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For the sake of discussion, can you clarify who you refer to by "puppet masters"?
Nvidia is worth many times more than the central-bank holdings of a number of sovereign countries. It's a staggering comparison.
But no less relevant.
There would be much time for breeding prodigiously, with a ratio of say 10 females to each male. Could be selected by a computer.
Re:Starring the Computer on Sunday July 05, 2026 @02:00PM (#48796335)
Cool, what video?
Re:Ask HN: Is Consciousness Divine? on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @12:12PM (#47865672)
Could you provide a reference about the 40 definitions?
The Laser Tempest sounds neat but I cannot find it, could you provide a link?
Did you ever write a book or weblog?
Re:Revision Demoparty 2026: Razor1911 [video] on Wednesday April 08, 2026 @04:59PM (#47696178)
It's a really uplifting break compared to all the other news coming out now.
Re:Trump's signature will appear on US dollars on Friday March 27, 2026 @02:36PM (#47546547)
His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Donald Doctor President Trump, VC, DSO, MC, CBE, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the American Empire in America in General and Washington in Particular
If you’re referring to the Pledge of Allegiance, the original versions were a lot more neutral, the God part was a reactionary addition during the Red Scare, it even made believers uncomfortable at the time, and Jehovah’s Witnesses still don’t want to say it.
What welfare state? Do you mean the universal healthcare that they claw away at any cost, like Mitch McConnell onto the podium?
Leni Riefenstahl taught me everything I know about lighting and camera angles!
Re:The enshittification of Amazon paperback books on Sunday March 15, 2026 @06:35AM (#47386049)
It’s easy to tell when these books are printed by a high-volume inkjet printer. They are not as pleasurable to read. It’s a certain fuzziness, like when cinemas first went to digital, and when planetariums got rid of their optical star projectors.
LOL
His first short film was a loop of two men dancing with each other.
Apple have fuck-you money, so they do pretty much whatever they want these days. But it looks good in the sizzle reels because they had good industrial designers in the past. Tim has a vision that he “truly believes” about AI or cameras in the earphones or something, so roll the dice.
We literally cannot stop saying good things about him.
Re:I Just Returned from China. We Are Not Winning on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @01:22PM (#46978697)
If we get used to vibe coding, then we had better get used to vibe salaries.
It’s easier than admitting that it’s us who have a problem.
Re:Why E cores make Apple silicon fast on Sunday February 08, 2026 @10:21AM (#46935018)
If open source projects like Slackware Linux can keep it stable on zero budget with a zoo of components since before we knew what SRE was, then Apple can afford to have operating system specialists who know the whole system. It’s like they gave up and welded the jukebox closed because it was making enough money.
Re:Data centers in space makes no sense on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @06:15PM (#46878792)
Just ask this scientician.
Re:Xcode 26.3 unlocks the power of agentic coding on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @01:40PM (#46875227)
A lot of macOS needs that. There are some terrific ideas under the hood, but it’s as if people left halfway through implementing them.
Apple’s headphones adapter contains very high quality output and driver hardware. Their basic software usability quality problems simply shortchange everyone involved.
Re:Apple, What Have You Done? on Monday January 26, 2026 @10:50AM (#46767137)
The M silicon is real, but Nokia, a company that specialized in rubber products, was doing low-power ARM 30 years ago, and the stage was set by His Jobsness with Mach binaries and Rosetta. Tim Cook was excitedly waving his hands in the last event video about some kind of evaporative cooling mechanism in the latest low-end iPhone. He has completely missed the plot.
I do not comprehend why all these platforms act as if they are doing a favor with the censorship.
It’s the same with Apple. Sure, their product is proprietary, but the producers are not the only ones with a stake in it.
It's not pretty watching boomers lose their grip on reality while they continue to grip control like a bar on a roller coaster car.
Re:Notes on Apple's Nano Texture (2025) on Monday January 19, 2026 @03:22PM (#46684009)
Apple doesn't even include stickers anymore?
Re:The Cathedral, the Megachurch, and the Bazaar on Sunday January 18, 2026 @07:01PM (#46673496)
It's a great phrase which explains how a company like Apple can take good ideas, implement the parts they like, and not give back.

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