Microsoft seemingly just revealed that OpenAI lost $11.5B last quarter
Microsoft seemingly just revealed that OpenAI lost $11.5B last quarter
: Satya has also delivered Sam most of the cash he promisedMatt Rosoff (The Register)
Microsoft seemingly just revealed that OpenAI lost $11.5B last quarter
Microsoft seemingly just revealed that OpenAI lost $11.5B last quarter
: Satya has also delivered Sam most of the cash he promisedMatt Rosoff (The Register)
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Podcaster Jennifer Welch Denounces 'Dipsh*ts' Schumer and Jeffries for Not Riding Mamdani’s Progressive Wave
Podcaster Jennifer Welch Denounces 'Dipsh*ts' Schumer and Jeffries for Not Riding Mamdani’s Progressive Wave
The Democratic leaders, said the outspoken I've Had It podcast co-host, have refused to show up for the NYC mayoral candidate because they are "beholden to the same corporations that helped Donald Trump get elected."julia-conley (Common Dreams)
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ICE deported a man who claims US citizenship after federal judge blocked his removal
Chanthila Souvannarath, 44, was born in a Thai refugee camp but has lived in the United States since he was an infant. He gained citizenship as a child when his father was naturalized, making him eligible for derivative citizenship under immigration law at the time, according to his attorneys.
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On October 23, a federal judge blocked ICE from deporting him while he challenged his arrest and detention, but he was put on a plane for Laos the next day.
ICE deported an Alabama man who claims US citizenship. DHS says it wasn’t a mistake and don’t want him back
A federal judge had blocked ICE from deporting Chanthila Souvannarath, warning ‘inherent and obvious harm’ in deporting a citizenAlex Woodward (The Independent)
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Viaggio fantastico tra pennelli di mosca e frammenti di polvere intagliati a misura - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Viaggio fantastico tra pennelli di mosca e frammenti di polvere intagliati a misura - Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri
Una delle storie più frequentemente ripetute dall’artista britannico Willard Wigan nel corso delle sue interviste riguarda il processo formativo dei suoi anni scolastici ed il modo in cui un’esperienza negativa lo condusse, per via indiretta, alla la…Jacopo (Il blog di Jacopo Ranieri)
Bending Spoons to acquire AOL
Bending Spoons to acquire AOL | TechCrunch
Wednesday's news marks a new chapter for AOL, which was once one of the most recognized brands on the internet, known for its email service and "You've Got Mail" notification.Aisha Malik (TechCrunch)
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Mushrooms May Replace Metal in Future Computers — And You Could Build One At Home
Mushrooms May Replace Metal in Future Computers — And You Could Build One At Home
Learn how scientists found a way to turn mushrooms into computer chips and how these living computers can make the future of technology more sustainable.Stephanie Edwards (Discover Magazine)
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'Keep Android Open' movement fights back against Google sideloading restrictions
'Keep Android Open' movement fights back against Google sideloading restrictions
: Petition seeks to rally community opposition and alert regulatorsThomas Claburn (The Register)
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Europe’s rights court clears Norway of climate misconduct over Arctic oil licences
Europe’s top human rights court ruled Tuesday that Norway did not violate its climate obligations by granting Arctic oil and gas exploration licenses in 2016. It was a setback for climate activists after a landmark ruling last year against Switzerland for failing to take sufficient action on climate change.
UK far right movement is still led by anonymous accounts
But an analysis of social media suggests something else. Many people and groups on the radical and far-right are harnessing a process known as audience capture in order to influence political policy.A group of anonymous X accounts is said to follow a “posting-to-policy” strategy. These accounts – some of which are run by disaffected Westminster professionals – post to inject their grievances into online discourse.
To explore this dynamic, and how Reform’s recent u-turn has been shaped by it, we analysed the online networks that drove conversation about “mass deportations” on X over the past year. Using computational methods, we identified four distinct sub-communities defined by their retweet relationships. These sub-communities were formed around far-right influencers, radical right influencers, Advance UK/free-marketeer influencers – and around the Reform party.
Discussion of mass deportations in 2024 was almost exclusively dominated by the far-right and the anonymous accounts of the radical right. Fast forward to April 2025 and we find Lowe, Habib and a wider range of rightwing influencers have entered the conversation in support of the policy.
Finally, in September, following Reform’s August announcement, you can see Farage and key Reform personnel supplant the influencers as players in a movement they had little role in creating. In doing so, the party has aligned itself with a policy that less than a year ago it vehemently rejected.
Inside the far-right social media ecosystem normalising extremist ideas in UK politics
A process of normalisation has led Reform to propose mass deportations where once it believed such a policy would never be politically viable.The Conversation
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AOL sold to Bending Spoons for $1.5 Billion
Bending Spoons, the company behind Evernote, Meetup, StreamYard and WeTransfer is acquiring AOL from Yahoo!'s new owner, Apollo Global Management, for $1.5 Billion.
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You’ve got a new owner: AOL is sold in reputed $1.5B deal to tech conglomerate
AOL, which became symbolic of the early internet age, is being bought by Italian tech company Bending SpoonErin Keller (The Independent)
Israeli soldier denied entry into Prague — airport detains murderer
Authorities at Prague airport detained an Israeli soldier who actively helped the terrorist state commit genocide. Israeli soldier denied entry into the Czech Republic after a 15-hour detention.
Great Job PragueAn Israeli Soldier who fought in Gaza and Lebanon was detained for hours at Prague’s international airport and denied entry to the Czech Republic. pic.twitter.com/yRI6E6vHwG
— Ryan Rozbiani (@RyanRozbiani) October 29, 2025
According to ynet Global, the man travelled to Prague with his wife “after months of reserve duty.” Or, in other words, after months of murdering innocent Palestinians. Hilariously, he also claimed they ‘treated him like a criminal.’ Funny that.
In the end, the couple had to pay for their own return tickets and lost their holiday.
Reports suggest he was denied entry to the Schengen Area after French authorities issued a well-earned criminal alert against him in the Schengen Information System. Authorities put them through 15 hours of questioning before deportation to Israel.
Israeli soldier denied entry: No safe haven for war criminals.
He claimed:
I don’t understand why we’re being deported or what I supposedly did that led to this kind of ‘warning’ against me.
These people are so far removed from reality that they don’t realise that committing genocide might raise the occasional red flag when travelling internationally.
this is how we must respond to all them genocidal cunts who get off on killing innocent people. exclude them, make it known that they are not welcome anywhere. t.co/h8x38et9ve— ف (@jiminilvrs) October 29, 2025
The Schengen zone prevents travel for individuals with certain criminal records, including drug trafficking and murder. While the Schengen criteria don’t explicitly include ‘war crimes’ or ‘genocide’ in black and white. But anyone with a brain can put two and two together.
He also tried to suggest that someone had stolen his identity and used it to commit serious crimes. Again, did murdering babies slip his mind?
Good, I hope other countries follow suit t.co/ElpospykYf— MillieMN001 (@MillieMN001) October 29, 2025
May this be the beginning of a worldwide response. No safe haven for war criminals. t.co/GL3AiMVeMJ
— Jugni (@kikigee24) October 29, 2025
Earlier this month, British lawyers said that British courts can now try and jail Brits who served in Israel’s genocide, under the Foreign Enlistment Act. This is thanks to the UK finally recognising the Palestinian state. However, the law cannot be applied retrospectively. This means that those who have served in the IDF over the two years prior to September will effectively get away scot-free.
Declassified UK have previously reported that 80 Brits were serving in the Israeli military on 7 October 2023. This raises questions about a future in which the UK will have baby-murdering ex-IDF soldiers roaming the streets.
One of these days we will be arresting them for their warcrimes and putting them on trial. t.co/ulAQ14kONt— Dianne Woodward (@WoodwarddianneJ) October 29, 2025
It’s sickening that IDF soldiers feel such entitlement for their little autumn holiday, after trapping 2 million Palestinians in Gaza while they’ve besieged it into oblivion
Now, if a certain British prime minister could stop inviting violent Israeli thugs and war criminals into the UK, that would be great.
Isaac Herzog should be investigated for war crimes during UK visit
Diplomatic immunity should not stop police from interviewing Isaac Herzog and otherwise investigating him over war crimesThe Canary
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The Insanity of the Facebook Puzzle Scam Code: “BE CV BK 2025 -R-D” and the Unbelievable Spread of an Obvious Scam
It’s hard to overstate just how bizarre it is that something as nonsensical as “BE CV BK 2025 -R-D” has taken over Facebook and even started creeping into Google search results. This strange code — which looks like some mix of a fake model number, a coded message, and a bot gibberish tag — has appeared in thousands of posts across Facebook. And what’s wild is that, despite being so obviously a scam, so clearly fraudulent, so transparently fake, it’s everywhere. The fact that it’s not being widely discussed, not being reported on by major outlets, not being taken down effectively by Facebook, makes the whole thing even more insane.
You can go on Facebook right now, type that code into the search bar — “BE CV BK 2025 -R-D” or “BE CV BK.2025 -R-D” — and what you’ll find is a flood of the same kinds of posts. Some are in different languages. Some use emojis. Some pretend to be part of “puzzle groups” or “mystery challenges.” Others are just random accounts spamming the same text over and over again, often accompanied by weird links, grainy photos, or random “game” announcements. But the one thing they all share is the same exact scam code.
The strangest part is that this isn’t just some obscure niche spam chain buried deep in Facebook’s murky corners. It’s out in the open. Public groups. Public pages. Public posts. You can find it by simply searching. It’s like the digital equivalent of walking through a city and seeing “SCAM” graffiti plastered across every wall — and somehow, no one’s talking about it.
