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Does flash, like solid state drives, have the same lifespan in terms of write? If so, it feels like this would most certainly not be useful for AI, as that use case would involve doing billions/trillions of writes in a very short span of time.

Edit: It looks like they do: https://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/hardware/life-expectancy-of-a-drive/

Manufacturers say to expect flash drives to last about 10 years based on average use. But life expectancy can be cut short by defects in the manufacturing process, the quality of the materials used, and how the drive connects to the device, leading to wide variations. Depending on the manufacturing quality, flash memory can withstand between 10,000 and a million [program/erase] cycles.

Same.

Edit: I found this on xitter: https://x.com/YourAnonFrench_/status/1912099907038572980

Edit: someone else linked a better post alternative: https://bsky.app/profile/youranoncentral.bsky.social/post/3lmvbpc66qc2j

Way to contribute productive discourse to the comment actually doing something and proving they put their money where their mouth is.

Trump's propaganda engine will spin this so they can say, "See?! Real Nazis want to kill Trump, so obviously he's not fascist!"

Agreed, it's an awful headline

Heh. With how they're taking over the FEC and other election regulatory bodies in red states, I am not optimistic there'll be normal/fair elections in the near future. Not that the pre-existing gerrymandering was fair to begin with in many states, but it's going to get worse.

You could look into it yourself, but here's a general overview on the US response to disinformation:

https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/disinformation-governance-board/

The Democrats could've been pushing harder to address such a serious problem, but they didn't. And here we are.

Like I said, they're not entirely to blame, but they're not blameless.

I don't disagree, I'm just pointing out that no one wants this and China isn't going to just magically replace their biggest trading partner overnight, which is why they were legitimately trying to work out a new deal originally.

Trust me, I fully agree the US will be the biggest loser from all of this.

I didn't say censorship. They could've regulated social media as actual Media outlets, which puts them on the hook for libel lawsuits if blatantly fake disinformation is advertised on their platforms. In other words, they have to follow the same rules as traditional media outlets.

"only 15%"? That's a huge percentage when you look at global trade. In 2023, their next biggest export partner is Hong Kong at 8%, which is now part of China. After that it's Japan at 5%, followed by South Korea at 4.5%.

https://tradingeconomics.com/china/exports-by-country

The point is, China doesn't want this trade war at all, and neither do we. Trump and Co. are complete morons that are fucking up the global economy for nonsensical reasons. Yes, other countries can eventually establish new trade deals without the US, and they likely will, but let's not pretend they all can just bounce back within a few months if these idiotic shenanigans continue.

Certainly, but we're the biggest consumer economy by a long shot. Trying to replace roughly $600 billion in exports isn't an easy ask, especially since the next biggest economic bloc after the US and China, the EU, has been trying to move away from over reliance on China for years.

They're not blameless. They're not entirely to blame, but they could've regulated social media to dampen disinformation when they had the chance.

I mean, I think Nintendo is a shitty, awful, greedy corporation, but this is just the tip of the iceberg for how tariffs will effect consumers. It's bad for the economy and the GOP are a bunch of fucking morons for letting their prophet get to this stage.

And yes, I know all the chums will pipe in that their strategy is for all the billionaires to swoop in and buy up everything cheaply. But that's very short sighted, as this type of bullshit is causing long-term damage to the US's soft power and influence. Our allies and trading partners are literally forging new agreements without us, meaning even once the tariffs are over, things are not just going to magically go back to normal, if they ever even do.

It sold almost 470,000 copies on PC in its first week 11 years ago. The number of PC gamers has dramatically increased since then, so comparing launch numbers between now and then isn't really an apt comparison.

https://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/41889/Global/

If you can't fathom why I compare a game's total sales to its competing newcomer, maybe you're missing the whole point of the specific comment thread I responded to. If you want more recent numbers for a better comparison , EA claims they sold an additional 15 million copies in 2024 alone.

https://www.ign.com/articles/ea-earnings-the-sims-4-manages-to-adds-15-million-new-players-in-2024-despite-being-more-than-10-years-old

The main point is, I do not think EA is sweating quite yet. They're a shitty, massive corporation and I'm sure they'll pump out a sequel if they determine the newcomer is actively taking large enough chunks of their player base.

Which is crazy. Just make a new game.

To be fair, their predatory DLC model for Sims 4 means that their primary customer base has hundreds of dollars invested. Abandoning it at this point might piss a ton of them off. It's also worth considering that a lot of their users aren't normal gamers. They typically have basic devices that aren't really geared towards gaming, so a newer game that's more demanding might further alienate their base.

A million sales is a lot, but it's nothing compared to over 85 million copies sold that Sims 4 has achieved.

though some suspiciously are.

Some? A huge portion are. Numerous others have replicated it with visual proof. I agree that the news sites should be verifying it, but NYT did and also documented their proof.

AI is useful for basic, mundane tasks and that's about it. Trying to force it to be some sort of Uber search engine is such a bad idea.

Private schools don't have to follow the same requirements as public schools already. The person above you is just inferring that since they're already separate in the current system, the new ASVAB requirement would also be separate. But until it becomes an actual law, it isn't super useful arguing hypotheticals in this context.

No other candidate in recent US history that I can recall has been offering million dollar lotteries for voting. He's barely skirting the law, since he isn't paying people to actually vote. However, the tactic and intent is blatantly transparent.