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Comment Re: common sense (Score 1) 61

Before Gemini, at least if Google showed you a blurb from the search result, it was verbatim. Now it's just randomly incorrect, but is presented as if it's copying an answer from the linked page. I've followed those links a lot, and the AI summary is often wrong. It's wrong even about basic things like the score of a sports game, and the linked page actually had the correct score!

Comment That's a lot (Score 1) 57

Manufacturing cost is probably $2K or less. So that means they are getting $100 million profit a quarter that they can put into the R&D team. They probably have 500 people working on R&D, which is a lot. As far as hardware, recall .. they don't have to design the chip, and the board is probably the same or very similar to what the MacBook Pro team designed. They need some people to work on modelling/managing device heat flow. The biggest expense is probably the optics team and the display evaluation team. Also the sensor and display teams that works with hardware vendors to find out & test what oled display can be purchased at what price. My point -- 200 people just on hardware design is probably plenty. I mean Bigscreen Beyond makes better VR headsets and they are two guys in a garage as far as I can tell.

Comment Treaty of Tripoli .. Article 11 (Score 1) 280

Art. 11. "As the Government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen (Muslims); and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan (Mohammedan) nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries."

note: Official records show that after President John Adams sent the treaty to the U.S. Senate for ratification in May 1797, the entire treaty was read aloud on the Senate floor, and copies were printed for every senator. A committee considered the treaty and recommended ratification. Twenty-three of the thirty-two sitting senators were present for the June 7 vote that unanimously approved the ratification recommendation.

Comment China? (Score 1, Insightful) 44

China is recruiting biotech talent from the US? Like they're saying go work in China and save up money? I wouldn't recommend anyone do it unless the offer was so great that you'd have enough money to outright buy a US home at the end of it. As in, be able to save like $700k within 7 years (which in 7 years should get you a "todays" $500k home in the US). That means you'd have to get paid around like $180k (after China taxes if they make you pay that). I blindly assume China comfortable expat living expenses are like 80k.

As for "you're helping China advance" .. well don't on any circumstances tell them how to do anything that would give them a national security advantage .. but if it's something like a rare disease or cancer cure that all humanity could benefit from and your own country isn't offering you shit then why not. When you get back you can always make that cure in the US.

Comment Movies suck nowadays (Score 2) 74

I'm sure the decline in attendance has nothing to do with the fact that movies suck and ticket prices are at what would be extornist rates for young people? Except they have nothing to extort people with. Make better movies, reduce ticket and snack prices. People will start going to the theaters again.

Comment Re:Kidnapper and Dad both lucky to be alive (Score 2) 133

If it came down to "the perp is going to escape with the girl, unless I risk my life" .. what choice do you think the cop is making? I'm not saying don't invite them .. invite them .. but make sure you're there too. Just in case you get ex Uvalde or Bondi beach cops.

Comment Hang. (Score 1) 133

For fucks sake what makes a human so demented as to kidnap someone like that? Is it some kind of hate, or do they get overwhelmed with desire, that they dismiss and lose all empathy? Anyone who has a brain like that should suicide .. as there's likely no help for something like that .. not anytime soon anyway.

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