That’s what makes this whole “puzzle scam” phenomenon feel so surreal. It’s not hidden. It’s not subtle. It’s right there in plain sight. And yet, despite being so blatant, it’s spreading like wildfire.
It’s easy to see why the “puzzle” angle works. These kinds of scams often rely on curiosity — on the human desire to “figure out” something mysterious. The code looks cryptic enough to seem like there’s a deeper meaning behind it. “BE CV BK 2025 -R-D.” It almost feels like it could be a secret message, or a part of a viral challenge, or some kind of ARG (alternate reality game). And that’s what hooks people in. Someone sees a friend post it. They think, “What is this? Is this some new Facebook game? Is this part of something?” And before long, they’re clicking links, joining groups, following instructions, or even sharing the post themselves — unknowingly helping to spread the scam further.
The entire design of this “puzzle” is meant to exploit one of the simplest psychological triggers: curiosity. Humans are hardwired to seek answers, especially when something looks like a code or a mystery. Scammers have known this for years — that’s why “riddles,” “tests,” “IQ puzzles,” and “hidden messages” have long been a popular front for phishing scams, malware links, and data-harvesting schemes. This particular Facebook scam just takes that formula and dresses it up with a meaningless code that looks intriguing to the untrained eye.
But what’s really unsettling about this whole thing is just how many posts there are. It’s not just a handful of scammers copying and pasting the same message. There are thousands. Some of them are weeks or months old. Others are being posted in real time. The scam has evolved into a kind of bot swarm, almost like a virus that keeps replicating itself across the platform. And the lack of any large-scale intervention from Facebook makes it even worse.
You’d think a platform with as much power, as much data control, and as much AI filtering as Facebook would be able to catch something as blatantly repetitive and nonsensical as this. But nope. The scam lives on, thriving. And that’s what’s disturbing. The scammers have found a way to stay one step ahead — maybe by slightly changing punctuation, or spacing, or formatting, to keep slipping past Facebook’s algorithmic filters. The difference between “BE CV BK 2025 -R-D” and “BE CV BK.2025 -R-D” might be enough to fool automated moderation systems.
And meanwhile, the rest of us are just sitting here, watching this nonsense flood our feeds, while hardly anyone seems to be calling it out.
It’s a sign of how desensitized we’ve all become to online spam. There’s so much garbage on the internet — from fake giveaways to impersonation accounts to AI-generated comment bots — that something like this barely registers anymore. The absurdity of a code like “BE CV BK 2025 -R-D” showing up everywhere doesn’t even faze people anymore. We’ve reached a point where mass spam has become so normalized that people just scroll past it without question.
But the danger here isn’t just about annoyance. It’s about what’s behind these scams. Many of these “puzzle” posts are actually phishing attempts or clickbait traps that redirect users to shady sites. Others use the puzzle format to get users to comment, share, or click a “Continue” button — all tactics designed to collect engagement data or personal information. And then there’s the possibility that some of these are part of larger coordinated bot networks — networks designed not just to scam individuals, but to manipulate engagement metrics, artificially inflate content visibility, or even test out new spam strategies that can later be used in political or commercial manipulation.
That may sound far-fetched, but it’s not. Facebook has long been a testing ground for disinformation and bot campaigns. If scammers can flood the platform with something so meaningless yet widespread, imagine what they can do when they actually put some effort into it.
What’s also strange is how the scam has spread to Google. Search “BE CV BK 2025 -R-D” and you’ll see that it’s indexed in all kinds of pages — cached Facebook links, random blog comment sections, obscure reposting sites. The digital footprint of this nonsense code is massive. And that means it’s not just a Facebook issue anymore. It’s become part of the broader web ecosystem, another layer in the weird, polluted strata of modern internet junk data.
It’s almost poetic, in a depressing way. The internet used to be about connection, creativity, and genuine curiosity. Now that same curiosity — the thing that once drove people to explore and learn — is being weaponized against them. Instead of solving puzzles for fun, people are being tricked into interacting with spam. Instead of decoding art or mystery, they’re decoding scams. And it’s not even subtle anymore.
What’s wild, too, is that Facebook users themselves are often the ones unknowingly keeping it alive. The bots can only do so much — but when real people start engaging, commenting, sharing, or trying to “warn” others by reposting the code, that activity actually boosts the visibility of the scam. Facebook’s algorithm doesn’t care why something is getting engagement — it just sees numbers. So every time someone posts, “Don’t fall for BE CV BK 2025 -R-D, it’s a scam!”, that post can ironically push the code further up the visibility ladder, leading even more people to see it.
The whole thing feels like an ouroboros of internet stupidity — a self-feeding loop where spam generates attention, attention generates engagement, and engagement keeps the spam alive.
And maybe that’s the most disturbing part of all: how effortless it’s become for something like this to go viral without any real content behind it. It doesn’t even have to make sense. It doesn’t have to be convincing. It doesn’t have to look real. It just has to exist in large enough quantity to trick the algorithm.
It’s a perfect reflection of how broken online ecosystems have become. In the old internet, scams had to at least try to look legitimate — a fake website pretending to be your bank, or a phony giveaway with a convincing logo. Now? All it takes is a random string of letters and numbers, a few thousand bot accounts, and a platform too busy or too lazy to do anything about it.
Facebook’s failure to stop something this blatant speaks volumes. It’s not just an oversight — it’s a sign that their moderation systems are reactive, not proactive. They’re so focused on surface-level metrics that something like this can thrive indefinitely. And in that sense, the “BE CV BK 2025 -R-D” code becomes more than just a scam. It becomes a symptom. A sign of decay. Proof that the systems that were supposed to protect users from obvious manipulation are no longer functioning as intended.
It’s worth asking: what’s the endgame here? What’s the point of this code? Is it just engagement farming? A front for phishing? A bot experiment? Or is it something even weirder — an automated system left to run amok, spamming for the sake of spamming?
At this point, no one really knows. But that’s the scary part — no one’s really trying to find out, either. The internet is so overloaded with noise that even something this widespread can go largely unnoticed by the mainstream. People see it, shrug, and move on.
That’s how scams survive. Not because they’re convincing, but because people have stopped caring enough to investigate.
Maybe that’s the biggest takeaway from the “BE CV BK 2025 -R-D” puzzle scam — not just how it spreads, but what it reveals about us. We’re living in a time where nonsense thrives because attention is cheap. Where scams succeed not through sophistication, but through sheer saturation. Where even the most absurd, poorly disguised fraud can blanket an entire social network and nobody blinks.
The “BE CV BK 2025 -R-D” code isn’t just a scam — it’s a mirror. A reflection of an online culture that’s too burned out, too overwhelmed, and too desensitized to call out the obvious anymore.
And maybe, until more people start noticing the sheer absurdity of things like this, we’re going to keep seeing the same pattern play out — again and again — until our feeds are nothing but codes, spam, and empty noise pretending to be meaning.
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Life is Strange: Rewriting Max and Chloe’s Reunion for the Show
When adapting a beloved game like Life is Strange to television, some narrative choices from the original medium need reevaluation. One of the most significant of these involves the reunion between Max Caulfield and Chloe Price. In the game, Max doesn’t immediately recognize Chloe after returning to Arcadia Bay. While this works in an interactive gaming context—where the player experiences discovery and uncertainty—television is a different medium. The audience needs to understand character relationships quickly and believably. Asking viewers to accept that Max, who is socially aware and digitally connected, wouldn’t recognize her long-time friend stretches plausibility. For the TV adaptation, a more realistic approach is necessary: Max and Chloe should reconnect in a way that honors their history and establishes their friendship immediately, even if that means altering the original story slightly.
From the outset, television can utilize modern communication tools to create a believable setup. Max, returning to Arcadia Bay after months or years away, might naturally reach out to Chloe via text or social media, signaling both initiative and awareness. This small act immediately conveys several character traits: Max is thoughtful, proactive, and still invested in her old friendships. A brief exchange—Max sending a simple “Hey, I’m back in town” message—grounds the interaction in reality while opening the door to dramatic tension. Chloe’s reply, perhaps teasingly noting she’s been busy, mentioning she might be seeing someone on campus, or suggesting they catch up later, establishes the social and emotional dynamics of their renewed connection. This approach preserves narrative tension without relying on an implausible lack of recognition.
This reconnection also reinforces the continuity of the characters’ histories. In the game, Max’s initial confusion creates a sense of estrangement, which can feel artificial in a television adaptation. Audiences watching the show know these characters have shared a deep past, full of memories and emotional weight. By allowing Max to recognize Chloe immediately, the show honors the audience’s expectations and strengthens the emotional core of their friendship. The characters’ bond is not invented or discovered slowly; it is remembered and rekindled, which makes their interactions more meaningful and their stakes more personal when extraordinary events unfold.
Introducing this adjustment also allows the show to explore more nuanced character dynamics. Chloe, aware that Max has been away, may express a mix of relief, skepticism, and guarded optimism. She might hint at her own growth or changes in her life—new friends, a potential romantic interest, or experiences she’s had in Max’s absence. Max, in turn, could reveal her anxieties, insecurities, or the reasons she stayed away. This dialogue creates a layered, believable reunion that conveys emotional depth while setting the stage for future narrative arcs. It also helps establish Chloe as a fully realized character, not just a catalyst for Max’s story. Television affords these small but significant character beats, which might be overlooked or handled differently in a game.
