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I don't think we can fairly compare a phone pretending to be a desktop against other desktops.

It would be more fair to compare a phone that has desktop features, to a phone that doesn't have desktop features.

So let's compare the best Apple phone that refuses to have a dex like experience; to a Samsung that has had a dex experience for about 10 years, or to a Google phone that is now adopting desktop experiences.

If the future is anything like the past, in 5 to 10 years from now we'll see a desktop experience on iPhone and they're going to be snobby about it.


Most people have a car, not an RV. And when these people chose theirs, was it "fair" comparing a car that cannot sleep 4-6 people to an RV that can?


I'm sorry but I remain unconvinced.

Do you have any examples of desktop UI interfaces that are impossible to create in a Dex like experience, that is possible on Linux, Mac, and Windows desktop experiences?

Or is it that mobile apps will never work great/ideally on desktop? And if that's the case, how is that worse than not having them at all?

Maybe there is a scenario I'm not seeing here.


> that are impossible to create

My argument is not "this is impossible to create", my argument is "in my opinion this will not succeed in competition against purposefully-made devices." You're welcome to disagree, of course.


I think you can run a DNS server, and configure Android with a custom DNS server. Not sure about this exact case though.


Zero impact?

AI is involved in things from writing laws to taking drive through orders.


Zero impact is an exaggeration, but what others have pointed out is that there aren't a lot of companies primarily based on AI which are making a profit. Personally I can't think of any.


And it will create horrible un-debuggable bugs, human-killing causalities and who knows what more. Welcome to Idiocracy.


So far I've found the bugs that it writes to be indistinguishable from the bugs that I'd write. Like, you look at it and think:

> Oh I see what you were going for, but no...

It's learning its deficiencies from us. That's concerning for many reasons, but "un-dubuggable bugs" is pretty far down on the list for me.


I know right? I've never heard of large projects needing upfront capital!


American business is very good at financing upfront capital commitments with easy to calculate returns.


I'm not sure why you're getting downvoted.

There's some educational videos on YouTube on High Voltage DC.

https://youtu.be/JH9-0AbR_1U?si=l57nkFt2YG5iLl3D

North and South America could sell a lot of electricity to the east this way...


it was built by someone looking for a job. see their comment.


Thanks


Christ...

I wish I had something more curious to say.

Other than "Operator/Agent, please surface all sites using prompt injecting and just go ahead and cancel my account, and send a complaint to the appropriate authorities BBB/Reddit/CANSPAM"


I'm easily in the top 95-99th percentile of people I know and probably most people in general in most respects. Net worth, IQ, height, athletic achievements...

A good 10-20 years ago I anticipated these AI moments, and even some of the specifics like our use of ANNs(when everyone thought they were a failure), and yet I failed to capitalize on it.

It's hard to describe just how defeated and irrelevant these news articles make me feel.

I don't say this to brag or anything, I keep this account pseudo anonymous. Some follow up points and questions

- What hope do the normies have?

- Does anyone expect our representatives to do anything?

- How does this not end badly?


You are not bragging. You are honest.

We are just as disappointed about your performance as you are. Nice height, though. And the size of your hands ... brrr

And you did not mention any actual achievement, IQy, which was enlightening enough.


Thanks for the laugh


right back at ya.

all that caring about Normies


They prevent unnecessary treatments! /s


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