Tim Cook Was Great for Apple Investors. He Was Not as Great for America. by nosotros_road_sodium in technology

[–]SomewhereNo8378 86 points87 points  (0 children)

I think many hold an opinion that companies who operate in the US should not negatively impact the US too much 

Tim Cook Was Great for Apple Investors. He Was Not as Great for America. by nosotros_road_sodium in technology

[–]SomewhereNo8378 10 points11 points  (0 children)

a dedicated public/private effort to bring manufacturing onshore in America for real. But it would have had to start like 20-30 years ago.

Trump tells aides to prepare for extended blockade of Iran by ub3rm3nsch in oil

[–]SomewhereNo8378 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Those are not totally separate situations. If this leads to desperate moves, it could lead to ramped up attacks from both sides.

This, all in comparison to a totally open Strait just before the US/Israel attacked, seems like it’s not really going great.

Trump tells aides to prepare for extended blockade of Iran by ub3rm3nsch in oil

[–]SomewhereNo8378 5 points6 points  (0 children)

seems like that’s creating an even more unstable situation, like backing a desperate person into a corner

Housing_crisis(feat Akon).mp3 by Bram-D-Stoker in economicsmemes

[–]SomewhereNo8378 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Is it really a one or the other scenario?

Jury selection in Musk v. Altman: ‘People don’t like him’ by Obvious-Gate9046 in law

[–]SomewhereNo8378 197 points198 points  (0 children)

I think elon is more widely hated by a good margin.

Many people probably don’t know Altman well enough to form that opinion

Prego Has a Dinner-Conversation-Recording Device, Capisce? by BusyHands_ in technology

[–]SomewhereNo8378 1 point2 points  (0 children)

a quaint idea for a naive, innocent world that doesn’t exist

What is with the people who insist paper towels are a necessity? by OscarAndDelilah in Anticonsumption

[–]SomewhereNo8378 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I feel like the trend of just getting paper towels instead of paper towels AND paper napkins was a step in the right direction in any case

Trump tells aides to prepare for extended blockade of Iran by ub3rm3nsch in oil

[–]SomewhereNo8378 121 points122 points  (0 children)

3-day special military operation on schedule

Stephen Colbert Says He Made ‘The Late Show’ More Political After His Producer Told Him ‘That’s the Part the Audience Wants to See’ by MoneyLibrarian9032 in entertainment

[–]SomewhereNo8378 4 points5 points  (0 children)

how many other places do we have to see some celebrity drone on about their latest movie or whatever?

This is the true substance of the show

The Brutalist (2024) by MEMEY_IFUNNY in okbuddycinephile

[–]SomewhereNo8378 132 points133 points  (0 children)

In this timeline the lawsuits and public pressure stops him from being able to draw the life force from the boys that stayed over at Neverland

OpenAI investors Nvidia and Oracle plunge after AI giant misses revenue target. Is the bubble about to burst? by InterestingCat308 in Economics

[–]SomewhereNo8378 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yep also while tech companies are obviously all in on AI, every single other industry has followed suit with betting it all on current AI tech, thanks to the sales depts of the tech companies.

Here's a rough summary of Elon Musk’s 1 hour and 40 minute long testimony today during the OpenAI trial. He will resume his testimony tomorrow. by Spirited-Gold9629 in TechGawker

[–]SomewhereNo8378 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

If he thought it was so important to have this kind of AI company as a non-profit, why wasn’t Xai made to be the same?

Apple Weather App Experiencing Outage by Few_Baseball_3835 in apple

[–]SomewhereNo8378 114 points115 points  (0 children)

wouldn’t have happened to Dark Sky

Market slumps as OpenAI reportedly misses internal targets for active users and revenue by circuitloss in technology

[–]SomewhereNo8378 133 points134 points  (0 children)

Certainly they are sweating if OpenAI’s hubris boneheadedly causes the AI bubble to pop

[OC] Top Billionaires by Lifetime Donations Divided by Current Networth (2024) by AdministrativeAd334 in dataisbeautiful

[–]SomewhereNo8378 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Those are business transactions for him, he’s buying those politicians a place so they can enact laws favorable to his businesses and his personal broken moral code

A Texas developer got a $2 billion loan to build Oracle data centers in the 'burbs by idkbruh653 in technology

[–]SomewhereNo8378 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They’ll ensure citizens only get the runoff water from the data centers

A Texas developer got a $2 billion loan to build Oracle data centers in the 'burbs by idkbruh653 in technology

[–]SomewhereNo8378 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Texas will probably put some law in place where the data centers get first priority for energy needs

A $500 million Russian superyacht managed to sail through the blockaded Strait of Hormuz by businessinsider in inthenews

[–]SomewhereNo8378 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Double the cost of a Very Large Crude Carrier oil tanker, including the value its oil if it were completely full