I wonder if it has anything to do with Anthropic's recent unwillingness to bend the knee to the DoD, and OpenAI filling the void that Anthropic left, but later insisting that one of the two AI guardrails DoD wanted removed stay in place (only after massive backlash), coupled with Jensen's coziness with the administration. He doesn't want to look overly friendly with those companies that dared stand up to Dear Leader and his cronies.

I'm sure he's already called the president saying "I'm not investing in those evil companies anymore, can I please sell my AI crap to China now?"

The only way I'll buy a movie is a bluray/4K bluray. It's been proven time and time again that digital "purchases" are nothing more than long term rentals that can be pulled at the drop of a hat. Digital movies can also be altered at any time as well, which is also well documented to have happened.

If something isn't available to buy as a bluray/4K bluray, then it's off to the high seas we go!

I'm not sure of that either, but it seems to run contrary to the first amendment. Feels like compelled speech to me.

Anthropic should just cancel the contract then. Draw the line in the sand, tell them "this is how our model works, take it or leave it." If their model is so good, and the pentagon just has to use it because it works so well for them, Anthropic is the one with the power here. Cancel the contract, cut the pentagon's access immediately, and let them come crawling back.

But, they won't, because they'd never voluntarily give up that sweet, sweet military contract worth many billions of dollars. They'll bend over and take it just like every other spineless company has, does, and will do.

The screed that's about to land on his social media account will be one for the ages, to be sure.

However, you know damn well they're just going to find some other way to implement the asinine tariffs so he can keep toddle stomping every time his feefees get hurt. Then it'll take another year for the courts to invalidate that loophole, rinse and repeat ad nauseum until he's finally gone. Basically, we're stuck with this BS because the courts move at a glacial pace, with apologies to the glaciers.

Look at who's giving the directive to do the testing, that's all you need to know to figure out if it's for dick waving (no matter how small), or fundamental engineering testing.

I never use DoorDash, or any other food delivery service. By the time you add on the tip and all of the fees, you're adding at least 50% to the total cost of the food. I can't justify that much added cost. Not to mention that it often arrives cold, because the drivers will pick up multiple orders and then drop them all off. So much easier, faster, better, and cheaper for me to drive the couple of miles to get it myself or eat in restaurant

The one exception I'll make to that is for pizza places with their own delivery drivers. I'll order delivery from them once in a while

Say hello to AppleOS Vista Aero

This is a step in the right direction. You'd like to believe it would make these types of services and procedures substantially less expensive. But, knowing the medical industry, they'll find a way to make it even more expensive - at least here in the good 'ol U-S-of-A.

One thing I do wonder though, is if some kind of complication occurs during the procedure, would the AI robot know how to react?

I say we let Elon and SpaceX build him his new plane. They've got a great track record.

California should just put a 300% tariff on any ICE vehicles being shipped into their state to be sold. That seems like a great plan!

We absolutely need to do a whole hell of a lot to combat climate change. This would be a step in the right direction, and I wish other states would follow suit. In reality, CA banning the sale of ICE vehicles isn't going to do a whole hell of a lot. Remember back in the stone ages when Tesla first came around, and states were banning the sale of vehicles without a dealership? What did people do? They went to a nearby state where they could purchase the vehicle they wanted, got it there, and then brought it back home. They'll do the same here.

Regardless of how you feel about GTA as whole - whether you like it, love it, or hate it - we have to give props to a studio willing to delay a release by 6-8 months so they can release a more polished product. Especially one with as much hype as GTA 6 has. Far too often the studios just drop whatever they've got at release date and then patch the hell out of it for the next year fixing issues that should've been ironed out before release.

It's a sad day when we have to give a studio kudos for doing the right thing, but here we are.

I played GTA 5 a decent amount, and I enjoyed it a decent amount. I'll definitely be picking up GTA 6 when it's out, as soon as it's in a relatively stable and playable state. Hopefully that's on launch day, but I'm happy to wait if it still releases as a raging dumpster fire.

Gamer's Nexus put out a 3 hour documentary on how the tariffs are affecting the computer industry recently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Is it long? Absolutely! But the information in it is really good. You see numbers that you would never get to see otherwise. Manufacturing costs, tooling costs, shipping costs, retailer margins, and profit margins on cases. It's definitely worth a watch, even if you only have it on as background noise.

They travel around the country and talk to various manufacturers about how the tariffs are affecting their business, costs, and ultimately, the price the consumer pays. Hyte, iBuyPower, CyberPower, Corsair, 45Drives.... are the ones I can remember off the top of my head. I know there's more.

Their slogan isn't their problem, their reputation is. It's been non-stop news story after news story of massive problems with Intel for the past year, or more. Largest, and most egregious, are 13th and 14th gen CPUs self-immolating by drawing way too much power (325W+ when rated for 253W max). Not far behind is the absolutely woeful performance of their Core 2 Ultra CPUs. They're performing about on par with 12th gen.

I just built a new system, and for the first time ever, in the 30 years I've been building systems, I went with an AMD CPU. The 9950X3D simply obliterates anything Intel has put out recently, and without all of the question marks that follow in the wake of all of their massive fuckups of late.

I was ride-or-die team Intel. But until they do some massive reputational rebuilding - not the PR kind, the putting out good products free of massive defects kind - I can't bring myself to use an Intel CPU, or recommend one to anyone that asks.

I think these fell more into the "solution looking for a problem" category.

Before cell phones, a lot of people wore watches - me included. Once people started getting cell phones, we all just got accustomed to pulling our phone out of our pocket to check the time, and ditched our watches. Now the thought process is that we'd be thrilled to pay a few hundred dollars to go back to wearing watches? It wasn't until I tossed my watch that I realized just how much more comfortable it was to not wear one.

There's no "killer app" for smart watches either. Nothing that really blows your mind and makes you really and truly want one - not counting the status symbol-types. The blood pressure monitor, and other health/medical sensors are nice, but they're not going to be a primary selling point for many. For seniors? A bit of a different story. The health/medical sensors alone are likely quite valuable. Not to mention being able to call and/or text from the watch in case they fall and don't have their phone with them. The rest of us? It's just a second monitor for our phones - a very small one, at that.