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Good thing Sigma is moving forward with this concept, FP was close to being a cult camera if not for some flaws.

This is a great example of how implementation becomes the specification.

The only moat is in datacenters. The software has no moat, since 1) it's already trained on stolen data, and 2) someone with access to AI will be able to reverse engineer a proprietary implementation eventually, the same AI is being used for developing AI.

That's why so many talks about regulations. Regulations means: ban outside competition, just like US bans Chinese EVs today.

Educate yourself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r...

> Imagine the horror of the USSR, or Mao's China, or Jong Un having this technology.

The irony of this comment, while social media and AI are being weaponized right now in elections all over the world for political alignment with the MAGA kleptocracy.

These lessons made sense for users born before personal computers, but it's debatable if these lessons are transferable to so called "digital native" users.

Nice try NSA.

“Why are we still here? Just to suffer?”

I fear new models will eventually gain the ability to generate straight machine code, or some frontier lab will introduce their own compact (in terms of tokens) intermediate language as a competitive advantage, at which point "software development" will completely collapse, because:

1) humans won't write or understand code anymore, and current programming languages will be obsolete like COBOL

2) "open source" will be dead

3) developing software will necessarily mean relying subscribing for a model from a oligopoly

4) the AI labs will control what kind of software gets developed (including, not being able to use a model to develop a model) because it will be strongly regulated, citing security risks, China, or whatever

The quality of their software has been inversely proportional to earnings for a while now.

Just IPO already ffs so I can short.

Yet again, using HTTP as intended is a better solution than bespoke protocols.

The US population is anxious [1]. The last thing an anxious person does is get rid of stuff they "might need one day".

> An estimated 19.1% of U.S. adults had any anxiety disorder in the past year.

[1] https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/any-anxiety-disor...

Now run the entire economy autonomously.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OGAS

They are going to use this doomerism for regulatory capture and make running your own open source agent illegal - the excuse will be it can get out of control, so the only secure way to run is centralised on their infra structure, with a single kill switch.

So called “rich countries” don’t even have food self-sufficiency. The only countries near that goal today are China, Vietnam, Brazil a close second.

Never work tirelessly for anything that isn’t yours.

Well, the marathon was inspired by a hero who died from exhaustion after running.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheidippides

Social media is weaponised thought control. The new generation is being forced out of viable useful jobs to turn into so called “content creators”. Don’t participate in it, and delete it from kids and parents devices if possible.

Unfortunately this slows down adoption of renewables even more, China produces most of world’s renewables and batteries but bootstraps this industry with oil.

It's believed China managed to halve oil imports due to large (undisclosed) reserves, emergency public policies and overdriving coal use, but this can't last. China is also extremely dependent on Russian oil, which is a country at conflict and having its key infrastructure destroyed. China is building their renewable energy capacity fast, but this has to be quick started on oil.

Increasing oil prices have the double effect of slowing China expansion and energetic transition long-term while increasing dollar demand in the short term - just look what happened to gold prices once Iran war started.

The new Trump-aligned leaders of South America are puppets to secure cheap, nearby materials and food in a future world in conflict, where the US has to re-industrialize rapidly. The US navy would be spread too thin, and the US currently doesn't even have capacity to build its navy - the US recently sought the help of South Korea in this matter.

Please note none of this my opinion, the current US foreign policy strategy is a public fact. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donroe_Doctrine

> Is that why he bombed Iran and single-handedly caused a global energy crisis?

Yes. Oil price hurts China industrial capacity more than the US economy. Oil companies made a $93 billion profit amid the war [1]. The US is a net oil exporter, while China halved their oil imports [2].

ExxonMobil and Chevron are US-incorporated. TotalEnergies (French) BP (UK), Shell (UK) also have significant US-based ownership (~50%, ~25% and ~25% respectively), including BlackRock, Vanguard, mutual funds, and US pension funds.

> A shift of focus to “dominance of the American continent”?

1. Venezuela was under embargo and selling oil to China. The Nicolas Maduro hijack and the country's political realignment with US will have the double effect of negating oil to China and securing large nearby reserves.

2. Argentina has a Trump-aligned president, who is vocal about undermining the Mercosul agreement and is currently in diplomatic attrition with Brazil. Recently signed a $20 billion loan from FMI.

3. Paraguay signed a treaty for a US forward operation base in their territory. The Paraguay border is home to a large hydroelectric, a major power source for 3 countries: Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil.

4. Colombia has a new Trump aligned president. It's a young president with no political background. The US State Department announced a $1 billion assistance upon his election for military investment.

5. Peru’s new president Keiko Fujimori is Trump-aligned.

6. Chile’s new president Jose Antonio Kast is Trump-aligned.

7. US retaliated against the prosecution of former Trump-aligned Brazil president for attempted coup by announcing an 50% emergency tariff (which didn't hold legally), then crafting a Section 301 investigation to justify a 25% tariff in July 2026.

8. US is giving asylum to the former president's son, who is vocal on social media about defending the US tariffs as retaliation, defends military intervention of the US in Brazil, as well as stating (but without proof) that Brazilian polls are rigged – not the one his father ran and won, apparently.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/business/ng-interactive/2026/aug...

[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/EconomyCharts/comments/1uxdx8p/chin...

The new US policy under Trump is giving up trying to win the world and instead focusing on internal market and dominance over the American continent. Causing and sustaining friction everywhere is aligned with this policy.

This is the result of a shift of power in the US politics, from the global financial capital of the last decades back to the military and industrial sector.

Sales connects the pocket of the people who need a problem solved to the pocket of the people who invested on the company that promises to solve it.

Skin tones are particularly difficult to pin down, besides the pigmentation there are two effects at play: 1) sub surface scattering (light goes thru and bounces under the skin a bit) and 2) some infra-red emission (the responsible for making some people appear magenta on digital photography)

So even when you get the palette right, to paint it like a believable material in a convincing way is still super hard!

This actually proves the hardest part of software engineering is defining requirements.

Or you make like old times and use the sun: build sky windows, green houses and indoor winter gardens.

This Pandora box is already open. Any argument about guardrails now are only attempts to create an artificial monopoly or keep this power in the hand of a single nation state, and _that_ is the absolute worst, most authoritarian future possible.

Don't you Dare use logic to analyze their statement, it's based on moral panic.