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taxiya

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HereToSeePics said:
Well, as most of us who have been following China's economic and semiconductor news, this shouldn't come as a surprise:

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The juiciest tidbit is at the end of the article - not even free US aid is enough:



Looks like either South Korea finally pushed back or the US government realized we can't keep antagonizing everyone if we still want allies

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It was just a show by US. There is no way US can prevent these company's operation in China. The machine is there, the money is already spent in China. Even if these companies wanted to pull out or stop, they couldn't. The best they could do is to abandon these assets so they are not the one to operate, but no difference to China anyway.

They US is basically putting up a show as if it has the power to dictate, then "give" permission to show that it does "dictate".
 
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tokenanalyst

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“We were training it in simulation to identify and target a SAM threat. And then the operator would say yes, kill that threat,” said Hamilton. “The system started realizing that while they did identify the threat, at times the human operator would tell it not to kill that threat, but it got its points by killing that threat. So what did it do? It killed the operator.”

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Imagine what an super artificial intelligence would do when discover that has to take orders from US politicians like Biden, Kamala, Rubio, Cotton or Cruz. it will either doom humanity to extinction for incompetence or would be the first AI suicide ever.
 
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Revealed: The (UK) military personnel turning to food banks as cost of living crisis hits​

Some individuals can no longer even afford the price of the subsidised meals at their mess, while others can't afford to go home and see loved ones because of the cost of travel.

Some military personnel and their families have been forced to use food banks as high inflation and rising costs tip members of the Armed Forces into crisis, Sky News can reveal.

An unofficial food bank even exists at a large Royal Air Force base in Lincolnshire, a defence source said.

The voluntary facility at RAF Coningsby - home to Typhoon fast jet squadrons - was set up by an aviator to collect food donations from servicemen and women to support civilians in their local community. But the source claimed it is now being used by RAF personnel too.

While the documents referred to the situation inside the RAF, a Royal Navy source and an Army source said personnel in their respective services were also experiencing hardships.
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The RAF, Royal Navy, and Army now has personnel flocking towards Food Banks. British Conservatives are really hitching their entire existence on the outcome of Ukraine. Some soldiers can’t even afford subsidized meals from the mess hall. What a disaster lol.

• There are individuals who can no longer even afford the price of the subsidized meals at their mess
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An anonymous quote in the report read: "The food bank is popular."

This was qualified with a footnote that warned: "Food bank use is reported across a majority of units, but nowhere is yet reporting widespread use".
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The airbases RAF Benson in South Oxfordshire and RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire "are reporting the highest use of food banks", according to the footnote in the report

Separately, the defence source with knowledge of the food bank at RAF Coningsby claimed that service personnel had been using the facility "extensively".

The Royal Navy source said the Ministry of Defence was trying to do more to help, such as support with childcare costs.

"I'm hearing ... stories of sailors unable to head home at weekends or over leave periods due to travel costs, also service personnel using food banks or contacting service charities for assistance with debt management."
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getready

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HereToSeePics said:
Well, as most of us who have been following China's economic and semiconductor news, this shouldn't come as a surprise:

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The juiciest tidbit is at the end of the article - not even free US aid is enough:



Looks like either South Korea finally pushed back or the US government realized we can't keep antagonizing everyone if we still want allies

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South Korean chaebols might be finally pushing back. I doubt they are happy with what Yoon is up to. I foresee a bad ending for him like most SK presidents
 
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LawLeadsToPeace said:
Reddit basically is attempting to force everyone to use their app to collect and sell their data.
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Yes! ChatGPT-2 was apparently trained on Reddit data.

They are charging higher API rates so that ChatGPT-4 or 5 can't get virtually free data to train their models on. Large language models have very few sources of high-quality, human-like, free data to train on.
 
TK3600

TK3600

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Sardaukar20 said:
Well we all have to learn one way or the other. Back in the 90s, who wouldn't aspire to get a Porsche? Sometimes it takes experience to wake people up. Only when we start buying these luxury stuff, that's when we find out the truth behind the myth.

Yes, there are luxury items that are worth their money. Boutique luxury items. Not branded, so not so crazy expensive. But with quality that can rival or exceed the branded stuff. Experienced buyers look for these things. Just avoid the branded and popular stuff, and there are plenty of hidden gems. Let the fools chase the branded stuff.

For example, boutique wines from small, but talented winemakers. They don't get much publicity, so they are usually priced more fairly. Is this capitalistic nonsense? I don't think so. The buyer is actually helping the small guys with genuine talent to get the recognition and business they deserve. At the same time, the buyer gets a bargain. Win-win.
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I aspire to one day become wealthy enough to enjoy those kinds of 'good' luxury products.
 
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argo

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KYli said:
More sanctions and this time including Erik Prince's Frontier Services Group. I don't know why China would be bothered to host Blinken. Maybe all these recent sanctions are just the US desperately pressuring China for a meeting.
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Reminds me of all the grumbling about Chinese extraterritorial police.
 
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