Mice are very cautious and learn traps/locations quickly. Predators need not worry about such trivialities.

I bet on tyrant² pecking the lizard’s eyes out and staying out of range of the short arms. Find the ear holes and eat the walnut brain. Checkmate, your carlink ass.

Both words have impossible definitions.

While Capitalism is essentially Oligarchist, Capital, Corporatist supremacism in modern definition/understanding, Adam Smith presented an ideal of free and fair markets leading to “perfect competition”, essentially guaranteeing a fair return on capital instead of supremacist extortion power.

America as symbol of freedom and melting pot, would consider it anti-american to gaslight fascism and genocide as “America”. Are other war and anti-human values, really American values?

NSPM-7’s “anti Christian” edicts is also worthless, in that Zionazi supremacism has become Christofascist gaslighting of Christians. “Do onto others as you would like done onto you” (best interpretation is humanist freedom rather than a hierarchical charity empire) is a direct contradiction of supremacist fascism/pride.

Of course, the purpose of vague edicts is to kill/emprison/disenfranchise those who Charlie Kirk/Trump would want killed/emprisoned. Criticizing unfair monopoly power strengthening, fascism, or war or Trump is a violation.

this is such a great sub. Thank you.

FYI, about half of Nvidia cards are assembled in China. The PCB, cooling, capacitors and voltage regulators are made in China, regardless of assembly location.

bluetti is grossly overpriced and heavy, and does not even have the features of comparable models from last year. It’s not because there isn’t mass avaialbility of cells/packs they could build from. It’s just overcharging.

Can buy them in relatively small quantities now online.

Sodium ion is great, but

While batteries have enabled passenger car developments, they have been somewhat stymied in large mobile power applications like shipping and electric trucks. That day is gone now. At these costs, electric shipping is achievable and the debate over alternative fuels will fall off quickly as applications are realized.

heavy transport is not the right application. Very heavy, and LFP has similar advantages while only being medium heavy. heating vehicle batteries is a solved problem.

https://micapower.en.made-in-china.com/product/YtVpSrTCuEkm/China-Grade-a-Catl-EV-Sodium-Ion-Battery-100ah-3-0V-Sodium-Na-Ion-Battery-Cell-for-EV-Smart-Storage-System-off-Grid-Power-Emergency-Backup-Power-Automotive-and-Marin.html

Great that you can get a home power 48v 33.6kwh system for well under $3000. (afaik, it comes with connector plates for 112x100ahx3v for $2340. Don’t know about shipping or a box)

For 10% more, on that site, LFP is 33% lighter. Can affect shipping costs.

Sodium ion has extra applications/advantages. Not requiring a heated space could place them under solar panels in the field.

At $100/kwh or less, “retail”, offgrid even oversized solar+ batteries is far cheaper than any utility service. At low charge/discharge rates (4+ hour charge from solar, and 16 hours of discharge (even with 0.25c peak discharge), 10000 cycles is achievable with both chemistries. $0.01/kwh/cycle.

roadster and model 3/y were ahead of everything else when released.

Was there ever a hope that the customers buying the robots would control them?

MechaHitler controlled robot in my home or business is not a good marketing plan. Chinese companies are well ahead in robotics, and they have manufacturing customers, battery and motor research/leadership, lower bill of materials, plenty of AI skill. No reason to believe Tesla will be first or better.

But Nebraska… Your beef has got the avian aids.

“Open weight models are good (kind of)” is still up here https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/remarks-by-chair-lina-m-khan-at-y-combinator.pdf

The objectively best part about them is scaling them small enough to run privately. The problem with AI as a “National Security” strategy is that it is a Skynet datacenter strategy. The reason to remove government content that it is ok for you to use AI for your purposes is that Skynet won’t be able to control you. The motivation for all of the datacenter investments is that the US government will buy all of the datacenter time to ensure Israel’s rule over the US.

it’s specifically saying that “one day” it will be made untrustworthy.

So uhm, copilot just told us not to use these new copilot features.

I asked copilot…

How would Microsoft loyalty to US or other government’s national security possibly compromise a user’s PC if that user gives copilot permission to operate their PC?

