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Apple has an average profit margin of nearly 30%. Even with the 10% refurbish discount, and a 10% veteran/student/educator/etc discount, and the cost of refurbishing, they still are likely in the green.

This is why people like to pick up the new Studios from the Apple Store in person - for that short ride back home their car is worth four times what it was on the way there.

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Why do the immediate complaints that something is AI generated feel like they're AI generated?

Haven't you heard? Fields Medalists believe it only counts when they do the solving - not the unwashed.

Of course they are - anything to secure their position.

Ditto.

Being the “first(!) post” to complain about AI, correctly or not, is the new street cred.

A vanilla git server works great too.

Far less than the constant whining about AI.

Probably not unless there was something presenting, as a Class 1 FAA medical exam is checking medical history, vital signs, vision, hearing, cardiovascular health, neurological function, and general physical condition. There's a urine test for blood, glucose, protein. Last one I had there was no blood test or cancer screening unless it was something showing on the skin.

Interestingly, to me, my last medical was 2 years ago and there was no concern for the spot on my cheek that turned out to be basal cell carcinoma.

I guess my buddy from long ago was right - he never paid them that penny.

So the other half have more?

Why bomb something, which carries its own risk profile and success criteria, when you can make some piece of equipment malfunction just enough to wear out in a year instead of 20 years?

Errors can be along any axis, random, infrequent, drifting, and nonobvious.

We're living through the history of how OpenAI became AppleAI, told in a teenager's diary tone - we just need some doodles in the corners.

auto-erotics ... it was sitting right there.

It will just make it so only the privileged can benefit - and that list will not include you.

Sutton's Law.

I think the homepage is creative.

When a certain now famous (in those circles) narrator was first getting started he mentioned on his FB page he wanted help with pronunciation of certain military terminology. I offered to help, knowing people in many fields plus my own. And ... my goodness, the absolute poor quality of some the writing he sent me. One author would use the full terminology for every firearm every time he looked at it, picked it up, loaded it, holstered it, drew it, released the safety, fired it, cleaned it, thought about while in the shower, whatever. You got tired of reading about the "Heckler & Koch HK45 Compact Tactical (HK45CT) MK-24 Mod-0" fully spelled out three times a page.

And then the author with his own specialty started writing about my field ... oh so badly.

So, knowledge of weapons doesn't translate in knowledge of writing (or vice versa). My only criteria any longer is just don't say "clip" unless your character has scored himself a Mauser C96 or similar and we're good.

Just watch "that scene" from Heat again - it's like a double espresso.

I'm disappointed with this. Historically, Claude's API cost a significant multiple of their subscription pricing, and after the promotional period it appears the access to Fable will be API only, if I understand this.

There actually is a limit to what people will pay for model usage, and I suppose this squeeze is one way to find out what that limit is. I've been content paying $200 per month for a solid plan that I actually don't quite use up every month, but this new vector really rubs me the wrong way.

Why not - eventually it will be The Year Of The Linux Desktop.

Any BMW with a grill smaller than an ASHPD portal is palatable.

It's called Claude Science, not Claude Politician.

don't fret over dark keys

That looks pretty engaging - all the right people hate it.

Come on Apple - just buy TSMC and fully kit out the RAM in all Mac Studios - you could even make (more of) a fortune selling the excess.

Hiring has always been broken.