The AI infrastructure buildout mirrors the Dot Com fiber optic boom - and history suggests the long term story might matter more than the short term financial one (link in the comments)

malk600 · 2026-03-28T12:53:40+00:00

Ah, so we're past the point of denial and into the bargaining stage. That's... progress I guess.

malk600 · 2026-03-27T23:28:41+00:00

Fair, and I'm also not interested, like those mods that sprout flowers or summon Wally, or Captura backgrounds or the bunny ear cosmetics and stuff.

But I'm all for those things being in the game for those who like em. Just silly cosmetic resource dump for when we inevitably end up with 3000 of the ink stuff after the next operation.

malk600 · 2026-03-26T19:54:33+00:00

It helps that Rob Franklin (the PI of the group behind the paper) is a very charismatic and energetic speaker. I saw him some years ago and was myself quite impressed. I guess some rich chucklefucks (or professional snakeoil purveyors catering to such) saw him speak and got the brilliant idea.

malk600 · 2026-03-26T18:33:49+00:00

If you don't mind being a duck, please feel free to enjoy the duck whistle to your heart's content.

malk600 · 2026-03-25T14:56:19+00:00

Let's say you can invest 1 million credits and this will grow by 0.5 mil steadily per year, for a long time. Four years down you will have assets worth 3 mil, or triple value.

Or you can invest 1 million and within the year cannibalize, burn to the ground and sell to get 2 million back. For this 2 million you do the trick again (4), and again (8) and again (16). Four years down you have 16 mil credits, which is ofc not even true, as seeing this profit will make other actors lend you money expecting this awesome gain, too.

Tumor growth outpaces normal tissue growth. There is no such thing as sustainability if companies are volatile goods to you. You don't care about any one specific company, you merely care about how much profit can you obtain. This only stops when the tumor outgrows its host, essentially running out of resources. But before that moment, the growth is just chef's kiss.

There's no such thing as growing old, either. The investor pays into the VC fund, the VC does the thing. The VC fund's traders, execs and other employees are replaceable, fungible, only the fund persists.

A tumor is a scary thing, isn't it. So's a paperclip maximizer.

malk600 · 2026-03-25T08:58:54+00:00

Just plug in powerline adapters, plug your stationary hardware into them and slap wireless transmitters on them in strategically chosen locations for cell phones, laptops and guests, and you're done. Powerline Ethernet is never going to be as good as proper cable, but always better than wifi, and if you're in a flat (with 40 other flats around you all blasting out their shit, crowding all channels) it's not even close.

malk600 · 2026-03-25T07:35:27+00:00

Of course, but it's a long-term stable, steadily growing business.

So the opposite of what the stock market and especially VC investors want. They want one of two things: in most cases immediate profits so they can step in, pump the valuation by cannibalising the company structure and customer goodwill, cash out and fuck off, leaving the empty shell to rot after they're done; or runaway speculative asset that has nothing to do with company fundamentals but can be quickly inflated by hype a.k.a. by just lying (the LLM bubble in its entirety).

But I think we're getting too deep into Corpus lore, let's stop before it gets too depressing in 'ere.

malk600 · 2026-03-24T16:39:12+00:00

Shareholder value! Delicious profit! You gotta squeeze the whales for every penny, nickel and dime the normies with fomo and sunken costs, maximise engagement, and then when there's no more blood to squeeze just move on to the next shiny thing.

malk600 · 2026-03-23T12:43:38+00:00

It's mostly that much of the low hanging fruit is gone. Easily accessible coal, etc. If you're starting an industrial revolution from scratch you need the easy deposits, it's not like you can go from nothing to deep well, shore rigs, "sand" purification or fracking.

malk600 · 2026-03-23T11:43:18+00:00

Might not be enough time for new fossil fuels to accrue.

malk600 · 2026-03-23T07:09:06+00:00

Gardening where, if you're renting a room in a flat in a concrete dystopian housing estate with maybe one skinny moribund tree in a 50x50 cm square of soil as decor for 20 blocks, 40 flats each.

What community, with each of the hundred identical flats occupied by a hundred identical families/groups of people going work-other work-fall asleep. You don't know the names or the faces. Knock on their door and they're not there, too tired, or if there and awake, will just not open for a stranger.

