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Why was that? What causes such fads? Why did everyone go along with it?

The Chinese market for one seems pretty optimistic about AI and the presence of AI in apps.

Ok, well I guess if Europe is fine with a continued slide in global economic relevance, they can keep their status quo.

But something tells me that's not what Europeans generally want...

I can't resist trying to correct them and tell them how absurdly wrong they are.

Oh god I thought I was the only one. Do you find yourself getting mad at them too?

Why do you say that? It didn’t come across that way to me at all, perhaps because I don’t spend much time on LinkedIn. But even granting that, the content presented was interesting and useful.

How is Microsoft mismanaging things?

What did you end up doing for your ADHD post-diagnosis? Has it fixed your concentration problems?

What are these scammers looking for? Presumably not to just get a refund on their vacation or package delivery.

How do you get started on learning all that? I’ve never come close to getting such productivity out of Emacs.

How do you define thinking?

Wow, you’re not kidding. The “return policy” info box officially links to https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/dozens-hezbollah-m...

How does that explain Warren Buffet’s spectacular success?

We should find new ways to fund essential services like journalism and the arts, rather than artificially crimping the possibilities of new technology in order to get a half-assed solution under the current paradigm.

IMO it’s not wrong to want the next improvement (“…but without making up dangerous nonsense”), but it is disingenuous to pretend as if there hasn’t already been a huge leap in capabilities. It’s like being unimpressed with the Wright brothers’ flight because nobody has figured out commercial air travel yet.

Are there any write ups of the newly evil Google experience I can read about? When did things shift for you in the 2016 - 2023 timeframe?

This is a great example of goalposts shifting. Even having a model that can engage in coherent conversation and synthesize new information on the fly is revolutionary compared to just a few years ago. Now the bar has moved up to creativity without human intervention.

If society wanted to, it could most certainly choose to allow for the copying of any bits you are in possession of, while also forcing you to distribute additional bits in certain circumstances.

Do you have any data to back that up? Wouldn’t something being highly pirated indicate that there’s a lot of interest in a reprint?

Why is it a fundamental freedom of the author to restrict who gets the freedom to share their enjoyment of the author’s works with others?

Why the disparity? Especially with Canada - no language barrier and no time zone differences. Why doesn’t the free market equalize Canadian dev wages with American ones?

So what ended the western part, and why didn’t the same thing end the eastern part?

Do you remember where you read that comic? Sounds like a fun read

Maybe that would be my advice in taking up hobbies: aim to be better than the worst people who do it professionally.

I guess this is my gripe with advice in general: Why should anyone else make that their aim? It’s great that it works for you, but I don’t think that’s applicable to me :)

This data appears to disagree, with revenue peaking in 2000:

https://www.riaa.com/u-s-sales-database/

Do you have a source for your numbers?

Do you have any sources I can use to dispel this myth the next time I see it?

Do you have a link I can read? I’m having trouble finding mentions of this

How many months is to be expected by industry standards?

What evidence do we have that a hard takeoff is likely?

Huh. I like the slightly toasted bun and the generous amount of veggies they put in the Inn n Out burger. I’m not aware of a similar looking or tasting burger on the McDonald’s menu.

Sorry, but do you have a time stamp for when they discuss selling entire dark net websites to each other?