The problem with wind and solar is that they're too woke.

[F]or the same volume of output we can afford to have fewer people.

Well there's the problem: they turned it from a gay wedding into a trans wedding and I'm guessing Chinese audiences are just not ready for that yet.

Although it was about a brain implant spewing ads the Common People episode initially required a 'plus' upgrade (so even the name was the same) to avoid ads until it too was not enough and you had to afford the 'lux' level. I'm beginning to wonder whether it is predicting the future or inspiring it by giving bad people bad ideas.

...there was extensive documentation on how Biden pressured social media companies to silence everyday American citizens. [ ... ]

Couple 'o things:

1. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof,
2. Assertions made without evidence may be dismissed without evidence.

Not even ordinary evidence was provided. So we can set that nonsensical statement aside.

The Truth: The Biden Administration was seeking to remove maliciously posted lies and falsehoods concerning COVID-19's risks and how to mitigate them, so that people without mad Google sk1llz searching for information on staying healthy would be less likely to encounter false, life-threatening information.

Example: Back in 2020, there was this slob who suggested on national television that the best way to avoid COVID was to inject disinfectant , and that the disease could by treated by ivermectin -- which is a horse de-wormer (i.e. an anti-parasitic, not an anti-viral). Both claims were absolute bullshit , but nevertheless got repeated millions of times on social media by "everyday Americans." It was this kind of LIFE-THREATENING GARBAGE that the Democratic Administration was seeking to mitigate. So that people wouldn't, y'know... die.

Well. It seems that Google has been cowed by -- or now is under the complete control of -- fascist filth.

Post links to viable substitutes for Google's various services here.

You'll get more productivity gains if you get some more Z-s instead of wasting that time to tell the AI slop container how to search for stuff or generate better hallucinations.

Nothing that can't be solved by dumping another few trillion borrowed dollars to generate even better "AI" slop.

You're asking the wrong question here. The question you should be asking is:

"Can the US president receive 3 billion US dallas in the first 9 months in office via anonymous purchases of his shitcoin?"

When you realize the answer is a resounding "yes" and that his kids got another $7B on top of these 3, many things will begin to make sense to you.

No argument on your main point about China. China pulled a billion+ people out of abject poverty into the middle income category. No other single country has achieved anything even close. It's a historic achievement. So, I admit that I used the word "impoverished" inappropriately. Sorry about that.

China sets goals, and achieves them? Hm. I think there's more nuance there than you're willing to admit. Sometimes having government in complete control works out really well on some things. But not always. The CCP's extreme ability to set and push towards goals worked really well for solar and EV manufacturing. The one-child policy and the great leap forward? Those didn't work out quite as well. Their overall track record isn't as good as you think it is.

My overall statement about state capitalism still stands. It didn't work for the Soviet Union, it's getting popular in the US and we will *definitely* regret it, and the strategy has probably reached it's limits in China. Your defense of overcapacity is misguided. I really like waffles. Boy, oh boy do I looove me some waffles. So it's clearly a good thing if I stuff my house with waffles, from floor-to-ceiling. Right?

The US is still the number 2 manufacturer on the planet. And we do it with far less distorting state control.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Regarding your other topic - WW3 is likely to play out quite differently than WW2. Things have changed a lot since 1940s. As just one example, the Ukraine conflict has shown that raw manufacturing power doesn't necessarily determine the outcome of a war. Plus, there's the whole nuclear aspect. There's a pretty good chance WW3 will last roughly 90 minutes, followed by several centuries of recovery time.

I think that you misunderstand the role of venture capitalists in this situation. Actually, that whole article largely misses the point. Allow me to try to explain

1) China has taxed its citizens and piled massive amounts of tax dollars into a few favored industries (solar, car manufacturing, etc).

2) Those industries have built up so much overcapacity that everyone is practically selling at a loss. Aka if I buy a Chinese EV, I'm probably paying less that the cost of building it. The difference is made up out of the pocket of a bunch of Chinese taxpayers.

3) As long as this continues, nobody else in these industries are gonna be able to make a single penny of profit.

4) Along come the venture capitalists who look at the industry and say: well, there's no way I could possibly make 200% profit here, so I'm gonna call it *uninvestable*

5) This situation can continue as long as China (or some other large country) is willing to impoverish it's own citizens in pursuit of dominance in a few select industries, or until other countries throw up trade barriers in response. Which means, quite a long time.

Venture capitalists aren't to blame. State capitalism is all the rage nowadays, and anywhere that the state pushes into, the VCs are mostly going to back out.

My response would be this: Most university programs don't cater to a single employer or even a single sector. Yeah, there are a few CS companies are going all-in on AI, and a few CS programs that will try and feed that need. But, without looking at the number, I'm gonna guess that the vast majority of CS jobs are NOT AI-centric, but will use it as a tool (along with dozens of other tools) to accomplish other tasks, but those places don't make the news because they don't generate likes/clicks.

There's always business-bros who "take their shot" at becoming the next billionaire. I respect the ambition. I really do. But only a tiny number of them will succeed.

I think they have simplified the concept to the point where there is no usable information left.

How about this guess instead: "A training exercise involved a satellite dish-style antenna that could transmit enough electromagnetic energy at the specific frequencies where the satellites are listening for extremely small signals, enough to fry the satellite receivers 22,000 miles away,"

well don't be so harsh, I'm very happy about the hardware that is now available for my numerical recipes.

would not have it without the "AI", and with the appropriate algorithms it does make a difference.