Wow this comment came off weirdly aggressive, but whatever.

Those companies are all run by people that are by-and-large not computer experts, pay a lot for software, and are just salivating that the idea of not paying so much for software. They've been sold a fantasy by the AI con-artists, and now they can't possibly change course because that would be embarrassing. The entire AI industry is an incredibly successful con at this point.

What were they doing before? Boiling the oceans, buying all the ram in the world, gaslighting investors (Mythos is scary! we can't show you but trust us!); they have never been about anything *but* the detriment of all.

Yeah, it's a funny mistake assuming anyone on slashdot in 2026 is young...

I have been off of robinhood for a few years (since the gamestop thing happened) but at least as of a couple of years ago there were no transaction fees. Is that no longer true?

having a higher probability of one outcome vs another doesn't really negate the randomness though -- even probability isn't a requirement for true randomness. It only means that the outcome can't be influenced from the outside. A truly random 1-bit generator with a 10% chance of 1 and a 90% chance of zero can still be truly random. What you're describing is "a truly random number generator with a uniform distribution of outcomes"

You're assuming 6-sided dice here...

This seems like a big assumption -- it's somewhat likely that they're managing that in userspace, with a module that just does the memory mapping.

Or you're a *Really Good Teacher*

I would guess most K5 computers that are still in use (and actively updated with new kernels) are probably not desktop computers, and don't run a normal linux distribution. Think things like C&C machines and ATMs. Linux runs just fine on many many computers that would struggle to run Ubuntu.

An easy way to avoid this is to just -- not bet in the "prediction markets". This isn't like the stock market where your 401k is tied up in it, it's a literal casino with no rules. Very very easy to avoid.

Alternate translation: Oh my god we employ over 6000 people but we're snapchat! there's no way we need to employ this many people! what's a good excuse to cull the herd?

I would argue that the LLMs that Anthropic produces don't *have* a body

There are a lot of Christian denominations, and they don't all hold the same values. The Evangelicals are loud, but they only make up about 25% of Christians. It's also important to remember that "Evangelicals" aren't one cohesive group either, and vary wildly from church to church.

All of this to say "the evangelicals you know" might not be a good representative sample of Christians.

That we'll all pay for, whether we like it or not!

Hiding under my desk with my head between my legs also doesn't *really* protect me from a nuclear attack, but at least it's something