OpenAI is in a fierce competitive battle. Do the executives there really think greenlighting a project to build a better revision control system (RCS) will really help their battle with Gemini and Anthropic? git is a commodity RCS in 2026. It is undisciplined to think building a slightly better RCS will move the needle they need to move.

The Return To Office (RTO) mandates are boosted by the tech job market cooling off. Workers who do not want to RTO will head into the office because it is challenging to find an alternative right now. If the tech job market heats up again (ala 2010-2022) then workers will have an easy choice to work remote or not, based on their preference. That is when the RTO companies will suffer, and maybe fail altogether, because their best people will run for the doors.

This trend is nothing but unhealthy burnout bullshit.

This projection argues that the price to pay in the AI innovation game is at least $100 billion. This means the war will be between a handful of mega-corps rather than innovative startups. Has any other disruptive tech cycle in history be so exclusively top heavy? This is why I am convinced someone, a startup, will burst the bubble from the low end.

I've always been able to work around this inconvenience. Netflix does this because they were losing business to people sharing their password with their non-paying friends. How would you handle the same situation if you were running Netflix?

I don't think any egalitarian and honest benefits from crypto can survive the greedy con-artists who can't keep their meathooks out of crypto.

Hi Schmidt ever paid a price for his illegal agreement with Apple and other companies to not hire their software engineers?

There are some innovative projects at Microsoft. I'm sure jobs working on innovative GenAI models offer so much inherent reward that their staff stay motivated and engaged. For every job like that, there are probably 2 more jobs doing soul killing work like keeping Microsoft Word functioning on 10 year old lap tops. Folks in those roles move slow because the work is boring. Upper management sees them as a cost center and starts trying to make them work faster with PIPs. That kind of environment is awful and it is why I won't consider jobs in the mega-tech companies any more.

What is an example will of God that you are referring to?

I meant to say they must force the 'return to the Latin mass' rightwing nutjobs TO THE SIDELINES! I should proofread my posts. JD Vance, Mel Gibson, and others count themselves as wanting the authoritarian return to the Latin mass, where the congregation doesn't even know what is going.

I am a cradle catholic. The church of my childhood in the 70's was trending towards a more affirming and accepting church on the heels of Vatican II. I hope the college of cardinals continues that trend with their next selection. They must force the 'return to the Latin mass' rightwing nutjobs or they will face empty pews and empty collection plates in the years ahead of us.

What Harvard racist policies are you referring to?

Trump is hell bent on punishing Harvard for daring to stand up to him. Harvard may reduce spending to survive the battle. Will this project survive?

You make a really good point. I was in Maui on vacation a few year's back and most of the beach hotels in Wailea were sold out to an internal SAP sales team conference. The headline entertainment one night was a private Katie Perry concert. I'm certain the private pricing scheme you describe led to the kind of wealth SAP can lavish on their sales people.

Like living out from under the thumb of strict parents and losing your virginity? There is more to college than the liberal indoctrination Thiel thinks he is offering.