I certainly would not bet on anyone else to win this game. It will be a decisive tipping point, revealing US tech hegemony has fallen.

The world is in a crisis of trust. We are losing faith in each other. AI has further undermined that trust; audio and video recordings can no longer be trusted like they once were. The impact is still being felt.

It takes longer to build than destroy. Not just trust. Anything. The lack of trust has created friction for everything; more regulations, deeper background checks, purchasing goods and services… the list goes on. Overall, AI is making this situation worse, not better.

That said, I have seen a revolution coming for decades, and I think this AI-paved road to dystopian hell should at least be entertaining.

The problem is that we've replaced tribal trust networks with increasing systemization and the more of that we build the more brittle the whole thing gets. We have a global society that is more complex and interdependent than ever before. We've set ourselves up for a kind of economic Kessler syndrome and we're gleefully adding more layers to it.

One horse power is the rate a horse can sustain while working hard all day long.

Well, I certainly will never buy another one. I doubt I am alone.

Sadly there are enough loyal fanatics that I can imagine they will continue to be sold indefinitely.

Wouldn't somebody who boycotts a company to boycott a different company to boycott a third company be the fanatic in this case?

The companies become one after the purchase. That's how purchases work.

Shouldn't the animosity against Fox be reduced by 50% after the merger? Or is the hacker ethos to just shun everything and then shun shunning?

> Shouldn't the animosity against Fox be reduced by 50% after the merger?

Do you ever wonder why no one takes you seriously?

If this happens, our Roku TV is going in the trash. They locked out their customers of their own devices by pushing updated firmware that forced agreement to new terms. They lost my trust during that episode, and this move shows that was the right decision.

Meanwhile, Fox lost my respect decades ago. The idea that they could gain network level access to one of my devices cannot be reconciled with my need to feel secure and safe in my own home.

Anyone wanna take the opportunity to share their favorite brands and models of dumb TVs?

The closest thing you will fine to a dumb tv is a commercial display, which will not be available with the latest OLED, 120hz, etc.

You have to buy a smart TV and disable the internet + external device like Apple TV or Nvidia Shield.

I use a sony projector as my tv -- it's a finicky expensive device, but the picture is good and there's no apps or network connection on it

> Anyone wanna take the opportunity to share their favorite brands and models of dumb TVs?

You can find them in your local Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist region.

I think I’m going with a Google TV. I already trust them on my phones anyway.

If you want more control buy a pc monitor and some speakers or commercial display.

Any but never connect it to the internet and use an appletv

The government software infrastructure has holes that makes Swiss cheese look solid as a rock.

There is no way these systems could be secured in a decade, but I don’t believe they will even try. Knowing developers that have walked those halls, it is not and will not be a priority.

Expect systems to start failing.

We easily could exceed their atrocities, because our modern capacities for inflicting harm are better, faster, and cheaper.

I was taught that leaders are only respectful of their constituents when they are within “strangling distance”; they should be literally afraid of the consequences of their actions.

And that’s saying something, because the CUDA stack is a PITA.

Heck, I suspect the existing legislation poses active obstacles for further unhinging our systems of liberty and justice. Thus, I fully expect them to replace with something even worse. Lawlessness being but one obvious possibility.