Posts by Funongable

Why $52b chip subsidies are being held up – and what the White House is doing about it

Intel will need water where it isn't

Don't Intel's plans include a chip fab in an area experiencing a worsening 1200 year drought?

FYI: BMW puts heated seats, other features behind paywall

Have we yet reached peak capitalism?

It appears as though an auto is no longer a one time purchase, but a "portal" to your wallet for manufacturers.

America edges closer to a federal data privacy law, not that anyone can agree on it

But, corporate predation on consumers is what makes America America.

Musk can't tweet about Tesla without lawyer approval – and he's still fighting to end that

Re: To whichever of Musk's lawyers is reading this

I preferred his earlier proposal to do hand-to-hand combat with Putin.

Consultant plays Metaverse MythBuster. Here's why they're wrong

Derealization and dissociation

As climate change turns human society into even more of a crap shoot, the appeal of any form of escape or relief will be sought with greater urgency.

Big Tech begs Congress to pass $52bn chip subsidies bill

Quid pro quo...

Why not a windfall profits tax on Big Oil to subsidize this instead?

We've never even built datacenters using robots here on Earth

Marketing hype no longer needs to be believable

Politicians have proven that lies need repetition in order to increase confusion, er... I mean acceptance. Lies built upon lies buy more time. I.E., cold fusion will power all self driving cars.

Google's DeepMind says its AI coding bot is 'competitive' with humans

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Maybe train it to find bugs?

Taiwan and Arizona economic groups agree to bring more chip industry to desert state

Water

Drought? Nah. Not in the Intel metaverse. Do their stockholders seem to think it's a good idea to sink 20 billion into a couple of foundries in the Grand Canyon state? Hey, why not put them IN the Grand Canyon?

Facebook's greatest misses: The five nastiest bits from recent leaks

Advertising is a type of reality distortion

Methinks "Reality Distortion" with be a killer app for A.I.. As reality gets shittier and shittier, tech will take up the slack by providing an ever more convincing escape into "metaverses" and the like. The 31% of U.S. voters who are still in denial about climate change will do virtual safaris to hunt white rhinos to their heart's content.