@seanward Economically you are correct but we (ok: I) don't expect anything but soulless, at best palatable products from larger players. I certainly don't expect art from them. I don't read McKinsey reports for inspiration. I don't seek out Kellog's to feel something.
@weirderdoors@danbarker JFC Elon was just the obvious example. I could've said Bezos or Thiel or Eric Schmidt or or or... you're missing the point. The hyperfinancialized, globetrotting billionaire is a different kind of beast and scourge than the robber barons of the early 20th century.
@GeorgeBoulos23@GOP_is_Gutless That looks like a Belgian Malinois (somebody correct me if I'm wrong). That's the thing they train, slap on doggles, strap to a special forces guy and jump out of a plane with.
@raggi@blackbird256 If I run containerized services on my rented bare metal machine and any service gets compromised then everything is potentially compromised. So yes, containers are not a security boundary but having your own machine just means you limited the blast radius that can affect you.
@YigalLevin Russia has historically distrusted NCOs (and has only recently tried rectifying that) which is a bit of handicap on a highly dynamic battlefield.
@boneGPT Well... in a way you're exposing yourself to risk by only having a access to a limited pool of staffing agencies (AI labs) and you have to trust their temps (models) can fulfill any role you need.
Depending on your business that's a no-brainer or trouble down the line. Best luck.
@SparkusMarkus99@manasmisraA@DavidVance Are you gonna pull out those notes where Gorbachev said "not one inch East" and ignore that he was talking about East Germany and misconstrue it as a treaty thus legitimizing Putin's aggression?
@weirderdoors@danbarker Extractive in the sense that his sole goal is to create shareholder value and profit for himself. He has no home base, no community to give back to. Maybe transient would've been the more apt description to make the point.
@MizzyMogs Das schwarze Auge/Realms of Arkania 1 & 2 - I was mesmerized how much of the talent system they integrated. That you could go collecting herbs when in camp, had to assign (or not) people to keep watch at night. Was bonkers coming from the TTRPG
@ThePrimeagen Eh, Gastown is in a way local proto-Grok Bot. I still really like the idea. Agent ticket systems like beads, beans, etc. can be helpful especially if you want to use cheaper models. But Gastown has so many ClaudeCode assumptions that it's a turn-off.