I was once a proponent of cashless societies. Not anymore. Too many vulnerabilities, too many ways for governments to take control of your finances.

Sure. As long as he goes, I’ll support it all day long.

I’m sure it makes money and he may not F it up, but that’s not the point. The point is that Elon has turned into the douche of the century along with his butt-buddy Trump.

As with X, I’ll support it as soon as he’s out.

Stop supporting Elon.

That’s the good thing about a monopoly. You don’t have to worry about customers choosing another service.

The retail side is also just a huge ad for Amazon as a company. It’s what everyday consumers know even if it doesn’t provide a huge amount of profit. It creates name recognition.

I work 2x in office, less if I have a somewhat passable reason to not go in. And I can WFH for a few weeks at a time if I need to travel for whatever reason.

For now. Soon it’s going to be: “Well, Amazon is calling people back, maybe we should, too.”

Companies don’t make as much money when it’s repairable. Washers and dryers used to last 20-25 years with a few repairs here and there. But companies weren’t making any money, so they started making unrepairable junk instead.

Sure, but it’s also hard to bid against a company that we all know the US government is not going to let fail.

I don’t think that’s necessarily true.

Much of Intel’s foundry future is bet on Intel 18A, the company’s next leading-edge semiconductor production process. This “1.8-nanometer” production process will combine multiple Intel innovations including 3D hybrid bonding, nanosheet transistors, and back-side power delivery. Demler says that, if all goes to plan, Intel’s 18A should compete directly with, or even exceed, TSMC’s upcoming 2N process technology.

good riddance to bad rubbish.

Well, that’s the thing. They are kind of “too big to fail” and Intel is too important for the US to let it fail or even get behind the curve.

There’s probably more government money headed their way. Just like there is more foreign government money headed to their competitors in other countries. It might become more of a subsidy battle between governments than a money-making competition between companies.

At its very core, capitalism breeds greed.

That’s the thing. It’s going to be a purely evangelical version of the Hallmark Channel.

There’s an easy fix for this. 🔥🦊

And the more we discuss it here, the more it legitimizes Trump’s AI argument. He’s laughing all the way to the ballot box.

Europe as a whole is not a lot smaller than the US, so I think many of the same efficiencies can be achieved. China has also been able to do it very efficiently and is basically the same size as the US. Granted, they have a much larger population and more potential customers, but it can definitely be done.

Lol

You can have both. Europe has a great mix. So awesome to have the option to take the train or bus. They also have awesome road infrastructure in most places. Try comparing an American freeway to a German freeway. You feel like you’re in a third world country when you come back to the roads in the States.

I wish. The US is endlessly far behind on public transportation.

Talking to my own family members around the US, they only have eyes for their enormous gas guzzler pickup trucks that they use to run to the grocery store down the street.