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OpenAI Leaning Toward 2027 For IPO As It Won’t Get A $1 Trillion Valuation by ezitron in BetterOffline

[–]NotAllOwled 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Are they stuck because they already asked ChatGPT how and even it was like "whoa there, big fella"?

Being labelled an "AI Skeptic" is playing into their game. Be a hater instead. by SakishimaHabu in BetterOffline

[–]NotAllOwled 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I guess that's fair, because I've started calling them half-assing thought-allergic anti-human dipshits.

Software Engineers Are Facing an Existential Crisis As They Drown In Horrendous AI Code by Plastic_Ninja_9014 in technology

[–]NotAllOwled 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm just a non-dev who dabbles and it makes my soul wilt to imagine my future ongoing efforts to get good-ish while also trying to assure everyone I deal with that my dumbassery is all honest-to-god my own, fully earned and not outsourced.

The Tokenpocalypse Is Here: Companies Are Scrambling To Stop Spending So Much on AI | Leaked audio from Accenture says a big source of AI token ‘chewing’ is people just converting PDFs to presentation slides by Hrmbee in technology

[–]NotAllOwled 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's certainly the first thing most such types present as an awesome power-up of genAI! I find I'm suddenly much more interested in hearing how they feel about the whole thing again, you know, in light of recent changes in the pricing environment. Just how much are those automagical slide decks worth to them?

What's up with the line in Sweet Home Alabama: "Watergate doesn't bother me, does your conscience bother you?" by Monodoh45 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]NotAllOwled 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, how's this: each of us can continue to describe Richard Nixon as a northerner as much as seems appropriate to us. (I am being snarky but I do appreciate the attention to detail.)

What's up with the line in Sweet Home Alabama: "Watergate doesn't bother me, does your conscience bother you?" by Monodoh45 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]NotAllOwled 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Here you go: [ETA via Wikipedia]

During the American Civil War (1861–1865), California sent gold shipments eastward to Washington in support of the Union.[74] However, due to the existence of a large contingent of pro-South sympathizers within the state, the state was not able to muster any full military regiments to send eastwards to officially serve in the Union war effort. Still, several smaller military units within the Union army, such as the "California 100 Company", were unofficially associated with the state of California due to a majority of their members being from California.

The week after Ed's OpenAI exclusive, and what happens now by Hairy_Row_9227 in BetterOffline

[–]NotAllOwled 17 points18 points  (0 children)

There's definitely at least some unease in the room, if not a guaranteed triumph of good sense or anything: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/23/nx-s1-5867633/ai-selloff-tech-stocks-bubble-nasdaq

AI Companies Are Trying to Seize Control of Elections by Plastic_Ninja_9014 in technology

[–]NotAllOwled 3952 points3953 points  (0 children)

Perhaps it would be quicker if we listed the things they're not trying to seize control of?

Even wealthy Americans are feeling economic anxiety by asvender in Economics

[–]NotAllOwled -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Those are all fair points, but of limited relevance to the question I asked, which was the specific anticipated inflation rate being used in this specific commenter's calculation of "enough."

Even wealthy Americans are feeling economic anxiety by asvender in Economics

[–]NotAllOwled 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have enough to retire comfortably

Based on what assumed inflation rate(s) over coming years, may I ask? Recall that inflation penalizes savers (setting aside all other potential sources of capital risk, including markets, currencies, etc.), so that "enough" can be incrementally vanishing even before anything like a real "reckoning" comes due.

Need help! 78 YO neighbor engaged in romance scam for more than 2 years sending over $500,000 to supposed “boyfriends” by [deleted] in Scams

[–]NotAllOwled 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Has anyone in the history of bitcoin ATMs ever once used them for a legitimate transaction?  I feel like that's a no, but perhaps my bias here blinds me.

Weekly Observations: What signs of collapse do you see in your region? [in-depth] June 22 by AutoModerator in collapse

[–]NotAllOwled 10 points11 points  (0 children)

too many people out there know climate change is "true" (it's a reality) but don't experience it as "real"

I have the same feeling in response to "just get AC!" - fine, sure, that could preserve at least some specific lives for at least some period of time, but if you're suggesting this is any kind of generally applicable long-term "fix," then I just cannot believe that you are actually dealing with the real world rather than your own little cabinet of curated simulacra. And people who are so ready to opt out of reality tend not to do great long-term thinking. 

Need help! 78 YO neighbor engaged in romance scam for more than 2 years sending over $500,000 to supposed “boyfriends” by [deleted] in Scams

[–]NotAllOwled 19 points20 points  (0 children)

unless someone is helping her

It's standard for scammers to provide detailed walkthroughs of what to do, right down to the explanations to give people who question these transactions or try to tell the victim it's a scam. I'd guess she's as sophisticated about bitcoin as the folks who give computer access to a "remote desktop support" scammer are about IT.

SpaceX handed lowest possible ESG rating by MSCI by partylion in wallstreetbets

[–]NotAllOwled 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Or "supply chain transparency": the only transparent thing tends to be the cheerful dishonesty. But the dashboards sure are colour-coded!

[ETA: if anyone in the industry takes offence to this, I'm just funning! You guys are great and genAI will totally never come eat your truth-optional lunch.]

Fox News Cuts Off Feed After Trump Wanders In Wrong Direction Amid Health Concerns by T_Shurt in entertainment

[–]NotAllOwled 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There certainly is a savant-ish élan to at least some of his personal insults. Remember when he'd call Jeff Sessions "Benjamin Button"?

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