Cheap fuckers cheaping out, shocker (context is (V)RAM). AI speedrunning enshittification, who’d of thunk.

It’s actually traumatic (not as traumatic obviously) as a partner if you have empathy.

Oh. right…

I know, but capturing business logic in spreadsheets is a different error I didn’t want to get into here… You do what you can.

Yup, seen it too, sucked, don’t think it’s the way forward though. Europe seems to agree, should be enough momentum.

Perhaps you underestimate people.

May I suggest Python ?

By the time you get tits deep in Excel to the point where other spreadsheets can’t hack it, you may as well be using a real programming language instead of VBA…

If you can do advanced Excel, you can do Python (and numpy will crush Excel in ways that aren’t even funny, well OK, it’s funny too).

Their models are free to self host and use, they don’t play by the rules of US LLM companies.

Jury’s out on that, they may be using the large US company play of undercut your competitors until they crash and burn then seize the monopoly (e.g. Amazon and bookstores…) then ratchet prices up and enshittify, but with the bankroll of a huge country.

Most likely had someone in the group chat (opsec issue) or captured a phone and made the owner open it.

https://xkcd.com/538/

nah, patch it out if it becomes an issue (x doubt)

Passing the shit event horizon.

It’s already to the point it’s too late.

Until they overreach, and the backlash cometh. The pendulum of history keeps swinging. Here’s hoping it’s a doozy.

Marketers / advertisers are corrupt psychologists (the competent ones anyway), or to use oldspeak propogandists. Some timeless words for consideration.

“If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it, and you will even come to believe it yourself.” – Joseph Goebbels, Reich Minister of Propaganda, 1933 to 1945

“Propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confident they are acting on their own free will.” – Joseph Goebbels, Reich Minister of Propaganda, 1933 to 1945

Well that’s confidence inspiring.

Sure, you do what you can.

Biologically inert, used in surgical implants, I’m going with safe (certainly safer than the alternatives).

Hello Kessler Syndrome

May I introduce you to the concept of ‘natural monopoly’.

Basically most natural monopolies (power, phone lines, roads etc) in most places were historically run by governments (because it’s bloody sensible) until the neoliberal movement in the 80s privatized them because ‘private enterprise is more efficient’ (at extracting tax dollars as it turned out) and to balance a few budgets.

Should definitely be ruled a failed experiment and rolled back.

Zen (firefox (gecko) derivative, No AI, focus on decluttered interface) has bloody excellent tab management these days, workspaces, folders, horizontal tab lists (like sideberry), essentials (tab icons pinned to the top), auto unload, all built in, and everything disappears when reading a page.

Yoda voice: Begun the AI Patent wars have.

Cool. Blessed are the toolmakers. You can map most scientific advances onto new observational tools.