The few sources I looked at point to paint having gone up in price significantly since the 80’s, I also know that there are tighter regulations on paint (lead banned in 78 in the U.S. for example). I think dealerships started charging more for specific colors, and ultimately most people don’t view their cars as symbols of freedom anymore. Who cares what the thing that brings me to my job looks like? I’d give it and more up to be able to live without working.

I don’t think it’s about all businesses not giving a shit, times have just changed. If cars being black, white, silver, and grey is the price we pay to not have lead (and other things) in paint — I think it’s a fair trade off.

Edit: Some definitely do not give a shit. Nvidia seems to be a business that does not give a fuck who got them to where they are.

Ah, I didn’t realize those were the circumstances — I assumed it was from wherever he was working at the time (I thought it was Hawaii but I could be wrong).

Look, either:

1. You are a low effort troll

Or

2. You need to recognize that this is a legitimate phenomenon based on observable interactions online.

Pick one.

It’s been this way for decades, this is not a new phenomena and it is not a conspiracy - these things are driven by consumers.

Wow it took me much longer than I thought it would to find a loss comment.

I thought I was going to be the only one who noticed lol.

That seems odd to me.

He was working in Hawaii so he takes a layover in Russia??

Something doesn’t smell right, even with how weird layovers can be.

Low effort troll

the whole story around that is scary as fuck.

I think you need to define scary here, the story is an example of good parenting from the mother.

You get the fuck out (this is our joke now)

No they had Claude summarize it for them

autistic

TV autistic, where autism is a super power

Literally wasting time and causing you more stress because they’re trying to renege on a deal you’ve already paid for.

Horseshit. I’m sorry you gotta go through the ringer for something that should be as easy as possible.

Correct, no argument there. Blame game doesn’t help unfuck things.

BLT. I always hated tomatoes, then I started growing them with my mom. Grew some called ‘Bread and Salt’ tomatoes. Holy fuck, my brain expanded — best sandwich I’ve had in recent memory.

I think sending a message of ‘look what we can do with just 5% of their wealth’ is important, provided anything actually positive comes from those funds.

That’s where I’m skeptical. I’ve worked as a contractor for the state for most of my professional career and am now a state employee. The answer to the question of ‘Is there corruption in CA state govt?’ is… well, let’s just take the pension fund management application as an example; mycalpers.

I never got a straight answer for just how much that application cost. I don’t work there anymore so I doubt I ever will, but the only answer I really trusted is that the total comes to around 800 million.

Let me repeat that with emphasis. 800 million. The best part here is that at least 400 of that 800 million was completely wasted on a first iteration of the app that was scrapped entirely. Thanks to Accenture, who apparently had Sushi Thursdays or some shit during the entire app creation cycle.

You take one look at the app and will realize it should never have cost that much money.

So yes, it’s something. Whether that will play out the way you or I think it should is another thing entirely. This is all assuming it even gets passed.

Well, for what it’s worth, I hope your company actually does use AI sustainably. I’m reminded of some of the blockchain startups that were attempting to make genuine use of the technology outside of cryptocurrency. There are legitimate use cases for AI just like there are for blockchain tech.

Mmk buddy, let me know when you’ve figured out how to remove your head from your ass.

I can hold my own hands covered in peanut butter and jelly?

It is absolutely their fault.

Yeah without telling us the companies’ name this has major ‘trust me bro’ energy.

Edit: I get why you haven’t, I’m not saying you should doxx yourself.