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> too big to fail

genuine question, what do you think these words mean?


I think it's code for "the government will have to bail them out".

Seems like Sam was angling for that with some of his China vs USA rhetoric

Why would they need a bail out? Their assets can be sold off, they can be taken over or be absorbed by another American entity.

Absolutely no reason for a bail out.

It may hurt the ego of Altman and Brockman - but that's their problem.


If DoD systems are running on OpenAI infrastructure, you can't just pause them for 6 months during an acquisition. This gets far more complex than just "liquidation of assets".

Because their assets would have been vastly overvalued. The bailout is when the government buys those assets at as close to that fictional valuation as they can, and likely then sells them back at their actual worth.

> Absolutely no reason for a bail out.

There's never been any reason for a bailout. It's just handing tax money to wealthy people who have made bad decisions.


The contract with the Pentagon is a good first step. Being a government contractor is pretty fail safe.

At some point you reach a size when too many politicians and the people who own them have invested so much money that they're willing to take any size political hit in order to save themselves from personal losses when you fail.

ItS thE eND of ThE InTeRwEbS

Fun fact, helium was discovered on the Sun nearly 30 years before it was found on earth.

Hence the origin of the name!

Which internet freedoms is X strongly aligned against?

Just one example, but having to be logged in to view most content on there was a recent change that made it pretty hostile to the openness of the web platform.

You can find links to other criticisms of twitter in TFA:

Interop: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/01/twitter-and-interopera...

Privacy: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/04/twitter-removes-privac...

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/08/twitter-and-others-dou...

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/twitter-uninentionally...

Accountability: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/08/twitter-axes-accountab...

DM encryption: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07/after-weeks-hack-it-pa...


Have you tried using Facebook, Linked-In, or Instagram while not logged in?

I'm not sure why you're using Zuckerberg's sites as examples of internet freedoms.

TFA mentions that EFF continues to post on Facebook and Instagram.

Surely if you read the article you read the “But You're Still on Facebook and TikTok?” section and don’t need me to explain what it said - but i can summarize:

Twitter is un-aligned with their goals, and has dismal reach. Facebook and instagram are unaligned with their goals and are how they reach a lot of new people.

Not super complicated, tho if i am reading between the lines - calling out the numbers feels like a call to action for other orgs. Suggesting they run their own numbers, and get off twitter.



Banned third party clients and interoperability. Use their software to access your data on their servers, on their terms, or get shut down. Hard to think of anything more anti-internet freedom. I left when they did that, years ago.

They would not be able to enforce it on desktop computers, short of banning every user one-at-a-time, but they can easily blanket-ban it on mobile phones by requesting Apple and Google remove unauthorized third-party clients from their app stores. (Which they will do. Apple even lists unauthorized clients for services controlled by other parties as against the rules. Whatever that means.)


Do Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTok allow third party clients?

Probably not, and I've never used any of those, and never will. X used to, and then stopped, so I left. Not interested in using a service that asks you to put your effort into it and then tries to turn its control against you. Especially when there are other options.

Business is business. Non-competes expire. Don't waste your feelings on chess.com.

From TTT:

> Magnus Carlsen, co-founder of Take Take Take, will not be actively promoting the platform at launch. With Take Take Take now offering a full play and learning experience, it enters territory that conflicts with his ambassador agreement with Chess.com. He remains a co-founder and the company's largest shareholder, and the team expects his involvement to resume once those contractual constraints change. For now, the product will have to speak for itself.


The ticker is USO, not OIL, and it's abundantly clear that you have no idea how it works.

I am responding to someone that used OIL presumably because it is - although incorrect - more clear as an example for those that are not into trading.

complaining about sand on the beach

It's not sand on the beach, it's garbage on the beach.

I am simply offended. By Meta's lack of sensibilities (or ability) towards use of images on the Web while touting their new flavour of artificial intelligence as a product.

old man shouts at cloud

more like old man shouts at someone else's computer

Only on hacker news is the destruction of all your military hardware and the death of all your leaders a win

Those can be replaced. The damage to US reputation and influence will last the rest of our lives.

Not just HN, just about all social media except far-right Trumpist echo-chambers have been calling it a Iran win or at least a US loss.

Buddy France lost it's country and still won WW2

It's the war, not the battle.


https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/sivy5j/comment/hvi...

Boy is that a terrible analogy. France "won" nothing, they actively collaborated with the Nazis, and they were pretty useless for most of the war.


Their new Ayatollah is braindead. It's not over yet.

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