It used to be that people were ashamed when they realized they believed something that wasn't true. Gosh I wish we could get that back.

Trump's approval rating is currently the lowest it has been this term, at 40%, based on the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted July 15 - 16.

Yeah I'm with you. Personally I think it's a little of column A and a little of column B. I don't think he's a calculating mastermind, I think he shoots from the hip and relies on his instincts. But I do think his instinct for what will distract the media has shown to be fairly accurate; and I do think it's clear that it is his intention to create said distraction.

If there is one thing I would say Trump is actually quite good at, it's leading the media around by the nose. Whenever the media focuses on something he doesn't like, he manages to creates a new scandal or say something dramatic and it usually directs attention away from whatever he doesn't like. The current Epstein situation seems to be the first time he isn't having great success with this, but we'll see what actually comes of it in the long run (I suspect not much).

Must be nice, living in that black and white world of yours.

I think you may have misread (or maybe you have better information from elsewhere). Summary says:

That would be 65-90% all in.

I can also see some non-commercial uses that might be fun. I imagine somebody getting it to generate their D&D sessions as a short tv show, or just a "last time on" clip-set to play before a session. Little things like that I don't hate the use of AI for.

This is a very culturally relative sentiment.

That really depends on what you mean by "engaged". I don't think that it has to mean you are putting in free overtime or hustling so much that you burn yourself out. It can just mean that you are present in the moment when you are at "the office". Put in the effort to do a good job, build professional relationships with your co-workers and bosses, try to think about what actions you can take while you are at work that are best for the company... and then leave that all at the office when you go home so you can focus on the rest of your life.

If you're a regular 9-5er you're going to spend a third of most days at your job, or half of your waking hours. Your job is not your life, but it would seem to me to be a terrible waste to be checked out of half of your waking hours. I believe that you are primarily cautioning against folks who turn their job into their WHOLE life. Live at the office, make it their identity... and I totally agree with your warning. But I think the attitude you're advocating for is just a step too far.

You're not really responding to the point the OP made after suggesting they are completely wrong. The OP is talking about the salary an individual will take home from one of these factory jobs not being sufficient to pay for a mortgage and support a family alone like they could in the 50s; while your response address the number of jobs that the factory will produce and then points out they are still going to be better than the average retail job. This doesn't in any way address the OPs argument, even if you're correct. Perhaps you disagree with the OPs underlying premise that folks are looking forward to these jobs with unrealistic expectations by suggesting that folks actually have realistic expectations such was the ones that you have laid out, but that still doesn't make what the OP said wrong.

I doubt it for a couple reasons. First, PayPal has not yet accomplished this despite being on the market for like 2 decades; I don't think the addition of crypto payments is going to do it. Second, PayPal doesn't issue credit, so they aren't really competing with the product that Visa/MC offers; even with the addition of crypto you still need to have the funds in your wallet. Third, there are a lot of places that will accept Visa/MC but not PayPal, and very few the other way around. Lastly, Visa/MC give you a physical card you can swipe in stores that PayPal does not (since you'd just use your debit card for that instead of PayPal). All things considered I'd be surprised if this even turned up as a blip on their radar.

So, did Musk just violate his own NDA? Can't help but wonder if there will be any consequences to this.

The value proposition of Windows is that you don't have to consider a value proposition. It's just the default. Most people don't care enough about their computing experience to change the default (not least of all because for most people their cellphone, not their desktop, is their primary device). You can make all the arguments in the world about why Linux is superior and fail to convince someone it is worth the time and effort to change. This is doubly so when talking to someone who has never installed their own OS before, which is most people.

People are so primed to be worried about some Orwellian future where the government is constantly surveilling you that they've totally missed the fact we're already in a cyberpunk future where corporations are constantly surveilling you.

I don't disagree agree with your conclusion that you'll primarily need to learn your job skills on the job, but it's an unfortunate state of affairs when you think you'll gain literally nothing from time spent in class. All I can say is that this was not the case for myself.

Either this guy needs to fire his lawyer... or actually get a lawyer. Self repping against Activision sounds like a bad idea. Oh well, there's always bankruptcy.