You are correct. Meta (parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) has an annual R&D spend exceeding US$40 billion. Five times more than the $7 billion (in today's money) quoted as the Bell Labs R&D budget.

Question: "Open the Kill Switch Pod Bay doors Hal !"

How dare they? Waaah!

This makes them our enemies. If you play with them, we won't play with you.

In the Biblical garden of Eden, the trees and vegetation was watered by mist that arose from the ground at night. Maybe the roads of the future will incorporate misters

Lots of chips?

Yes, me too. I had a '386 (with a '387, but I don't think that was used much) and lots of memory, timing, and other chips

:) Haha... For a second I thought you may be objecting to belittling a brave ex-soldier as a bureaucrat.

Hegseth seems smart enough to , but this entirely emotive, quick to anger, way of working is very strange.

Thanks - it's interesting there is no talk about courts at all.

As an outcome, I think DoD/DoW/the Feds may build their own, sovereign AI

Was the Department of War blind that they didn't read the terms of service before signing the Anthropic contract?

If they did read the ToS and now Anthropic is reneging on the terms, then the same courts you speak of can be used to compel Anthropic to deliver what the contract agreed to.

This entire thing looks like bureaucrats like Hegseth are having a hissy fit that someone had the gall to say "no" to NEW demands. Where are his war powers now? Will he go draft Dario?

This isn't China.

Hey, we are an aspirational race!

Ah, don't underestimate those pesky humans who live among us. Most tombs in the Valley of the Kings were looted within 100 years of their sealing.

As long as the energy demands are not excessive, this alone makes it worth it...

History indicates no human construct can reliably safeguard nuke waste for 100K years. But 300 years? That's do-able!

Why does HSBC stray so far from home? Here are some Chinese locally-created ERPs. These domestic ERPs hold over 50% of the Chinese market.

Yonyou (): The largest domestic player, often called "China's answer to SAP". It offers a full suite of cloud services (NC Cloud for large enterprises, U8 for SMEs) and holds a significant share in financial and manufacturing sectors.
Kingdee (): A top competitor specializing in cloud-based ERP and SaaS platforms. It is highly popular among fast-growing SMEs and private firms due to its flexibility and strong mobile integration.
Huawei MetaERP: A newer, high-profile entrant developed in-house to replace Oracle systems after US sanctions. It is designed for massive, complex operations and is increasingly being adopted by large State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs).
Inspur (): A major IT and cloud infrastructure provider that offers ERP solutions tailored for large groups and government-affiliated organizations.
Digiwin (): Focuses heavily on the manufacturing sector, with strong capabilities in shop-floor traceability and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).

The Indian situation is similar, though local ERP marketshare is below 50%

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I think it's all related. If it's easier to get rid of people, it's easier to fall into debt.

No, it's 3 years (78.8 versus 81.7). And every day counts! If your bank told you it charges 3.7% of your deposit as account keeping fees, you'd walk. At least, I'd hope you'd!

Italy? You're really scraping the bottom of the barrel comparing EU nations here. Besides, they got the ECB and comparatively better performing economies like Germany that help each other out.

The key difference between Italy/France/Greece and the USA is there's about no authority or combination of banks and funds that can stabilise the US economy, if it restructures or defaults. It's simply too big!

Be careful about change

The US is also waaaay deeper in debt and it's citizens have a lifespan shorter than the EU average.