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> a fraction of the AI investments

you realize 99% of those announced "investments" have yet to occur as recognizable transactions, correct?

Meanwhile, the barrel of $70b in metaverse waste was actually spent


They already hold a lot of the debt for the AI investments, is my understanding. I guess they could pay it back and not spend it.

Hard to see past the scientific consensus on global warming

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On the one hand there are scientists who say it is happening.

On the other hand there are sock-puppets for oil billionaires who say it isn't happening.:

"Established in 2015, the CO2 Coalition is dedicated to “educating thought leaders, policy makers, and the public about the important contribution made by carbon dioxide to our lives and the economy.” The Coalition has received funding from the Koch brothers — the right-wing libertarian U.S. oil billionaires who have been at the heart of climate change denial in the United States"


> providing cheap energy to now importing most of our energy

Source for this claim? figures show 10-15% of power is imported, not "most", and those fluctuate with wind generation.


Energy ≠ electricity

its certainly not "massive"


fawning over the CEO is certainly a type of tech poster


How many people are going to watch a right wing CNN? We saw the CBS viewership for the new partisan news plummet.

At the end of the day, you have to draw attention to make money.


> Seems like a path we should have kept running down, but stopped bc of the weapons.

you mean like the tens of billions poured into fusion research?


TIL roads don't have rumble strips


its the silicon valley way, just break the law if it might affect your business


> answer matters of law

well yes, answering matters of law is the exclusive jurisdiction of judges


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