Trump explicitly promised not to do this. So yes, I do get to complain about it, because this wasn't on the menu.

Increase of EV sales is the result of people justifiably worried about the oil crisis. Due to war with Iran global oil supply is down by 20 to 25%, if not for major countries, including China, using reserves we would already have shortages. More so, Ukraine is attacking Russian oil production and Trump started trade war with Canada, so replacement for this lost production capacity is diminished.

So ya, with all that even *I* considered buying a used EV. I don't want one, but I don't want to be unable to drive if I can't buy gasoline even more.

I dont see what is wrong with download vs disk? If you want it on a disk, burn it. From what I read, the Playstation even runs Linux and can store stuff on an external hard drive. They are just making the brick and mortar expense disappear for them. Best Buy should care, Target should care, and Game Stop should care. You should not. Downloads are more convenient, and dont run out. No longer have to wait to find Halo 3 in stock on launch day. This is better for consumers all around isnt it? What am I missing?

Now, if they made it cheaper saying "Since we dont have to sell to retailers at bulk prices and can keep more of the profits", that would be extra cool, but its not like its worse.

You are mistaken in your analysis. It is only better for now, until enshitification lands you right back into ad hell, only it is much harder to block because it is all single-source with content you want, unlike ad networks that are separate and identifiable.

Current generation AI is more than capable of reasoning toward answer it have not encountered in its training data.

They claim it is a new show in order to avoid the equal time regulations whenever they put forth candidates, etc from one party......if not a news show, they have to give equal time to the opposing candidate/viewpoint.

Can you even filter knowledge for something like "how to make cocaine" without filtering entire domain of knowledge? Say you provide zero knowledge in training data on how to do this, it would still have training data on chemistry and know from general news that cocaine exists. So it would likely figure out "how to" on its own when asked to.

Xbox is still a train wreck. Windows is getting obliterated by Chromebooks in schools and Linux in Gaming. Copilot is DOA and nobody wants it. I know they did some deal with Nvidia or OpenAI or something to buy more shit that nobody wants with no way to power it. Did they announce they're cancelling all AI projects or something? Nothing that I saw in the news this entire week merits a jump this high.

Markets have not yet priced Microsoft valuation in post consumer Windows world.

Having read this executive order, it amounts to a complaint about the previous administration, and an explicitly unenforceable promise not to abridge free speech.

Whover actually wrote that thing is probably still chuckling about the insanity of saying both that nobody in the federal government will restrict the free expression of speech, and also that this order explicitly doesn't provide any redress of grievances in the event this order is not followed.

Quick question.

Can anyone here with a straight face state they truly believe "The View" is a newscast?

If you get good sales, did you get to eat the pie instead?

It's easy...aside from statistically RARE genetic foul ups.....we have male and female. Easy peasy.

Simple biology.

> How many people does it take to run a data center after taking up all this property and all this land that could have been used for something else?

Some medium number of H1B's?

No, the jobs are not going to the citizens of the county where the citizens are subsidizing for all this for their own enslavement.

Who would ever believe such a thing after the Covid lies?

I know someone who really wants to be an electrician's apprentice but the same three slots that have existed in this metro area for the past decade are the same three slots that exist today.

Ah, well, there are pointless wars to fund and Surveillance Bros to enrich.