Another advantage of this approach is pacing. A believable reconnection early in the series allows the show to move quickly into central plot developments—Max’s powers, the mysterious tornado, the unfolding mysteries of Arcadia Bay—without spending excessive time on an implausible estrangement. By establishing their friendship from the outset, the series can use the emotional resonance of their bond to heighten suspense, drama, and moral stakes. The audience immediately cares about their relationship, so when supernatural or catastrophic events occur, the impact is more intense. Their connection feels earned and real, rather than artificially constructed by delayed recognition.
Social media and texting also provide a realistic lens for contemporary storytelling. Unlike the early 2010s setting of the original game, the TV adaptation can depict Max and Chloe as digitally connected characters. Max may have seen Chloe’s new hair color, changes in style, or other indicators of her evolving personality online. This allows the reunion to be rooted in plausibility: Max recognizes Chloe instantly, while Chloe’s personality and experiences during Max’s absence are subtly conveyed. These small narrative choices communicate both continuity and realism, ensuring that viewers accept the reunion without questioning character logic.
This revised approach also opens opportunities for tension and narrative layering. For instance, Chloe’s reply to Max could include a hint that she’s wary of reconnecting, or that she’s currently engaged in other social or romantic entanglements. Max might respond with humor, hesitation, or self-deprecation, signaling both her eagerness to reconnect and her awareness of the complexities of Chloe’s life. These small exchanges create dramatic depth and set up future conflicts or dilemmas, which are essential for a serialized television narrative. They also reinforce the central theme of friendship and choice: the decisions Max and Chloe make early on will echo throughout the story.
From a character development perspective, this adjustment allows the show to portray Max as socially aware and emotionally mature. In the game, her initial failure to recognize Chloe could be interpreted as a narrative convenience. On television, however, audiences expect characters to act in ways that are consistent with their established traits. Max is intelligent, observant, and digitally connected; it makes sense that she would remember Chloe and take proactive steps to reconnect. By aligning behavior with characterization, the show avoids jarring inconsistencies and ensures that viewers can fully invest in the narrative.
Additionally, establishing their connection early creates opportunities for foreshadowing and thematic resonance. As Max and Chloe rekindle their friendship, subtle visual or narrative cues can hint at the supernatural and temporal elements to come. Their conversation might take place against a backdrop of environmental anomalies, minor temporal distortions, or other subtle Easter eggs that signal to the audience that Arcadia Bay is not ordinary. These details, woven into a realistic reunion, maintain tension and intrigue without undermining the believability of the characters’ interactions.
This approach also deepens emotional stakes. In the TV adaptation, when extraordinary events occur—Max manipulating time, Chloe facing danger, the tornado threatening Arcadia Bay—the audience will feel the weight of their bond more acutely. Because their friendship was never artificially erased or delayed, viewers perceive it as authentic and enduring. The consequences of Max’s choices, Chloe’s risks, and the unfolding mysteries carry greater emotional resonance because the show has established that these characters genuinely care for each other. The dramatic tension is therefore amplified by a foundation of relational realism.
A more immediate reunion also allows for creative storytelling opportunities that the game did not explore. For instance, early dialogue could hint at Chloe’s personal struggles or past traumas in Max’s absence, which can be revisited in later episodes to enrich character arcs. Max’s awareness of Chloe’s social or romantic entanglements introduces subtle interpersonal tension, creating narrative threads that pay off in later episodes. By integrating these relational dynamics early, the show can weave together character-driven and plot-driven storytelling in a way that feels organic and compelling.
Moreover, this adjustment reinforces one of the series’ core themes: connection and reconnection. Life is Strange is a story about relationships, memory, and the choices that shape lives. By allowing Max and Chloe to reconnect in a realistic, modern way, the show foregrounds this theme from the beginning. Their friendship is not discovered belatedly; it is rekindled thoughtfully, emphasizing the enduring nature of bonds even across distance and time. This sets the tone for the narrative’s exploration of consequence, choice, and the ways relationships evolve under extraordinary circumstances.
The adjustment also has visual and narrative advantages. Television can use visual cues to highlight the characters’ familiarity and comfort with each other. A text message notification can trigger a small smile or nervous glance from Max. Chloe’s reaction to seeing Max on campus can be layered with subtle body language: recognition, surprise, warmth, and guarded optimism. These cues create a rich, cinematic portrayal of friendship that transcends dialogue alone. By combining dialogue, visuals, and pacing, the show communicates both emotional depth and narrative clarity.
This reconnection also resolves a potential implausibility in the game. In reality, even if Max and Chloe had drifted apart, it is highly unlikely that Max would fail to recognize her friend after months or years, especially given social media awareness. By addressing this directly, the show respects audience intelligence and avoids stretching plausibility. Viewers can immediately accept the reunion as natural, which allows them to focus on the drama, suspense, and supernatural elements of the story rather than questioning basic character logic.
In addition, this approach enriches the pacing of early episodes. With the reunion established from the beginning, the show can quickly transition into the central mysteries: Max’s powers, environmental anomalies, and the tornado that threatens Arcadia Bay. Because viewers understand the characters’ emotional stakes, these plot developments land with greater impact. The audience is already invested in Max and Chloe’s bond, so every decision, every risk, and every supernatural event resonates more deeply.
Finally, this adjustment highlights television’s ability to enhance narrative plausibility while remaining faithful to the spirit of the original game. Max and Chloe’s friendship, rooted in history and rekindled realistically, maintains the emotional core of the story. Minor changes—texting, acknowledgment of social media awareness, and early dialogue about personal lives—make the reunion believable and relatable without undermining plot or thematic elements. By establishing their connection early, the show can deliver an emotionally resonant, suspenseful, and engaging adaptation that honors both characters and narrative while making necessary adjustments for a modern, serialized television format.
In conclusion, the TV adaptation of Life is Strange should revise the Max-Chloe reunion to reflect realism and modern social dynamics. Max should recognize Chloe immediately, reconnecting via text or social media after months or years apart. Chloe’s response can hint at current social or romantic dynamics while leaving room for future narrative tension. This approach strengthens character development, honors audience expectations, establishes emotional stakes, and allows the series to move efficiently into central plotlines. By creating a reunion grounded in plausibility, the show preserves the spirit of Max and Chloe’s friendship, enhances narrative coherence, and ensures that viewers are emotionally invested from the very first episode. A believable, early reconnection is not just a minor change—it is essential for selling the characters’ bond, maximizing emotional resonance, and anchoring the extraordinary events of Arcadia Bay in a foundation of authentic friendship.
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Life is Strange: Expanding Day 1 – From Max’s Selfie to the First Signs of Something Strange
The beginning of a television adaptation is the foundation upon which everything else rests. For Life is Strange, the game opens in media res, with Max glimpsing a terrifying tornado flash-forward during her photography class. While this works interactively, television requires a more deliberate approach. Audiences are passive viewers, so they need context, character, and world-building before being confronted with apocalyptic visions. In my vision for the opening of the Life is Strange TV show, the very first scene should immediately establish Max as a character, her environment, and her passions, while hinting at the supernatural elements that will define the series. There is no better way to do this than to begin with Max taking the Everyday Heroes contest selfie.
Starting the show with this selfie scene accomplishes multiple narrative goals efficiently. Max is meticulously composing her shot, adjusting angles, lighting, and framing, immediately establishing her perfectionism, her artistic eye, and her attention to detail. Torn-up photos litter the floor around her, visual evidence of her self-critical nature. These details convey that Max is both insecure and highly disciplined, providing immediate insight into her character without dialogue. At the same time, the setting—a dorm room or photography classroom—anchors the audience in her daily life. We know who she is, where she is, and what she cares about, all before the story escalates to extraordinary events. This grounding ensures that when the series later introduces supernatural or catastrophic elements, the audience is emotionally invested in Max’s perspective.
From this opening, the series can transition smoothly into the broader Day 1 narrative. Max’s morning could continue with small, seemingly mundane interactions that reveal character and relationships. A brief conversation with a roommate about the contest might demonstrate her humility and her social anxieties. A casual exchange with a peer in the hallway could hint at her self-conscious nature, reinforcing her perfectionism. These grounded moments allow the audience to understand Max as a fully realized character, rather than as an avatar for player choice. Television thrives on subtle, visual storytelling, and these early interactions provide the scaffolding upon which the series’ emotional stakes can be built.
Once the audience is grounded in Max’s character and daily routine, the show can begin to introduce subtle anomalies that hint at the larger supernatural and temporal narrative. These could be phenomena that were minor Easter eggs in the game, now elevated to narrative significance. Perhaps Max notices her camera briefly capturing ghostly streaks of light that aren’t visible to the naked eye, or she sees shadows shifting unnaturally in peripheral vision. Objects might flicker or move slightly when she isn’t looking directly at them. These anomalies should be subtle enough not to dominate the narrative but noticeable enough that attentive viewers sense that Arcadia Bay is not quite ordinary. By seeding these supernatural cues early, the series builds tension gradually, making the eventual tornado flash-forward feel less like a jarring intrusion and more like the natural escalation of events.
Chloe Price, a central figure in Max’s life, should also be introduced early in this Day 1 build-up. Her appearance should feel organic, emerging naturally from Max’s routine. Perhaps Chloe bursts into the dorm room to tease Max about obsessing over the perfect shot or jokingly critiques her selfie attempt. Their interaction should capture both affection and tension, establishing the complexity of their friendship immediately. By grounding Chloe’s introduction in a shared moment with Max, the show reinforces their bond and sets up emotional stakes for the tornado and other climactic events later in the series. Television can capture nuance through gestures, pauses, and visual framing, which allows the depth of their relationship to resonate without needing extended exposition.
