Why would planned obsolescence not be to their benefit in a world where things are rented?

You still renting the old Xbox? Try renting this new Xbox instead, the verification cans come in additional flavors!

That would apply more to things like a washing machine or microwave - things that don't become obsolete quickly.

ZUCK, PUBLIC ENEMY #1

If I were to get one of these, realistically what is the most advanced AI model I could run locally?

GLM 5.3 in ~q4 quantiziation with 4bits

> How about we give the US credit for this?

If it weren't for the huge efforts put into it by china to make solar and batteries so cheap and capable we wouldn't be nearly as far along in the solar transition as we are. Solar is growing in spite of US policy, not because of it.

I was poking people a little with that statement. Can't help myself.

But really, there is growth under the policies, so saying "despite" doesn't work. You could try to argue that the policy makers tried to kill solar but achieved the opposite result. But at the end of the day the current policy environment led to a positive result. Correlation isn't causation but if I was writing a policy and I wanted to guarantee the opposite outcome I'll bet ya I could.

I happen to know some Americans who have worked really hard to advance renewable energies and have made an impact. To just view the US with one lens is not right is maybe the point I am making, without poking.

China makes cheap solar panels because there's a market for them. Panels aren't the only component in a solar system either. A lot of the technology comes from the US and American companies as well. Germany apparently gets some credit as does Australia. The Chinese did what they do best- low cost manufacturing. We got there together.

A car on which you slam on the accelerator and the brakes, and which comes to a stop, is in fact stopping despite your pressing on the accelerator.

How their leadership are able to be so incompetent to mismanage their site constantly yet still have the aptitude to corral a legion of mods to spend their days working for free for a multi-billion dollar corporation is beyond me.

I can get volunteering to mod for a small fan site and the like, but no site deserves your effort less than reddit.

Reddit mod names should be public. Usually I am against stereotypes, but let's just say, reddit mods are very special people.

Now they even force you to create an account, there is an annoying popup appearing that you can not close. That was the final straw for me, I banned reddit on my router and don't care that all info is there.

Emotions. The US killed much of Iran's leadership and a lot of civilians (including a lot of children) at the order of Trump. That creates a strong motivation to do something, and revenge is one of those things that's emotionally easy to justify. Especially during war.

It seems as if the optimal outcome is to give every appearance of an assassination plan, and use that appearance to troll Trump.

Enjoy it while it lasts; it'll never be this cool again.

Not if Count Binface wins the elections.

First the UK, then leadership of Europe via behind-closed-doors politics, then a gentle colonization of both the east and the west using our amazing cheese, bread that is baked rather than synthesized from fossil fuels, and 30 days of paid vacations per year. The path forward is clear.

And he'll pay for this by "putting up everyone's taxes except yours"!

If they want to pay me to not build wind farms, I'll not build them for half that.

> There will come a time, very soon, where you wont be able to tell the difference, and what then?

We'll stop buying new books, sticking to things written before 2022.

Think about what you’re saying for a moment. Play that scenario out in your head.

... Is that so difficult to imagine?

> I hated the question of teachers asking: What does the author wanted to tell us with this story." Because -> The author never wrote that down. And deriving their intentions from a fictional text felt just like making shit up.

Then why does anyone write anything? Why did Orwell write 1984 instead of just making a 2 page bulleted list about how authoritarian regimes are bad?

Sure, an author can write something that is interpreted totally differently from what they meant, but that doesn't detract from the fact that they did have some intention behind what they wrote and it's worth exploring that.