One thing I learned about logic is that if you start with a false statement, whatever comes next doesn't matter "almost all valuations and returns are driven by corporate earnings" no they are not, at least not anymore.
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Temporary_31337 commented on Luce: First Electric Ferrari ferrari.com/en-US/auto/fe... · Posted by u/kaizenb
Unfortunately for a lot of performance and luxury oriented Car manufacturers, EVs are a death trap - since they don't have access to any special battery chemistry, the drivetrain is basically a commodity - you can get more HP from Xiaomi than you can get from a Ferrari. Any advatages / weight savings around say carbon chassis will be negligible and probably more of a nuisance in daily driving.
Moreover the battery will degrade over time so it's not a good long term investment (unlike ICE cars where 100 year old machines still run fine). I'm sure there will still be some buyers but the margins are going to get squeezed and the Rich Oil Sheikh will reconsider their purchasing choices when it gets overtaken by a Chinese EV equivalent at 1/10th of the price. I really don't see how Ferrari can support its brand with a toy car like this.
Temporary_31337 commented on Your app subscription is now my weekend project rselbach.com/your-sub-is-... · Posted by u/robteix
An exfiltrator would have a blind upload box sitting somewhere the poisoned prompt knows about
..so they would pay so the see the blog post a little earlier thna you do? Math doesn't work out on this
Temporary_31337 commented on Why Replicate is joining Cloudflare blog.cloudflare.com/why-r... · Posted by u/chmaynard
> Why Replicate is joining Cloudflare
Because a lot of money was transferred from Cloudflare's bank account to the bank accounts of the stockholders of Replicate?
came here to put this comment exactly ;)
Temporary_31337 commented on General principles for the use of AI at CERN home.web.cern.ch/news/off... · Posted by u/singiamtel
blah, blah,people will simply use it as they see fit
Aside, $203 USD back then would be about $276 USD after inflation. Not a primary effect, but contributory.
I think that goes to show that official inflation benchmarks are not very practical / useful in terms of buckets of things that people actually buy or desire. If the bucket that measured inflation included computer parts (GPUs?), food and housing - i.e. all that the thing that a geek really needs inflation would be wayy higher...
Temporary_31337 commented on Amazon confirms 14,000 job losses in corporate division bbc.com/news/articles/c1m... · Posted by u/mosura
It's also a total gut-punch to employees. "We had a great quarter!... not a good enough though, so GTFO"
I can only imagine what this will do to morale. If even positive quarters means job cuts, why even try to have a positive quarter.
I dunno, I got used to the weekly beatings. You could arque that if you understand what brings the most business value and deliver that repeatedly, you're pretty safe from being fired and arguably you'd know how to run your own business if needed.
If someone, say did a great job of updating API documentation that can be fully automated now, that's not good enough nowadays. I realise that's not exactly fair because the capitalists / shareholders 'only' have to have to have money in order to receive compensation, and you as a labourer face increasing demands. If you don't like the balance of power you find a niche / leverage as a laborer or you switch to being a capitalist eventually.
Temporary_31337 commented on Baldur's Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version larian.com/support/faqs/s... · Posted by u/_JamesA_
Wow, I bought Baldur's Gate 3 out of nostalgia before a very long (20hours + ) flight and played some good long hours on the plane.
Unfortunately the Proton version meant the game was unplayable on the Deck later in the game.
I'm so happy I can finish it now.
Coincidentally I also realised I can play it on my Mac too...
They're the signal I wont be buying it if it doesn't match the colors I've liked.
but 250 000 000 other people will.
Temporary_31337 commented on UK's largest battery storage facility at Tilbury substation nationalgrid.com/national... · Posted by u/zeristor
What is the chemistry and expected lifetime of the batterries?
They are saying this is for sustainable energy future but it looks like it's using natural gas (not sustainable) powered energy to charge up Lithium(?) batteries that will need to be replaced every n years (also not sustainable). Which part of this facility makes it more sustainable?