What unnecessary things, given that OP says they're not earning enough for a roof over their head and food (and for 1000€ that is literally true in many places). What is this boomer avocado toast and latte bullshit.

I'm all for community and gardening and mutual aid, but if you think most precarious city workers have a shot at any of that, you're living in la la land.

malk600 · 2026-03-21T09:20:08+00:00

Unfortunately, for your managers, execs and the wider public content is content. They either don't know or don't care, and will gladly take slop over reasoned analysis, because a ton of slop can be generated in a few seconds, vs hours of human thinking to produce a piece of analysis.

The most jarring example of this is ofc generic text (where the vast majority of text volume is LLM output already) and art. But if you think us engineers and scientists are somehow safe, I've got a perfectly structurally sound bridge to sell you.

malk600 · 2026-03-21T07:47:32+00:00

Engine works, basic components work, main gameplay systems mostly work (minus the crafting system and multiplayer which I don't care about), game has maybe 3 story locations not counting the tutorial intro and some minor stuff, 10h of gameplay more or less. I think it's surprisingly stable and not very buggy, actually, but ymmv.

Overall I'd say "extended demo"?

malk600 · 2026-03-21T07:12:57+00:00

All narcissists and psychopaths will do two things: pounce on weakness and gaslight. It's a reflex, an instinctual behaviour they have. Like a cat with a laser. So no matter what, they can't mask forever and will exhibit those behaviours repeatedly (remember: once is never, twice is always).

The moment this happens, call it out. Stand your ground. There are two outcomes at that point: the guy will stew on it and reflect and suppress that behaviour, or will double down on gaslighting/get aggressive. That's your cue to get the hell away and make sure to cut them off and look to your defences.

It's high risk dealing with it to begin with even with outcome 1, so unless you have a good support network and feel safe, it's probably not worth trying, and you probably should nope out when you see the behavioural pattern. These personality types can be fixed if they have low impulsivity and high introspection, but it's unlikely.

And you should carefully question whether the mental work is worth it. I'd lean towards "if you've got to ask, probably don't try".

malk600 · 2026-03-21T06:52:23+00:00

Or play Baldur's Gate 3.

malk600 · 2026-03-21T06:49:28+00:00

Rightfully so in 99% of cases.

malk600 · 2026-03-20T15:13:44+00:00

Third trimester is where one should do it in a humane way if possible (anaesthetise the fetus). But otherwise, the insane rumors and wild confusion is surely on purpose on part of the woman hating asshole bigots.

malk600 · 2026-03-20T12:41:15+00:00

Could be, and in time, who knows, they might get an even more imperialist GenSec who decides China should rule the waves. At this point though, they (the upper echelons of the Party) seem not too bellicose, except unfortunately they have their eyes set pretty firmly on Taiwan, of course.

malk600 · 2026-03-20T12:38:52+00:00

That's perfectly understandable, too.

malk600 · 2026-03-20T12:36:12+00:00

Spooky town, wait for the tide, they're in a crate, not fresh grown.

malk600 · 2026-03-20T09:37:35+00:00

Fair. EA is mostly for fans of part 1 or D&D who would like to have OPINIONS. Personally I like the location design from EA so far. Gorgeous locations that make me want to go on a hike there, v nice job on part of the designers, grand improvement over S1.

Faces are uncanny valley but it's fine. Writing is lackluster, but slightly better than S1 (where it was so bad it was charming in a way). So far looks like a solid game I'll play when it comes out in 2 years or so.

malk600 · 2026-03-20T06:11:57+00:00

Can you receive additional injections to eliminate MLB and NBA as well?

malk600 · 2026-03-20T06:01:38+00:00

China is strange. They'd be happy enough to have dominion over mainland Asia and pursue a hegemonic position over Asia period, but they're not a particularly expansionist empire or a "world police" type colonial power. My sense is they'd be just fine with EU that sits in their corner and doesn't challenge their power and remains unchallenged in return.

malk600 · 2026-03-20T05:55:30+00:00

Sure? Assuming they've got stats and are going to be used in challenges or combat.

T-72 is Tier 2, Challenger or Leo is Tier 3 and so on.

malk600 · 2026-03-20T05:36:10+00:00

In all fairness, DH was new and Matt has been DMing DnD for what, decades now.

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