GPU prices have finally normalized themselves after the dumb bitcoin mining junk

To where? Leaving behind your library? I doubt it. They would have to do a lot worse than that, but it would be a cataclysmic event for PC gaming and their days would be numbered..

After comparing dinosaurs to feet and British money I still have no idea how big it is, but I believe you it's dangerous.

The hubris of these companies thinking they can not only survive, but thrive dispite of and not thanks to their users is astounding.

Isn't.. that a reasonable use of the tool? Freeing up people's time from drone work to do more meaningful stuff?

Considering braindances, Arasaka soulkiller and the blackwall I would say Matrix comes after as a natural evolution.

Whats this about surrendering passports? The article is paywalled.

This is actually a great perspective to point out against anti-intellectual arguments like evolution being fake, when people ask why humans are not evolving. What kind of evolution can you expect in 450 iterations? That's nothing in the timeline of the earth. Plus 450 mothers is already more than what some religious fanatics claim is the age of the earth.

I'd rather pay for the product than be the product myself and a search engine is the thing I use the most on the internet. And so I became a subscriber. Then I discovered their lens feature and now no other search engine even comes close for me on this and it's another thing I use multiple times per day.

Disable tab grouping in settings if you don't use it and it gets in the way.

I'm not trying to convince you to not vote, but the system is rigged and I'm trying to convince you to riot.