Environmental world-building is another crucial component of the Day 1 sequence. Arcadia Bay should feel like a living, breathing town from the outset. The show can depict local shops, students walking to class, teachers interacting, and minor townspeople engaging in everyday activities. Subtle signs of unusual phenomena could be scattered throughout: birds flocking erratically, a local news report mentioning unexplained weather patterns, or power fluctuations at Blackwell Academy. By integrating these details organically into Max’s first day, the series communicates that the world is layered, with ordinary life intersecting with extraordinary anomalies. Viewers perceive these cues as foreshadowing, even if they are initially background elements.
Max’s photography, introduced with the contest selfie, should remain a through-line throughout Day 1. Her camera serves not just as a tool for art but as a lens for observing the world and capturing subtle temporal or environmental distortions. Perhaps she takes a casual photo of Chloe or the dorm hallway and later notices anomalies in the developed image—slight streaks, unexpected reflections, or blurred figures. These anomalies could serve as narrative breadcrumbs, hinting at Max’s latent powers and the story’s overarching temporal themes. By grounding these supernatural hints in Max’s established interests and habits, the series maintains coherence between character and plot while rewarding attentive viewers.
The Day 1 sequence should also emphasize Max’s internal perspective. Television can achieve this through visual motifs, voice-over narration, and cinematic framing. Early glimpses into her thoughts—her self-critical tendencies while reviewing photos, her curiosity about unusual events, or her anxious anticipation about the contest—invite the audience into her consciousness. By establishing this internal viewpoint from the outset, the show ensures that subsequent events, including the tornado flash-forward and later moral dilemmas, carry emotional weight and narrative clarity. Audiences are invested not just in what happens, but in Max’s experience of it.
As Day 1 progresses, the show can gradually build toward the first tornado vision. Subtle environmental cues introduced earlier—the flickering lights, distorted shadows, anomalies in photographs—can escalate in intensity. Papers might swirl unnaturally, distant objects might appear to bend or shimmer, or the wind could carry a strange, almost musical tone. These cues set up a tense, suspenseful atmosphere, culminating in Max glimpsing the tornado flash-forward. By the time this vision occurs, viewers are already primed: they understand Max, her environment, her friends, and the subtle strangeness in her world. The tornado sequence is no longer a sudden shock but the natural escalation of an intricately constructed opening day.
The opening Day 1 narrative also allows for foreshadowing of moral and thematic stakes. Max’s perfectionism, demonstrated through discarded photos and her obsessive attention to detail, mirrors her later struggle with the limits of her powers. Her curiosity and observational nature, highlighted through photography, foreshadow her eventual confrontation with temporal anomalies and the tornado. Chloe’s presence establishes relational stakes, creating tension around the moral and emotional choices Max will face. By interweaving these narrative threads into the first day, the show prepares the audience for the complex interplay of character, choice, and consequence that defines the series.
Furthermore, Day 1 is an opportunity to explore subtle humor and teen drama, balancing the supernatural tension with relatable, grounded moments. Max’s interactions with classmates, her quiet frustration at imperfect photos, and Chloe’s playful teasing provide levity and emotional texture. These grounded moments make the extraordinary elements—the temporal anomalies, environmental distortions, and the tornado flash-forward—feel more impactful by contrast. By balancing humor, drama, and suspense, the opening episode establishes the tonal rhythm of the series, signaling to the audience that Life is Strange blends everyday life with extraordinary, sometimes frightening, events.
The Easter eggs from the original game can be elevated in Day 1 into meaningful narrative hints. Minor anomalies, hidden messages, or peculiar behaviors by background characters can become threads that the show can revisit in later episodes. For example, a fleeting glimpse of a strange symbol on a bulletin board or an NPC reacting oddly to Max’s photography can be introduced casually but carry significance later. Television allows the audience to perceive and ponder these subtle details, creating a layered, immersive narrative where the world itself feels alive and unpredictable.
Max’s latent powers can also be subtly foreshadowed during Day 1. She may notice small distortions—objects behaving unpredictably, déjà vu moments, or anomalies in her photographs. These hints signal that her abilities are emerging and that the world around her is not entirely ordinary. By presenting these cues gradually, the show creates suspense and prepares the audience for the central role Max’s powers will play in shaping both character development and narrative outcomes.
By grounding Day 1 in Max’s routine—her selfie, interactions, observations, and subtle environmental oddities—the series establishes both character and narrative foundations. Viewers understand her personality, her relationships, and her environment while being gently primed for the extraordinary events to come. When the tornado flash-forward finally occurs, it lands with both visual and emotional impact, reinforcing the stakes and the significance of Max’s powers, choices, and limitations.
Finally, this approach ensures cohesion between character development, thematic resonance, and narrative escalation. Max’s perfectionism and insecurity, her observational skills, her relationship with Chloe, and the subtle anomalies of Arcadia Bay all converge in Day 1 to create a rich, layered opening. The tornado vision becomes more than a shock; it is the culmination of an intricately constructed day that grounds viewers in Max’s world, establishes emotional stakes, and foreshadows the supernatural and temporal challenges of the series. By starting the show with Max’s Everyday Heroes selfie and carefully building her first day, the adaptation honors the spirit of the game while exploiting television’s strengths: visual storytelling, character depth, and immersive pacing.
In conclusion, the Life is Strange TV adaptation should begin with Max taking the Everyday Heroes contest selfie, a brief but powerful scene that immediately conveys character, environment, and tone. From there, the first day unfolds with grounded, relatable interactions, subtle Easter eggs, environmental anomalies, and hints of Max’s latent powers. Chloe’s introduction, town-building, and minor supernatural cues create narrative tension and foreshadow the tornado. This opening episode balances humor, drama, suspense, and thematic resonance, ensuring that the audience is invested in Max, Chloe, and Arcadia Bay before the story escalates. By integrating these elements thoughtfully, the show can craft a compelling, immersive first episode that lays the foundation for the emotional and narrative journey to follow, blending ordinary life with extraordinary events in a way that is both faithful to the game and enhanced by television storytelling.
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Pignianza mediastica con l’aggiunta di gaming, il che ci porta verso cose più epiche!
Oggi… e ieri… e forse anche l’altro ieri… mi trovo forse in un bel po’ di rotting, che è ahimè l’unica reazione che mi è sia permessa (a differenza di cosa io preferirei fare…) che praticamente possibile (a differenza di cosa sarebbe in realtà meglio fare…) all’infinita disperazione che si sviluppa dentro di me a […]
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Pignianza mediastica con l’aggiunta di gaming, il che ci porta verso cose più epiche!
Oggi… e ieri… e forse anche l’altro ieri… mi trovo forse in un bel po’ di rotting, che è ahimè l’unica reazione che mi è sia permessa (a differenza di cosa io preferirei fare…) che praticamente possibile (a differenza di cosa sarebbe in realtà meglio fare…) all’infinita disperazione che si sviluppa dentro di me a causa dei parametri della mia esistenza e delle interferenze (o mancate tali) del mondo universale in essa… Ormai, anche dormire ben 10 ore non è più sufficiente a riparare le mie crepe interiori. 😱In tutto questo marcire, però, è da sabato o forse addirittura venerdì che non faccio nemmeno il minimo gaming!!! Estremamente tragico, lo so, e forse sarà il cambio d’orario che mi ha fatto perdere energia vitale fino a questo punto, ma non importa… perché da ora (cioè, da sabato e domenica, in cui almeno ho fatto della pazza programmazione anziché il più sano niente), il mio Pignio si occupa anche di gaming passivo, per così dire, oltre che dei miei memini particolari e pericolosi. 😳
Infatti, da un lato ho aggiunto delle nuove funzioni specifiche per l’editing video — tagliuzzamento e incollamento, che in realtà sono solo un inizio, perché ne dovrei aggiungere varie altre, così come strumentopoli per le foto — e contemporaneamente, proprio approfittando di questi affari che torneranno molto utili al caso, ho scaricato il mio intero album di Nintendo Swiss sul server (solo dal 2022 ad oggi, però… la roba degli anni precedenti fu trasferita fuori tempo addietro, e ora chissà dove è finita), goduriosamente navigabile. E, per quanto passivo, perché è solo guardare senza fare, è pur sempre gaming al 100%. 👍👌💥
Per ora è pubblico… semplicemente perché in Pignio non ho ancora nessuna funzione per impostare elementi o cartelle private. Questo è sicuramente un po’ ops in generale, ed è una mancanza a cui dovrò lavorare… ma, in questo caso specifico non è un problema; voglio dire, non ci sarà nulla di sensibile in un album che contiene solo catture di videogiochi, considerato che Switch non ha una fotocamera come invece il 3DS ha (di quello, l’album decisamente non potrei dumparlo sul clear web come se nulla fosse…)… spero. Al massimo c’è qualche dimostrazione di miei problemi di skill, ma sono già così nota per averne tanti e tanti che qualche clip in più non mi rovinerà la reputazione. 🥱Fare questo gran trasferimento mi serviva perché mi sono resa conto che, quando mi serve una cattura particolare per qualcosa, come un articolo, dal marasma di tutte le mie tracce audiovisive di gaming faccio grande fatica a trovarla; dalla console in primis, ma da qualsiasi gestore di file su PC o smartphone ancora di più. Pignio non solo ha di base un’interfaccia estremamente ottimizzata per trovare aghi multimediali in pagliai di file, ma posso aggiungere anche titoli, descrizioni, commenti, tag, organizzare tutto in collezioni… a distanza di mesi dalla prima versione, è ancora davvero così fottutamente rivoluzionario. Inoltre, boh, posso al volo ritrovare i momenti videoludici anche solo per linkarli ovunque quando serve, da qualsiasi dispositivo. 🤗
Il passo successivo sarebbe creare un homebrew per caricare la galleria di Nintendo Switch su Pignio in automatico, grazie alla API… ma per ora dovrò accontentarmi di scaricare manualmente dalla console le catture che via via produco. Se non altro, visto che ho implementato quelle funzioni di editing di cui sopra, posso riorganizzare con estrema facilità i videini non perfetti: tagliare eventuali eccessi, con un’interfaccia persino più goduriosa di quella di Nintendo (che di per sé ritengo già molto meglio che fare tagli con qualsiasi altro programma), ed unire video distinti in uno più grosso, che è invece utile per quelle registrazioni fatte di 30 secondi in 30 secondi. 🎗️
Ne ho poi approfittato per fare persino un’altra cosa… Visto che, da un lato, i browser web iniziano a macinare malissimo quando a schermo sono presenti decine di video riprodotti contemporaneamente, cosa che succederebbe nelle schermate di listino dei media sul Pignio… e, dall’altro, dato che l’album di Switch è sul disco esterno USB lento in culo (perché non ho spazio sull’SSD interno del server)… ho implementato la generazione di miniature in formato GIF per tutti i video, e ne sono alquanto ingolosita. Non occupano troppo spazio, sono veloci tanto per il server da inviare quanto leggere per il client da mostrare, ma non appiattiscono l’anteprima di video a noiose immagini statiche. 🤯
…Ora che però sono riuscita a convincere chiunque nel leggere quello che è un devlog di Pignio mascherato da qualcosa di non molto chiaro, vagamente a che fare con il gaming, mi sembra anche giusto dire che mi sono decisa anche a creare un sito di documentazione per l’affarino, che tornerà tanto più utile quanto più sarà allargato: octospacc.github.io/Pignio/. E, con pure il Docker comodo ora fornito, chiunque si trova qui a leggere non avrà mai più scuse che reggono per non installare il Pignio sui propri server, ed integrarlo anche pesantemente nella propria vita quotidiana… forza!!! (Ovviamente, qualora aveste difficoltà nonostante i documenti, non esitate a pregare per il mio aiuto.) 🥴
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Trump Administration Providing Weapons Grade Plutonium to Sam Altman
Trump Administration Providing Weapons Grade Plutonium to Sam Altman
The White House is providing plutonium to Sam Altman's Oklo, one of four US companies chosen to test experimental reactor designs.Joe Wilkins (Futurism)
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Right-wing podcaster filming ICE shooting pepper balls at peaceful protesters
Right-wing podcaster Brandi Kruse filming ICE agents shooting pepper balls at peaceful protesters from the rooftop of the ICE facility
Portland OR, 10/25/2025
Will AI Change College Campuses and Career Readiness?
