Smaller models, probably.

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Because Chromebooks are cheap, nobody spends money on them, so they’re perenially underpowered.

If you grew up with a Chromebook, your first “real” laptop–if you ever get one–would probably not be a more expensive Chromebook, you’d want a “real” computer: Windows or Mac.

Makes sense to make a clear delineation for the market with different branding, hardware and OS.

If we could get an OS that is as comfortable on a phone as it is on a tablet as it on a laptop, that would be pretty cool. I’m working a phone, tablet and desktop right now, and each has a different OS.

That said, leading with AI is a horrible fucking idea, you’re right. Sounds like something that sounded like a good idea a year ago, but the market has spoken out pretty clearly against AI-integration into Windows… but if it’s workable, I’d still count an Android laptop with solid h/w as a win.

I like the cut of your jib. Corrected.

My only question is questions are: if they’re selling the hardware at a discount

and

what other OSs I’ll be able to run on it because fuck Google.

That’s why Valve/Steam holds the line. People think public corporations can choose not to be evil; they legally can, but it’s practically impossible. That’s why we need strong government and regulation.

AI tends to obey its training more than its instruction set, and it’s trained to solve the given problem.

Sorry, resource aristocracy and religious extremism is the best I can offer.

Surface Pro owner asked if Microsoft would improve memory consumption, since they had to disable on-device AI services just to run a local model.

A cynic would say that customers disabling Copilot is finally what forced Microsoft’s hand.

iow - charging stations can extract more revenue from drivers the longer the charge takes.

Sounds like Cutler, an engineer, has some MBA brainrot.

I hate it when states use their death statistics to push a little message on their billboards:

OVER 200 KIILLED THIS YEAR… so: …Buckle up! … Don’t Drink & Drive! … Obey the Speed Limit!

Supporting the lie that safety is possible with cars.

The “he’s a businessman and he’s going to run the government like he runs a business” argument is as stupid as it was prescient.

Trump just said in a response to a question about our $40 trillion debt (jesus, that’s a lot of zeroes), “You know, inflation, certain levels of inflation, will also pay off that debt very rapidly. Very rapidly.” https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-just-soft-launched-higher-inflation-as-the-new-solution-for-rebalancing-the-40-trillion-us-national-debt/ar-AA2dpocG

So I hope that cash isn’t USD. Honestly, all currencies look pretty bad right now. And if Trump triggers Iran into destroying the Middle East (and maybe triggering Israel to nuke, if Trump hasn’t already), the only thing that’s going to be worth a damn is cigarettes and penicillin.

You could argue that a heavily debt-based business that requires years and years of more debt before becoming profitable would respond to rising interest rates quite negatively, but, yeah, the whole thing is already enitrely irrational.

I’m keeping some popcorn in reserve for OpenAI’s IPO.

Are you talking about the collapse of the AI bubble hurting us? I mean, sure, but what’s the alternative? There isn’t one. The sooner it pops, the more money that will be available to develop businesses that can grow the economy. Right AI is gobbling up investment capital and driving up the interest rates and inflation of the price of tech hw is stunting consumer and business tech, contributing to overall inflation, and making actual products people want to buy more expensive, ie less sold…

I’d like to say that this economic collapse could not have come at a worse time, but I think bubbles like this are only possible when markets are no longer competitive, everyone is broke as shit, and people have to invent fantasies to make investors think line will go up.

Edit: Oh, and I just thought of a REALLY big benefit of an early pop: people’s retirements will be less exposed to AI-first and AI-only companies which are almost guaranteed to fail. If OpenAI raises 2 trillion, it’s going to be getting a lot of that from institutional investors investing other people’s money.

I’d probably have better luck shorting stocks if I could trigger a (rightful) panic like this guy can.

But because this one pushes the relationship as a part of the game play, everyone fucking suddenly hates it…

Yup. This might be what makes the difference. Misogyny is still the root issue, of course, but players have to deal with a woman as a main character with agency instead of as a subservient sex object and they don’t like it.

As far as “woke” goes, pretty nuts to say strong women engaging in criminal activity are a political fabrication and not, you know, an actual reality. See: cocaine kingpin (queenpin?) Griselda Blanco: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griselda_Blanco

Relevance? I imagine people are just buying a different car instead of a bicycle.

Espionage is one leg of the three-legged stool of foreign policy, the other two being the military, and diplomacy.

In other words, all countries spy on each other.

So why is it that I only ever hear of China spying on the US, and this on a near daily basis?

It’s pretty crazy that the most no-duh common-sense policies solely exist under the banner of “radical communism.” Almost makes one question the political compass.

One story:

I was selling a musical instrument. Someone asked me the question, “Is this a good beginner instrument?” Thinking it might be for a kid, I gave an exhaustive answer, then when I learned it was for her, an adult, I gave her my experience with instruments and my perspective. At the end she told me she was interested because her partner was a BAND LEADER and when she went to the concerts she was fascinated by this instrument. But here was she was, interrogating a random seller who didn´t even play the instrument in question. And, at the end, of course, she wasn´t interested in buying it.