***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[Nike Jordan]

 

[IATT]

 

[daruma]

went on one of these next to the vegas convention center about a year ago during a convention.. it was from the convention center to one of the convention center parking lots. it was basically a tram with teslas. you don't drive in there, the teslas/drivers in the "loop" were hired. it was free.

 

[rolaholic]

 

[rolaholic]

Hope Merrick Garland never knows rest for the remainder of his days...

 

[yobyellav]

Already failed presidency.

Eggs round the way still expensive or non existent

I paid 8 bucks from some kraft singles cheese. The 16 slice joints. .50 cents a slice? Not in beyonces world that is happening

Orange turd needs to keep his promises. Or im coppin urban meadow cheese. Or them brick joints that are like foot long (pause) and weight 30 pounds

Don’t think Kraft can even call itself cheese. At least get sargento (sharp cheddar).

DeepSeek is crazy fast. I get why US tech companies are scared

I asked it if Jadakiss was as hard as it gets, and it returned a post longer than one of my political rants during an argument with osh kosh bosh or rexanglorum in under 5 seconds.

If it learns the phrases "Spare me", "Miss Me", and "buffoonery", I might be outta business

We all came to the conclusion in here that you were an AI bot a while back. It’s the only thing that makes sense.

Was going to say, “see if trump had left him where he was, he’d still be alive” but I saw he was released last year. All this means is he should have gotten a longer sentence. Give him 5 years and he’s still with amongst the living. 6 months wasn’t long enough for him to be properly rehabilitated.

 

[Dark Brandon]

Many many times…

…Like, 34 times?

 

[rolaholic]

 

[dmbrhs]

I hope someone started a website keeping tabs on all the pardoned J6ers just to see the what other dumb crap they do now that they've been emboldened by Trump.

 

[IATT]

 

[rolaholic]

 

[Nike Jordan]

 

[gry60]

This is worse than your typical "I despise American tourists"

 

[rexanglorum]

China's DeepSeek, the dark horse that's making Silicon Valley sweat

How a Chinese AI startup's innovative approach to building powerful models with fewer resources is challenging US tech giants and reshaping the global AI landscape.

www.dimsumdaily.hk

President Xi snatched Silicon Valley’s chain.

 

[doublemesh96]

Idk about you guys but I am devastated over the Doug m hoff news. Might call out of work.

 

[gry60]

China's DeepSeek, the dark horse that's making Silicon Valley sweat

How a Chinese AI startup's innovative approach to building powerful models with fewer resources is challenging US tech giants and reshaping the global AI landscape.

www.dimsumdaily.hk

President Xi snatched Silicon Valley’s chain.

The U.S. claim that Huawei and other Chinese tech companies are inextricably linked to China’s geopolitical strategy and put Western companies and people at heightened risk of surveillance and corporate espionage is, of course, grounded in reality. DeepSeek isn’t shy about how much data it collects on its platform, including even your keystrokes:

We collect certain device and network connection information when you access the Service. This information includes your device model, operating system, keystroke patterns or rhythms, IP address, and system language. We also collect service-related, diagnostic, and performance information, including crash reports and performance logs. We automatically assign you a device ID and user ID. Where you log-in from multiple devices, we use information such as your device ID and user ID to identify your activity across devices to give you a seamless log-in experience and for security purposes.

Nope nope nope.

All that stuff is digital cancer.

DeepSeek, according to the lore, hired a really young team and pushed them to innovate and make the most out of their limited hardware. They released the DeepSeek-V3 model last month, a model that outperforms OpenAI GPT-4 and all other models in the industry in most benchmarks. There isn’t any significant development in the basic technology, they just use hardware efficiently and train their model better.

It's impressive though. And the fact that this is open source means sooner or later, we'll know if what DeepSeek accomplished is genuine or a ploy to tank the US AI market.

At the end of the day, I don't see a return to US-China tech cooperation without some serious tech safeguards implemented by both countries (we're lagging). We now know that nations can be destabilized via the internet, and cooperation will require some sort of international treaty on the ethical, peaceful use of technology.

 

[elpablo21]

Just egg about to eat.

Be having to cop those for the lady when I make a store run. Them 3D printed Eggs ain't cheap

 

[rexanglorum]

Nope nope nope.

All that stuff is digital cancer.



It's impressive though. And the fact that this is open source means sooner or later, we'll know if what DeepSeek accomplished is genuine or a ploy to tank the US AI market.

At the end of the day, I don't see a return to US-China tech cooperation without some serious tech safeguards implemented by both countries (we're lagging). We now know that nations can be destabilized via the internet, and cooperation will require some sort of international treaty on the ethical, peaceful use of technology.

Using all that data, It seems like the damage that China could inflict are twofold.

One, contributing to social media social rot.

Two, blackmailing public officials.

It seems like you solve one by regulating all social media and data collectors operating in the US. (If China operated apps violating the US’ new, universal regulations; then it would be appropriate for the bans to come down and to be aggressively enforced, at least at the provider level)

Problem two can be solved by having a narrow ban on Chinese affiliated apps, just for US officials. Blackmail is a real concern, the ban makes sense here.

But I just am yet to see an argument that CCP affiliated oligarchs having our info presents a unique threat relative to US affiliated oligarchs having that info. I’m not comfortable with either of them having that info. But they should all be subject to the same rules.

As with so many issues between the US and China, I turn into Jordan Peterson. The US needs to clean its dang room before it criticizes others.

The US needs to regulate its own internet and then if China continues to act how Musk and Zuckerberg are currently acting; then it would be ok to deny American citizens access to that source of foreign news. But as it stands, these moves, by an oligarch-captured US state, come across as sore loser protectionism rather than principled concern for abuses by tech firms.

 

[osh kosh bosh]

They are really about to pass the Only Rebuild Flammable Homes Act.

NIMBYism is now a death cult.

 

[IATT]

 

[uncalled4boy]

Insane.

 

[RustyShackleford]

Trump To Tariff Chips Made In Taiwan, Targeting TSMC

The tariffs would ensnare cutting-edge smartphone and PC-related chips for Apple, AMD and Nvidia if enacted. But Trump is betting his plan will bring more chip production to the US.

www.pcmag.com

 

[mplsdunk]

Lowkey he is gonna save the environment when nobody is buying ****.

 

[biggie62]

I was thinking of buying a new laptop for my new job since I remote in 2 days per week. May have to do it this week before anything is official

 

[dmbrhs]

Trump To Tariff Chips Made In Taiwan, Targeting TSMC

The tariffs would ensnare cutting-edge smartphone and PC-related chips for Apple, AMD and Nvidia if enacted. But Trump is betting his plan will bring more chip production to the US.

www.pcmag.com

So, not only is he terrible at business, he's a terrible gambler. Chip manufacturing is not coming back to the US. They'll just stop making them and the economy will tank.