I thought the second one was weak, the third one was ok though
The new one is just the first one redone… The parallels were so forced though so hard the message was drowned out
The writing is great, it’s where they meet Hollywood that the films start to flag. I mean, even from the premise - the machines using us as batteries is stupid, the original idea of them using us as processors is way better
I think you replied to the wrong comment, but I agree
Granted, if they could actually make this work, they could probably do the robotaxi thing or even get into logistics. That would make it easily worth it to build dispatch centers basically everywhere
That is, if they could make it work
Nah, there’s not that many. There’s large swaths of the US where you have to drive across multiple states to get to one, in part for legal restrictions on dealerships
Repair, smuggle, Jerry rig
I mean… Everything is, really. I don’t think it’s a problem with cloud, I think corporations are slashing their workforce so hard they can’t keep up the quality
Cheap doesn’t mean fake, just like expensive doesn’t mean quality… Not anymore
My friend asked me today if global trade really benefits the US so heavily, why is it so hard to afford things?
Rent. Healthcare. That’s it - it’s so insanely expensive to survive in this country that it doesn’t matter that games are cheaper than ever - the switch 2 is cheaper than the Nintendo 64 adjusted for inflation, the games too.
Food is cheap, entertainment is cheap, tvs and computers are cheap… But that means nothing when you have no disposable income
Luxuries are cheap now, but it doesn’t seem that way because living is unaffordable
Okay… But how much of that is realized?
Before, you told a doctor where to call to get your past records… Now, you tell your doctor where to request your past records. If your doctor works in the same healthcare system campus, they might get them automatically, past that it might happen behind the scenes if you get a referral
Backups are true… Except everyone has their own proprietary formats that require specific software to access the data, and if one of those companies go under, then what?
Access controls and tracking are true, but what’s digital can be hacked or leaked. Paper is far more secure - maybe they can phish one person’s records more easily without it, but the wrong IT person (who is multiple steps removed) can leak the whole database
I’m not saying paper is better - I’m saying electronic medical records are such a garbage fire in implementation that they bog down the healthcare part of healthcare. They eliminate jobs by automating processeses, but they end up getting rid of support staff in exchange for making the healthcare workers do more work
And I’m not saying it couldn’t be better - I’m saying that it’s just such a mess of proprietary software and regulation that it became one more layer of wealth extraction that bogs down actual healthcare
Yeah, but like… Are they really? No two systems communicate, every hospital configures even the same systems to be essentially incompatible, and the system is built as if it’s all seamless
It’s so bad. Paper records in a secure central database would be an improvement - 20 years of this and bending over harder for insurance companies is the only change
Yes. It’s all over the place, no clear lines really
That’s wasteful and dangerous
Harvest the beast for batteries and GPUs
Anonymous released a video saying that musk has no idea what he’s doing and he’s crippling security, and that they will “strike when they’re weakest, so be ready”
That could mean a lot of things, but in my daydreams they get into the banking system and just really just fuck it all up. Just make a total mess of it
Because now you don’t have to run wires from the existing network to the new WiFi, you just plop them both in the new location!
But then if you want the access points to act like one WiFi network so walking around doesn’t reset all your connections, all you have to do is run cables to the new WiFi access points from the original signal, unplug them from Star Link, then wire starlink into the main uplink as a fail over or something! Easy!
It was more they’re worried it would, because of the sheer scale of metallic satellites that would be burning up in the upper atmosphere
Easy. You put it in your backpack under the seat in front of you with a long cable. Now no one knows it exists, but your bag is within arms reach so the battery is too
Well Google was basically that - it revolutionized search, which made the Internet accessible for casual users
And it worked - Google put more into R&D moon shots than anyone… Except the economic META has changed, and everything innovative just ended up in the Google graveyard before it had a chance to mature
Bell Labs worked because they threw excess piles of money at the best people they could find, and they gave them autonomy. They gave them time, and let them build things with no clear application for their company
Today, that money goes into stock buybacks, executive bonuses, and buying out promising startups. Stock prices this quarter are all that matters, and R&D only raises stock prices when it promises insane growth or quick monetization
It predicts that Tesla could save money by padding the numbers, and does a little fraud automagically