I doubt it’s just “big tech”… Lots of old money would love to run slave plantations again.

Nah, they want to put whatever data they want out that serves their purpose, regardless if it’s the truth or not. Whatever they say they’re trying to protect, that’s what they’re going to violate.

science is no longer manipulated or misused to justify political ends.

Gaslight

Obstruct

Project

Skynet

I use LLMs as advanced search engines. No ads or sponsored results.

I guess I’m just old school and pretty impervious to buying shit I don’t need.

Well if they’re collating data, not that difficult to add a new table for gun ownership.

“Let” is that the wrong word. Microsoft was setup specifically to make BASIC for the Altair. DOS they stumbled into because CP/M dropped the ball. Every other product, they’ve been chasing new markets that they didn’t think of being in.

I’m critical about Xbox handheld/portable because it was so obvious that that’s where the demand would come from.

However, they’ve been better at monetizing their other software and services better than anyone else though.

And how many years since the Switch? Even the Steam Deck was an open secret for years.

It’s their own fault they couldn’t see a demand for handheld gaming.

I would say that porn is less damaging than social media at this point.

Depends who’s coding what. Since fullstack, ick, is the norm, backend coders forced to do frontend is the case that you’ve described. Frontend coders forced to do backend is the case in the comic.

Can’t wait to try this on my dive photos without red filters

Where are all the libertarians and states-rights people now?

Because Nvidia wants to make money, regardless of national boundaries.

Too bad the US can’t import any of it.