AI demands new models of learning focused on adaptability and human skills.
Discover how AI is reshaping the job market and why LinkedIn’s chief economist warns that even solidly middle-class careers are about to change.Jamillah Moore Ed.D. (Psychology Today)
Mobile Site - Detached navigation bar issue
Go to piefed.social/user/settings and paste this CSS into the 'Additional CSS' field:
.mobilenav { display: none; }
This will remove the bottom bar so you'll need to use the hamburger menu in the top right for navigation.
I had the a similar issue (although only when posting new posts) and I also thought it was a Firefox bug.
Although in my case it was Firefox for Android address/navigation bar that was getting detached.
I wonder if this is a different issue altogether or related.
Ubuntu Unity hanging by a thread as wunderkind maintainer gets busy with life
Ubuntu Unity hanging by a thread as wunderkind maintainer gets busy with life
: Team begs for help as teenage dev who revived Canonical’s old Unity desktop prioritizes studiesBrandon Vigliarolo (The Register)
AI layoffs to backfire: Half quietly rehired at lower pay
AI layoffs to backfire: Half quietly rehired at lower pay
: Bosses banking on automation? 55% will regret those job cutsLindsay Clark (The Register)
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The Missing President
Trump’s Absence in Shutdown Fight Is Glaring
Trump has been busy with everything but the government shutdown.Toluse Olorunnipa (The Atlantic)
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We should all be Luddites
As artificial intelligence reconfigures every dimension of our societies—from labor markets to classrooms to newsrooms—we should remember the Luddites. Not as caricatures, but in the original sense: People who refuse to accept that the deployment of new technology should be dictated unilaterally by corporations or in cahoots with the government, especially when it undermines workers’ ability to earn a living, social cohesion, public goods, and democratic institutions.Journalists, academics, policymakers, and educators—people whose work shapes public understanding or steers policy responses—have a special responsibility in this moment: To avoid reproducing AI hype by uncritically acquiescing to corporate narratives about the benefits or inevitability of AI innovation. Rather, they should focus on human agency and what the choices made by corporations, governments, and civil society mean for the trajectory of AI development.
This isn’t just about AI’s capabilities; it’s about who decides what those capabilities are used for, who benefits, and who pays the price.
We should all be Luddites
Courtney Radsch discusses rehabilitating the idea of Luddites as people concerned with the control and impact of technology.Brookings
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🇰🇵 Inside Pyongyang’s internet café where most people are playing games. Looks like a nice spot to hang out!!
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Also, this is a list of games NK people can play:
Outside the Internet Cafe:
You need a bit of luck, but if you're willing to travel a lot, employers usually love that.
The field varies from the 4-5 guys building little machines in a workshop, with software written by a guy "who's good at computers", to the giant corporation with frameworks, guidelines and huge teams of engineers.
I think the median is closer to the first than the latter, with simple logic running on a PLC and with an HMI (touchscreen) as interface. Often the same person takes care of both... Of course things can and do get complicated, but from a computer programmer/engineer/whatever's point of view, it shouldn't be complex.
The most common languages are those specified in IEC_61131-3, essentially Ladder, where you draw logic circuits, FBD, where you draw MORE COMPLEX logic circuits, and structured text, which is a sort of Pascal.
You need a basic grasp of electricity, as long as you know what Amperes and Volts are, and remember Ohm's law, you're fine. Most devices have quirks which only experience can teach you, but whatever.
Of course there's more advanced programming as well, but it's usually on the SCADA side, and there it may get interesting for you, as some of those now support web technologies, like Inductive Automation's Ignition.
Pay is usually good, and gets better with travel pay, and seeing machines DO STUFF and make people's work easier is a great feeling.
Illinois: ICE and Border Patrol Out of Control
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Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders
When Google and Amazon negotiated a major $1.2bn cloud-computing deal in 2021, their customer – the Israeli government – had an unusual demand: agree to use a secret code as part of an arrangement that would become known as the “winking mechanism”.
The demand, which would require Google and Amazon to effectively sidestep legal obligations in countries around the world, was born out of Israel’s concerns that data it moves into the global corporations’ cloud platforms could end up in the hands of foreign law enforcement authorities.
For Israel, losing control of its data to authorities overseas was a significant concern. So to deal with the threat, officials created a secret warning system: the companies must send signals hidden in payments to the Israeli government, tipping it off when it has disclosed Israeli data to foreign courts or investigators.
To clinch the lucrative contract, Google and Amazon agreed to the so-called winking mechanism. The strict controls include measures that prohibit the US companies from restricting how an array of Israeli government agencies, security services and military units use their cloud services. According to the deal’s terms, the companies cannot suspend or withdraw Israel’s access to its technology, even if it’s found to have violated their terms of service.
Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders
The tech giants agreed to extraordinary terms to clinch a lucrative contract with the Israeli government, documents showHarry Davies (The Guardian)
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Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders
When Google and Amazon negotiated a major $1.2bn cloud-computing deal in 2021, their customer – the Israeli government – had an unusual demand: agree to use a secret code as part of an arrangement that would become known as the “winking mechanism”.
The demand, which would require Google and Amazon to effectively sidestep legal obligations in countries around the world, was born out of Israel’s concerns that data it moves into the global corporations’ cloud platforms could end up in the hands of foreign law enforcement authorities.
For Israel, losing control of its data to authorities overseas was a significant concern. So to deal with the threat, officials created a secret warning system: the companies must send signals hidden in payments to the Israeli government, tipping it off when it has disclosed Israeli data to foreign courts or investigators.
To clinch the lucrative contract, Google and Amazon agreed to the so-called winking mechanism. The strict controls include measures that prohibit the US companies from restricting how an array of Israeli government agencies, security services and military units use their cloud services. According to the deal’s terms, the companies cannot suspend or withdraw Israel’s access to its technology, even if it’s found to have violated their terms of service.
Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders
The tech giants agreed to extraordinary terms to clinch a lucrative contract with the Israeli government, documents showHarry Davies (The Guardian)
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According to sources familiar with negotiations, Microsoft’s bid suffered as it refused to accept some of Israel’s demands.
...why is Microsoft the upstanding company here?!
The guy who's only part of the crime was watching out for the police is also guilty of the crime.
These executives should consider that, especially given that the war crimes and genocide charges are a matter of public record so they can't claim ignorance.
Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh Indicted Over Chicago ICE Protest
The indictment accuses Abughazaleh — whose name is repeatedly misspelled in the document — of bracing her hands on the hood of an ICE vehicle that was attempting to drive through a group of protesters outside of the Broadview Processing Center, ICE’s Chicago command center.
Kat Abughazaleh Indicted Over Chicago ICE Protest
Kat Abughazaleh, running in Illinois’ 9th District, is accused of impeding a federal agent during an anti-ICE protest at Broadview Processing Center.Tessa Stuart (Rolling Stone)
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What FOSS projects do y'all donate to?
