alvvayson

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[–] alvvayson 3 points 4 months ago

And China basically has a monopoly on Siberia with the current arrangements.

[–] alvvayson 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Officially, yes.

Orban is just being Orban.

But Poland said they wouldn't arrest him either and the new German chancellor also said the same.

It's only genocide if you starve white kids.

[–] alvvayson 6 points 4 months ago

Not in the US, but it would make more sense to spread it out over multiple years to avoid the tax.

[–] alvvayson 48 points 4 months ago (7 children)

I agree. Almost no one is pro-Hamas. They are definitely evil.

Still, doesn't justify starving kids, bombing kids and withholding medicine which forces doctors to amputate kids without anaesthesia.

[–] alvvayson 2 points 4 months ago

Genocide is not just about numbers. If the Bosnian genocide qualifies as a genocide, then Gaza definitely qualifies too.

In my view, the Gaza genocide is also worse than the Holocaust in many respects. For one, most Germans didn't know about, or support, genocide, nor did the Nazi's have any kind of democratic mandate.

Whereas in the US and Israel, this is the first time a democracy is committing genocide with popular support.

By all accounts, China isn't killing Uyghurs, but re-educating them.

[–] alvvayson -1 points 4 months ago (4 children)

The Uyghur genocide is better described as a cultural genocide, not a real genocide.

It is still awful, still bad. But it doesn't involve large scale murder and it doesn't meet the criteria used to qualify as a legal genocide.

In contrast, the Gaza genocide is definitely a genocide, as was the trail of tears.

[–] alvvayson -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You don't 'need' Russia, but it's mutually beneficial to have them on your side.

[–] alvvayson 18 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Why would Russia risk alienating China?

In realpolitik, China is the more desirable partner than the USA.

[–] alvvayson 7 points 4 months ago

To know how exactly it works, we'd need to know details that aren't public.

But just speculating, if the creditors value the combined xAI+X higher than just X, then there is room to transfer the loan to the new company and away from Tesla.

But whatever the details are, Elon isn't an idiot when it comes to money. He definitely has advisors who cooked up the optimal way to profit from the AI hype.

And the essence of that is that Tesla shareholders will be left holding the bag, while Elon utiizes X/xAI to capitalize on the hype.

[–] alvvayson 106 points 4 months ago (16 children)

Also, the tradition is the exact opposite as I understand.

In Finland they like to be alone and be left alone, so you don't just intrude on someone if they are in self-isolation.

[–] alvvayson 22 points 4 months ago (11 children)

I have only seen them online. I figure they are trolls or bots.

But I do think that China has a better human rights record than the US and Israel.

They are still evil in how they treat Uyghurs, Tibetans and democracy activists. They definitely use torture on dissidents.

But it's not that difficult to be better than slavery, genocide, war and colonialism. And the US and Israel also use torture.

So maybe I am the tankie that OP refers to.

[–] alvvayson 3 points 4 months ago

I actually agree with you, they definitely have the edge, but I still am skeptical that they will be able to maintain their valuation.

I just don't see a world where most people are coughing up more than $10 a month for AI.

Most people will only use free AI and companies will mostly buy cheap AI.

Running Deepseek locally is basically free. That's the competition.

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