Exactly. This nicely shows the sheer irrationality of things. We can only hope that the upcoming crash will completely destroy the reputation of all these idiots and we get some sanity back in business decisions.

Indeed. Meanwhile the indications that LLM-Type AI is not actually a game-changer are raising.

... is a reliable indicator for insanity at work. People have lost all sense when they hear "AI". Not good.

I noticed that as well. I have gotten a better one. But the Eneloop batteries are very good. Shame they do not seem to want to do 9V, but Duracell has some 9V NiHM intended for smoke-detectors and the like that seem almost as good.

For that use NiMH is much better. Much, much longer charge retention (with current tech), comparable capacity, many more charging cycles and no fire risk.

The think is, Lithium is really only good for mobile battery applications, because of energy density. For stationary use, other chemistries offer better lifetime, lower cost, better safety, etc., and that is the reason why alternatives matter.

I guess they are not serious about actually securing anything.

The moderation down only shows that we have plenty of stupid scam victims. The LLM pushers know that. Hence thanks for proving my point.

Where it is always the next version or the one after that which will finally deliver everything. In the meantime, you need to participate (and pay) to not miss out!

Yes. For EU government orders. Or ones that offer equivalent protections to the data owners (the people the data refers to). The US already was once found to NOT have those protections with the Schrems II ruling. I guess we will be getting another ruling now, because the changes made after Schrems II are obviously worthless.

Indeed. The problem for Microsoft (and Google and AWS and others) is that this has now become blatantly obvious. And it makes data-storage in the relevant clouds pretty much illegal for many European companies.

Always has been.

Microsoft had a choice of opposing the Cloud Act back when. They did not or not really. Now a rather high bill for that comes due.

Suppose I replied to the wrong posting. How exactly do you think the quote of your posting did get in there? Right. You obviously did not think.

I would say "takes one to know one", but I would not know what being an idiot feels like.

No. It is also called "source without memory". No predictions possible.