I am personally donating: First to Interstellar, the mbin/Lemmy/piefed client I'm using right now to create this post and second to KDE, even tho I'm a GNOME user, I like that they host their own fediverse instance ( lemmy.kde.social/ ), so I support them.
And what projects are y'all do donating to, if any at all?
Home - KDE Community
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Money to Help Nations Cope With Climate Disasters Is Declining, U.N. Says
In 2021, rich countries vowed to spend more to help poor countries adapt to warming. That goal is unlikely to be met, a new report finds.
Revealed: Pentagon orders states’ national guards to form ‘quick reaction forces’ for ‘crowd control’
A top US military official has ordered the national guards of all 50 US states, the District of Columbia and US territories to form “quick reaction forces” trained in “riot control”, including use of batons, body shields, Tasers and pepper spray, according to an internal Pentagon directive reviewed by the Guardian.
The memo, signed 8 October by Maj Gen Ronald Burkett, the director of the Pentagon’s national guard bureau, sets thresholds for the size of the quick reaction force to be trained in each state, with most states required to train 500 national guard members, for a total of 23,500 troops nationwide.
Revealed: Pentagon orders states’ national guards to form ‘quick reaction forces’ for ‘crowd control’
Pentagon memo details plan to train over 20,000 national guard members across the US to carry out Trump’s order on subduing civil unrestAaron Glantz (The Guardian)
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White House fires entire commission that reviews designs for federal buildings
The White House has fired six members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the independent federal agency that advises the president and Congress on design plans for monuments, memorials, coins and federal buildings. The seven member commission is made up of experts in architecture, art, urban and landscape design. Since its creation in 1910, the commission has reviewed plans for everything from Arlington National Cemetery to Maya Lin's Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
The commissioners would have advised President Trump on his anticipated White House ballroom and his plans for a monument similar to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, which he says will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. In an email to NPR, architect Bruce Redman Becker, one of the commissioners who was fired, wrote that "Neither project has been submitted for review yet."
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
When oil and gas are pumped from the ground, they come up with briny fluid called “produced water,” many times saltier than the sea and laden with chemicals, including some that cause cancer. Most of this toxic water is shot back underground using what are known as injection wells.
Wastewater injection had been happening in Oklahoma for 80 years, but something was driving the growing number of purges. Ray and his colleagues in the oil division set out to find the cause. As they scoured well records and years of data, they zeroed in on a significant clue: The purges were occurring near wells where companies were injecting oil field wastewater at excessively high pressure, high enough to crack rock deep underground and allow the waste to travel uncontrolled for miles.
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water.Peter.DiCampo@propublica.org (ProPublica)
Trump's decision to send aircraft carrier to South America will leave Mideast and Europe with none
The U.S. is set to be in the fairly unusual position of having only a single aircraft carrier deployed and none in the waters off both Europe and the Middle East. The change is especially stark after the U.S. joined Israeli strikes on Iran in June and has engaged in some of the most intense combat operations since World War II against Yemen’s Houthi rebels in the Red Sea.
Aircraft carriers, with their thousands of sailors and dozens of warplanes, have long been recognized as one of the ultimate signifiers of U.S. military might and the nation’s foreign policy priorities. There have been five carrier deployments to the Middle East since the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, including two carriers in the region at multiple points this year and last.
UK: Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds
Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds
Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demandFiona Harvey (The Guardian)
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Character.AI bans users under 18 after being sued over child’s suicide
From the maybe-we-should-have-done-that-to-start dept:
The chatbot company Character.AI will ban users 18 and under from conversing with its virtual companions beginning in late November after months of legal scrutiny.The announced change comes after the company, which enables its users to create characters with which they can have open-ended conversations, faced tough questions over how these AI companions can affect teen and general mental health, including a lawsuit over a child’s suicide and a proposed bill that would ban minors from conversing with AI companions.
“We’re making these changes to our under-18 platform in light of the evolving landscape around AI and teens,” the company wrote in its announcement. “We have seen recent news reports raising questions, and have received questions from regulators, about the content teens may encounter when chatting with AI and about how open-ended AI chat in general might affect teens, even when content controls work perfectly.”
Character.AI bans users under 18 after being sued over child’s suicide
Move comes as lawmakers move to bar minors from using AI companions and require companies to verify users’ ageJohana Bhuiyan (The Guardian)
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Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders
Welp, first reminder of the day that we're all just meaningless pawns getting in the way of absolute power by shouting things like "Laws! Ethics!"
When Google and Amazon negotiated a major $1.2bn cloud-computing deal in 2021, their customer – the Israeli government – had an unusual demand: agree to use a secret code as part of an arrangement that would become known as the “winking mechanism”.The demand, which would require Google and Amazon to effectively sidestep legal obligations in countries around the world, was born out of Israel’s concerns that data it moves into the global corporations’ cloud platforms could end up in the hands of foreign law enforcement authorities.
Like other big tech companies, Google and Amazon’s cloud businesses routinely comply with requests from police, prosecutors and security services to hand over customer data to assist investigations.
This process is often cloaked in secrecy. The companies are frequently gagged from alerting the affected customer their information has been turned over. This is either because the law enforcement agency has the power to demand this or a court has ordered them to stay silent.
Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders
The tech giants agreed to extraordinary terms to clinch a lucrative contract with the Israeli government, documents showHarry Davies (The Guardian)
Apple is reportedly getting ready to introduce ads to its Maps app
Apple is reportedly getting ready to introduce ads to its Maps app
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported that we could see ads in Apple's Maps app as soon as next year.Jackson Chen (Engadget)
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in reply to AnAverageSnoot • • •Investment is done really to train models for ever more miniscule gains. I feel like the current choices are enough to satisfy who is interested in such services, and what really is lacking is now more hardware dedicated to single user sessions to improve quality of output with the current models.
But I really want to see more development on offline services, as right now it is really done only by hobbyists and only occasionally large companies with a little dripfeed (Facebook Llama, original Deepseek model [latter being pretty much useless as no one has the hardware to run it]).
I remember seeing the Samsung Galaxy Fold 7 ("the first AI phone", unironic cit.) presentation and listening to them talking about all the AI features instead of the real phone capabilities. "All of this is offline, right? A powerful smartphone... makes sense to have local models for tasks." but it later became abundantly clear it was just repackaged always-online Gemini for the entire presentation on $2000 of hardware.
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in reply to SSUPII • • •They're investing this much because they honestly seem to think they're on the cusp of super intelligent AGI. They're not, but they really seem to think they are, and that seems to justify these insane investments.
But all they're really doing is the same thing as before but even bigger. It's not going to work. It's only going to make things even more expensive.
I use Copilot and Claude at work, and while it's really impressive at what it can do, it's also really stupid and requires a lot of hand holding. It's not on the brink of AGI super intelligence. Not even close. Maybe we'll get there some day, but not before all these companies are bankrupt.
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in reply to DaTingGoBrrr • • •Comparing the coming crash to the dot com crash is like comparing a rough landing to the various crashes on Sept 11th, 2001.
The dot com crash was mostly isolated in high tech. Because it was lead by the Japanese economy starting to fail, and followed by the Sept 11th attacks, the various combined crashes resulted in the S&P 500 falling by about 50% from its peak to the bottom, but it was already back up to the peak value in 2007, then the global financial crisis hit.
This bubble is much bigger. Some analysts say the AI bubble is 17x the size of the Dot Com bubble, and 4x the size of the 2007/08 real estate bubble. AI stocks were 40% of all US GDP growth in 2025, and 80% of all growth in US stocks.
Nvidia's stock price has gone up 1700% in just 2 years. OpenAI is planning to go public on a valuation of $1 trillion despite losing vast amounts of money. Just 7 US tech companies make up 36% of the entire US stock market, and they're all heavily betting on AI.
At least when the dot com bubble popped, it left some useful things behind, like huge amounts of dark fibre. But, the AI processors are so specialized they can't be used for much of anything else. They also wear out, sometimes within months. The datacenter buildings themselves can maybe be repurposed to being general purpose datacenters, but, a lot of the contents will have to be thrown out.
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in reply to SSUPII • • •ferrule
in reply to SSUPII • • •The problem is there is little continuous cash flow for on prem personal services. Look at Samsung's home automation, its nearly all online features and when the internet is out you are SOL.
To have your own Github Copilot in a device the size and power usage of a Raspberry Pi would be amazing. But then they won't get subscriptions.
humanspiral
in reply to SSUPII • • •There is absolutely massive development on open weight models that can be used offline/privately. Minimax M2, most recent one, has comparable benchmark scores to the private US megatech models at 1/12th the cost, and at higher token throughput. Qwen, GLM, deepseek have comparable models to M2, and have smaller models more easily used on very modest hardware.
Closed megatech datacenter AI strategy is partnership with US government/military for oppressive control of humanity. Spending 12x more per token while empowering big tech/US empire to steal from and oppress you is not worth a small fraction in benchmark/quality improvement.
Taldan
in reply to SSUPII • • •That is the exact opposite of my opinion. They're throwing tons of computing at the current models. It has produced little improvement. The vast majority of investment is in compute hardware, rather than R&D. They need more R&D to improve the underlying models. More hardware isn't going to get the significant gains we need
gian
in reply to AnAverageSnoot • • •Just wait for the next hot thing to come out
DevoidWisdom
in reply to gian • • •jordanlund
in reply to AnAverageSnoot • • •One of our biggest bookstores contracted with a local artist for some merch. That artist used AI with predictable results. Now everyone involved is getting raked over the coals for it.
