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Comment Not a bubble (Score 1) 12

In the past year, Alphabet announced a deal worth 'tens of billions' with Anthropic. There was another deal with OpenAI for an unknown amount, but presumably similar to the Anthropic one. They are both a a complicated arrangement of chips going one way and services going the other, but the deals have been given a monetary amount that is beneficial to both parties, so I'm guessing that is going to be a large part of the increased profits at Alphabet. (And will probably also show up on the net balance sheet at Antropic and OpenAI. Its the circular economy bro!).

Comment A heroic success (Score -1, Flamebait) 19

I can remember when it was launched, and the name Hubble became synonymous for being a bit rubbish. Eveything went wrong. It was launched into the wrong orbit, the lens was scratched (The lens was scratched!), it shuddered when the solar panels expanded and contracted when entering and leaving sunlight. And here with are 35 years later, with all its many, major initial failings forgotten. Its almost the american dream of failing till you make it.

Comment The Empire was built on 'Know Your Place' (Score 2) 137

In Europe in the 1860s, revolutions were taking place everywhere. Karl Marx thought the workers revolution would start in the UK. Turns out it didn't. Britain in the 1800s was pretty much the only country that didn't have a civil war, cos everyone new their place guvnor. The satanic mills of the industrial revolution was run by shovelling widows and orphans into the furnaces. So the wealth rose to the top, and was then converted into overseas expansion and ever more mills.

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