Same applies to government, and their sponsorship of loyal AI companies that are all rewarded with profits for loyalty to warmongering empire.

Any benchmarks? Seems like it bundles NN acceleration that competes with GPUs, but benchmarks/price matters.

best i got

RIVAI claims that the Lingyu processor’s computational performance rivals that of major international server chips from Intel and AMD.

If Nike shoes go from $200 to $300 from tariffs, there is a big opportunity for crossborder shopping in Canada or Mexico, where in Canada they would be $226. And then more opportunity to smuggle them with volume discounts for US ebay listings. A peer to peer smuggling network takes away from “backbone of retail economy”, and then lowers value of US official market such that making $300 shoes inside the US costs a big investment, and still loses to smuggling.

Apparel industry jobs tend not to be as glamourous as Boeing, Catterpillar, Deere jobs which are pretty much only US manufacturing export sector than defense. Losing export markets from hatred of US, doesn’t get replaced with good jobs in apparel, or exports of expensive US apparel.

There’s also a good chance that competing global brands take massive market share from US aligned companies, and less scale will mean less marketing budget.

because the non-disabled enjoy taking the pill for fun

How terrible!!! But what specific horrible drug is this? so many fun illegal ones.

My dog Enaipo wants to hump it, and it looks a bit Russian. He named it.

UH CEO was provably guilty of deep evil and harm against millions of Americans. El Paso Walmart shoppers not at all. Even the premise that they as a race are somehow bad for America is highly suspect. Among the murdered, only 8 were Mexican. 13 Americans and a German. The political terrorism charge that applies to UH CEO, applies way more to this murder. 50/50 there’s a pardon, and new GOP speaking tour.

Having 2 phones is much better in every use case, IMO.

It’s a bit like being a WW1 soldier waiting in the trenches for an inevitable attack that doesn’t come.

It probably came within a week whether they were the attacking or defending side.

The feeling now should more closely be before WW1 started. Some shit is going to happen, and WW1 casus belli (an archduke assassination???) is something that requires a tinder box to spark and explode. We’ve got the tinderbox part.

follow up on this… xAI appears to have raised $18B in funding rounds. But November 2024 was at $50B, December 2024 was $40B. X’s ownership of xAI, caused its interest expense on high debt levels to rise to $1B/year (debt levels approaching close to $20B estimated)

It is a major stretch to value xAI higher than the $50B peak. Chinese open source models released have depressed overall US AI stocks, and xAI has major cash burn in implementing its model, and Musk has ever increasing brand hatred culminating in government persecution threats to anyone who could say something negative about him or his companies that becomes propaganda fuel for actual damage to his vehicles/dealerships.

He said the deal values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion.

Not sure Musiks ownership level in both. xAI being worth $80B is a stretch, in that it certainly doesn’t have profits or revenue to justify it, and has competition that could end in it being a loser. X value is also high though. Whether it is an unfair transaction depends on which is more overvalued. Transaction is same as if xAI were value $8B and X 3.3B.

To be able to force a surrender, you’re asking this drone to do a whole lot…

My point was to force surrender, you need tanks, ships, infantry. Drones prevent surrender, by being effective against those deployments.

A drone doesn’t force surrender either.

High hopes for this vehicle. Reaching peak of 545w solar charging is good. Lighweight EVs have big advantage, as does aero. It’s taken much too long so far though.

don’t even compare to real weapons like a tomahawk

You can’t surrender to a tomahawk. Drones are extreme counters to tanks and warships that could get close enough to force a surrender.

Stock indexes, typical stocks, are down about 10% from highs around that period.

Last administration started war on Russia, and refused to talk with Russia and China, and so any respect for intellectualism, did not exist then either. So many here support those policies. Post truth/humanist world has existed for a long time.

Step 1 rank all of your problems.

step 2, all problems above rank 99th, ain’t one.

Helping the most people comes with building the most homes. The awesome part of what he’s doing is foregoing profit. Helps even more people. But keeping “self financed” production up, without micromanaging communities, is likely the best use of his time. The best way to help people isn’t necessarily by gatekeeping for only those who deserve the most help, and reducing the total help provided, bc of the gatekeeping getting in the way.

Chinese EVs are effectively banned in US with 100% tariff, and a hateful disposition. The higher end chinese cars could compete with Ferarri/Lamborghi segment though, even at 100%.

If community is awesome, then prices can go up. All the better reason to buy with arranged financing if needed. Ultra generous rent control benefits can prevent you from improving your life if it means moving.

Affordable is awesome. If it helps people who can only afford affordable, awesome. But this could be organized more decentrally to help everyone that wants affordable. It would be a disadvantage in “buying” a home, if your efforts to improve your income backfire/kick you out of your home.