I think I've said before that it's only a matter of time until counter/anti-AI is a big business. And given everyone else is chasing AGI/ASI it might be a better use of capital to be on the… (View Post)

Yes, businesses value making something more than they do designing it, or making sure that it works correctly, or maintaining it. That's probably similary true for a whole lot of different field… (View Post)

The difficult part of software engineering has never been programming. That's the bit people are actually good at and enjoy doing. Requirements analysis, specification, documentation, testing, a… (View Post)

IBM still sell quite a lot of new IBM Z systems, certainly enough to produce new chips every couple of years. I think most systems are replacements rather than new deployments, but it's still a … (View Post)

Tehran is currently experiencing shortages of drinking water, so chaos could quite easily become worse than authoritarianism in very short order if government completely breaks down. (View Post)