How many different laptops and desktops does Apple need to validate their OS on?
And how many different laptops and desktops does Microsoft needs to validate their OS on?
Or really, how many different hardware companies bother testing last year's hardware with this year's update to Windows? Not just desktops and laptops but also GPUs and any other expansion cards.
Apple has it easy by comparison.
RealID, on its own, would not be sufficient under the SAVE act, because RealID is not proof of citizenship.
The "Enhanced Driver's License" version of RealID would be sufficient, because it IS proof of citizenship - however only 5 states offer the EDL version of RealID.
Are you deliberately spreading lies here, or did you fall for the lies?
If you fell for the lies, I encourage you to think carefully about who lied to you. And then, avoid believing anything else that they told you in the past, or will tell you in the future.
I stopped using Google search when I discovered Kagi.
It's subscription based, but it doesn't cost much.
This approach to monetization means that their only incentive is to make their service better for end users, whereas Google's primary incentive is to sell more ads.
Vote with your wallet.
Because it would be nice to have a whole-house UPS that doesn't degrade like lithium ion, or pose a fire risk.
Yes, I'm aware of LFP, but more options is always better.
The real "strategic mistake" was in becoming dependent on foreign fossil fuels (especially Russia's) for so much of the EU's energy needs.
Nuclear is just one of many ways to avoid that strategic mistake.
And Obama told them they were on a strategically stupid trajectory 12 years ago:
And Obama told them this 12 years ago.
Facebook is where you find bots who pretend to be people.
Moltbook is where you find people who pretend to be bots.
Microsoft just told us 30% of the code they're writing is not covered by copyright.
OpenAI cofounder gave $25M to Trump's PAC in January (widely reported).
OpenAI CEO has been working on this deal since before Trump attacked Anthropic (according to the New York Times).
So this whole kerfuffle was really all about creating an excuse to give Brockman what he paid for.
And then some... The "supply chain risk" designation goes a lot further than just "we don't like your terms so we're not going to use your stuff." It also prevents Anthropic's customers from doing any business with the federal government. Brockman didn't just buy into a deal for military use of OpenAI tech, he bought crippling sanctions against his biggest competitor.
Welcome to oligarchy, everybody.
This new deal it seems to be identical to the deal that Hegseth and Trump deemed unacceptable just yesterday.
The one that led them to retaliate by deeming Anthropic a supply-chain risk.
Now it's all good.
The clown show continues.
...is that Anthropic was clear that their AI is not good enough to be trusted with kill / don't-kill decisions.
Trump is looking for an AI company that is headed by someone who either has far too much confidence, or far too little regard for human life.
Or, too little empathy, if you will.
Does that sound like anyone we know?
The problem with minimal moderation is that it becomes a powerful magnet for the sorts of people who get silenced on moderated platforms: bigots of all sorts (including literal flag-waving nazis), scammers of all sorts, edgelordy teenagers, etc.
I've watched couple of Telegram channels grow to be fairly popular, then attract vermin, and then either stop allowing comments entirely or just turn into cesspools.
It's the classic nazi-bar problem: if you aren't strict about kicking the nazis out, it doesn't take long until the only people who still patronize the bar are nazis.
But, Telegram is still a great place to find quadcopter videos of russian invaders and equipment getting blown to shreds, so it's not all bad.
It is a little weird that the FTC is going after the SECOND biggest cloud operator as if they were a monopoly.
Amazon is almost 50% bigger.
The big AI labs are also using sophisticated methods to avoid detection. This is one of the big drivers behind web-scraping botnets that run on residential IP addresses in crapwear and outright malware. Which in turn is why so many small websites are opting into DDoS protection services. Which in turn is why everyone is complaining about CAPTCHA interruptions everywhere they browse.
I'm pretty sure they will still be around. I have no connection to them, other than following them on social media for years, but if they were going to do a rug pull that would have happened a LONG time ago. It's a little surprising to me that it's taken this long for them to start taking orders, since their first demonstration flights with a pilot inside were so long ago that I can't remember how long it's been.
It's basically a scaled-up electric quadcopter, but with 8 motors and an unusual shape that's more optimized for forward flight than for hovering. From an FAA standpoint I'm pretty sure it's an ultralight, so it'll probably just be used for joyrides around small airstrips. "Flying car" is the last thing I'd call it.
Anyway my point is that there's nothing that's hard to believe about what they're selling. It's basically just batteries, motors, props, frame/body, seat, controls, canopy, seat, and controls. Anyone familiar with building and flying radio-controlled quadcopters has surely had the same idea, other than the usual shape (which btw is pretty cool, but it looks like landing must be kind of awkward as you basically have to "back it in" every time). It's fundamentally just existing technologies and some product engineering, and the long development process says to me that they're more concerned with getting it right than with spending other peoples' money.
One person's error is another person's data.
