The Chinese models are well written fan fic

Qwen is a really good name.

My college roommate died of cancer before 30. Fuck cancer

Going the IPO route is not an option for most of the companies being acquired (vets, plumbers, electricians, construction companies, etc.)

If not PE / LBO, what is the alternative?

I didn't say there was an alternative

Some of the most complex problems I've ever solved were solved when I was mowing my own lawn with a push mower. Just in a trance. Many of the best life decisions I've ever made were when I was on a walk, thinking things through.

Got em

Massie's primary in Kentucky today will be quite the test.

Just checked it:

"Massie race breaks spending record as pro-Israel groups target Trump critic

Pro-Israel groups and donors spend heavily in Kentucky’s Republican primary to defeat US Congressman Thomas Massie."

Never underestimate the credulity of the boomer generation.

Unless the power is out

https://abc7news.com/post/san-francisco-leaders-press-waymo-...

Kind of unrelated. That issue was due to a misguided effort to be cautious by having vehicles requesting human-review when they didn't really need it. Waymo fixed the issue by allowing the vehicles to operate in their normal, independent, mode.

part of the problem is that SFs traffic lights just turn off in a power outage, rather than flashing red battery power as I have seen in many other jurisdictions

There is a difference between the "smart" thing to do and what's considered to be the right opinion by "smart" people. Lobotomies were endorsed by elite medical opinion (Moniz won a Nobel for it in 1949). Smart-person consensus often doesn't survive contact with reality. Smart people are as susceptible to groupthink, moral panics, and manias as anybody else.

"It's not {X} it's {Y}!"

I don't think a human being even proof read this before hitting publish

Microsoft continues to be completely incapable of coming up with good names for their products and services