Because Claude 4.7 sucked and set them back by quite a bit.

Are you replying to the right person? The grandparent said you shouldn't buy a neo because a mac mini costs the same. And I pointed out that it doesn't cost the same, they discontinued the cheaper model. I'm not sure what you're disagreeing with.

The same way Deere made money 50-60 years ago.

There's a lot of things corporations do that is not "capitalism" in the free-market sense. It's more corporate feudalism.

Russia does not have much of a military left. If/when they lose Crimea to Ukraine, it will be a very long time before Russia can go back. They have problems brewing in the East as well . . .

Otherwise, Ukraine does not need to "hold territory" with missiles and drones. They can afford to bleed out the Russians to the point where they surrender or (if possible) flee. Also the way things are going, Ukraine won't be using conventional armored columns for door-to-door fighting once the time comes:

https://www.independent.co.uk/...

Meta is not the only bad employer out there. But given the enormous amount of talent that filters through Meta on a regular basis, it is quite probable that ex-Meta employees could create their own startup and set their own rules - including rules that do not require keyloggers on work machines.

The MacBook Neo at $599 is $200 cheaper than the entry-level Mac Mini at $799. They discontinued the cheaper Mini.

Build quality on the Dell is good, but from hands-ons, not *as* good. Touchscreen is not something most people want on a laptop, I think (I know a niche loves them, but most people don't), but it's 120 Hz, which is a major advantage over the Neo (and Air for that matter). The touchpad is not as good. The CPU is much slower (at least in bursty tasks). I'll speculate that speakers and battery life are much worse. Connectivity is a wash (faster second USB port, but no headphone jack). The backlit keyboard is nice. The entry price point is $100 higher. Worst of all, it comes with Windows 11.

Of course this is just based on specsheets, very brief hands-on previews, and speculation, we'll need to see what real reviews show.

Ukraine has already "gone to Moscow" with drones and missiles. They can hit targets over a thousand miles into Russian territory. Apparently they've also cut off Crimea. That's the actual target - not Moscow. No telling how long it will take for them to gain operational control of Crimea, but the groundwork is being laid now. Crimea is all but cut off from resupply, and now it's just a matter of starving out the Russians while picking away at their remaining defenses.

Putin's most ardent supporters in the media and blogosphere started turning on him months ago. He's sacked enough of his cronies already that it's unclear how much support he has left in his own government. There's no telling how much longer he'll last or how much longer the rest of Russia will be willing to keep up this war. Everyone knows Putin fucked up. He has to keep the war going to maintain his own office. Without it, his government and much of his wartime economic stance will collapse.

by working someplace else.

There is no permanent tech advantage to either side in this war. Only the potential for peace is permanent

Ukraine used Turkish Bayraktars, Russians got Iranian Shaheds
Russians invented cope cages, Ukrainians got them too.
Ukrainians got FPV drones, Russians got them too
Russians invented fiber-optic drones, Ukrainians got them too.
Now if the Ukrainians get assault robotic and evac robots, the Russians will get them too

One side has most of Europe backing it; the other side has most of Asia. Too many resources behind both parties for either to lose easily.

Stop the fighting. There are no winners here. Only worse-off losers.

Both Russian casualties and Ukrainian casualties have long passed the 'unsustainable' mark. Now both side are getting close to the point where either side can tap out. But Ukraine is closer to that point than Russia. Yes, Russia is losing, but Ukraine is losing harder and faster - it has less land, men, money, and munitions than Russia. It is getting attrited faster. Ukraine has the bigger job ahead of it after the war - blowing up unexploded ordanance, demining, rebuilding, repopulating.

Ukraine needs to:
(a) make an offer that the Russians can at least use as a fig leaf to concede peace.
(b) Ukraine also has a problem with a section of insubordinate rightwing soldiery that resists any peace concessions. Ship them straight to the fight. Want to disobey? Go fight then! Just don't take the rest of the country with you.

Why? So Ukrainian people can live. So its current leader can live. So the country is not at risk.

:-P

The NSA can hit them with a letter and force them to open up all their systems. And those guys are probably qualified to assess what's going on.

Aedes aegypti mosquitos are an invasive species. They should be completely eradicated in North America (at the very least).

You can serve up ads to anyone. No need for extensive brainwashing. People already put up with that shit.