No surprise, they just announced a 4th round of layoffs too. 😟
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in reply to AnAverageSnoot • • •and the us economy an gdp relies solely on ai make of that what you will.
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in reply to katy ✨ • • •merc
in reply to SaharaMaleikuhm • • •That's the only reason I don't think it will pop in the next 6 months or so. Even Biden or Obama would have stepped in to try to prevent the economy from crashing. But, there's the Trump factor. First of all, some of his biggest backers are from the AI "industry". His VP is tied to Peter Thiel, his biggest donors are Crypto and AI bros. The vast majority of his own personal money is tied up in the current Crypto bubble. In addition, he's obviously so easily bribed. Even if he he wasn't interested in intervening otherwise, he could easily be bribed to intervene.
Because of Trump, and the fact that the house, senate and judiciary are all Trump lackeys, I think the bubble will survive until at least the 2026 midterms. If the Democrats take back control of the House and Senate they could take control over spending from Trump, which might mean the bubble is allowed to pop. But, I wouldn't be surprised to see Trump hand over literal trillions in taxpayer dollars to keep the bubble inflated.
hanrahan
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in reply to hanrahan • • •Jhex
in reply to hanrahan • • •this is not a bad analogy, but you are off by orders of magnitude
more importantly, both Uber and Amazon always had a path to profitability (Amazon specifically was already making tons of money on AWS long before the store front made money). AI has already been shown to not have a path to profitability; whatever little value companies around the world have been able to extract, cannot pay the cost of producing it.
think of it this way:
You produce a little car that can drive 2 people and some bags around, it costs you $1000 to make and you sell it for $3000 which a ton of people can afford... you have a path to profitability
I enter the market with a car that can carry 20 people, plus full on luggage for all and it moves twice as fast... but, in practice, I can only really move 3 people and often take them the wrong way, also the luggage was a complete lie and I can only allow passengers with their purses... also my car cost $50,000 to make so I would have to sell it for $70,000 and nobody would pay that when they could get 20 of your cars for less... also also, I promised the people making some parts of my car that would invest 7 kajillion on their companies somehow.
Which company would succeed? yours or mine?
merc
in reply to hanrahan • • •Strider
in reply to AnAverageSnoot • • •Why do you think AI is pushed so hard?
Everyone is aware this has to be useful. Too much money.
Still the powers that be will do everything to avoid a hard crash, which would be so much earned.
Taldan
in reply to AnAverageSnoot • • •I wouldn't have a problem if they were actually investing the money in something useful like R&D
Nearly all the investment is in data centers. Their approach for the past 2 years seems to be just throwing more hardware at existing approaches, which is a really great way to burn an absurd amount of money for little to nothing in return
brucethemoose
in reply to Taldan • • •It’s very corporate, isn’t it? “Just keep scaling what we have.”
That being said, a lot of innovation is happening, but goes unused. It’s incredible how my promising papers come out, and get completely passed over by Big Tech AI, like nothing matters unless it’s developed in house.
The Chinese firms are picking up some research in bigger models, at least, but are kinda falling into local maxima too.
Zwuzelmaus
in reply to Alphane Moon • • •But that's what they wanted anyway, isn't it?
Burning shitloads of money.
Waiting until they can later, finally, rule the world.
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in reply to zaphod • • •Problem is they are competing with cheap web services like deepseek and local free models. Those alternatives are gonna become more popular when chatgpt starts charging.
They are spending like crazy in the hope for some inovation that will give them an advantage that others can't copy for cheap. That is a very difficult thing to accomplish. I bet they will fail. That money ain't coming back.
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in reply to boonhet • • •You need to be as precise as your resolution, otherwise the precision is meaningless. I guess you could argue that your resolution is units of half-billion (since some things are measured like that), but the initial value of 0.1B, and your use of 0.5 rather than 'half' suggests a resolution of 0.1B.
This is different to the aphorism 'The difference between a million and a billion is about a billion', both because of the difference in scale, and the quoted resolution.
sus
in reply to Kirp123 • • •So I wondered a bit how much it actually affects the economy.
"S&P 500" companies' market cap is about 57 trillion dollars with a P/E ratio of about 30. So openai by itself is dragging down the total s&p 500 earnings by only about 0.5%. The bigger problem is that there are multiple companies like openAI, and a large chunk of the entire economy's valuation is tied to the promise that all the AI companies will somehow become profitable sometime soon.
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in reply to sus • • •The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble
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in reply to Kirp123 • • •Alphane Moon
in reply to Kirp123 • • •I was referring to the general concept behind the quote.
I originally want to post the OG (apocryphal?) variant:
But it sounds rather quaint these days.
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in reply to Valmond • • •In contrast to the housing bubble, where a lot of the value was in overpriced houses sold to individuals, this overpricing is almost entirely in tech stocks, and tech stocks are almost entirely owned by by the wealthiest 10%, even 1%. The tech billionaires have limited ability to divest themselves of their own overpriced companies and absolutely will lose money.
None of them are going bankrupt, they'll all be just fine when the market recovers in a few years, because that's the nature of capitalism. A bunch of peons, who convinced themselves that the bubble-value of their 401k meant it was safe to retire, will suffer, will have to go back to work - if you're not an oligarch, losing money is painful.
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in reply to artyom • • •The Big Short : Le Casse du siècle (2015) ⭐ 7.8 | Biography, Comedy, Drama
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in reply to artyom • • •The bubble was accelerated by people assuming prices would always rise, often their own greed and flipping or becoming landlords,, and this was only possible due to the financial engineering that made lending to these folks posivle, but all of that droce the value of the underlying assets down significantly.
You claim there wasn't a bubble...look at home price values in the sunbelt in 05 vs 2009.
TF are you talking about there wasn't a bubble
artyom
in reply to pdxfed • • •There was no "financial engineering". It was just fraud.
"Bubble" does not mean "prices go up and then back down again".
Valmond
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in reply to tburkhol • • •was?
chuckleslord
in reply to WhyJiffie • • •WhyJiffie
in reply to chuckleslord • • •did it? it does not seem so. where I live to buy a house in good condition people need to take out loans that the bank may not even allow, but if it does they'll pay it for decades. even empty plots are still very expensive. more and more people live in a rented place even though they don't want to move, because their house is taken away.
turdcollector69
in reply to Valmond • • •Yeah all the people praying for a crash are praying for nobody to have retirement funds.
You can easily tell who's actually employed in this thread because anyone with a 401k is going to get dicked down while the 0.1% get a bailout.
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in reply to Alphane Moon • • •Remember when OpenAI launched Dall-E 2? You got a few tokens for free images and then had to pay for it. Presumably that was at least some reflection on the cost of producing the images.
Now you can create video for free and consumer expectations that generative AI should be super cheap have been set. That genie is not going to go easily back into the bottle.
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in reply to Alphane Moon • • •Feels like the entire AI industry is built on "don't worry, growth will save us", but at some point someone has to pay the electricity bill...
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in reply to IWW4 • • •1984
in reply to Alphane Moon • • •Im watching all this and im thinking you guys are being convinced to not buy these stocks.
I just keep buying. Because I know how this works. Seen it many times now. Media says one thing, market goes another way.
Do you guys remember when Tesla was down extreamly much because the media and most people on Lemmy were convinced that musks nazi salute would mean the company is done? It was only like six months ago, you cant have missed it.
Now go look at the stock. Buy tech stocks. Dont do what the media is telling you. They are not there to help you.
You have to be smart, and being smart is not following the public opinion about things, because its being shaped by the owner class. If the media is telling you to sell, you probably should be buying. And when its telling you to buy, be very careful because the media owners want to sell.
You have to view it like you are inside the matrix. In a way, we are.
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in reply to DivineDev • • •Of course its not enough. Stock market cares about money, not morals. They know negative emotions are temporary and doesnt last.
I see more white Teslas than ever on the streets. They are the most popular company leasing vehicle appearently. A lot of things play into what cars people pick. Most people probably forgot about the nazi salute in a few weeks, or got a good deal on a Tesla and bought it anyway.
I dont think this is a bubble and it wont burst. I think its the beginning of a switch to a robotic society, with robots, Ai and implants, all requiring more energy than we have right now. The massive investments in power may look like its going to be used for training models, but it will be used for very different things we dont even have right now.
Any future high tech society will need tons of power. The billionaries are several steps ahead of what the media is talking about. As always.
Avid Amoeba
in reply to 1984 • • •1984
in reply to Avid Amoeba • • •Companies and governments are gonna buy robots, made by other robots. Typical scenarios include military, manifacturing, surveillance and so on.
Today companies pay humans for those things. It will change as soon as robots can do a task.
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in reply to Flamekebab • • •Virtual Reality? Not in the way we have it now with huge expensive glasses and special software. Thats just the first experimental phase of the technology.
I dont think it has a purpose yet. Maybe in the future, it will. Some killer app where VR is essential and everybody wants that app.
Probably something related to porn. Wouldnt be surprised.
Flamekebab
in reply to 1984 • • •I was making a parallel to another wildly over-hyped technology that has had multiple opportunities to make it when it's clearly only suitable for niche usecases.
LLMs and "AI" are not useless but the notion that they'll lead to something significantly more advanced is fundamentally misunderstanding the nature of the technology.
1984
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in reply to RememberTheApollo_ • • •RememberTheApollo_
in reply to DivineDev • • •Y’know, I’ve been hearing that drumbeat for well over a decade. News doesn’t sell if it isn’t bad. Eventually the Boys Crying Wolf will be right, but it certainly won’t be because of their prognosticating accuracy. The market has long stopped making sense.
