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This plant was supposed to make EV batteries. Then Trump got re-elected.

Yeah, what I said in no way invalidates their thesis, which is well done. Rather I’m highlighting the problem is much bigger and entrenched than what it appears to be in our industry. Arguably change in our indistry could be more impactful for the whole working class since we can stop the whole economy now that critical parts of it run in the cloud. So if the message is targeted at us, it’s probably good targeting.

Erm, I don’t know where the author’s from but workplaces in North America outside of the software industry have always been authoritarian like that. Especially given that levels of unionization peaked at 1/3 of the workforce ever and are now way down in the US and Canadian private sector. The software industry experienced an exception to the tendency due to chronic labour shortage for nearly 2 decades that created expectations uncommon in other workplaces. Now it’s regressing to the mean. What we’re now experiencing has been the reality of most our comrades.

Then no. However if the replacement produces 1000000 widgets with 1000 rejects, then the boss might say - alright, we need more QA to catch those rejects and we’re still X ahead, then yes. Productivity isn’t measured by the output of one person of particular widget but the output of the unit as a whole, or more importantly the profit of the firm altogether divided by its workers. So if the boss can get more output while controlling the quality to the point of the customer not noticing too much from our replacement, we both get a pink slip.

Use local AI people!

Perhaps there’s a market for private AI for organized crime. 🤔

In Sam Altman’s voice:

“I cannot imagine having gone through, figuring out how to make a drug cartel without ChatGPT”

To be clear, I have a fair bit of confidence in CATL’s roadmap as they have delivered steadily over the years.

Solid state too? I know they started mass producing sodium-ion which is a huge deal but hadn’t heard abt solid state lithium.

To support people who have multiple inboxes with other providers and are in the process of switching to Proton, we’re evolving our Forwarding feature. Soon, you’ll be able to send and receive emails from your existing Gmail email address directly from your new Proton Mail inbox.

This is really important for migration of existing users. I’m currently doing it with alt ident in Thunderbird but that requires Proton Bridge running on my infra. For family and friends, this should be a feature native to Proton Mail itself.

People who used AI tools for hints and clarification had a much easier time once the chatbot was removed when compared to those who used the bot to essentially prompt the answers.

Probably important for people who want to get some of the benefits of AI without paying the heavier costs. This reminds me of how I used Wolfram Alpha understand solving integrals in multivariate calculus. I paid for subscription that allowed viewing the steps it made to reach a solution. That helped me understand how the different strategies get applied in integration.

Now that he’s shown the game to everyone it’s probably time to replace this mfker with someone representing Europe’s interest. An EU defence alliance might also be a good idea.

I’m pretty sure Scam Altman tried this line some time ago for one of his supposed models.

Working hard to accelerate this crossover point, I see.

Agreed, and we should start by installing cams among the Epstein class. What better place to start than Ursula’s bedroom?

To be clear, there’s a difference in terminology of profit in economic context vs colloquial. When they say profit / non-profit, non-profit doesn’t mean that people don’t make money for their work. Rather it refers to what’s done with the extra money made above the costs of the firm, after it’s paid its employees and officers. Is it given to the firm’s shareholders, is it reinvested into the firm, are prices reduced to have less excess the next quarter, etc.

Proton AG is owned by the Proton Foundation which is a non-profit.

This bud is going to get a visit from the MIC.

You can’t magic wand the need for hard resources away to satisfy a moral position. You have to satisfy the material resources shift first. Now that US-Israel cut 20% of the world oil supply, the material problem has become that much more severe. I think we’ll even see more calls for normalization of relations with Russia.

What’s he gonna do abt it?

I for one am happy to hear a comrade’s perspective because those tend to be grounded in material reality.