How national-security or law-enforcement demands could lead to compromise

• Compelled access to data Microsoft controls — If Microsoft stores or indexes any of your Copilot data in the cloud, Microsoft can be required by lawful process to produce that data to U.S. or other governments with legal jurisdiction.
• Compelled changes to services — Governments can issue orders that require providers to change logging, enable access, or install monitoring in ways that may be secret or accompanied by gag orders.
• Access to telemetry and diagnostics — Diagnostic or telemetry data that Copilot or Windows collects can include evidence of your activity and may be producible under legal request.
• Local features that capture content — Features designed to assist (for example, an automated “Recall” that snapshots screens) create local records of sensitive material that increase exposure risk if accessed by an authorized party.
• Remote-control or agent capabilities — If Copilot is granted elevated permissions (input control, script execution, system configuration), those same capabilities could be exercised under legal compulsion or via back-end access mechanisms.
• Software updates and maintenance — Lawful orders can compel vendors to ship updates or config changes that alter how a product behaves, increasing access to user systems.

Practical ways those legal obligations could manifest on your PC

• Production of synced or cloud-stored Copilot logs, prompts, or screenshots to authorities.
• Microsoft being required to provide live access or historical logs from back-end services that the Copilot agent uses.
• A secret court order or national security letter forcing Microsoft to enable additional logging, monitoring, or remote access for a targeted account or device.
• Disclosure of keys, tokens, or server-side records that tie on-device events to your identity.

Why elevated permissions matter

• Read access to files and memory lets an agent capture documents, credentials, or keys.
• Input/automation control enables actions on your behalf (open files, send messages, change settings).
• Persistence (services/agents) makes it easier for any compelled access to be effective and harder for you to detect or disable.

Risk-reduction steps you can take now

• Limit permissions: Grant only the minimal Copilot privileges needed; avoid giving input control, admin rights, or system-level automation.
• Disable features that capture content: Turn off any screen-snapshot or automatic indexing/Recall-like features if you don’t need them.
• Avoid cloud syncing for sensitive data: Keep sensitive files off services that sync or index them in the cloud.
• Prefer on-device-only models: Use local-only AI modes when available so prompts and context do not leave your machine.
• Use full-disk and file-level encryption with keys you control; avoid storing keys where the vendor could be compelled to retrieve them.
• Harden account security: Use strong, unique passwords and MFA on accounts tied to Copilot or Microsoft services.
• Audit logs and telemetry: Review and reduce diagnostic/telemetry settings; regularly review logs for unexpected activity.
• Segmentation: Use a separate machine or VM for highly sensitive work so a general-purpose Copilot-enabled device doesn’t hold those secrets.
• Legal & contractual protections: For high-risk contexts, seek contractual commitments, data residency options, or legal counsel about how a vendor handles lawful demands.

Quick practical checklist

• Turn off automatic screenshot/Recall features.
• Remove admin permissions from Copilot agent.
• Keep sensitive work on a non-synced, encrypted volume.
• Use local-only AI options where offered.
• Enable and monitor endpoint and network logging for unusual remote access.

Short conclusion Allowing Copilot to operate your PC raises the surface where lawful government demands or compelled actions could expose data or enable access. The likelihood and scope depend on which features you enable (especially cloud sync, screen capture, and elevated permissions) and the legal jurisdiction over the vendor or the data. Minimize permissions, disable content-capture features, and isolate truly sensitive workflows to reduce exposure.

There are a lot of videos on this renaissance. Maybe an advance in electronics will make it worthwhile in hardware.

One area ternary is investigated is LLMs/classification. Bitnet was the pioneer model…

no no no… just for today… this is shit on America day.

if just one obscure one, that doesn’t deserve to be this obscure: KCLR-future funk chant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sk75tWiEo8

A big effect of comming ACA premium changes, is instead of paying $10k more per year, people dropping their insurance, using less medical care, until it is something major that results in their bankruptcy. People’s mass medical related bankruptcies cause hospital bankruptcies/closures, as does less “routine” medical use.

a 2080S from 2019, a high end SKU, would struggle with many modern games at 1440p and higher. A profession streamer would be unlikely to use a 2080S.

On one hand a 2080s would still be good at doing what it was doing 6 years ago. If there are new needs, and unlimited power availability, then a new card in addition to whatever AI workload the 6 year old GPU can do in addition to the new card makes sense… if that card still works. Selling your 2080s or whatever old card, does mean a fairly steep loss compared to original price, but 6 year depreciation schedule is ok… IF the cards are still working 6 years later.

$3m NVL72 systems are a bit different, as one out of 72 cards burning out can screw up whole system, and datacenter power structure and expertise requirements, would have low resale value, though I assume the cards can be ripped out and sold individually.

They very much can be expected to engage in what is essentially accounting fraud.

Oracle this week “proudly boasted” that they get 30% margins on their datacenter, and stock went up. This is not enough, as it is just 30% over electricity costs. Maintenance/supervision, and gpu costs/rentals don’t count, and it is unlikely that they are profitable, though it’s not so much accounting fraud as it is accounting PR.