You cannot know what the market will do, and if you can figure it out, it’s already too late. If you want to assume the parent comment will actually lose money because they didn’t put stops in place or whatever, fine. My comment is still correct: If you sell above purchase price + fees and gains taxes, you don’t “lose” money. The rest is just making stuff up.
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in reply to DivineDev • • •Alphane Moon
in reply to 1984 • • •What's investment got to do with the article (or even the comments or people's sentiment on the Threadiverse)?
There are a wide variety of investment strategies depending on your situation and other factors. I don't see how these are related to tech news discussions.
I am not saying your are wrong or right, just an observation.
1984
in reply to Alphane Moon • • •Alphane Moon
in reply to 1984 • • •Perhaps, but how do you know that this is an actual trend?
An argument can be made that there are more people with your sentiment or perhaps the news about a bubble will attract short terms investors (trying to cash in as the wave is rising).
Generally speaking, discussion on Threadi, even ones that mention bubbles in context of AI/Nvidia, don't mention investment strategies.
1984
in reply to Alphane Moon • • •I dont know if its an actual trend. But it would make sense that most people buy and sell based on what the media is telling them. I believe that most people trust what the media writes. They are not sceptical and cynical like me. 😀
I dont have an investment strategy except buy and hold.
Alphane Moon
in reply to 1984 • • •1984
in reply to Alphane Moon • • •Alphane Moon
in reply to 1984 • • •Of course I am influenced by various things, we all are. I am not implying otherwise.
On a personal level, I don't see the connection between posting on a forum about articles on the possibility of an AI bubble and investment decisions.
I am not necessarily disagreeing with you. I think people are a bit more complicated than that and circumstances can be very different.
1984
in reply to Alphane Moon • • •BananaTrifleViolin
in reply to 1984 • • •The key is getting out at the right time, and that is weighed massively against small investors. The big investors and institions control the market and can move quickly while small investors cannot.
Tesla is not doing well - look at its falling sales. It's a risky stock to hold. The AI companies are also highly risky stocks to hold.
That doesn't mean don't hold them - all anyone is saying really is that these are high risk investments, and at some point they are going to probably crash because it's a bubble.
That doesn't necessarily mean "don't invest". It does certainly mean be prepared to get out fast and also only use money you can afford to lose when investing with such high risk stocks.
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in reply to BananaTrifleViolin • • •If you look at Tesla chart, or any other tech stock chart, you can see that nobody would have lost money if they didnt sell. They are all going up long term. Tesla is up 100% in three years, 240% in five years. Everybody who sold during that time made the wrong choice, unless they invested in something that went up more.
Just dont sell, ever, until you retire. This is super hard to do but its what the charts show is actually best.
sobchak
in reply to 1984 • • •1984
in reply to sobchak • • •Nothing will help you when you are shot dead in a camp. You live your life until that happens, if that happens.
But yeah, I understand your principles. The problem is that if only bad people have money, only bad people have power as well.
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in reply to 1984 • • •1984
in reply to sobchak • • •I missed both gold and defence... Now I dont know, what is the next thing to invest in? What do you think?
I know power is something that will be massively needed.
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in reply to Alphane Moon • • •Oh no!
Anyway...
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in reply to IndustryStandard • • •And even though NVIDIA is better place as they do produce something, but the something in play has little value out of the AI bubble.
NVIDIA could be left holding the bag on a super increased capacity to produce something that nobody wants anymore (or at least nowhere near at the levels we have now) so they are still very much exposed.
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in reply to Jhex • • •You're delusional if you think GPUs are of little value. LLMs and fancy image generation are a bubble.
The gargantuan computational cost of running the machine learning processing that is now required for protein folding and molecular docking is not.
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in reply to • • •Sure but do you need the absolute gargantuan capacity that is being built right now for that? if so, for how long and at what cost?
The point is not that GPU per se are of little value... the point is that what would you do with 10,000 rocket ships if you only have 1000 projects that may be able to use them? and what can those projects actually pay? can they cover the cost of the 10,000 rockets you built?
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in reply to Jhex • • •Jhex
in reply to enumerator4829 • • •me too, but the GPU used for AI are not the same as what we would use at home.
maybe the factories can produce both kinds and they would be cheaper, but it is speculation at this point
enumerator4829
in reply to Jhex • • •It’s literally the same chip designers, production facilities and software. Every product using <5nm silicon fabs compete for the same manufacturing capabilities (fab time at TSMC in Taiwan) and all Nvidia GPUs share lots of commonalities in their software stack.
The silicon fab producing the latest Blackwell AI chips is the same fab producing the latest consumer silicon for both AMD, Apple, Intel and Nvidia. (Let’s ignore the fabs making memory for now.) Internally at Nvidia, I assume they have shuffled lots and lots of internal resources over from the consumer oriented parts of the company to the B2B oriented parts, severely reducing consumer focus.
And then we have any intentional price inflation and market segmentation. Cheap consumer GPUs that are a bit too efficient at LLM inference will compete with Nvidias DC offerings. The amount of consumer grade silicon used for AI inference is already staggering, and Nvidia is actively holding back that market segment.
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The next chapter of the Microsoft–OpenAI partnership - The Official Microsoft Blog
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in reply to someacnt • • •humanspiral
in reply to Alphane Moon • • •IIRC, OpenAI lost $12b for all of 2024. CNBC reported that OpenAI restructuring this week, has MSFT not only with 27% equity stake, but a 20% royalty rate on revenue going forward which is certainly a nearly impossible hole for OpenAI to get out of.
OpenAI has published analytics on "suicide interactions" which proves that they mine their users data. Support for US military and Israel ensures that their mission is to destroy humanity, unless humanity pays it more to be more loyal to it. Everyone's "don't be evil" actually means "don't be evil unless fascism pays more"
The Israel/US empire needs OpenAI to build ever bigger/more comprehensive models that are even more expensive to use than ChatGPT/Sora's status as most expensive models. They need the analytics function to oppress population, and the empire is certain to side with OpenAI if it seeks revenue enhancement through theft of IP, including their users' IP. It is dangerous for anyone to use OpenAI services because theft and oppression by empire condoned symbiosis is by design. But the race for ever larger more expensive models means trashing the previous generation models quickly, which means no time for ROI from development.
OpenAI will need massive military/government contracts to support its $1T in investment promises. All of those are to opppress Americans/humanity. Meanwhile, government has just sponsored 9 independent supercomputer projects, plu8s is dedicated to the MechaHitler vision of reality, and so OpenAI must commit to unrestrained evil in order to get their fair share of the oppression mission, and survive. Expect US government contracts to develop models for it, but with OpenAI profitting from government and private surveillance use.
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Fuck AI, send it directly to hell.
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in reply to Treczoks • • •AI crash will be 11X bigger than subprime mortgage crash, also driven by mass stupidity.
The next movie will be titled: * The Big Shart*
This guys is jacked...jacked to the tits.
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in reply to Alphane Moon • • •What's the deal with the "HPE" in some Register articles? It's apparently the Hewlett-Packard Enterprise logo, but articles about HPE don't appear to have that logo.
Is The Register affiliated with HPE now?
HPE puts all its chips in the agentic AI pot
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in reply to kingthrillgore • • •Billions in investment. Trillions in speculation. All on something that makes less money than Genshin Impact.
Fun times.
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in reply to Alphane Moon • • •Tiresia
in reply to Tony Bark • • •Oh honey, that hasn't been true since 2008.
The government will bail out companies that get too big to fail. So investors want to loan money to companies so that those companies become too big to fail, so that when those investors "collect on their debt with interest" the government pays them.
They funded Uber, which lost 33 billion dollars over the course of 7 years before ever turning a profit, but by driving taxi companies out of business and lobbying that public transit is unnecessary, they're an unmissable part of society, so investors will get their dues.
They funded Elon Musk, whose companies are the primary means of communication between politicians and the public, a replacing NASA as the US government's primary space launch provider for both civilian and military missions, and whose prestige got a bunch of governments to defund public transit to feed continued dependence on car companies. So investors will get their dues through military contracts and through being able to threaten politicians with a media blackout.
And so they fund AI, which they're trying to have replace so many essential functions that society can't run without it, and which muddies the waters of anonymous interaction to the point that people have no choice but to only rely on information that has been vetted by institutions - usually corporations like for-profit news.
The point of AI is not to make itself so desirable that people want to give AI companies money to have it in their life. The point of AI is to make people more dependent on AI and on other corporations that the AI company's owners own.
finitebanjo
in reply to Tony Bark • • •Well actually there is a long and rich history of companies that are able to operate at a loss using funds appropriated from sale of shares to investors, and this process continues so long as new investors keep buying in such that anybody selling out is covered by the new funds until enough people try to sell out that the price starts to plunge, although the collapse can be delayed by the company strategically buying back and occasionally splitting or reorganizing, meaning everyone gets their money back unless they sell too late.
You know.
A fucking Ponze Scheme.
reptar
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in reply to Alphane Moon • • •same old
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in reply to Alphane Moon • • •That's what happens when you don't listen to your customers.
gergo
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in reply to blockheadjt • • •technically according to NSPM-7 any FOSS is terroristic by nature because it's anticapitalist.
that means if you have contributed to FOSS at any time, you are a terrorist. technically.
Stitch0815
in reply to GreenKnight23 • • •I know this is not a real discussion 😁
But I don't think FOSS is inherently anticapitalist. It's just not late stage capitalism. There are plenty of commercial FOSS projects.
Sure you could compile them from source or download somones executable. But especially companies often want convenience, customer support and LTS versions.
Doorknob
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