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So... companies are showing ads to bots because only bots will accept them?

But what happens with AI? Do bots gets smarter and less tolerant of ads? ;)

You're welcome!

Andrew is a great guy.

> Even if you find a vocation that you generally enjoy, it doesn't mean that you will enjoy every part of it.

Agreed.

But I think you would have been worse off had you chosen a career in something you did not like, be it law or finance or fitness training etc.

Nor insider trading.

Germany can overpay by investing in less expensive technology. Interesting.

Germany doesn't need it and Italy does?

Wind is growing and solar in growing incredibly fast, and they are growing NOW.

Demand is also growing, but I doubt the solution is to bet on something that will be ready 15 years from now, when either solar and batteries will have solved the problem, or we’re going to be in serious trouble.

Even China is betting on solar (and batteries) much more than on nuclear.

> there's a... "$600 billion digital advertising market for X to pursue"

Really?

How much are they currently making? 2 billion in 2025?

Talk about a high ceiling...

The real ghost here is a technology from the XX Century that some, like Politico and, I imagine, their corporate backers, would like to bring back to life.

The article says "Sweden, Finland and the U.K. are expanding or extending nuclear programs". AFAIK, 'new' nuclear energy facilities in Finland and the UK were planned a long time ago, and have been delivered late and terribly over budget.

Shutting down nuclear plants now is unwise, but building new ones is folly. In Italy, new plants would be ready by 2040 (my guess) the earliest. We need to move away from fossil fuels NOW, and solar + wind + batteries is the way to do it.

Is living your most improbable life something within everyone's reach, or only of those who need not worry about money problems? (just asking)

There were times when NASA went to space, not incredibly wealthy individuals…

The case of Iran in 2009 is notoriously false. See for example what ForeignPolicy has to say about it.

More in general, Malcolm Gladwell is not convinced about the power of social media...

https://archive.is/GryvI#selection-323.0-355.16

I thought that was true only for Zuck …

Do you remember cases in which it "accelerated political action" ?

Here you go.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2010/06/08/the-twitter-devolution/

See also...

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/06/evalu...

And these lies, of course, were spread by the social media platforms themselves and their PR departments.

Remember when they told us that social media would "spread democracy" ?

It would be nice, but is it likely to happen?

bikes ??

Are there other companies thriving selling solar roofs, or is the idea just too unpractical ?

Funny that a local-first product is on a .online domain …

I got my first gmail account in April 2004 (!)

Now it’s clearly time to move on.

Agree. But, sadly, we live in a world in which so often what is obvious needs to be stated.

Time to leave the sinking ship.

Try Tuta, or Proton, or Fastmail, or Zoho.

That's what I said. Richer people have shorter relationships, just like iOS users (richer, on average) have shorter relationships as compared to Android users.

Just like richer people compared to poorer people?

is the statue on Ozempic ?

Why should we identify ourselves with our first and last name etc on platforms where the ‘content’ is AI-produced slop coming from nameless actors?

Amsterdam to London is little more than 1 hour by plane.

And nobody checks your social media handles when you land.

In three days.

And… ?