AI stuff

I wonder if they're going to copy deepseek's technique(s) to make LLMs faster on GPUs, or if they're only going to build tons of AI datacenters...

I like having AI built into VSCode, I'm worried that once the AI bubble pops all the free tiers I'm freeloading off of will become extremely stingy... a few have already discontinued anything nicer than a 2 week trial.

And if the US companies can't get their prices lower, DeepSeek will probably eat the low end of the market alive.

Also like, where I work, my boss is monitoring AI usage and will probably fire anyone who is not using it. The jobs market is already bad and there is probably no reasonable chance of finding a job that does not expect you to write code with AI.

The War in Venezuela

I've heard they mostly only need to occupy some coastal stuff to get the oil. Big time anxiety over this hypothetical, which could mean the eradication of a socialist state in the west, or worse, it could make the cut as a mission in a future call of duty WW3 game.

Unfortunately the Colombian hippos aren't close enough to do something

Taiwan

I expect absolutely nothing to happen here, even if it happens that the US quagmires itself in Venezuela or somehow loses air craft carriers or a lot of fighters/bombers from some kind of unexpected anti-air capabilities.