Well, though, you're dancing around the fact that a lot of iPhone users upgrade far more often then that - just to get the latest new shiny toy. I'd guess that's also true of Google and Samsung customers as well.

Regardless - it's about damn time. These phones, both iOS and Android, have basically been feature complete for the past decade or more. There's not a compelling objective reason to buy a new one every 2-3 years, and it's inexcusable for the manufacturers to not support them security-wise through their entire expected hardware lifetime.

Yes, because all human migration is foe across a border. It's a BORDER for a reason.

All borders should be solid with zero tolerance for crossing.

Yes, and so what if they do? What's it to you what they do with their political prisoners?

A f__l an_ his m_ney are s__n _arte_.

There's just a touch of incongruity between

  "Quantum Internet Draws Near ..."

and

"that could one day make it possible"

This is very sad to Sam Altman; Ilya is easily one of the greatest minds of our generation, a guiding light of their field, and a dear friend.

(I figured I might as well complete the trifecta)

As opposed to the company leadership's attitude of "my way or the highway", which is now being proven by their top talents' departures?

Given the GP was talking about Boeing... I'm thinking that's not gonna be an easy sell.

The latter.

Nothing has changed, really... it's just a new tool for them to use in pursuit of their goal. And that goal is the same as it's always been - the same as Facebook's, Reddit's, etc. As much as possible, they really want to keep you on their domain, unless you're clicking on an ad (and maybe not even then). The more time they can keep you on google.com, the more info they can collect and the more ad revenue they can potentially collect.

I think you misunderstand the mission- every mobile lifeform crossing the border is a foe. Simple, no need for friend-or-foe determination, because *EVERYTHING* is a foe.

How is "everything that crosses this line will be killed" either AI or unpredictable? You can do it with mechanical tripwires, you don't even need electronics.

Today I learned that Facebook had a workplace chat tool. Of course, had I known this existed I still would have never considered using it - and would have argued loudly with anyone else at my workplace who suggested we do so.

Paul Allen tried the latter; but, in the grand scheme of things, it didn't gain him anything.

Calendars have offered tools like this FOREVER. And, for just as long, the primary issue with those tools has not been technical shortcomings... it has ALWAYS been that people don't keep their calendars up to date - and often don't make them available at all.