I was going to say something similar. AI companies today are cash furnaces. The kicker is the data center spend will never decrease due to the need for complete replacement every few years. (Mark Cuban said they are "shitting money at scale"). The only way they get profitable is to increase end user cost by an order of magnitude. That just won't fly. Look at any new paradigm shifting technology - first generation companies are never successful. It's the 2nd or 3rd generation companies 15-20 years from now that will provide amazing products and services we haven't even dreamed up, that are built on the carcasses of 1st gen companies.. Those will be wildly successful.

Remember when we used to mock this?
It's still mock-worthy...

ya... batteries around fire... Great idea - concentrated energy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

This is exactly what we're doing. Ripping VMware out and replacing with ProxMox. We found a vendor that provides support (for 1/3 the cost of VMware) and is willing to train the staff as well. We got migration, training and support for less than Broadcom's annual maintenance quote.
The reason they (Broadcom) did this is clear, Hock E. Tan, Broadcom's CEO is the 4th highest paid CEO @ $767M / year.

Given that electrical power is needed to generate sound, but water pressure is constant, makes the change to sound nonsensical. If a fire in the electrical panel or a fire takes out electricity or the fire department turns off the power to fight a fire, where will the sound come from?

Jesus Christ, this story literally came out in 2017: https://globalhealth.washingto...
Later, (still like 6 years ago) intellectual troglodytes in congress tried to make the claim the CO2 is good for plants because they need to grow. https://www.eenews.net/article...
This is why we can't have nice things.

The idea that these are a product made for consumers is laughable. These are really for the AI companies to gain and digest more data about you. Just like social media, you are the product, not the consumer.

is that Zuck is not already some AI avatar...

ya, that carries real weight against revenue and government contracts...

Genesis 2:4-25 describes a different order, with Adam created first, followed by plants, animals, and then Eve.... so which imaginary story are you clinging to?

Because, evangelicals, you know, the people who are making all the decisions in the US right now believe God snapped his fingers, opened his ass and shat out the world for us humans to abuse and consume to our hearts desires! The notion that us little humans could ruin something God created or even grasp the understanding of the almighty is beyond arrogance!

Yep, everyone of my 400 corporate users are screaming for this feature in Win 11 Enterprise.....
so glad Micro$oft is listening to their userbase.

If this is a type of "compensation" that's listed on a pay stub, then employees will pay tax on the value of the "benefit". This is a corporate expense, not an employee benefit. If I am expected to utilize a tool as part of work, then the employer better have a corporate account that I'm not pay tax on as a benefit. If the company doesn't have the resources to fully fund the tools I need as an employee, you can't afford me and I'm going somewhere else.

When they can make components for 30%or 15% less money at 4x faster, that means they sell at the same price and pocket the difference. That's how you pay for the machinery and these inventors run a business. The pitch being "I can get you the same components a month faster! So you, Mr. Contractor will hold the loan a month less. That's how innovation works - never passes reduced costs and the differences go into someone's pocket. Oh, and by the way, now the crew of 10 construction guys (from 1 job site) no longer have jobs and can't afford to buy a home... same end consumer costs, fewer working people that have money to buy a home.... and this HELPS home crisis? ya...