1. You don't get speeds up to 2.5 Gps easily over several hundred miles without relay stations.
2. To intercept a laser signal, you have to be right in the beam. The same applies for jamming. Cloud cover is a problem for visible light, but not for infrared light.

Pretty sure Ticketmaster has some prior art in that department.

Musk won at capitalism, so the current system of rules that American businesses have to operate under seems to be working very much in his favor. You'd think he'd just sit the fuck down and enjoy his riches, but nope, he just can't stand the fact that some other sleazy businessman also was able to have their own 5 minutes in the limelight. Musk is like the business world's version of Madonna.

I'm pretty sure the concept of capturing and taming wild animals came from the real-world concept of domestication, which (and I shouldn't have to say this) predates the invention of television.

And fanciful monsters that don't actually exist? Yeah, that literary trope is as old as the written word.

Fortunately, that's highly unlikely. There has never been a confirmed case of airborne transmission between humans. Most transmission is due to insufficient and unsanitary health care facilities, due to lack of funds.

I had already received three Pfizer shots when I came down with the virus (confirmed, with a test that came up positive in less than a minute). However, I am absolutely convinced that the severity of my case was so minimal (sleeping under a blanket on the couch in my clothes for 3-4 days) because of the enhanced response of my immune system, due to the vaccine.

Correct. It's like a governor declaring a state of emergency ... for a flood that only affects one region of their state. These alerts are a call to action for officials, not the general public.

AI, huh? And here I thought the, uh, government might seize the opportunity to declare these companies illegal gambling that's rife with insider trading and other criminality, and shut them down.

The problem is always the relative ease of modern travel. This outbreak would be a regional issue if there were no jet planes.

So far, the outbreak is reasonably confined. But it might not stay that way. Raising that alarm is one of the key functions of the WHO.

I'm sure that's part of it but I also think he genuinely believes the tech is a good thing for the world. You'd have to, even it it's just a defense mechanism against thinking you're a piece of shit all the time.

*Sigh* That's not the point, you said billionaires aren't the only ones excited about AI and then revealed that you're a millionaire. That's great for you, but anyone that needs a paycheck should be nervous about AI and that's 95% of Americans. I'm in a position where I'm not as nervous mostly because I have been in tech for a long time but that doesn't mean I don't have empathy for these kids who are just entering the job market.

"Despite the limitations of the 1993-era sound card drivers,"

The Gravis Ultrasound ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... ), as well as other soundcards which *USED WAVETABLE SYNTHESIS* were available.

Yeah, FM-synthesis sounds like a robot. The SNES SPC-7000 was wavetable. The Sega Genesis used a Z80 for FM synthesis. A GUS card was supperior to the SPC-7000.

If you want to know how good the music is, either run DOOM in DOSBOX with a correct GUS Wavetable patch set (which will let you know how *ACTUALLY GOOD* the music is). Alternatively, the Doom & Doom 2 remaster on Steam has an actual band covering the actual tracks. That also sounds awesome.

Lol; I guess the author wasn't aware of the state of the art in 1993 if that's what they wrote.

Ok so billionaires AND millionaires are on that train? That changes everything!!

At this point he had to have expected it, because it's not the first commencement speaker getting booed over AI story this week.

And I'm sure it's no fun getting booed by an entire graduating class, right? So what's his angle?

My verdict: He's doing this as a legacy play because he honestly thinks history will look back on it as an important moment. There's no other motivation for it. Therefore, he's a true believer - not a gaslighting fucktard.

Maybe I will!