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by greg_V 2y ago
The first point is referred to as "criti-hype", when you criticize a thing by claiming it has almost magical powers, which is exactly what the owner would want people to think as they can charge more money for their magical servic
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by greg_V 3y ago
That's a signal that the tide IS turning. I follow some people who went all-in on AI (consultants mostly) and their tone has changed quite a bit in the last few months. Cool new tech that was oversold in terms of what it can do for bus
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by greg_V 3y ago
This is the same logic the german government had when they went after the journalist who called out the Wirecard fraud. The free market doesn't work if companies are allowed to cheat the system!
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by greg_V 3y ago
Just mandate all media to be in latin, and maintain a class of experts versed in the language to interpret it to the masses.
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by greg_V 3y ago
AFAIK small states are treated as exceptions because the conscription leaves you with the same amount of men as professional armies of bigger countries. But there has been a lot of talk in the past few years of changing this, but politicall
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by greg_V 3y ago
That's not complacency, that's a feature. The key to peace in Europe is the unified free trade zone on one hand, but on the other it's also disarmament while relying on NATO. Besides putting territorial questions aside, one o
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by greg_V 3y ago
The real pivot was from operating by growth at all cost to maximizing revenue per employee. The game is still the same - keeping the valuations as high as possible - but now it's measured differently from the POV of investors. AI is ju
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by greg_V 3y ago
Apple is acting like a state within their domain. Collecting a VAT and requiring compliance that's reserved usually for the national tax office with inspective powers. Having locked in the richest consumers of the world, they get to sa
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by greg_V 3y ago
if he's selling his method to dupes, he must be