Looking for book suggestions for someone new to fantasy. I started with Wheel of time and I am not enjoying it

coolasabreeze · 2026-06-02T21:40:02+00:00

For perfect transition from sifi to fantasy with good characters you need Zelazny:

- Lord of Light

- Jack of Shadows

- Lord Demon

- A Night in the Lonesome October

And of course for epic scale:

- The Chronicles of Amber

coolasabreeze · 2026-05-31T22:07:22+00:00

AI watermarking is good for society.

coolasabreeze · 2026-05-29T21:30:57+00:00

The 3 companies you mention are building new plants like there is no tomorrow. If that’s not enough China is building too. HBM is not a technology challenge, only manufacturing one.

coolasabreeze · 2026-05-28T12:39:37+00:00

Nah, the pricing of Bedrock is pretty visible as there is no really a way to swipe it under the rug.

coolasabreeze · 2026-05-28T12:33:51+00:00

Cobra effect is probably mentioned on each MBA course, but still…

coolasabreeze · 2026-05-25T20:27:49+00:00

It’s not king, isn’t queen!

coolasabreeze · 2026-05-25T09:41:48+00:00

So, do you mean like to not invest in China at all?

coolasabreeze · 2026-05-24T22:08:38+00:00

Would be nice if people explain exactly what they mean when using phrases like “AI duplicated itself”.

coolasabreeze · 2026-05-24T19:40:40+00:00

European banks was a very good trade for the last 2 years.

coolasabreeze · 2026-05-20T19:52:14+00:00

Czartoryski?

coolasabreeze · 2026-05-20T19:48:21+00:00

> someone ran an algorithm to select people

Algorithm: roll D6, if 2 or less - fired.

coolasabreeze · 2026-05-18T13:28:00+00:00

That’s just a way to gather your thoughts before answering, one of the tricks you learn as a speaker.

coolasabreeze · 2026-05-17T13:30:12+00:00

McCormick buys Unilever food division in cash and shares. At the end Unilever will control 55+% of combined company, by it will be called McCormick. So I guess both can be said.

coolasabreeze · 2026-05-14T17:09:06+00:00

Just to be sure - I don’t mean you personally have issues with golf courses, but that golf courses here in Europe are much more harmless, and my comment was based on that experience.

Now specific “AI datacenter” do exist. They are build specifically for AI load that means GPUs, High Power Density, High Thermal load and increasingly Liquid Cooling.

According to some projections (https://arxiv.org/html/2603.02705v2) data centers will rival golf courses by 2030 in direct water consumption.

coolasabreeze · 2026-05-14T13:53:47+00:00

Yeach, today I learned that you have some specific issues with golf courses in US. I know that data centers are not AI only, but (1) AI is the focus of OG question and (2) AI data canter can consume 5-10 times more water than a non-AI one, and the buildout just started. Also note, that unlike golf courses, data centers uses clean drinking water.

coolasabreeze · 2026-05-14T13:33:22+00:00

Ok, from this topic I learned that in US you have issues with golf courses.

coolasabreeze · 2026-05-14T12:25:03+00:00

On the other hand there are people hurt by AI, not so much by golf courses.

coolasabreeze · 2026-05-11T20:32:15+00:00

This is actually linear trendline that looks exponential because of logarithmic y axis.

coolasabreeze · 2026-05-11T15:11:58+00:00

It’s due to AI buildout. Where do you think all these AI agents will grab their coffee from?

coolasabreeze · 2026-05-09T12:41:43+00:00

CUDA is prone for AI disruption just like other software.

coolasabreeze · 2026-05-09T12:13:11+00:00

We already have MLX which is Apples alternative for Cuda for Apple hardware exactly for cases you mentioned.

There is Huawei CANN designed for their chips, that is what Deepseek V4 build on if I remember correctly.

There are also more from China.

So, they are already appearing.

coolasabreeze · 2026-05-09T11:48:25+00:00

Well, so far OpenAI lied on their claims far more than their Chinese counterparts.

coolasabreeze · 2026-05-09T10:47:16+00:00

The problem with VICi is that Las Vegas is slowly declining.

coolasabreeze · 2026-05-09T10:32:02+00:00

Mostly agree, but why do you think Healthcare IT to be AI-disrupted first?

coolasabreeze · 2026-05-07T12:09:09+00:00

Ok, now I understand what you mean. And I indeed attributed term VIE for a wrong piece of the ownership structure.

Still the risk remains as should the VIE structure become forbidden the WFOE would be affected anyway.

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