's really fucking amazing. There are flaws, but the good parts make up for the flaws. With any show that long, there's always going to be something to complain about. I see this post is filled with dicks complaining about minor things. That's like having an expensive steakhouse dinner with drinks and dessert and complaining the salad didn't have enough croutons.

It's Communist Party of China (CPC), not Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Yes, it was planned, and it was deliberate. It's a different society and a different economy than the west, but for some bizarre reason Westerners seem unable to comprehend that theirs isn't the only possible way to do things.

https://kdwalmsley.substack.co...

Top China execs forecast more deflation and falling profits ahead. And that's the plan.

In Western economies, deflation is a signal of collapsing economic activity, and even depressions.

But Chinese deflation is a result of powerful supply-side forces that have the opposite effect: China’s economy continues to grow at solid rates, while rent-seeking profits are extinguished at the company level by high competition.

Detroit is doing its level best to kill EV competition already.

And Ford received nearly triple BYD https://www.cbtnews.com/ford-s...

What's your point?

I know another guy in the process of fucking up the global economy.

I did not know that! Here in the US, they are slowly moving upwards. In the Outer Banks we're getting them. I've seen a few on the New Jersey shore. I think those in New Jersey need protection when it gets its coldest there.

But they are all pretty far south compared to the British isles. Let's hope the Gulfstream doesn't collapse.

I'm all for it if it actually happens but I'll believe it when I see it. I think all Microsoft wants to do is stop subsidizing the hardware which would defeat the purpose. At that point I can just buy my own gaming PC.

What makes steam stuff interesting is that they just kind of focus on getting it right with medium level performance and a decent price and I don't think Microsoft can do that so they're probably just going to put out a $1,200 gaming PC. That's assuming they actually pull it off and it doesn't get shot down by other people from company and fighting.

So who knows what's going to happen with AI bullshit devouring everything

Actually most of those house are now occupied. The "train stations to nowhere", supposedly an indicator of the imminent collapse of their economy, are now surrounded by industries and towns.

I don't understand. Are you suggesting that someone's willingness to volunteer is proportional to their propensity to pick majors that are "less valuable" for some reason?

You can't? Me either.

But yea, 1850 acres is a decent size. About 2.8 square miles, 7.5 km^2, or 1% the size of Memphis.

The point was that that was going to go away as a route for unsigned apps to be replaced with a requirement for signatures even when using ADB or other alternative installation methods. Google is backing off that change for now. This should mean that things like Obtainium keep working in future.

We live out in the boonies, all news is pretty old.

P.S. all of life on Earth are cousins, meaning we're all inbred hillbillies.