Exactly! Adding a middleman always lowers the price. Everyone knows that!

Do you mean like he could have added air conditioning?

Trump knows all about Key Money, and he wants his taste. He has used the term publicly, as if it were a normal thing rather than the illegal practice that it is.

This is uselessly metaphysical.

I notice that he found plenty of room in the margins...

This has nothing to do with Xcode. This is the iPhone app. And now it's #1.

A human using a computer can still beat a computer at chess.

It stops two or three per day for me. So far, no legitimate callers (but not in my contacts) have complained or even mentioned it, which surprises me a bit. Missing a call I wanted to get was my only hesitation for turning it on, but so far it hasn't been an issue.

Went to my local Amazon Fresh to pick up a package. Sign on the door said Feb 1 closing date. The place was mobbed. Tons of people buying tons of groceries.

There must have been a discount or something, though I didn't see any signs about it. Whatever it was, it wasn't worth dealing with the crowds. I just grabbed my package and left. It was actually difficult to find a path to the door.

If Meta bought all the books they trained their AI on, it seems to me they should be allowed to do that. If you've purchased a copy of a book, you're allowed to analyze it with a computer.

Seems like it'd be a huge cost savings. And frankly, AI is more ethical than a sociopath, so it's a win-win.

I'm in the same situation with Chase. I have two "native" Chase cards and an Amazon. It makes paying them easy, but not as easy as the Apple Card does. I'm assuming that will stay the same, as will the HYSA, which is also very easy to use, and cash back from the Card (actual cash (not points), paid daily) gets automatically swept into it.

Hard to convince airlines to eliminate premium seats. They're too profitable.

My main question is how did Hegseth manage to not leak the plans? Was he kept out of the loop?

He plans to be at war during the midterms, to try to "postpone" them. Assuming he lasts that long.