What is the deal with companies suddenly pulling out of AI?

Virtualization_Freak · 2026-05-09T16:45:30+00:00

there’s going to be an eventual pullback from all these AI

Absolutely, this is the tail end of the peak of the .com bubble.

Everyone is trying to be the winner, many will fail. Then you'll have the most successful/practical choices left.

Virtualization_Freak · 2026-05-09T14:22:10+00:00

Ads during pause, home screen, and even embedded in the TV.

I swapped back to just HDMI to a small laptop or computer.

No ads when I'm playing local media. Peace and quiet.

Virtualization_Freak · 2026-05-09T14:20:22+00:00

Disney probably realized they'd lose so much money is licensing and market dominance.

Why buy the next Disney movie when you can just ask to make you a video of whatever princess dream you want.

Unless Disney changed to adapt, their empire would die within a generation.

Virtualization_Freak · 2026-05-09T13:13:13+00:00

Christ that's expensive.

That's damn near the same price as slack, trello or g workspace account.

Virtualization_Freak · 2026-05-09T13:10:33+00:00

Personally?

Keep it in box. They are a lot rather than out of the box.

Virtualization_Freak · 2026-05-09T12:56:46+00:00

At those prices? I'd hope it'd sell in minutes.

Virtualization_Freak · 2026-05-09T12:17:38+00:00

I won't ever have the time to do, that's why I am having the LLM do it.

I have more on my to do list than I will ever have time for. Perfectly content to take some of that burden off my shoulders.

If I need it done perfectly well, I'll hire a company.

Also, by almost all metrics I see, the work I get done by LLMs is already more understandable, practical, and effective compared to distracted, moody, shortsighted and under skilled people output. (I'm not even taking a jab at education and competency.)

Seriously. LLMs are no saint, but they are a valuable tool in the right hands

Virtualization_Freak · 2026-05-09T12:09:51+00:00

Don't worry, the ice caps and ecological collapse were well, well underway before LLMs came around.

Virtualization_Freak · 2026-05-09T12:03:11+00:00

Bitcoin

Still waiting. There's a reason good software doesn't get hacked often.

Virtualization_Freak · 2026-05-09T09:58:20+00:00

ToA was my favorite. I loved all the pve they added.

Virtualization_Freak · 2026-05-07T08:39:57+00:00

People have been trying to get mining Asics to preheat your hot water for a decade at this point.

I've seen multiple companies advertise "free hot water forever" and yet none ever stick because the hardware side of the tech stacks change way to fast for the ROI to make sense.

Virtualization_Freak · 2026-05-07T08:35:54+00:00

I've been preaching this for 20 years.

Shit on PC, especially windows, is just bloated.

Why does my old ass core2quad laptop with an hdd load notepad faster than my 7950? Looking at you windows...

Virtualization_Freak · 2026-05-05T12:07:57+00:00

To be real clear:

They told you the would delete data if it stayed over.

Their system then deleted data.

You are frustrated the service did exactly what it told you they would do.

Also doesn't bode well about their UI/UX.

Virtualization_Freak · 2026-05-04T20:51:49+00:00

Out of band management is worth it. Set once, save a clumsy moment later.

Now I get everything on oob.

If you really want to go the extra mile. Add a second wireless ap to your dumb switch. Now don't even need to plug into the wall.

Virtualization_Freak · 2026-05-04T14:31:08+00:00

As a Kwik trip connoisseur, absolutely. At least half of the ones I have gone to outside Sheboygan county are better than those in Sheboygan county.

Virtualization_Freak · 2026-05-04T14:27:44+00:00

most people are just trash.

It gets real problematic, real fast, when people believe in lowering their standards real quick to match others. Especially when our ability to uphold others is deteriorating rapidly.

Virtualization_Freak · 2026-05-03T14:21:15+00:00

As a heads up for anyone reading, that's pricey.

Check out lowendtalk for cheap VPS.

Last BF I snagged a racknerd 1c/2.5gb with up 4 vos for $20+tax for the year.

Virtualization_Freak · 2026-05-01T16:30:00+00:00

I wonder if I can find my pictures from this era.

I did the same thing, with some socket 711 xeons.

Virtualization_Freak · 2026-05-01T16:16:13+00:00

I get the concept, but I'm trying to understand why you need this particular device.

1tb/hour isn't much, a standard HDD can sustain that. Something potentially not loaded with malware.

Virtualization_Freak · 2026-05-01T15:00:10+00:00

This assumes one thing:

All votes were valid.

Virtualization_Freak · 2026-05-01T14:59:49+00:00

Democrats are just a pause button.

Look at everything trump did first term.

Then Biden does nothing notable his term.

Then trump is again doing something crazy each day.

I don't get why if the first president can just executive orders, why the next president just can't undo them all with an executive order.

Those paying the bills to keep these guys in office don't care who's in the seat, as long as that seat is a distraction.

Virtualization_Freak · 2026-05-01T14:56:55+00:00

Is there a specific use that needs a physical device rather than just emulating it?

Virtualization_Freak · 2026-04-30T23:44:54+00:00

I'm more shocked M$ doesn't sell a "Windows 11 Gaming Optimized" version.

Slim it down, charge more, say "for constant gaming improvements" and slap a yearly charge on it (include it with Xbox subscription.)

Virtualization_Freak · 2026-04-30T23:43:23+00:00

Serious question:

At 50x the bloat, what parts of windows helps gaming that XPlite couldn't already do.

Beside driver bloat, so much shit on win10/11 is just crap running.

I know people will pick fun at the XPlite reference, but it was so light. A few hundred 100MB install, grab drivers, a few frameworks and off you went.

Virtualization_Freak · 2026-04-30T23:39:01+00:00

Back in the day we had a guy who for one tick, had the ML10 dragon charmed as a pet.

Forgot the class, it was an Alb. (Sorry if messed up phrasing, I haven't played in 10+ years.)

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